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First Edition of Edwina Sandys' Eve & Adam; Inscribed by Her
SANDYS, Edwina.
Eve & Adam.
New York: Edwina Sandys, 2000.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Sandys. Small octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Frank and Carol Edwina Sandys." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 118981
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First edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1948.
First edition of Waugh's short satirical novel about a Los Angeles funeral parlor. Octavo, original boards, marbled endpapers, illustrated by Stuart Doyle. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 122418
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"To see a thing and tell it in plain words is the greatest thing a soul can do": First Edition of Edward Bok's Twice Thirty; in the rare original dust jacket
BOK, Edward.
Twice Thirty: Some Short and Simple Annals of the Road.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth over decorated boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 123941
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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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Gerald Sussman's The official sex manual: A modern approach to the art and techniques of coginus
SUSSMAN, Gerald.
The Official Sex Manual: A Modern Approach to the Art and Techniques of Coginus.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965.
First edition, early printing. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Sam Salant.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146101
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The Heritage Press Limited Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Tales of East and West
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Tales of East and West.
Avon: The Heritage Press, 1973.
The Heritage Press Edition of this collection of classic Kipling tales, selected by Bernard Bergonzi. Quarto, original half cloth over marbled boards, green topstain. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Near fine in the original green marbled slipcase which is in near fine condition. With the Heritage Press issue of Sandglass present.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121400
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First edition of Edward Allcard's Temptress Returns; from the library of adventurer and explorer Steve Fossett
ALLCARD, Edward C.
Temptress Returns.
London: Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1952.
First edition of English yachtsman Edward C. Allcard’s detailed account of his second solo trip across the Atlantic aboard the yawl Temptress. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. 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…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 115755
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First Edition of T.H. White's England Have My Bones
WHITE, T.H.
England Have My Bones.
London: Collins, 1936.
First edition of the author's classic memoir. Octavo, original cloth, with 8 full page woodcut illustrations by the author. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 136017
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"History's most romantic airplane - the fabulous flying clipper": First edition of Ken Follett's Night Over Water; from the collection of Erica Jong
FOLLETT, Ken.
Night Over Water.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's classic novel of international suspense. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. From the collection of Erica Jong with her invitation to the book's publication party laid in. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 142574
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First edition of John Le Carre's The Naive and Sentimental Lover
LE CARRE, John.
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
First edition of le Carré's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146206
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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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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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“Everything about life is a joke. Don't you know that?”: First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Bluebeard.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1987.
First edition of Vonnegut's best-seller, which describes the late years of fictional Abstract Expressionist painter Rabo Karabekian. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeff Adams.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146222
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“The basic purpose of art is not to teach, but to show—to hold up to man a concretized image of his nature and his place in the universe": First Edition of Ayn Rand's The Romantic Manifesto
RAND, Ayn.
The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature.
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the nature of art. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Tom Lincoln.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 144994
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LATER PRINTING OF PHILIP PULLMAN'S THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
PULLMAN, Philip.
The Shadow in the North.
London: Scholastic Ltd, 1999.
Later printing of Philip Pullman’s second book in his Sally Lockhart Quartet. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Good luck to Eileen, Philip Pullman.” In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 88119
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First Edition of John Knowles' The Private Life of Axie Reed; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
KNOWLES, John.
The Private Life of Axie Reed.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1986.
First edition of this work by the author of A Separate Peace. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Lee- With all best regards- John Knowles L.I March 31, 1986." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121398
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First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas Games Book
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Father Christmas Games Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1995.
First edition of this collection of four games based on the author's award-winning childrens story 'Father Christmas.' Square octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with artwork by Sara Silcock. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147075
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First edition of Alfred Duggan's Count Bohemond
DUGGAN, Alfred. Preface by Evelyn Waugh.
Count Bohemond.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
First edition of Duggan's classic historical novel. Octavo, original cloth. Preface by Evelyn Waugh. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscription. Jacket design by Edward Bawden.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 136049
