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First American Edition of Henry James' The Ivory Tower
JAMES, Henry.
The Ivory Tower.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First British edition of James' unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1917. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 109563
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"Kabir says: Listen, my friend there is one thing in the world that satisfies, and that is a meeting with the guest": First edition of Robert Bly's The Kabir Book; inscribed by him
BLY, Robert.
The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.
Boston: The Seventies Press, 1977.
First edition, review copy with the publisher's review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Regan, Robert Bly." Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123768
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The Autumn 1964 issue of Horizon; containing the first appearance of Kipling's India
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
Horizon: Kipling’s India.
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1964.
First appearance of Kipling's India. Quarto, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. The Autumn, 1964. Volume VI, Number 4 issue of Horizon. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 126118
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First edition of Susan Cheever's A Handsome Man; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
A Handsome Man.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "April 30 New York For Burrows with love Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. 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 written in the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142364
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First Edition of Sonnets: 1889-1927; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Sonnets: 1889-1927
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145427
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Limited First Edition of Charles Muscatine's The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer
MUSCATINE, Charles; [Geoffrey Chaucer].
The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Works From the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1963.
Limited first edition of this history of Chaucer's works with examples of his poetry and illustrations from his publications. Folio, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and knight design to the front panel, frontispiece of a page from the Ellesmere manuscript showing the squire, illustrated with facsimile woodcuts, engraved headpieces and initials, pictorial title pages, and an original leaf from the 1561 edition of Chaucer's 'Works' tipped in to page 24. One of only four hundred and fifty examples. In fine condition, ownership tag tipped in to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146547
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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 A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Ann Sherry, Joy! from Wendy and Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88974
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First Edition of Susan Charles' The Love Machine; Inscribed by Her
SUSAN, Jacqueline.
The Love Machine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this work by the author of Valley of the Dolls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Winifred Apt Best Wishes Jacqueline Susan." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114561
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First edition of Agatha Christies Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts
CHRISTIE, Agatha and Gerald Verner.
Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts.
London: Samuel French Limited, 1957.
First edition of Christie and Verner's adaptation for the stage of Christie's classic work of detective fiction. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128049
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"It is a lot of Sundays later but all sundays have become one": Our Game; signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John .
Our Game.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.
First edition, second printing of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Douglas Brothers.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146510
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First Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Last Galley
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911.
First edition of Doyle's collection of seventeen short stories, which he considered his favorite among all of his works. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131570
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First Edition of John le Carre's Mission Song; Signed by Him
LE CARRE, John.
Mission Song.
London: Viking, 2006.
First edition of this work by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131338
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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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"Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth": First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Ape and Essence
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Ape and Essence.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1949.
First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146156
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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 Quinti Horati Flacci Carminum Librum Quintum; one of 160 copies with text in both Latin and English
KIPLING, Rudyard; Carolo Graves. Edited By A.D. Godley.
Quinti Horati Flacci Carminum Librum Quintum A Rudyardo Kipling et Carolo Graves.
Oxonii Apud Basilium Blackwell, 1922.
First edition of this collection Kipling and Graves' translations of the Odes of Horace. Octavo, original half vellum. One of 160 numbered copies, this is number 47. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 121962
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; inscribed by him photojournalist Sally Soames
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. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To dearest Sally with thanks and - well you know. With love John Diamond." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124373
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“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it?": First edition of In The Unlikely Event; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume's career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144301
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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