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Finely bound example of Alain-René Lesage's famous 18th century novel History of Gil Blas De Santillane
LESAGE, Alain-René.
Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Didot Jeune, n.d.
Finely bound example of Lesage's famed picaresque novel. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings by the best artists of Paris. In fine condition. A beautiful set.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145006
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First edition of Albin Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry; from the library of English classicist Bernard Knox with his ownership signature
LESKY, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox].
Greek Tragic Poetry.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
First edition in English of Lesky's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134264
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"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way": First Editions of Each Book in the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Children of Violence Series; Each Signed by Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952-1969.
First editions of the author's Children of Violence Series. Octavo, 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 796
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's In Pursuit of English; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
In Pursuit of the English.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First edition of "one of the most authentic books ever written about the English" (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 2696
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's Martha Quest; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author
LESSING, Doris.
Martha Quest.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952.
First edition of the author's first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown, near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16012
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Diaries Of Jane Somers; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
The Diaries Of Jane Somers.
London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Kay.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 50071
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First Edition Of The Author’s Classic Novel The Golden Notebook; Signed By Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110932
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"I wish you good fortune": First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Warmly signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 114758
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First Edition of Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties; Signed by Michael Lesy
LESY, Michael.
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.
New York: Norton, 2007.
First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 799
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First Edition of Jonathan Lethem's Gun, with Occasional Music; Warmly Inscribed by Him
LETHEM, Jonathan.
Gun, with Occasional Music.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994.
First edition of the author's first novel which won The Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sin- Bookseller to Bookseller- "Artist?" to "Artist?" Jonathan." The recipient, Sin Soracco is the author of the noir classics Low Bite and Edge City. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michael Koelsch. Jacket design by Michael Koelsch and Steven Cooley.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123214
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Charles Lever's Charles O'Malley: The Irish Dragoon; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
LEVER, Charles.
Charles O’Malley: The Irish Dragoon.
London: James Nisbit & Co., Limited, 1899.
Later printing of this tale illustrated by Arthur Rackham very early in his career. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with frontispiece and 15 plates. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 142691
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"I have sought a human society reduced to its most basic expression": First Edition of Claude-Levi Strauss' A World on the the Wane; Inscribed by Him
LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
The World on the Wane.
New York: Criterion Books, 1961.
First American edition of Levi-Strauss' experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear to the extremities. Translated from the French by John Russell.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 802
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"A milestone in the study of culture": First Edition of Triste Tropiques; Inscribed by Claude-Levi Strauss With a Large Drawing
LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
Tristes Tropiques.
New York: Atheneum , 1974.
First American edition of this translation, which is the first complete edition of Levi-Strauss' landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Patricia Anawalt who is interested in Indians and loves cats, with author's regards Claude Levi-Strauss." Levi-Strauss has added a large drawing of a cat below his inscription. The recipient, Patricia Anawalt was an anthropologist and authority on Mesoamerican ritual and attire, She wrote several books, including "The Worldwide History of Dress", which examined the costumes of a wide range of peoples, including Neolithic plant-fiber skirts, ancient Egyptian linen shifts and Mongolian shamanic…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 57044
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First Edition of Carlo Levi's Christ Stopped at Eboli
LEVI, Carlo.
Christ Stopped At Eboli.
New York: FSG, 1947.
First American Edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth, pictorial endpapers. Very good in a good dust jacket. Translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 1748
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"Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions": First Edition of Se Non Ora, Quando?; Signed by Primo Levi
LEVI, Primo.
Se Non Ora, Quando? [If Not Now, When?].
Torino: Einaudi, 1982.
First Italian edition and true first of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. folded map. Signed by Primo Levi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 2872
