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First Edition of How Did We Find Out About Germs; Inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
How Did We Find Out About Germs.
New York: Walker and Company, 1974.
First edition of this work by the award-winning writer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Allen and Andrew Isaac Asimov." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by David Wood.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 129739
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Advance reading copy of Ken Follett's Code to Zero; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
Code to Zero.
New York: Dutton, 2000.
Advance reading copy of the first edition of Follett's page-turning 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, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142730
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Kenneth J. Roberts' Black Magic; inscribed by him
ROBERTS, Kenneth J.
Black Magic: An Account of its Beneficial Use in Italy, of its Perversion in Bavaria, and of Certain Tendencies Which Might Necessitate its Study in America.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924.
Early printing of Roberts' work on fascism in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Mussolini. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For S. D. Green with the best wishes of Kenneth J. Roberts Palm Beach January, 1927." In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96104
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First Edition of Vidal in Venice; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Vidal in Venice.
New York : Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of this wonderful overview of Venice. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie from 1/2 brother Gore Vidal." 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. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Katz. Edited by George Armstrong. Photographs by Tore Gill. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126474
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First Edition of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Cross Creek Cookery; Signed by Her
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
Cross Creek Cookery.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
First edition of Rawlings’ heartwarming cookbook. Octavo, original pictorial calico-textured cloth. Boldly signed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on the front free endpaper. In good condition. Illustrations by Robert Camp.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138178
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"Set in this stormy Northern sea, Queen of these restless fields of tide, England! what shall men say of thee, Before whose feet the worlds divide?" Rare first edition of Oscar Wilde's Ave Imperatrix!
WILDE, Oscar.
Ave Imperatrix! A Dirge of Empire by Oscar Wilde.
Washington: Snohomish, 1902.
First edition of Wilde's classic Hellenic poem. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with engravings and hand painted initials embellished in gilt, frontispiece by John Dennis Clancy. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140214
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First Edition of Donna Tartt's The Little Friend; Inscribed by Her and Signed Three Times by Jacket Illustrator Chip Kidd
TARTT, Donna.
The Little Friend.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of this work "destined to become a special kind of classic” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Merry Christmas Mark! from Donna." Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and on the rear flap of the jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140777
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"True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse”: Og Mandino's The Greatest Salesman In The World; Signed by Him
MANDINO, Og.
The Greatest Salesman In The World.
New York: Frederick Fell, Inc, 1973.
Early printing Mandino's classic work on salesmanship and success. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Og Mandino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142029
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First Edition of The World Cup Murder; Signed by Pele and Herbert Resnicow
PELE,.
The World Cup Murder.
New York: Wynwood Press, 1988.
First edition of this fictional work by one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, "All the best Pele" and "Herbert Resnicow." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket cover illustration by Edward C. Carenza. Written with Herbert Resnicow.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144205
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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author's Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Norine - My best booster & good friend, Thanks for everything - Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some small closed tears to the rear panel.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96261
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Signed by Peter S. Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S. with Peter B. Gillis; Art by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon.
The Last Unicorn.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2011.
First edition of the graphic novel adaptation of Beagle’s classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon. Boldly signed by Peter S. Beagle on the front end paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147091
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Rare unauthorized edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.
Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].
Rare unauthorized edition of Twain's witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137267
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First Edition of Stephen Berrien Stanton's The Hidden Happiness; Gifted By the Author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
STANTON, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Hidden Happiness.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First edition of this philosophical work; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue boards, "With the Compliments of the Author" note laid in. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, "P. T. Sherman Uncle Cump's first partner Sherman + Stanton." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him by the nickname “Cump.” In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145985
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Indian Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Indian Tales.
New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1890.
First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 121653
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Bret Harte and Mark Twain's Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67; from the collection of American journalist William Safire
HARTE, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927.
Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 127607
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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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"In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams": Bernard Malamud's National Book Award-Winning Novel; Signed by Him
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition, early printing of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140811
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First Edition of John Gregory Dunne's The Studio; Signed by Him
DUNNE, John Gregory.
The Studio.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, "John G. Dunne 1968." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Dunne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116567
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First Edition of Texasville; Signed by Larry McMurtry
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Texasville.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition of McMurtry's funniest and most touching novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary signature on the front free endpaper, "For Dick Larry McMurtry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Corsillo.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147663
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." 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. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598