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Finely Bound Example of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln
TARBELL, Ida M.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909.
Bound set of Tarbell's classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129092
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"The Tin Drum Will Become One Of The Enduring Literary Works Of The Twentieth Century": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition Of Die Blechtrommel
GRASS, Gunter.
Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum].
Darmstadt: Hermann Luchterhand Verlag, 1959.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 107469
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First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award-Winning Novel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ida and Marshall With all good wishes Bern." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 111937
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"Who stands on that cliff like a figure of stone, unmoving and tall in the light and sky, where spray of the cataract sparkles on high, all lonely and sternly, save mogg megone": Scarce first edition of John Greenleaf Whittier's Mogg Megone
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf.
Mogg Megone, A Poem.
Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836.
First edition of Whittier's well-received narrative of the life of legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Megone. BAL 21697. 16mo, original cloth with gilt title within an arabesque gilt frame to the front panel. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco folding chemise case. From the library of noted American journalist and collector Barton Currie with his bookplate to folding chemise case. Exceptionally rare. A desirable piece of early American literature.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133021
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First Edition of John O'Hara's Pal Joey; Lengthily inscribed by Him
O'HARA, John.
Pal Joey.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940.
First edition of this classic novel, basis for the 1957 film starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Cooke, with every confidence and all good wishes for success in her new undertaking (and no cracks about undertaking). Sincerely, John O'Hara, Quoque. August 29, 1943." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the spine.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121992
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First American edition of Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
VERNE, Jules.
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1875.
First American edition of the second installment in Verne's Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129044
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"You will come in the future, and therefore these verses are written to you": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive edition 1885-1918; in the publisher's deluxe full vellum
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
First trade edition of the Inclusive Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, titles in red and black. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121882
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First American edition of Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
VERNE, Jules.
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1876.
First American edition of the final installment in Verne's Mysterious Island Trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In very good condition with rubbing to the spine extremities. A very bright example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 126775
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First Edition of Fiddler on the Roof; Inscribed by Sheldon Harnick
STEIN, Joseph.
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the title page, "For Candy: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket drawing by Tom Morrow. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 131388
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": Book of Longing; Inscribed by Leonard Cohen to fellow novelist Robert Stone and his Wife
COHEN, Leonard [Robert Stone].
Book of Longing.
New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
Early printing of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Leonard Cohen on the title page, "For Janice and Bob, suffering together, Leonard Washington 2006." The recipient, American novelist Robert Stone's first two novels, A Hall of Mirrors(1967) and Dog Soldiers(1974) were published in the same era as Cohen's only published novels The Favorite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966). Both author's works have come to be seen as great reflections of the zeitgeist, and darker side, of the 1960s. Cohen inscribed the present volume to Stone at BookExpo America 2006, held in…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 96167
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First Edition of The Stonemason; Signed by Cormac McCarthy and Signed Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994.
First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, on on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141442
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First edition, First Issue of Lawrence Durrell's The Black Book: An Agon
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Black Book: An Agnon.
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938.
First edition, first issue of the first volume in the Villa Seurat Series. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119554
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Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief; inscribed by him to close personal friend Patrick Balfour
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Black Mischief.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1962.
First revised edition of Waugh's third novel. Octavo, original cloth, with 9 line-drawings by the author. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Patrick with regards from Evelyn." The recipient, Scottish author-journalist Patrick Balfour, was a life-long friend of Waugh's. Balfour was serving as a correspondent for The Evening Standard and Daily Sketch in East Africa and became a close companion of Waugh's as he wrote the present volume. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 95269
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First Edition of T.H. White's England Have My Bones; Inscribed by Him To Sir Thomas Birkett
WHITE, T.H.
England Have My Bones.
London: Collins, 1936.
First edition of the author's classic memoir. Octavo, original cloth, with 8 full page woodcut illustrations by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Sir Thomas Birkett with the author's constant gratitude for the best fortnight of his life." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 135368
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“Would there be trees if we didn't see them?”: FIRST EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S THE YEARS; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Years.
London: Hogarth Press, 1937.
First edition of the most successful of Woolf's later novels, often viewed as her masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 140038
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“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity": First Edition of Mark Twain's Classic The Prince and the Pauper; From the library of William Safire
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Prince and the Pauper.
James R. Osgood and Company: New York, 1882.
First edition, second state with the Franklin Press imprint on the copyright page and corrected text on page 124 line 1 (corrected from estate to state). BAL 3402. Johnson p. 39-41. Octavo, original publisher's green pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, with one hundred and ninety-two illustrations. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 127482
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“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Native Son; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145947
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Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with twelve remarkably intricate full color illustrations by E. Geddes
FITZGERALD, Edward; Introduction by A. C. Benson; Illustrated by E. Geddes.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Siegle, Hill & Co, c. 1919.
Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Quarto, bound in full deerskin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt borders and blind stamping to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with twelve full-color drawings by E. Geddes and engraved borders, initials, and writing by A. Sutcliffe. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146936
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“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it": First Edition of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me
FLEMING, Ian.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, bookplate. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140615
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“For winter's rains and ruins are over, And all the season of snows and sins": The Poems and Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles.
The Poems and Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1904-1906.
The Large-Paper edition of the poems and tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Octavo, 11 volumes, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in. One of 110 numbered sets, this is number 54. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 141035