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“We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious": First Edition of Austerlitz; Signed by W.G. Sebald
SEBALD, W.G.
Austerlitz.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by W.G. Sebald on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146351
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"Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind": First Edition of Middlesex; Lengthily Inscribed by Jeffrey Eugenides
EUGENIDES, Jeffrey.
Middlesex.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, "Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind." Eugenides." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. Jacket photograph by Marc Yankus.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 126292
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First Edition of Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VIZINCZEY, Stephen.
In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda.
Toronto: Contemporary Canada Press, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Richard Needham, hoping he'll enjoy it as much as I do his column Stephen Vizinczey." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Jenson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 128915
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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust
WAUGH, Evelyn.
A Handful Of Dust.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1934.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 39786
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying": The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick; finely bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf
HERRICK, Robert.
The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.
London: William Pickering, 1825.
Finely bound nineteenth century printing of Herrick's collected poems. Octavo, two volumes bound in full dark green calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137228
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First Edition of The Art of George Tuska; Inscribed by Him to Legendary Creator Stan Lee
DEWEY CASSELL WITH AARON SULTAN AND MIKE GARTLAND FOREWORD BY STAN LEE,.
The Art of George Tuska.
Raleigh: Two Morrows Publishing, 2005.
First edition of this work by the artist, inscribed by him to legendary creator Stan Lee, who contributed the foreword to this volume. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. The recipient, Stan Lee co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. In fine condition. From the library of Stan Lee.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140472
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“She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight": First Edition of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister
CHANDLER, Raymond.
The Little Sister.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949.
First edition, first state, of Chandler’s fifth hard-boiled novel featuring his iconic private eye, Philip Marlowe. Octavo, original orange cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket by Boris Artzybasheff.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 100041
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Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth Rare with Original Dust Jacket; Signed by Vivien Leigh
WILDER, Thornton [Vivien Leigh].
The Skin of Our Teeth: Play in Three Acts.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942.
Early edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Octavo, original cloth and labels. Signed by actress Vivien Leigh on the front free endpaper. One of the most iconic actresses of the 20th century, known particularly for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 epic film 'Gone with the Wind,' Leigh was lauded for her talent in acting, winning multiple awards for Best Actress across her years in film. Leigh was already well-established by the time she accepted the role of Lily Sabina in Thornton Wilder's play, 'The Skin of Our Teeth,' which she performed in between work on 'Caesar and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145370
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First Edition of Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests; Signed by Him
SOYINKA, Wole.
A Dance of the Forests.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
First edition of Soyinka's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Wole Soyinka on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123932
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"One of the best musicals of the century": Original tour program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon
LERNER, Alan Jay. Music by Frederick Loewe.
Original My Fair Lady Tour Program.
New York: Kal Efron, .
Original program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon. Quarto, illustrated with photographs. Signed and inscribed by Ronald Drake, Margaret Bannerman, Marie Paxton, Charles Vistory, Hugh Dempster, and Katharine Hynes. In very good condition. A unique example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 95285
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SELECTED WORKS OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE; FINELY BOUND
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [The Bertrams, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Mary Gresley and An Editor’s Tales].
London: Chapman and Hall, 1872.
Finely bound collection of a selection of three of Trollope's best-known works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110524
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First Edition of John Ashbery’s Pulitizer Prize-Winning Work; Signed by him
ASHBERY, John.
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
New York: The Viking Press, 1975.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Michael Teague. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110844
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First Edition of Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook; Signed by Her
VANDERBILT, Amy; Drawings by Andy Warhol.
Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Andy Warhol. Boldly signed by Amy Vanderbilt on the half-title page. Drawings by Andy Warhol. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132379
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“We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression": First Edition of B.F. Skinner's Walden Two; in the rare original dust jacket
SKINNER, B.F.
Walden Two.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by F.G. Kuttner.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133228
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First Edition of Forever Ulysses; Signed by Translator Patrick Leigh Fermor
RODOCANACHI, C.P. [Translated by Patrick Leigh Fermor].
Forever Ulysses.
New York: The Viking Press, 1938.
First edition of the author's first novel and Patrick Leigh Fermor's first significant literary contribution. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the translator Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the crown of the spine and a few small closed tears. Leigh Fermor translated this novel at the age of 22.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 3901
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Temporary Kings
POWELL, Anthony.
Temporary Kings.
London: Heinemann, 1973.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142957
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FIRST EDITION OF EDNA FERBER'S CLASSIC WORK GIANT; SIGNED BY HER
FERBER, Edna.
Giant.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952.
First edition of this "powerful story...truly as big as its subject" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edna Ferber. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Fred McCarroll.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 114531
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First Edition of Andy Warhol's America; Signed Twice by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Andy Warhol on the front panel and opposite the contents page. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146682
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
First edition with Scribner's A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a good unrestored second-issue price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137027
