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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54787
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First American edition of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studios.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 110161
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First Edition of Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was A Number Runner
MERIWETHER, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin.
Daddy Was A Number Runner.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145875
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"The world has lost one of the very few with the imagination, courage, and leadership needed to restore civilization and build a firm economic base for peace and happiness": The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States
HARROD, R.F. and E.A.G. Robinson.
The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society. June 1946. [The Balance of Payments of the United States].
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1946.
The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Ink notation to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135307
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First Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of Dante
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Life of Dante.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1904.
First edition of the first formal biography of the father of the Italian language. Small folio, original publisher's half vellum with gilt titles to the spine. One of two hundred and sixty-five copies printed for Houghton Mifflin and Company and stated on the colophon, this is number 18. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146440
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Limited Edition Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail; Signed by Illustrator Thomas Hart Benton
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton.
The Oregon Trail.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945.
Signed limited edition of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with numerous plates by Thomas Hart Benton. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the crown of the spine and a faint stain to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146546
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First Edition of Christmas in Plains; Signed by Jimmy Carter
CARTER, Jimmy.
Christmas In Plains.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of this Christmas story by the 39th President of the United States. Small octavo, original boards, illustrated by Amy Carter. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Fenton J Carter." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Amy Carter.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147913
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Signed Limited First Edition of Annie Dillard's An American Childhood
DILLARD, Annie.
An American Childhood.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Annie Dillard on the limitation page. One of 250 numbered copies, this is from the author's personal library and is unnumbered. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Dreese Breslin.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 74231
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"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them": First Edition of Trying To Save Piggy Sneed; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138144
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"A distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers": Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. "Economy Group" wallpaper sample portfolio
Sears Roebuck and Co. “Economy Group” Standard Quality Wallpaper Catalog.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940.
Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. wallpaper sample catalog; the "Economy Group", featuring standard quality papers printed with fadeproof colors in a variety of patterns. Octavo, includes 14 wallpaper samples. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125883
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First Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads; Signed by Him
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137799
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First Edition of The Ink Truck; Signed by Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author William Kennedy
KENNEDY, William.
The Ink Truck.
New York: The Dial Press, 1969.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by William Kennedy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2622
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First Edition of Renewing America's Purpose; Inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush
BUSH, George W. [Laura and Barbara Bush].
Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.
Austin, TX: Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.
First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush on the cover, "To Nick with best wishes: Laura Bush and Barbara Bush." In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147231
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First Edition of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River; Signed by Him and Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
LEHANE, Dennis.
Mystic River.
New York : William Morrow and Company, 2001.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Dennis Lehane and three times by the dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the rear jacket flap and once below Lehane's signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121479
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First Edition of Seek My Face; Signed by John Updike and three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
UPDIKE, John.
Seek My Face.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of this "brief novel of deep feeling" (Time). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 123401
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First edition of The Chief European Dramatists; from the library of American actor Zachary Scott
MATTHEWS, Brander [Zachary Scott].
The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
First edition of this compilation of the plays of the great dramatists. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate and ownership inscription to the pastedown. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115680
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Finely bound example of Gustave Nadaud's Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes
NADAUD, Gustave.
Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1867.
Finely bound example of the popular songs and operettas of French chansonnier Gustave Nadaud. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 92541
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136054
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2272