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"Author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else": First Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Inscribed by Steven Millhauser to His Mother
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Mother on the front free endpaper, "For Mom, author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else Steven." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146451
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"Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose": First Edition of The Sociological Imagination; Signed by C. Wright Mills
MILLS, C. Wright.
The Sociological Imagination.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.
First edition of one the the most influential sociological works of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by C. Wright Mills on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 4096
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First Edition of The Panic In Needle Park; Signed by Joan Didion and Al Pacino
MILLS, James [Joan Didion and Al Pacino].
The Panic In Needle Park.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of this work basis for the classic 1971 film starring Al Pacino, with the screenplay written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion and Academy-Award winning actor Al Pacino on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 118864
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First edition of John Mills' Stable Secrets
MILLS, John.
Stable Secrets; and Puffy Doddles, His Saying and Sympathies.
London: Ward and Lock, 1863.
First edition of Mills' humorous work on horse racing. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panel, frontispiece and two additional plates by Phiz, publishers advertisements. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 124083
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Like a Holy Crusade
MILLS, Nicolaus.
Like a Holy Crusade. Mississippi 1964—the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1992.
First edition of historian Mills' "moving account" of the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign for Black voting rights. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer William Heath on the title page. Heath is the author of The Children Bob Moses Led. With Heath's marginalia, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert McCament.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119669
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"When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever, So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever": A. A. Milne's Now We Are Six finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
MILNE, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard.
Now We Are Six.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1960.
Finely bound example of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, decorations by Ernest Shepard. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129436
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"When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever, So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever": First Edition of A. A. Milne's Now We Are Six
MILNE, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard.
Now We Are Six.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.
First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 143951
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Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints; with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard
MILNE, A. A.; Ernest Shepard.
A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.
1928.
Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appeared in any of the Pooh books. With a mounted note signed by Milne and Shepard. The prints are titled: Christopher Robin has a Little Something at Eleven; What Christopher Robin does in the Mornings; Christopher Robin gives Extract of Malt all round; Christopher Robin's Green…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 122600
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First Edition collection of Ten of A.A. Milne's Plays; Each Signed by Him
MILNE, A.A.
Ten Plays: Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts, The Stepmother: A Play in One Act, Wurzel-Flummery: A Comedy in One Act, The Romantic Age: A Comedy in Three Acts, The Artist: A Duologue, The Camberley Triangle: A Comedy in One Act, To Have the Honour: A Comedy in Three Acts, The Man in the Bowler Hat: A Terribly Exciting Affair, The Boy Comes Home: A Comedy in One Act, Ariadne, or Business First: A Comedy in Three Acts.
London and New York: Samuel French, 1921-1926.
Collection of ten of A.A. Milne's plays, each signed my him, including several first editions. Octavo, original wrappers, the collection includes: First French's Acting edition of 'Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts' (London: Samuel French, 1921, illustrated with a photograph and floor plan of the set design and an electric floor plan for the play); First French's Acting edition of No. 2604 'The Stepmother: A Play in One Act' (London: Samuel French, 1921); 'Wurzel-Flummery: A Comedy in One Act' (London: Samuel French, 1922); First French's Acting edition No. 1013 of 'The Romantic Age: A Comedy in Three…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145304
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS, IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS; The Winnie the Pooh Signed by Milne
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Winnie the Pooh is signed by A.A. Milne on the title page. When We Were Very Young if a first edition, second issue as usual with page ix numbered. Each are fine in very good dust jackets with some loss and wear to the extremities and light toning. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable with Winnie the Pooh signed by Milne.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 95227
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS; EACH IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Each book is fine in a very good dust jacket with some loss and wear to the crown and foot of the spine, as is typically seen. Housed in a custom slipcase. Small ownership name to When We Were Very Young, bookplate to The House At Pooh Corner.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 124859
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE OF A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924.
Finely bound example of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear boards, gilt onlay to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 134501
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS, IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS; IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box with Winnie the Pooh inlay to the front panel. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable in this condition.
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 139773
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: First Editions, First States of A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS, each volume in the rare ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions, first issues of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet, with only When We Were Very Young being a first issue. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher's gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. When We Were Very Young is a first issue with page ix unnumbered, jacket with light toning to spine and a few losses to the extremities. Winnie-The-Pooh, cartographic endpapers, all edges gilt sunning to the spine, ownership ticket to the half-title page, jacket evenly toned with chipping to extremities with a closed tear to the rear hinge. Now…
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 146840
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"Some people care too much. I think it's called love": First Edition Set of A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin Songbooks
MILNE, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson.
Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
First edition set of songbooks from Milne's Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146005
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Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich congress; warmly inscribed by him
MILNES, Richard Monckton. [The Right Honorable Lord Houghton].
Opening Address by Lord Houghton, President of the Society.
c. 1873.
Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich Congress of the Social Science Association. Octavo, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "with the best regards of Houghton." In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 112568