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“Everything about life is a joke. Don't you know that?”: First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Bluebeard.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1987.
First edition of Vonnegut's best-seller, which describes the late years of fictional Abstract Expressionist painter Rabo Karabekian. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeff Adams.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146222
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First Edition of Nell Freudenberger's Lost and Wanted; Signed by Her
FREUDENBERGER, Nell.
Lost and Wanted.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
First edition of this "intelligent and moving novel" (Los Angeles Times Review of Books). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Nell Freudenberger. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Abby Weintraub.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 127638
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First Edition of Len Deighton's Second Secret File, Horse Under Water
DEIGHTON, Len.
Horse Under Water.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition of Deighton's second spy novel. Octavo, original red cloth, pictorial endpapers featuring crossword puzzles and clues, a running motif of Deighton's novels. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146604
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"ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN A GREAT WRITER AND A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER EVER PUBLISHED": Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes' THE SWEET FLYPAPER OF LIFE
DECARAVA, Roy and Langston Hughes.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
New York: First Print Press, 2018.
Later printing of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147018
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Signed Limited Edition of Reynolds Price's Blue Calhoun: A Novel
PRICE, Reynolds.
Blue Calhoun: A Novel.
New York : Atheneum, 1992.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, bound in cloth, original slipcase. Signed by Reynolds Price. From the library of publisher Howard Kaminsky. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 87342
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"From my mouth to God's ear, I swear it; I want only to be a song": First Edition of Mary Oliver's What Do We Know
OLIVER, Mary.
What Do We Know: Poems and Prose Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002.
First edition of this magnificent poetry collection from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147072
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First edition of Alfred Duggan's Count Bohemond
DUGGAN, Alfred. Preface by Evelyn Waugh.
Count Bohemond.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
First edition of Duggan's classic historical novel. Octavo, original cloth. Preface by Evelyn Waugh. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscription. Jacket design by Edward Bawden.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 136049
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"The tale tells that all was dark there, and Jurgen could see no one": James Branch Cabell's Jurgen
CABELL, James Branch.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923.
Early printing of Cabell's famed fantasy novel. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 101682
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FIRST EDITION OF J.K. ROWLING'S THE CASUAL VACANCY
ROWLING, J.K.
The Casual Vacancy.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.
First edition of this “positively propulsive read” (Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Jacket illustration by Joel Holland.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 137044
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First Edition of Egg and Spoon; Signed by Gregory Maguire
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Egg and Spoon
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2014.
First edition of this work by the author of Wicked. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gregory Maguire on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 4522
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First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius
HOPKINS, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius.
London: Cecil Palmer, 1930.
First edition of Hopkins' biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 122049
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First Edition of Thomas Flanagan's The End of the Hunt; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
FLANAGAN, Thomas.
The End of the Hunt.
New York: Dutton, 1994.
First edition of the final novel in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "For Karl- with the very good wishes of Rob's friend, Tom Flanagan June 1994." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 104779
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First edition of Mark Salisbury's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
SALISBURY, Mark [Stephen Sondheim].
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
London: Titan Books, 2007.
First edition of the in-depth companion volume to the big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 140217
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The Truro Bear and Other Adventures
OLIVER, Mary.
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.
First edition of this collection by the award-winning poet. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Kosturko.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146880
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The Heritage Press Limited Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Tales of East and West
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Tales of East and West.
Avon: The Heritage Press, 1973.
The Heritage Press Edition of this collection of classic Kipling tales, selected by Bernard Bergonzi. Quarto, original half cloth over marbled boards, green topstain. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Near fine in the original green marbled slipcase which is in near fine condition. With the Heritage Press issue of Sandglass present.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121400
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"Men often do their best work blind, for someone else's sake": First edition of Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling's Writings for Every Day in the Year
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling’s Writings for Every Day in the Year.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.
First edition of the Kipling Calendar, containing a Kipling verse for each day of the year. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 122065
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"To see a thing and tell it in plain words is the greatest thing a soul can do": First Edition of Edward Bok's Twice Thirty; in the rare original dust jacket
BOK, Edward.
Twice Thirty: Some Short and Simple Annals of the Road.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth over decorated boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 123941
