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First edition of Evelyn Anthony's The Silver Falcon
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
The Silver Falcon.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of Anthony's suspenseful Derby novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick McCreeth. Jacket photograph by Gerry Cranham. Author photograph by Mark Gerson.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 124384
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First edition of Barry Lopez's Crow and Weasel; beautifully illustrated by Tom Pohrt
LOPEZ, Barry. Illustrated by Tom Pohrt.
Crow and Weasel.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990.
First edition of the best-selling author's Parents' Choice Award-winning novella-length fable. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Tom Pohrt. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 135159
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First Edition of John O'Hara's Pal Joey
O'HARA, John.
Pal Joey.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940.
First edition of this classic novel, basis for the 1957 film starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 133139
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"When two such brilliantly ebullient intellects get together by mail, they charge the air with all sorts of pyrotechnics": First Edition of The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: 1940-1971
NABOKOV, Vladimir and Edmund Wilson. Edited.
The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: 1940-1971.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of this annotated compendium of the Nabokov-Wilson letters. Octaovo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 89093
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Brian Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov : The Russian Years
BOYD, Brian [Vladimir Nabokov].
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Early printing of this biography on Nabokov. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 87069
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First Edition of Graham Greene's An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor
GREENE, Graham.
An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor.
London: Bodley Head, 1975.
First edition of this work by the author of The Power and the Glory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 114557
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William Attwood's Making It Through Middle Age; inscribed by him
ATTWOOD, William.
Making it Through Middle Age: Notes While in Transit.
New York: Atheneum, 1982.
First edition, second printing of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142304
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“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets": First Edition of Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
MILLER, Arthur.
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan.
New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
First American edition of this incredibly entertaining play. Octavo, original black half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Inge Morath.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145186
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First Edition of James Tobin's Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory
TOBIN, James.
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142144
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"I was wide awake, packed and ready to go at dawn": Eric Ambler's The Night-Comers
AMBLER, Eric.
The Night-Comers.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
Early printing of Ambler's inventively thrilling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126375
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First Edition of Richard Church's British Authors: A Twentieth Century Gallery
CHURCH, Richard.
British Authors: A Twentieth Century Gallery.
London: Published for the British Council by Longmans Green & Co.
First edition of Church's authoritative guide to the greatest British authors. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with 58 portraits. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small name.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126107
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First edition of Martin Fido's Rudyard Kipling
FIDO, Martin. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Hamlyn, 1974.
First edition of the great biographer's lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126709
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“To expect the universe to be benevolent was like imagining one could always win at a game of pure chance:" First Edition of Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
First edition of the author's first book after '2010: Odyssey Two.' Octavo, original blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Michael Whelan. Jacket design by Anthony C. Russo.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145176
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's The King of the Fields
SINGER, Isaac Bashevis.
The King of the Fields.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988.
Early printing of Singer's masterful historical novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Alcorn. Author photograph by Nancy Crampton.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126208
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First edition of Lucile Russell Carpenter's Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile
CARPENTER, Lucile Russell.
Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile.
Chicago: Argus Books, 1942.
First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter's work on Kipling's life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 123558
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First edition of John O'Hara's Lovely Childs
O'HARA, John.
Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian’s Story.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this novel by the author of Appointment in Samarra. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nassar.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126114
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Last Analysis: A Play
BELLOW, Saul.
The Last Analysis: A Play.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1966.
First edition of the only play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Ball.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 34864
