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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The Pity of War: Explaining World War I.
New York: Basic Books, 1999.
First edition, early printing "rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar" (Atlantic). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David J. High. With a letter from the publisher laid in.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145605
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First Corgi Yearling Edition of Spring-Heeled Jack; inscribed by Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip. Illustrated by David Mostyn.
Spring-Heeled Jack: A Story of Bravery and Evil.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's fantastic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Eileen - Philip Pullman." In fine condition. Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Inside Illustrations by David Mostyn.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89122
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First Edition of James Morris' Sultan in Oman: Venture Into The Middle East
MORRIS, James [Jan].
Sultan in Oman: Venture Into The Middle East.
New York: Pantheon, 1957.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144487
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First Edition of Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef's Daughter, with Recipes; Warmly Inscribed by Alice Waters
WATERS, Alice with Bob Carrau; Illustrations by Ann Arnold.
Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef’s Daughter, with Recipes.
New York: The Viking Press, 2016.
First edition of this work for anyone who loves France, food and adventure. Quarto, illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Alexis with love, Alice Waters." Fine in a fine dust jacket, gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 45672
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First edition of William Morris's Old French Romances Done Into English
MORRIS, William. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs.
Old French Romances Done into English.
New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1896.
First American edition of Morris's fine translation of the great French Romances. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139275
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Signed by the Nobel Prize-winning Author J.M. Coetzee
SELECTED BY COETZEE, J.M.
African Road: New Writing from Southern Africa 2006.
Claremont, SA: Spearhead/ New Africa Books, 2006.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page, who selected these stories.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 2478
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147173
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"One of the most famous in all the small gallery of true heroes of the war": T. E. LAWRENCE'S REVOLT IN THE DESERT
LAWRENCE, T. E.
Revolt in the Desert.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.
Early American printing of Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123444
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's A March on London
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
A March On London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrection.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898.
First edition of Henty’s classic historical adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Margetson. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription, bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122907
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First Edition of P.G. Wodehouse's Something Fishy
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Something Fishy.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1957.
First edition of Wodehouse's ceremoniously funny mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145019
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First Edition of Judith Viorst's Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life; Warmly Inscribed by Her
VIORST, Judith.
Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First edition of this comical work by the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Laurie Rosenwald. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Helene + Bill with affection + thanks for many years of wonderful break-fasts- Judy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142476
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First Edition of Winston Churchill's The Dawn of Liberation
CHURCHILL, Winston S; Compiled by Charles Eade.
The Dawn of Liberation.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1945.
First edition of the fifth volume of Winston Churchill's war speeches, compiled by Charles Eade. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, photographic frontispiece of the King entertaining the Dominion Prime Ministers at Buckingham Palace. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145029
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“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode": First Edition of Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story
VIZZINI, Ned.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story.
New York: Miramax Books, 2006.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Number Seventeen. Jacket illustration by Abigail Smith.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101921
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First Edition of To Bear Any Burden; Signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1985.
First edition of this oral history of the Vietnam War from the author of 'Everything We Had.' Medium octavo, original red half cloth, illustrated with black and white plates. Signed by Al Santoli on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146833
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First Edition of The Course of My Life; Signed by Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath
HEATH, Edward.
The Course of My Life: My Autobiography.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.
First edition of this historical snapshot and autobiography. Octavo, original navy boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Edward Heath on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146787
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 4286
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Black and white photograph of pioneering African-American comic and actor Godfrey Cambridge; inscribed by him
CAMBRIDGE, Godfrey.
Godfrey Cambridge Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of pioneering African-American comic and actor Godfrey Cambridge, signed by him, "Bless ya Godfrey Cambridge." In very good condition. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132940
