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"There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one": FIRST EDITION OF HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; Lengthily SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ
ALVAREZ, Julia.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one, Julia Alvarez." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Paul Munck. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108779
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First edition of Switch Bitch; inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Switch Bitch.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First American edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jon Walley Thanks Roald Dahl 1975." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Shields.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146282
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First Edition of Travesìa del Horizonte; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Travesìa del Horizonte.
Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3368
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First Edition of Norman Douglas' South Wind; In exceptional condition
DOUGLAS, Norman.
South Wind.
London: Martin Secker, 1917.
First edition of the author's classic work based on the island of Capri. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142093
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First Edition of Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier
AMIS, Kingsley.
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of Amis' critical analysis of the James Bond novels. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jan Pienkowski based on the famous trompe l'oeil paintings by Richard Chopping reproduced on the jackets of the James Bond books. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144348
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Judgment of Paris; Signed by Him
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. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 92437
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First Edition of All Things Bright and Beautiful; Inscribed by James Herriot
HERRIOT, James.
All Things Bright and Beautiful.
London`: Michael Joseph, 1976.
First edition of this classic, the sequel to All Creatures Great and Small. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bob and Nancy with best wishes and thanks James Herriot." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Camera Press.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144243
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's The Military Philosophers
POWELL, Anthony.
The Military Philosophers.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1968.
First edition of the ninth novel in the 'A Dance to the Music of Time' series. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morroco and folding chemise clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145149
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“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk": First Edition of Keri Hulme's The Bone People
HULME, Keri.
The Bone People.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112339
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First Edition of Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine; Warmly Inscribed by Tom Wolfe in the year of publication
WOLFE, Tom.
Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, sketches by the author. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Dan, with thanks- for a pleasant mid-day in the bowels of the NBC Building! Tom Wolfe December 9, 1976." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Uncommon signed and inscribed in the year of publication.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131703
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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First edition of Francis Bret Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp
HARTE, Francis Bret.
The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches.
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1870.
First edition, first issue of Harte's seminal California work without the story "Brown of Calaveras." BAL 7246. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139515
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First Edition of Gertrude Stein's Geography and Plays; Inscribed by Her
STEIN, Gertrude.
Geography and Plays.
Boston: The Four Seas Company Publishers, 1922.
First edition of this work by the author of The Autobiography of Alice Toklas. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Joanna Graham from Gertrude Stein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sherwood Anderson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118469
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The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
TRESILIAN, Stuart. [Rudyard Kipling].
The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
London: Issued by The Boy Scouts Association, n.d..
Rare official collection of copyright illustration cards from Rudyard Kipling's All the Mowgli Stories. Octavo, the envelope includes 8 full color illustrations cards. The cards are in near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126993
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129195
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Finely Bound Set of The Life of Samuel Johnson
BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.
Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2542
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Sarah Churchill's A Thread in the Tapestry; FINELY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHURCHILL, Sarah [Winston S. Churchill].
A Thread in the Tapestry.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967.
First edition, early printing of the author's deeply moving eulogy of her father, Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139833
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"I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender!": Signed Limited First Edition of On the Waterfront FInal Shooting Script, Signed by Schulberg and Kazan
SCHULBERG, Budd and Elia Kazan.
On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script
Hollywood and New York: Samuel French, 1980.
Signed limited first edition of this classic Academy Award–winning screenplay, one of only 300 copies, this is number 82. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135323
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading; Signed by the Translator Dmitri Nabokov
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Invitation to a Beheading.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.
First edition of this "wonderful tour de force" (Gilbert Highet). Octavo, original half cloth, red topstain. Signed by the translator Dmitri Nabokov on the title page. Dmitri Nabokov was the only child of Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera; they emigrated to the United States from France in 1940. In his later years, Nabokov translated many of his father's works into other languages, and served as the executor of his father's literary estate. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140003
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First Edition of Carlos Ruiz Zafron's The Shadow of the Wind; Signed by Him
ZAFRON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Shadow of the Wind.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this "gorgeous read" (Stephen King). Octavo, original boards, patterned endpapers. Signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143007