Literature
Showing 2061–2080 of 4080 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Geography
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED Green MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
BALZAC, Honore de.
Eugenie Grandet I.
Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.
Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac's short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130184
-
Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140889
-
"One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; the flower that once has blown for ever dies": Willy Pogany's illustrated RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; finely bound by Bayntun Riviere
TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. ILLUSTRATED BY WILL POGANY,.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d..
Elaborately bound example of Pogany's finely illustrated Rubaiyat. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Banytun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces, and central gilt arabesque to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Willy Pogany. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 129800
-
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from": First Edition of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men; Signed by cormac mccarthy and Three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
No Country For Old Men.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this “harrowing, propulsive drama… about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe” (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy and signed three times by jacket artist Chip Kidd: on the front panel, below McCarthy's signature and on the rear jacket flap. In good condition with some staining to the first several pages in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146455
-
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College
GRAY, Thomas.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Bell and Daldy, 1857.
Finely bound collection of the collected poetical works of Thomas Gray decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142194
-
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant; inscribed by him to Alfred J. Warne Browne
SHAW, George Bernard.
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant.
London: Grant Richards, 1898.
First edition of the definitive text of Shaw’s volume of “unpleasant” plays: Widowers’ Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 pages of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of Vol. I, "From G.B.S., painter of humanity, to Warne Browne, painter of the next deepest subject - the sea! Cadgwith Sept. 1899." The recipient, Alfred J. Warne Browne, was an English seascape painter based in Cornwall.…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137391
-
"Murder begins before the actual deed": Rare First Edition of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Towards Zero.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1944.
First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144302
-
First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's The Mottled Lizard; SIgned by Her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
The Mottled Lizard.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962.
First edition of this sequel to Huxley's The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 46332
-
First Edition of Graham Greene's Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement; Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.
London: William Bodley, 1984.
First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Tucker with love from Graham." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Bernard Diederich. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137597
-
FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION: FIRST EDITION OF KATIE ARNOLDI'S CHEMICAL PINK: A NOVEL OF OBSESSION; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JOAN DIDION
ARNOLD, Katie. [Joan Didion].
Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2001.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joan - Thank you for being so generous & kind. Your support has made all the difference. Lots of love, Katie 2/19/01." The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141135
-
"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142391
-
“A BLINDING, RAW FORCE OF PRIMITIVE BEAUTY”: First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country
WHARTON, Edith.
The Custom of the Country.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913.
First edition of one of Wharton's finest novels, which tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 110264
-
First Edition of Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: Grant Richards, 1903.
First edition of Butler's classic semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130529
-
First Edition of A Fairy Tale of New York; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
A Fairy Tale of New York.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.
First edition of this funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence in the year of publication, "Century Club (where the action is) August 14, 1973 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A nice association.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 3966
-
Scarce first English edition of Leo Tolstoy's Patriotism and Christianity
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Patriotism and Christianity.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.
First English edition of Tolstoy's important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. In very good condition with some toning to the spine. Scarce.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146054
-
"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still": First Edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original black boards. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124969
-
“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration": First Edition of Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler
WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.
London: Printed only for Thomas Hope; sold by him and Sackville Parker, Richard Matthews, and Samuel Trimmer, 1760.
First Hawkins edition of Walton's classic work. Octavo, original full speckled tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, black morocco spine label, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with fourteen engraved plates, seventeen in-text engravings of fish, and several engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell with "Brooke Dolan 1940" stamped in gilt on front panel.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146335
-
First Edition of Robert Penn Warren's World Time and Enough; Inscribed by Him
WARREN, Robert Penn.
World Enough and Time.
New York: Random House, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the "richest of [Warren's] novels" (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Sutherland regards Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Gottlieb. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142272
-
“I did not want to voice a word that would lift the cover and reveal that hideous emotion I always felt for her, the underside of love": First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144482
-
"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142139