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First Edition in English of Milan Kundera's Ignorance; Inscribed by Him
KUNDERA, Milan.
Ignorance.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First edition in English of Kundera's "most successful [novel] since The Unbearable Lightness of Being” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marry van Barr. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 68944
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Rare finely bound 18th century Book of common prayer
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.
Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1771.
Rare 18th century Book of Common Prayer. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary calf tie gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruing and cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions. Desirable in a contemporary binding.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118145
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First Edition of Hawthorne's The Marble Faun
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel .
The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860.
First edition, first issue, with 16-page catalog dated March, 1860 inserted at rear of Volume one of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. BAL 7621.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 119422
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"MEN IN PAJAMAS SITTING ABAFT THE FUNNEL AND SWAPPING LIES OF THE PURPLE SEAS": First authorized edition of Rudyard Kipling's Abaft the Funnel
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Abaft the Funnel.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First authorized edition of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122341
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First edition of Wilson Rawls' Summer of the Monkeys; inscribed by him
RAWLS, Wilson.
Summer of the Monkeys.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of this award-winning novel by the author of Where the Red Fern Grows. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely, Wilson Rawls." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Maughan. Jacket typography by Lewis Friedman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128142
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First Edition of Gurnah Abdulrazak's Memory of Departure: A Novel
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH,.
Memory of Departure: A Novel.
New York: The Grove Press, 1988.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Bascove.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129533
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First edition of Eden Phillpotts' Children of the Mist; with an autograph letter signed by him and inscribed by English swindler Whitaker Wright
PHILLPOTTS, Eden [Whitaker Wright].
Children of the Mist: A Novel.
London: A. D. Innes & Company, 1898.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by famed English swindler Whitaker Wright on the front free endpaper, "Clara Hubbard from Mr. Whitaker Wright Lea park Mitford Surrey." Whitaker Wright was regarded as a financial wizard at the turn of the 20th century in London. He built the Park Lane house at the height of his power. Like his celebrated country home at Lea Park, where he had music and billiard rooms under an artificial lake, No. 18 Park Lane was a…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137170
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"I Am An American, Chicago Born – Chicago, That Somber City – And Go At Things As I Have Taught Myself, Free-Style, And Will Make The Record In My Own Way" First Edition Of The 50th Anniversary of The Adventures of Augie March; Signed By Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: Viking, 2003.
First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow's third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow "For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow." Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engage in book signings. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 188
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First edition of Here's To You, Rachel Robinson; inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson.
New York: Orchard Books, 1993.
First edition of the author's sequel to her best-selling young adult novel 'Just as Long as We're Together.' Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Joanne Thanks! Love, Judy Blume Aug. 1993." Very good in a fine dust jacket. Closed tear and creasing to the rear endpaper. Jacket design by Jim DeLapine. Author photograph by George Cooper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145014
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First Edition of Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise
GURNAH, Abdulrazak.
Paradise.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1994.
First edition of the work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small ownership name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129499
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
WILDE, Oscar.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.
[London]: Privately Printed, 1904.
First separate edition of Wilde's classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140581
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First Edition of John Gardner's Icebreaker; Signed by Him
GARDNER, John.
Icebreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 28009
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First Edition of Alexandre Dumas' Henri III et sa Cour
DUMAS, Alexandre (Alexander).
Henri III et sa Cour.
Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.
Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87497
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FIRST EDITION OF THOMAS PYNCHON'S SECOND NOVEL THE CRYING OF LOT 49
PYNCHON, Thomas.
The Crying of Lot 49.
New York: J.B Lippincott, 1966.
First edition of Pynchon’s classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 112711
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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; Inscribed by Writer and Publisher Elbert Hubbard to His Niece
KHAYYAM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald; [Elbert Hubbard].
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1906.
Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an Address by John Hay and Introduction by Clarence S. Darrow. Oblong duodecimo, original half red suede over black boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, red leather spine label, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorated headpiece, tailpieces, and initials by W. W. Denslow. Association copy, inscribed by writer and publisher Elbert Hubbard to his niece on the front flyleaf, "To Mrs. Wellman with love and blessing, from her uncle Elbert Hubbard." In very good condition with rubbing to the corners…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146576
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Judgment of Paris; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
The Judgment of Paris.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1952.
First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie, from Gore Vidal, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author's sister. Vidal's father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in the original dust jacket, which has been laminated by Vidal. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124488
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's Something Happened; Signed by Him
HELLER, Joseph.
Something Happened.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stacy Hunt, With good wishes, to an admirer, from an admirer. Joseph Heller 5/28/75 WKIN, L.A." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142094
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Rare Original Playbill from the 1952 Broadway Performance of Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra; Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
OLIVIER, Laurence and Vivien Leigh.
Original Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra Signed Playbill.
New York: Laurence Olivier Productions Ltd, 1952.
Rare original playbill from the February 25th 1952 performance of the Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra repertory at the Ziegfeld Theatre starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Octavo, illustrated with photographs and advertisements. Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on the front panel and inscribed by Ronald Adam, "with happy memories and good wishes, Ronald Adam." A close friend of Olivier's, WWII RAF fighter pilot Ronald Forbes Adam made his stage acting debut at this very performance. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90375
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“Freedom is often the first casualty of war": First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in His Labyrinth
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Signed limited first edition of this "fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, bound in full leather. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One of 350 copies, this is number 44. Fine in a fine slipcase. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130969