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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Maya Angelou. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 3251
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First Edition of William Faulkner's The Town
FAULKNER, William.
The Town.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first printing of the second novel in Faulkner's celebrated Snopes trilogy with line 8 on page 327 repeated as line 10. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good later issue dust jacket. Bookplate to the front free endpaper and ownership inscription to the pastedown. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 140009
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First Edition of the Playwright's Pulitzer-Prize winning work Three Tall Women; Signed by Edward Albee
ALBEE, Edward.
Three Tall Women.
New York: Dutton Book, 1995.
First edition of Albee's Three Tall Women, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, his third. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Edward Albee on the title page. With a program from the 1995 Celebrity Lecture Series at Michigan State University featuring Albee as a speaker laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Steve Ash.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 5722
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Finely Bound Example of Samuel Maunder's Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of Belles Lettres
MAUNDER, Samuel.
The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of Belles Lettres.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1858.
The new edition of Maunder's Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and the Arts. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised gilt bands to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges speckled red, frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 118021
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"At night the moon became a woman's face. I met the Spirit of Music”: First Edition of The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
MORRISON, Jim.
The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison: Wilderness. [with] The American Night: The Writings of Jim Morrison.
New York: Villard Books, 1988.
First edition volumes I and II of this remarkable written collection of writings from The Doors' sensational singer-songwriter. Octavo, two volumes, original half cloth, illustrated with facsimile pages from Morrison's diaries and never-before-seen photos of Jim. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Wendy Bass. Jacket photo by Frank Lisciandro.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145174
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Escape on Venus
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Escape on Venus.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the 'Venus' series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145058
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First Edition of Henry James' The Real Thing
JAMES, Henry.
The Real Thing.
New York and London: Macmillan & Co, 1893.
First edition, second issue of one of James' neatest tales. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, small tear to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 78041
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Rudyard Kipling and C.R.L. Fletcher's A History of England; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard and C.R.L. Fletcher.
A History of England.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930.
Corrected edition of Kipling and Fletcher's history of Great Britain for boys and girls. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with colored plates and maps by Henry Ford. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135268
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First Edition of Henry James' View and Reviews
JAMES, Henry.
Views and Reviews: Now First Collected.
Boston: The Ball Publishing Company, 1908.
First edition of this series of literary essays written in James' earlier style. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction by Le Roy Phillips. In near fine condition. A very bright example.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 78043
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First Edition of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144548
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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 Jonathan Schorr's Hard Lessons with Autographed Letter; FROM THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILLIAM SAFIRE
SCHORR, Jonathan [William Safire].
Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
First edition of this journalistic analysis of charter school life from the library of American journalist William Safire. Octavo, original half cloth. Autographed letter to American journalist William Safire laid in. As thanks for his thoughtful announcement in the word column, the note reads in part, "I am touched by the effort and generosity that went into the plug you gave my book. I hope you know what an enormous difference it makes in the trajectory of the book's life. I'll not soon forget this kindness." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Jonathan Schorr. Jacket…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145238
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"I'm drawn to characters who see the future, or think they do": First Edition of Avenue of Mysteries; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Avenue of Mysteries.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
First edition of the award-winning author's fourteenth title. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Emily Pracher. Jacket photograph by Karina Juárez. Author photograph by Everett Irving.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145157
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
Early printing of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144125
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
Toronto: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 230
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First Edition of Son; Signed by Lois Lowry
LOWRY, Lois.
Son.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
First edition of the thrilling conclusion to 'The Giver' quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145163
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Inscribed by Richard Bach
BACH, Richard.
Stranger To The Ground.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983.
First edition of the re-issue. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the half title page, who has drawn a sun and birds. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Gil Rob Wilson.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 12047
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"Wine, women and dice kept him ever hungry, ill, and poor": Finely bound example of Richard Head's The English Rogue
HEAD, Richard and Francis Kirkman.
The English Rogue Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Being a Complete History of the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1928.
