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"it was a quiet night, not a breath of wind was stirring": First edition of George A. Henty's In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence. (1821-1827).
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. S. Stacey and a map of the Grecian Archipelago. In very good condition. A desirable Henty title.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122974
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First Edition of the Importance of Being Ernest; Signed by Ernest Cline
CLINE, Ernest.
The Importance of Being Ernest.
Austin, TX: Write Bloody Press, 2013.
First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Ernest Cline on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 12020
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Signed Limited Edition of Lillian Hellman's Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time
HELLMANN, Lillian.
Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Lillian Hellman. Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133292
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First Edition of Howard Norman's Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian People
NORMAN, Howard.
Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1990.
First edition of this spellbinding collection of tales of the far North. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Angela Skouras.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 135334
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MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance.
New York: Sheldon & Company, n.d.
First edition, second issue of Twain's third book with the Ball, Black, & Co. advertisement on verso of the title page (BAL 3326). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated and extra-illustrated with a tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of Twain. In good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138264
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1964
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; Signed by him
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141524
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First Edition of Nadine Gordimer's Six Feet of the Country; Signed by Her
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Six Feet of the Country.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1956.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142121
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Deception; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Deception.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this "extraordinary, elegant novel" (Fay Weldon, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 106538
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First edition, review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer
GODDEN, Margaret Rumer.
The Greengage Summer.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958.
First edition, advance review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's story of a young English woman's coming of age during a summer holiday in France. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's advance review copy slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110805
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First Edition of Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover photograph by Bob Chase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128109
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First edition of Cees Nooteboom's Roads to Santiago; Signed by Him
NOOTEBOOM, Cees.
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5715
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First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series
New Brunswick Readers: The Second Reader.
Toronto: W. J. Gage & Company, 1900.
First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series, prescribed by the Board of Education for use in the Schools of New Brunswick. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket from Hall's Book Store in St. John, New Brunswick. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 115364
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First Edition of Samuel Shem's The Spirit of the Place; Signed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The Spirit of the Place.
Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.
First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Samuel Shem on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Marc Chagall.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142499
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldier Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldier Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.
First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with engravings. In very good condition with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147097
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First edition of Heinrich Boll's Missing Persons and Other Essays; Inscribed by Leila Vennewitz in the year of publication
BOLL, Heinrich.
Missing Persons and Other Essays.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To May and Peter, with love, Leila October '77." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith K. Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122432
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First Edition of A Month of Sundays; Inscribed by John Updike to His Neighbors
UPDIKE, John.
A Month of Sundays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to his neighbors Ken and Jane Field. A very sharp copy of Updike's seventh novel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3600
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary signature on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133537
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William Hayley's The Triumphs of Temper
HAYLEY, William.
The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.
London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.
Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley's popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn ins, marbled endpapers, illustrated with fine engraved plates by Stothard. Elegant period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138374
