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First Edition of Mary McCarthy's Birds of America; Inscribed by the author
MCCARTHY, Mary.
Birds of America.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harlan Umansky my thanks, Mary McCarthy November 5, 1984." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Peter Vos. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph of Mary McCarthy by Jack Nisberg. An exceptional example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 142315
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless in Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936.
First edition of Huxley's classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 133526
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First Edition of Death With Interruptions; Inscribed 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. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138908
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris
HENTY, George Alfred.
A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris.
London: F. V. White & Co, 1895.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 122360
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First Edition of John Clellon Holmes' Get Home Free; Inscribed by Him
CLELLON HOLMES, John .
Get Home Free.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.
First edition of Clellon Holmes' third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "May 1976 For Burt Britton- with appreciation- John Clellon Holmes." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 71478
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First Edition of Lillian Smith's Memory of a Large Christmas; Inscribed by Her to Fellow Writer George Plimpton
SMITH, Lillian; Illustrated by Constance McMillan.
Memory of a Large Christmas.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1962.
First edition of this "beautifully written book which should be read by families at Christmas time as Dickens' Christmas Carol used to be" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to George Plimpton, "ForGeorge- who owe still owes me a love letter- Lillian." Decorations by Constance McMillan. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 100543
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FROST'S STEEPLE BUSH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
FROST, Robert.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Robert Frost to Amy Tenney 1951." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 109341
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Théophile Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son
GAUTIER, Théophile.
Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Paris: L. Conquet; G. Charpentier, 1883.
Finley bound example of Gautier's retelling of the infamous legend of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Quarto, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, hand-colored frontispiece to volume one, illustrated. In near fine condition. A very attractive set.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138581
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First Edition of Serenade; Lengthily Inscribed by James Cain
CAIN, James M.
Serenade.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, "To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944". Bookplate of the recipient on the front free endpaper, a very good copy with light wear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 305
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First Edition of Carl Snyder's Capitalism the Creator in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SNYDER, Carl.
Capitalism the Creator: Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.
First edition of this exposition on capitalism. Octavo, original cloth, with 44 original charts. Original promotional material laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4506
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First edition of Oliver E. Williamson's The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting.
New York: The Free Press, 1985.
First edition of Williamson's modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126832
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First Edition of Amos Oz's Scarce First Book My Michael; Inscribed by Him
OZ, Amos.
My Michael.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1972.
First English edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Gania, with my best wishes and warmest shalom, Amos Oz." Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears and wear to the spine. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 5723
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Rare original photograph of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET; inscribed by him
KLEINROCK, Leonard.
Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.
Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock." In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117401
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Rare glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison
[HARRISON, Benjamin].
Benjamin Harrison Glass Bust.
Rare frosted glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Mounted on a hollow glass pedestal. In near fine condition. The bust measures 5.5 inches in height. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches in height.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 135664
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First Edition of James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union; Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1965.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author regarding the perspective of African Americans during The Civil War; how they felt, and how they played an important role, military and political, in helping the North win the war. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Wendell Morris Regards by James McPherson." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137542
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“THE COLDER THE WINTER, THE WARMER THE SPRING": FIRST EDITION OF WALT DISNEY’S BAMBI
[DISNEY, Walt].
Walt Disney’s Bambi: Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941.
First edition of this storybook version of Disney’s classic. Slim folio, original pictorial paper boards, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears, bookplate.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146454