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First edition of R.H. Campbell and A.S. Skinner's Adam Smith
CAMPBELL, R.H. and A.S. Skinner.
Adam Smith.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.
First edition of Campbell and Skinner's accessible study of the father of modern economics, Adam Smith. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 126943
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"He was powerless because he had no precise desire, and this tortured him because he was vainly seeking something to desire": First edition in English of Nabokov's first novel Mary
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny.
Mary.
New York: McGraw-Hill International, Inc, 1970.
First edition in English of Nabokov's debut novel. Octavo, original black cloth, mustard yellow endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A very bright example.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 89051
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"As one drags along through this inexplicable existence one realizes how such qualities stand out": First edition of Theodore Dreiser's Twelve Men
DREISER, Theodore.
Twelve Men.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.
First edition of Dreiser's early work of nonfiction. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 95807
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“There is peace in despair in exactly the same way as there is despair in peace": First edition of Jean Rhys's Tigers Are Better-Looking with a selection from The Left Bank
RHYS, Jean.
Tigers Are Better-Looking with a Selection from The Left Bank.
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1968.
First edition of this collection incorporating the author's earliest and most mature short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Barbara Brown.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 145495
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"Let me issue a warning to anyone who is tempted to settle for a peaceful life on what is called the cote d'azur": First Edition of Graham Greene's J'Accuse: The Dark Side of Nice
GREENE, Graham.
J’Accuse: The Dark Side of Nice.
London: The Bodley Head, 1982.
First edition of Greene's pamphlet on the civic government's role in organized crime in Nice which provoked a libel lawsuit. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated, text in English and French. In near fine condition.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 117041
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"The accursed day when Anton Petrovich made the acquaintance of the Berg existed only in theory": First Edition of Nabokov's Quartet in The Original Dust Jacket
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Nabokov’s Quartet.
New York: Phaedra Publishers, 1966.
First edition of this collection of Nabokov's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photographic portrait of Nabokov by J.M. Schlemmer on rear panel.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 139288
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First British Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Signed by Steven Millhauser
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
London: Routledge Y Kegan Paul, 1978.
First British edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Steven Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 61014
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First Edition of John Knowles' The Private Life of Axie Reed; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
KNOWLES, John.
The Private Life of Axie Reed.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1986.
First edition of this work by the author of A Separate Peace. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Lee- With all best regards- John Knowles L.I March 31, 1986." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121398
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"Who hath desired the sea? Her excellent loneliness rather than forecourts of kings": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Five Nations
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Five Nations.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903.
First American edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121348
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"Oh, friend of my heart, it is good to see you": Rudyard Kipling's In Black and White
KIPLING, Rudyard.
In Black and White.
New York: Hurst and Company, n.d..
Rare separate edition of this classic Kipling tale, which first appeared in Soldiers Three. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 123071
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First Edition of Charles Madison's American Labor Leaders; Inscribed by Him
MADISON, Charles A.
American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Hod and Helen In friendship Charles A. Madison 5-11-50." Near fine in a good dust jacket with some small chips and tears.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 47071
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First Edition of Roger Moore's James Bond Diary
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore’s James Bond Diary.
Fawcett Publications, 1973.
First edition of Moore's diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146135
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"Brown and bright as agate, mountain-cool, Eurotas singing slips from pool to pool": First edition of Aldous Huxley's Leda
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Leda.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1920.
First edition of Huxley's classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth and paper spine label. In good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 139026