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"MAY YOU LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE": The Works of Jonathan Swift; finely bound in full polished calf
SWIFT, Jonathan.
The Works of Jonathan Swift.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1864.
Finely bound example of the Swift's complete works, with a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Swift to volume one. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141076
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FIRST EDITION OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947.
First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs’ lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, top edge red, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145056
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's Vanity of Duluoz
KEROUAC, Jack.
Vanity of Duluoz.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.
First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131320
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"Everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise": First Edition of Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye; Inscribed by Her To Sally Soames
ATWOOD, Margaret.
Cat’s Eye.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988.
First Canadian edition and true first of this "brilliant, three-dimensional mosaic... the story of Elaine's childhood is so real and heartbreaking you want to stand up in your seat and cheer" (Boston Sunday Globe). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Melanie- best wishes- Margaret Atwood." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by T.M. Craan. Jacket illustration by Jamie Bennet/ Reactor. Author photograph by Laurence Acland.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 138067
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First Edition of Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, Seamus.
Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.
London: Faber & Faber, 2009.
First British edition of Heaney's translation of Henryson's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 4179
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's Martha Quest; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author
LESSING, Doris.
Martha Quest.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952.
First edition of the author's first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown, near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16012
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"How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard": First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of this "thoughtful and elegant novel" (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 159
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First Edition in English of Le Clezio's The Giants; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
The Giants.
New York: Atheneum, 1975.
First American edition of the author's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear. Jacket design by Diane Simmard. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 775
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First Danube Edition of Arrival and Departure; Inscribed by Arthur Koestler
KOESTLER, Arthur.
Arrival and Departure.
London: Hutchinson of London, 1966.
First Danube edition of the third novel in the author's classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Karl and Diane from Arthur." The recipients were Karl Pribram and his wife Diane. Karl as a neurosurgeon and close friend of Koestler who did pioneering work on the definition of the limbic system, the relationship of the frontal cortex to the limbic system, the sensory-specific "association" cortex of the parietal and temporal lobes, and the classical motor cortex of the human brain. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142679
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Signed limited first edition of Carl Sandburg's Good Morning America; one of 811 copies signed by him and from the library of American journalist William Safire
SANDBURG, Carl. [William Safire].
Good Morning America.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Sandburg's classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in. One of 811 copies signed by the author, this is number 238. From the library of American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown and gilt initials to the front panel. William Safire was an important American author,…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127368
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First Edition of Henry James' The Outcry
JAMES, Henry.
The Outcry.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the British edition of James' final novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate, library markings in pen to the first three pages. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 80037
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"Now pay attention": First edition of Sandy Hernu's Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn; signed by both Hernu and Llewelyn
HERNU, Sandy. [Desmond Llewelyn].
Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.
East Sussex: S. B. Publications, 1999.
Signed limited first edition of Hernu's pictorial biography of the quintessential gadget master to the world's best loved Secret Agent, James Bond. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Desmond Llewelyn and Sandy Hernu on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 115097
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; Inscribed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Tina Gotte Saul Bellow." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 174
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First Edition of Albert Camus' The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
CAMUS, Albert.
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With an introduction by Sir Herbert Read. Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135389
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"The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist": First Edition of The Son of The Circus; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Son of the Circus.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of "his most entertaining novel since Garp" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ted & Susie with my affection John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140440
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Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist J.M.G. Le Clezio
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
The Interrogation.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Uncorrected proof of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. In good condition with spotting to the front panel and a small stain to the page edges.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 18044
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Signed Limited First Edition of Making Money; signed by Terry Pratchett
PRATCHETT, Terry.
Making Money.
London: Doubleday, 2007.
Signed limited first edition of the 36th novel in the 'Discworld' series. Octavo, original glittered cloth. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 669. In fine condition. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145034
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal, for Kit, with love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126989
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"NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS SINGLE; ALL THINGS BY A LAW DIVINE IN ONE ANOTHER'S BEING MINGLE:— WHY NOT I WITH THINE?": The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; finely bound
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: Edward Moxon, 1854.
Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141208
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Hungarian Edition of Sorstalansag; Signed by Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].
Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1975.
Second Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 72014