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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Inscribed by Eric Carle with a Drawing of a Bear
CARLE, Eric.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1983.
First General Book edition, early printing of enormously creative children's book. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Grrr, for Ryan, Eric Carle," with an large original drawing of a bear standing on two legs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable with an original drawing.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147284
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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First Edition of Poets from the North of Ireland; Signed by Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, Seamus.
Poets from the North of Ireland.
1979: Blackstaff Press, Belfast.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Edited by Frank Ormsby.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141441
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz's Kaddish For A Child Not Born; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Kaddish For A Child Not Born.
Evanston, Ill: Hydra Books/ Northwestern University Press, 1997.
First edition of Kertesz's mesmerizing novel of identity and memory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hungarian by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 62027
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First Edition of The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The World’s Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.
First British edition of Ferguson's monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147605
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"Being right was largely a matter of explanations": First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 184
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“This is the best of Mr. Isherwood's novels" (Cyril Connolly): First Edition of Down There On a Visit; Inscribed by Him
ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
Down There On a Visit.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.
First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Vincente Urbistondo, with my best wishes Christopher Isherwood Oct 22 1967." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 110673
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First edition of Ring Lardner's The Ecstasy of Owen Muir; signed by him
LARDNER JR., Ring.
The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.
New York: Cameron & Kahn, 1954.
First American edition of Ring Lardner Jr.'s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ring Lardner on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 123524
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129195
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First Edition of Death With Interruptions; Signed and Dated in the Year of Publication by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Death With Interruptions.
Orlando: Harcourt, 2008.
First edition of Saramago's philosophical page-turner, which hinges on death taking a holiday. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page by Jose Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1504
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"Time to get up, Fungus my dreary, it's nearly dark": First edition of Fungus the Bogeyman; Signed by Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs' classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89018
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Living To Tell the Tale.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 110799
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First Edition of Travesìa del Horizonte; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Travesìa del Horizonte.
Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3368
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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First Edition of Carlos Ruiz Zafron's The Shadow of the Wind; Signed by Him
ZAFRON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Shadow of the Wind.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this "gorgeous read" (Stephen King). Octavo, original boards, patterned endpapers. Signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143007
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Eugene O'Neill's All God's Chillun Got Wings and Welded; Signed by Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
All God’s Chillun Got Wings Desire under the Elms and Welded.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1927.
First edition, second printing of this collection of two of O'Neill's expressionist plays, including one of his most controversial. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the front free endpaper. With the publishers Now & Then advertisement postcard laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108639
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First Edition of Ullman's Day on Fire, The; Signed by Him
ULLMAN, James Ramsey.
The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958.
First edition of this masterwork of biographical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. One of 350 presentation copies signed by James Ramsey Ullman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115744
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"Some things aren't any good unless they're shared": First Edition of A Fine and Private Place; Signed by Peter S. Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S.
A Fine and Private Place.
New York: The Viking Press, 1960.
First edition of Peter Beagle's first fantasy novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Beagle on the front free endpaper with a smiley in the "P." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146917
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"For Alden Who Really loves Music": First Edition of Copland on Music; Inscribed by Aaron Copland and with a signed letter
COPLAND, Aaron.
Copland on Music.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this work by the "Dean of American composers." Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alden, who really loves music, Aaron Nov 1960." With an autographed letter signed to the same recipients by Copland on his letterhead which reads, "Dear Alden and Rolf: What a pleasant surprise to get your Encyclopedia for my birthday! Many thanks. It is full of nostalgic memories for me, especially of my student days in the teens, and those exciting twenties. Where on earth did you find such a book?? All best to you…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118362
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Sheppy; inscribed by him to Elsie Tritton
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933.
First edition of Maugham's final play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The author's last play for Elsie Tritton W. Somerset Maugham." The recipient, Elsie Tritton, was a noted collector and friend of Maugham‘s who introduced him to Alan Searle. A younger man from the London slum area of Bermondsey, Searle had previously embarked upon an affair with the writer Lytton Strachey. Maugham began a relationship with him after his companion Gerald Haxton died in 1944. In 1962, Maugham attempted to adopt Searle as his son and heir when he disowned his daughter…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133056