Finely bound example of Head's famous satirical autobiography. Quarto, bound in full tree calf with green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, illustrated with plates after the originals. In very good condition. Stamp to the half-title page.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 109026
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"Give a chunk to a monkey, give a chunk to a fighter": Later printing of Michael Rosen's Nuts About Nuts; Signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Sami Sweeten.
Nuts About Nuts.
London: Diamond Books, 1999.
Early printing of British children's author Michael Rosen's illustrated book of poetry about nuts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Signed and dated by Michael Rosen on the verso of the front panel, "Michael Rosen Aug 15 2004." In near fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 88124
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137801
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Ruth Plumly Thompson's Kabumpo in Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
Kabumpo in Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1922.
First edition, early printing of Thompson's second fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s 'Oz' stories. Octavo, original cloth with colored pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145101
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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First Edition of Mortal Engines; Signed by Philip Reeve
REEVE, Philip.
Mortal Engines.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001.
First edition of the award-winning author's debut novel. Octavo, original red boards. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Frankland.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145188
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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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Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
The Giant Horse of Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.
First edition, early printing of Thompson's eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum's Oz stories. Octavo, original blue cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In very good condition. Ownership signature in to the front pastedown, front free endpaper, and ownership page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145084
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Rudyard Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. [Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; His Majesty the King; The Drums of Fore and Aft]
Allahabad: Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co, n.d.
Later printing of this classic collection of Kipling's tales for children. Octavo, original cloth. Contains Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, His Majesty the King, and The Drums of Fore and Aft. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135005
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First Edition of This collection of Nadine Gordimer’s Writings; Signed by the Nobel Laureate
GORDIMER, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman.
Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and introduced by Stephen Clingman.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 546
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Girl from Hollywood
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
The Girl from Hollywood.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923.
First edition of Burroughs' contemporary fiction novel. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145116
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First Edition of The Sea Lion; Signed by Ken Kesey
KESEY, Ken.
The Sea Lion: A Story of the Sea Cliff People.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of this beautiful piece of children's literature. Super octavo, original half cloth, lavender endpapers, fully illustrated by Neil Waldman. Boldly signed and dated by the author in gold felt tip on the front free endpaper, "Ken Kesey 1992." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145361
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"Fly over the valley when the winds are keen, and nestle where the earth receives another generation of exhausted leaves": First edition of Edgar Lee Masters' Starved Rock
MASTERS, Edgar Lee.
Starved Rock.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919.
First edition of the this early collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Inadvertently inscribed on the final free endpaper, "For S.D. Green...Edgar Lee Masters." In very good condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 96230
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First Edition of The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining; Inscribed by Sally Quinn
QUINN, Sally.
The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this practical and witty guide to the party scene. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Susan Davis. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "To Bill and Idelene, you don't need any guidance from me about being great hosts or great guests - you're the best! Much love Sally Q." Near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Author photograph by Sigrid Estrada.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145210
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First edition of G. F. Monksood's Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work
MONKSHOOD, G. F. and George Gamble.
Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work. An Attempt at Appreciation.
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.
Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 135217
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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
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“The four most common chemically active elements in the universe—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—are the four most common elements of life on Earth. We are not simply in the universe. The universe is in us": First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles
TYSON, Neil DeGrasse; edited by Avis Lang.
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2012.
First edition of the astrophysicist's humorously provocative scientific commentary. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Author photograph by Chris Cassidy.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145143
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First Edition of First Lady, Julia Dent Grant's Personal Memoirs
GRANT, Julia Dent; Ralph G. Newman; Bruce Catton.
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant [Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant] and The First Lady as an Author.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.
First edition of First Lady Julia Dent Grant's collection of memoirs, published for the first time, posthumously, nearly seventy-three years after her death. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs of the Grant family and others. Edited with notes and foreword by John Y. Simon with introduction by Bruce Catton.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145105
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some dampstaining. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146068
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“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us:" First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Death by Black Hole
TYSON, Neil deGrasse.
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2007.
First edition of this vibrant collection of essays from America's best-known astrophysicist. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keenan. Jacket photograph by NASA. Author photograph courtesy of Dan Deitch.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145179
