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First edition of Henry Williamson's How Dear Is Life
WILLIAMSON, Henry.
How Dear Is Life.
London: Macdonald & Co., 1954.
First edition of the fourth novel in the author’s semi-autobiographical Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom Lynne. Bookplate.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 128068
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"Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray": First Edition of John LeCarre’s The Looking-Glass War
LE CARRE, John.
The Looking-Glass War.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
First edition of the author's fourth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some toning to the spine.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 146216
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First American Edition of Henry James' The Sense of the Past
JAMES, Henry.
The Sense of the Past.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First American edition of one of James' two unfinished novels, published posthumously. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, in near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 81259
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First British Edition of Nabokov's Bend Sinister
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Bend Sinister.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960.
First British edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine. Jacket design by Eric Ayers.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 133254
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"STILL FIGHTING FOR POPULIST CAUSES": FIRST EDITION OF BERNIE SANDERS' OUR REVOLUTION
SANDERS, Bernie.
Our Revolution. A Future To Believe In.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's, 2016.
First edition of Bernie Sanders' account of his life and influences, featuring a detailed account of his campaign praised as "well worth reading… his ideas basically just as fresh to him today as when he left his native Brooklyn." Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Bernie Sanders in facsimile. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Storrings.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 130641
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First edition of George Clinch's English Hops: A History of Cultivation and Preparation for the Market from the Earliest Times
CLINCH, George.
English Hops: A History of Cultivation and Preparation for the Market from the Earliest Times.
London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd, 1919.
First edition of Clinch's history of hop cultivation. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115808
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First edition of Arthur Piver's Trans-Pacific Trimaran; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
PIVER, Arthur.
Trans-Pacific Trimaran.
Mill Valley: PI-CRAFT, 1963.
First edition of the sequel to the author-designer's Trans-Atlantic Trimaran of 1961. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, charts to the verso of the dust jacket. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset…
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115630
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"Welcome to the fad-surfing age, complete with a seemingly endless supply of programs and mantras": First Edition of Fad Surfing in the Boardroom; Inscribed by Eileen C. Shapiro
SHAPIRO, Eileen C.
Fad Surfing in the Boardroom: Reclaiming the Courage to Manage in the Age of Instant Answers.
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.
First edition of this comprehensive guide to strategy fads and effective management. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jay, with best wishes, Eileen Shapiro." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Also laid in is an inscribed business card tipped in, "This, written by our friend and former neighbor Dr. Albert Shapiro's daughter, Eileen Shapiro, should be a good read according to a very biased father! Bestis, Bud." Jacket design by Jean Seal. Jacket photograph by Jeff Divine. Author photograph by Mort Kaye Studios.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145205
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Signed by Michael Rosen
MCGOUGH, Roger and Michael Rosen; Illustrated by Sara Midda.
You Tell Me: Poems by Roger McGough and Michael Rosen.
London: Puffin Books, 1981.
First edition of this collection of poems for children. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper, "Michael Rosen 12/10/85." In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 89125
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First Edition of Love, Roger; Signed by Charles Webb
WEBB, Charles.
Love, Roger.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.
First edition of this brilliant absurdist comedy from the author of 'The Graduate.' Octavo, original blue cloth, orange top stain, frontispiece by Tomi Ungerer. Boldly signed by Charles Webb on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tomi Ungerer. Author photograph by Eve Webb.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145170
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First Edition of Nathan Glazer's From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City; Inscribed by Him
GLAZER, Nathan.
From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 44001
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Longing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006.
First Canadian edition and true first of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147182
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Later Printing of Philip Pullman's The Tiger in the Well; Inscribed by the author
PULLMAN, Philip.
The Tiger in the Well.
London: Scholastic, 1999.
Early printing of Philip Pullman's third book in his Sally Lockhart Quartet. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best Wishes to Eileen, Philip Pullman Sept. 99." In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 88118
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First Edition of McMurtry and Ossana's Pretty Boy Floyd; Signed by McMurtry
MCMURTRY, Larry and Diana Ossana.
Pretty Boy Floyd.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition of McMurtry and Ossana's first collaborative novel, a semi-fictional biography of American bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Larry McMurtry on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 95120
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"In a little village there was a church, and on the top of the church stood a weathercock": Evelyn Sharp's The Story of the Weathercock
SHARP, Evelyn. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
The Story of the Weathercock.
London: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d..
Early printing of Sharp's children's classic. Quarto, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated with sixteen color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Charles Robinson. In good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135422
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": Autobiography of A Yogi
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 2005.
Reprint of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135452
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Human Stain
ROTH, Philip.
The Human Stain.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition, early printing of Roth's award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 146852
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First Edition of David Foster Wallace's Girl With Curious Hair
WALLACE, David Foster.
Girl With Curious Hair.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989.
First edition of the author's second book and first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Debra Morton Hoyt.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 145192
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First Edition of Herbert's humorous novel Holy Deadlock
HERBERT, A.P.
Holy Deadlock.
London: Methuen and Co, 1934.
First edition of this novel of two young people in search of a divorce after seven years of marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 117239
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First edition of Menke Katz's Burning Village; inscribed by him
KATZ, Menke.
Burning Village.
New York: The Smith, 1972.
First edition of the acclaimed poet's crowning achievement; a harrowing account of his experience as a boy in Lithuania during WWII. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Feb 3rd 1977 For Prof. Chimieu Abronsky from Menke Katz." Katz has also added a large illustration of flowers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 124015