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First edition of Susan Cheever's Looking For Work; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Looking For Work.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "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 throes of the Sexual Revolution of the…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142332
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First Edition of Paul Krugman's Geography and Trade; inscribed by him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Geography and Trade.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First Edition of Paul Krugman's work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken Paul Krugman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 112951
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First Edition of West Side Story
LAURENTS, Arthur; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
West Side Story: Musical.
New York: Random House, 1958.
First edition of this classic musical. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146253
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First Edition of Santiago Ramón y Cajal's Studies on Vertebrate Neurogenesis
RAMóN Y CAJAL, Santiago.
Studies on Vertebrate Neurogenesis.
Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1960.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist's important treatise on vertebrate neuroembryology. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Lloyd Guth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126007
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal, for Kit, with love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126989
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First Edition of The Steagle; Signed by Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
FAUST, Irvin [Richard Benjamin].
The Steagle.
New York: Random House, 1966.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Benjamin on the title page, who starred in the 1971 film bearing the same name. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Martin Associates.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133107
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Landmark Work Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Roy La Grone.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 100299
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First edition of Langston Hughes' Something in Common and Other Stories; from the library of GEOFFREY BRIDSON WITH WHOM HE CO-PRODUDED THE FAMED BBC SERIES THE NEGRO IN AMERICA
HUGHES, Langston.
Something in Common and Other Stories.
New York: Hill and Wang, 1963.
First edition, advance reading copy of this collection of thirty-seven of Hughes' tales, eleven of them appearing in book form for the first time. Octavo, paperback issue, original pictorial wrappers, with the publisher's slip tipped in which reads, "Compliments of the Author." From the library of Geoffrey Bridson with his bookplate to the pastedown. In 1965, BBC producer Geoffrey Bridson and Langston Hughes co-produced the now famous nineteen-part BBC series The Negro in America which offered a kaleidoscopic portrait of African-Americans’ contribution to twentieth century culture as well as some raw insights into the Civil Rights struggle that was then…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 139752
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FIRST EDITION OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947.
First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs’ lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, top edge red, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145056
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First edition of the first volume of Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of Winston S. Churchill: Youth: 1874-1900; complete with the Companion Volume in two parts
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1966-1967.
First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated with photographs, frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill as second lieutenant, 4th Hussars, 1895. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front and rear endpapers. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144945
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"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!": Dr. Seuss's Horton Hatches the Egg
DR. SEUSS. [GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
Horton Hatches the Egg.
New York: Random House, 1940.
Early printing of this Seuss classic. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated, second state dust jacket with $2.50 price to back flap and description of The King's Stilts. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Child's ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper and rear panel of the dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135097
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“Love and regret go hand in hand in this world of changes swifter than the shifting of the clouds reflected in the mirror of the sea": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.
London: Methuen & Company, 1906.
First British edition of Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 55033
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First and signed limited edition of Richard Murphy's The Last Galway Hooker; one of 200 copies signed by the author
MURPHY, Richard.
The Last Galway Hooker.
[Dublin]: The Dolmen Press, 1961.
First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet's classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 128143
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Duluth; Inscribed by Him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Duluth.
New York : Random House, 1983.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit - all love - Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket art by Carol Wald. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126272
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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Paul P.J. O'Rourke 6/5/92." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141051
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"Once it was thought in Colorado that gold and silver were the only products of the country worth considering": First Edition of Seeing the Far West; Inscribed by John Thomas Faris
FARIS, John Thomas.
Seeing The Far West.
Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920.
First edition of this classic work of American travel literature. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated througout with 113 photographs, 2 folding maps at rear. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "May this volume speak to you of pleasant day. John T. Faris March 22, 1924." In very good condition with some rubbing and wear. A nice example of early American natural history and travel writing.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 80118