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“IS THIS REALITY, THE FINAL REALITY, OR JUST A NEW DECEPTIVE DREAM?”: FIRST EDITION OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV'S KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
King, Queen, Knave.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
First British edition of this early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Mayhew. Photograph of Nabokov on the rear panel by Philippe Halsman. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. A nice example.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 89070
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“It's best to be ruthless with the past": First Edition of Stephen King's Rose Madder
KING, Stephen.
Rose Madder.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 116997
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First Edition of John Updike's Self-Consciousness: Memoirs; Inscribed by Him
Self-Consciousness: Memoirs
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 19053
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First edition of Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOSTER, Alan Dean.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
London: Century, 2016.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's novelization of the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145010
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 121393
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 143897
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"Oh, friend of my heart, it is good to see you": Rudyard Kipling's In Black and White
KIPLING, Rudyard.
In Black and White.
New York: Hurst and Company, n.d..
Rare separate edition of this classic Kipling tale, which first appeared in Soldiers Three. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 123071
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Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard. Introduction by Irving Howe.
The Portable Kipling.
New York: The Viking Press, 1982.
Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling. Octavo, original wrappers with the publisher's date and price inscribed on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 124503
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First Edition of Aung San Suu Kyi's of Freedom from Fear
KYI, Aung San Suu .
Freedom From Fear and Other Writings.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of this collection of writings by the Nobel Prize winner. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Michael Aris.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 141439
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First Edition of W. Hodgson Burnet's Quite So Stories
BURNET, W. Hodgson.
Quite So Stories.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918.
First edition of Burnet's comedic parody of Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of children's tales, Just So Stories. Octavo, original stiff illustrated wrappers, illustrated by E. T. Reed. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 125407
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FIRST EDITION OF J.K. ROWLING'S THE CASUAL VACANCY
ROWLING, J.K.
The Casual Vacancy.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.
First edition of this “positively propulsive read” (Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Jacket illustration by Joel Holland.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 137044
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody": First Modern Library Edition of the death and life of great american cities
JACOBS, Jane.
The Death And Life of Great American Cities.
New York: The Modern Library , 1993.
First Modern Library edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145661
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First edition of Mark Salisbury's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
SALISBURY, Mark [Stephen Sondheim].
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
London: Titan Books, 2007.
First edition of the in-depth companion volume to the big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 140217
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First Edition of Len Deighton's Second Secret File, Horse Under Water
DEIGHTON, Len.
Horse Under Water.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition of Deighton's second spy novel. Octavo, original red cloth, pictorial endpapers featuring crossword puzzles and clues, a running motif of Deighton's novels. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146604
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"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Minpins
DAHL, Roald.
The Minpins.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991.
First edition of the author's final work for children. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with pictures by Patrick Benson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147110
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Eddie Rickenbacker's Seven Came Through
RICKENBACKER, Captain Edward V.
Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to America.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1943.
First edition, early printing of Rickenbacker's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145973
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"Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life": First Edition of Mary Oliver's West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems
OLIVER, Mary.
West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
First edition of this collection of moving poems. Octavo, original blue half cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Closed tear to the rear pastedown with a small red mark to the top edge. Jacket design by Anne Chalmers.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145156
