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First Edition of Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn; Warmly inscribed by Her
BAKER, Dorothy.
Young Man with a Horn.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.
First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Nell- Hommage de l'lauteur Dorothy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140685
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“Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember": First Edition of Blue Nights; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Blue Nights.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this intensely personal and moving account of Joan Didion's thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 116868
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"The hills are alive with the sound of music, With songs they have sung for a thousand years": First Edition of The Sound of Music
RODGERS, Richard; Oscar Hammerstein; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
The Sound of Music:
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Meyer Wagman. An exceptional example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147915
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First edition, advance reading copy of Ken Follett's Jackdaws; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
Jackdaws.
New York: Dutton, 2001.
Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,"To Ken + Erica - with love, Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist,…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142632
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"To draw from this hallowed spot renewed faith and inspiration, and to reaffirm our undying devotion to the doctrines which he taught and exemplified": Limited Edition of The Roosevelt Pilgrimage of 1922
STEWART, Janet; Theodore Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt Pilgrimage of 1922: Being a Record of the Pilgrimage of Certain Friends of Theodore Roosevelt to His Grave and to His Home, On the Third Anniversary of His Death.
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1922.
Limited edition, one of 300 examples of this ode to the life of the 26th president of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, decorated headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout, frontispiece portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, illustrated with black and white photographs. In very good condition with some rubbing to the corners, toning to the front and rear panels, front and rear pastedown. Uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145441
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First edition of Jacques Barzun's A Stroll With William James; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
BARZUN, Jacques. [William Safire].
A Stroll With William James.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of Barzun's intimate biography of "Father of American psychology", William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Bill, with admiration on many counts. Jacques 22 IV 83." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 128020
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"Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature": First Edition of Soul Mountain; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Soul Mountain.
New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
First edition in English of the author's magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Mabel Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138016
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Classic Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138165
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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know": First Modern Library Edition of James Salter's A Sport And A Pastime; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
A Sport And A Pastime.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
Early printing of The Modern Library edition of this modern classic, hailed as a masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Howard Norman on the title page, "To Howard Norman James Salter." Most of Norman's short stories and novels are set in Canada's Maritime Provinces. He has written several translations of Algonquin, Cree, and Inuit folklore. His books have been translated into 12 languages. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123919
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Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Sign of the Four.
New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, n.d.
Later printing of the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Conan Doyle. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 135247
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First Edition of More Die of Heartbreak; Inscribed by Saul Bellow To Fellow Writer Sidney Hyman
BELLOW, Saul.
More Die of Heartbreak.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow." The recipient, Sidney Hyman as a fellow writer from Chicago and a close friend of Bellow. He is best know for his work The American President. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3138
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano
MODIANO, Patrick.
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour James, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated by Barbara Wright.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 118229
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First edition of George Bainton's The Art of Authorship
BAINTON, George.
The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners, Personally Contributed by Leading Authors of the Day.
London: James Clarke & Co, 1890.
Rare first edition of Bainton's classic collection of reminiscences on the art of writing, with contributions from Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and Samuel Clemens among many others. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and font panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123077
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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition, Advance review copy of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with a personal type-written letter from the publisher laid in addressed to Miss Belle Rosenbaum of the New York Herald Tribune. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 101232
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's A New Life; Inscribed by Him to his cousins
MALAMUD, Bernard.
A New Life.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.
First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 119682
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“In memory, everything seems to happen to music": First Edition of the play that launched Tennessee Williams' career The Glass Menagerie
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
The Glass Menagerie.
New York: Random House, 1945.
First edition of the play that catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147049
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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
First edition of what Waugh called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his protagonist Gilbert Pinfold. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145512
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First Edition of this Foundational Science Fiction Work Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41
GERNSBACK, Hugo.
Ralph 124C 41+.
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of "arguably the first major work of American science fiction" (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 108776
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Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Inscribed by The Author with a Drawing of Binky
GROENING, Matt.
Love is Hell.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama.' Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Matt Groening, 11/21/88," below a full-length sketch of his character Binky holding a heart with two speech bubbles inscribed in red ink: "To Jodie!!! Love is Hell." In near fine condition. This early sketch of Binky was drawn about a year before 'The Simpsons' made their Fox network debut on December 17, 1989.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146908
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“I won't be a slave to the past": the Works of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Return of the Native; The Hand of Ethelberta.]
New York: Hovendon Company, n.d.
The Hovendon Company edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Duodecimo, four volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece to 'Return of the Native.' In good condition with some rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplates to the front pastedown of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge,' slight toning to the margins, ownership stamp to the front free endpaper of 'Far From the Madding Crowd,' ownership signature and marginalia in pencil to some volumes.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147350