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"So the talk while I was listening, so many voices smote or questioned Him." First edition of Edgar Lee Masters' Lee: A Dramatic Poem; inscribed by him
MASTERS, Edgar Lee.
Lee: A Dramatic Poem.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926.
First edition of Masters' play about Robert E. Lee at the dawn of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For William W. Pineos with the compliments of Edgar Lee Masters December 3 - 1928." In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96232
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism
KEYNES, J.M. [John Maynard].
Laissez-Faire and Communism.
New York: New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134110
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"Perhaps no other Englishman has quite the same power": First edition, first issue of Rudyard Kipling's The Art of Fiction
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Art of Fiction.
London: J. A. Allen & Co, 1926.
First separate edition, first issue of this report issued on the occasion of Kipling's acceptance of the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 120430
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P.G. Wodehouse's The Clicking of Cuthbert; Inscribed by Him, in the rare original dust jacket
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
The Clicking of Cuthbert.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926.
Early printing of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Douglas With the author's compliments P.G. Wodehouse June 4 1926." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Jacket illustration by C. Morse. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 124787
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The Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln; Finely BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED LEVANT MOROCCO IN AN ELABORATE COSWAY-STYLE BINDING
STEPHENSON, Nathaniel Wright. [Abraham Lincoln].
An Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln: Consisting of his Letters Speeches and Conversations.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1926.
First edition of Stephenson's appreciation of the great American President. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco in an elaborate Cosway-style binding with a hand painted miniature ivorene portrait of Lincoln under glass to the front panel within an elaborate gilt vignette, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, watered silk endleaves, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 138601
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Autographed Signed Letters From Mohandas Gandhi
GANDHI, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].
Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Note Collection.
1926.
Rare autograph note collection in the hand of the Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma Gandhi, written at the height of the struggle for Indian Independence. The collection includes two autograph notes, two autograph letters, and three autograph postcards with Gandhi's "Blessings" inscribed at the conclusion of each. The postcards are postmarked May 27, June 26, and July 25 1926. Gandhi took leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women’s rights, and, above all, achieve Indian independence from British rule. In the wake of World War II, Gandhi opposed providing…
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 114068
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism
KEYNES, J.M. [John Maynard].
Laissez-Faire and Communism.
New York: New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139671
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First Edition of William Faukner's Soldiers' Pay; In the Original Dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Soldiers’ Pay.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
First edition of Faulkner's first book in the rare first state dust jacket with An American Tragedy as the first of five titles listed on the rear jacket panel. Octavo, original cloth. Bookplate, near fine in an exceptional dust jacket with light toning and wear. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Scarce in this condition.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 89328
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Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.
First edition of Hemingway's first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133647
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First Editions of Each Novel By William Faulkner; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
FAULKNER, William.
The Complete Novels of William Faulkner. [Soldier’s Pay, Mosquitos, Sartoris, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Light in August, Pylon, Absalom, Absalom!, The Unvanquished, The Wild Palms, The Hamlet, Go Down Moses, Intruder in the Dust, Requiem For a Nun, A Fable, The Town, The Mansion, The Reivers].
New York: Various Publishers, 1926-1962.
First editions of each novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, 19 volumes, 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 stamped signature to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional set, rare and desirable.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 142531
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First edition of John Hutchinson's The Families of Flowering Plants
HUTCHINSON, John.
The Families of Flowering Plants. Arranged According to a New System Based on Their Probable Phylogeny.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.
First edition of Hutchinson's classic work on the classification of flowering plants. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, with illustrations by W.E. Trevithick and the author. In very good condition. Small ownership name to each volume.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137296
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Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.
First edition of Hemingway's first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities and front panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119154
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"Ingle-go-jang, my joy, my joy! Ingle-go-jang, my joy!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Debits and Credits; Signed by Him
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Debits and Credits.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.
First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140953
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"THE GREATEST ART OF THE WORLD WAS DONE FOR ITS PLACE AND IN ITS PLACE": FIRST EDITION OF NANCY MCCLELLAN'S THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF DECORATIVE WALL-TREATMENTS
MCCLELLAND, Nancy.
The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1926.
First edition of Nancy McClelland’s authoritative work on interior design. Octavo, original decorated cloth, frontispiece in color with tissue guard present, eight other illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example, uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132062
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"Beauty will live though I must sleep, unknowing, beneath thy feet": The Constant Nymph; signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean
KENNEDY, Margaret and Basil Dean.
The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.
First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy's Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-title page. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile Henry Stuart Maclean Jack with his bookplate to the pastedown. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124809
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First Edition of G.K. Chesterton's The Incredulity of Father Brown; in the Rare Original dust jacket
CHESTERTON, G.K.
The Incredulity of Father Brown.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1926.
First edition of Chesterton's third-published collection featuring the fictional detective Father Brown. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 96578