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Rare sixth edition of William McGuffey's The Eclectic Fourth Reader
MCGUFFEY, William.
The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, From the Best American and English Writers. With Copious Rules for Reading, and Directions for Avoiding Common Errors.
Cincinnati: Published by Truman and Smith, 1838.
Finely bound sixth edition of the fourth McGuffey Reader. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140352
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First Edition of Son of Dracula; Signed by Ringo Starr
STARR, Ringo & Harry Nilsson.
Son of Dracula.
Blackwood Music, 1974.
First edition of this original work. Quarter, original wrappers. Signed and dated by Ringo Starr on the front panel, "Love Ringo 05." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3245
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"The whole thing was an affair of misty shadows": First edition of H. G. Wells' The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
WELLS, H.G.
The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1904.
First edition of Wells' satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95220
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The Fairy Queen; Bound In Full Contemporary Calf
SPENSER, Edmund.
The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1758.
Finely bound edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, with nine full page engraved plates by Louis du Geurnier. In very good condition, with the ownership signature on title page of a W. A. Watson and occasional marginalia, rebacked. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144293
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16th Century Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Corbaccio [The Crow]
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Il Corbaccio. [The Crow].
Paris: Federigo Morello, 1569.
Rare sixteenth century edition of this literary work in the original Italian. Duodecimo, original full vellum. In near fine condition with light splitting to the front interior hinge.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146435
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James Fields' Yesterdays With Authors; elaborately bound in full morocco by tout
FIELDS, James T.
Yesterdays With Authors.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882.
Finely bound illustrated edition of Fields' Yesterdays with Authors. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Tout with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt decorative cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, watered silk doublures and endleaves, gilt topstain, extra illustrated with 61 rare plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece of Charles Dickens, and engraved portraits of Thackeray, Wordsworth, Hawthorne, Longfellow, and many others. In near fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122843
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Rare First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters of Marque
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters of Marque.
Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co, 1891.
Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies, many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124119
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First Edition of William Styron's Set This House on Fire; Signed by Him
STYRON, William.
Set This House on Fire.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Styron on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 143491
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“if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone": Rare First Edition Of Richard Yates Powerful First Novel Revolutionary Road
YATES, Richard.
Revolutionary Road.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Palladino.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 147181
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First Edition of The Victim; Signed Twice by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Victim.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed twice by the author. Signed "good wishes Saul Bellow" on the title page and again on a notecard on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in the original dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1961
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Review Copy of William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit
FAULKNER, William.
Knight’s Gambit.
New York: Random House, 1949.
First edition of this short story collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by E.McKnight Kauffer. A very nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 100822
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First Edition of Stephen King's Lisey's Story
KING, Stephen.
Lisey’s Story.
New York: Scribner, 2006.
First edition of this novel by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page in person in New York City. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 147314
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From the Library of John Steinbeck
[STEINBECK, John].
Two Russian Books From the Library of John Steinbeck.
Moscow: Various, c. 1960.
Two volumes in Russian from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck. Quarto, two volumes including a book of early Russian Orthodox paintings with many in color and a folio of loose plates featuring artwork from the Hermitage Museum. From the library of John Steinbeck. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117588
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“Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything": Finely Bound Set of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.
London: T. Becket, 1777.
Finely bound set of Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 89417
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"When you're really enjoying what you're reading, 'knowledge' & 'broadening' will follow by themselves. So have fun first.": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by John LE CARRÉ
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Autograph Letter Signed.
Cornwall: 2006.
Autograph letter signed by British author John le Carré. Quarto, two pages on John le Carré's personal stationary, the letter reads in full, "Dear Stacy, Thanks for your letter. Mine will be short as I am correcting galley (first printed sheets) of my new novel 'The Mission Song' out next September, & I'm just back from Congo, where it's partly set, and in a muddle. I write by hand & my wife types, retypes, re-re-retypes & so it goes. Brian Aldiss is tough going - don't be too hard on yourself. Have you read any P. G. Wodehouse? The funniest…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146942
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another": Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
Early printing of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Gail Shaw Toni Morrison." Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 130799
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First Edition of Dusklands; Signed by J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Dusklands.
Johannesburg: Raven Press, 1974.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 145915
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The Poetical works of Chaucer; finely bound by Bayntun Bindery
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1878.
Finely bound set of Chaucer's poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 90435
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First Edition of Anatole France's Le Puits de Sainte Claire; Inscribed by Him
FRANCE, Anatole.
Le Puits de Sainte Claire.
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1895.
First edition of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning French writer regarding tales based on Italian historical characters and events. Octavo, original printed wrappers and glassine wrapper, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Fernand Calmettes son vieil ami Anatole France." The recipient, Fernand Calmettes was a writer and editor and contemporary of the author. Housed in a chemise and half morocco slipcase. Books signed and inscribed Anatole France are uncommon.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 82311
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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146489