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"In Lowestoft a boat was laid, Mark well what I do say!": Rare first edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Fringes of the Fleet
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Fringes of the Fleet.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 122463
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First Edition of Diane Johnson's Le Mariage; Signed by Her
JOHNSON, Diane.
Le Mariage.
New York: Dutton Book, 2000.
First edition of this "splendid entertainment... Johnson is one of our most astute cultural critics" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Diane Johnson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary E. O'Boyle. Jacket illustration by Nina Berkson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 110599
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“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real": First Edition of The Rum Diary
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
The Rum Diary.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of Thompson's only published novel. Octavo, original black half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Perr.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147050
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First edition of Frank Norris's Harper Prize-winning novel Tower in the West
NORRIS, Frank.
Tower in the West.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957.
First edition of the author's Harper Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Number 110 of a limited presentation edition signed by the author on the colophon. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115647
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Longing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006.
First Canadian edition and true first of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147182
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First British Edition of Nabokov's Bend Sinister
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Bend Sinister.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960.
First British edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine. Jacket design by Eric Ayers.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 133254
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"In a little village there was a church, and on the top of the church stood a weathercock": Evelyn Sharp's The Story of the Weathercock
SHARP, Evelyn. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
The Story of the Weathercock.
London: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d..
Early printing of Sharp's children's classic. Quarto, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated with sixteen color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Charles Robinson. In good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135422
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First edition of Jim Lehrer's The Special Prisoner; inscribed by him to legendary American journalist William Safire
LEHRER, Jim [William Safire].
The Special Prisoner.
New York: Random House, 2000.
First edition, second printing of Lehrer's fascinating war story. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Helene & Bill - With love & affection J." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives” and authored several political…
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135274
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“There are always loose ends in real life": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S SILKWORM
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
The Silkworm.
London: Sphere, 2014.
First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137033
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"For, unlike you, I can't break through, a truant where the blue begins": First edition of Christopher Morley's Where the Blue Begins; wonderfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham
MORLEY, Christopher. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Where the Blue Begins.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1922.
First edition of Morley's classic canine story, wonderfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with four color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. A nice example.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137414
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"Here at the quiet limit of the world": First edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1948.
First edition of Waugh's short satirical novel about a Los Angeles funeral parlor. Octavo, original boards, marbled endpapers, illustrated by Stuart Doyle. Very good in a good dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 146931
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Open Season
MAYOR, Archer.
Open Season.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 140494
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's The Genius and the Goddess
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Genius and the Goddess.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1955.
First edition of this classic Huxley novella. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Emil Antonucci.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 107884
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First Edition of Elie Wiesel's The Accident
WIESEL, Elie.
The Accident.
New York: Hill and Wang, 1962.
First edition of the author's final book in his acclaimed Night Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, stamp of the Judah Magnes Museum to the front free endpaper and side edges. Jacket design by Saul Lambert. Translated from the French by Anne Borchardt.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147439
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First edition of Susan Cheever's The Cage; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
The Cage.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982.
First edition of the author's third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "New York May 31. 1983 For Ken Burrows For Whom my affection will never be remaindered 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,…
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 142682
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Human Stain
ROTH, Philip.
The Human Stain.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition, early printing of Roth's award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 146852
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First Edition of Sport of Nature; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Sport of Nature.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First British edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Robins.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 4160
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"Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear. Jacket design by Bill English.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 90869
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First Edition of Herbert's humorous novel Holy Deadlock
HERBERT, A.P.
Holy Deadlock.
London: Methuen and Co, 1934.
First edition of this novel of two young people in search of a divorce after seven years of marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 117239
