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Harry Vardon's Progressive Golf
VARDON, Harry.
Progressive Golf.
London: Hutchinson & Company, 1920.
Third edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with six folding plates containing a total of thirty action-shot photographs. Very good in a good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145235
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Rare first edition and only appearance of the Kipling Handbook
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling Handbook.
San Francisco: The Examiner, 1899.
Scarce first edition and only appearance of the Kipling Handbook issued as a single sheet in the San Francisco Examiner to be folded into 32 pages; the contents were all previously published. 16mo, original wrappers. Housed in a custom clamshell and chemise case.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121255
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First Edition of Hype & Glory; Warmly Inscribed by William Goldman in the Year of Publication
GOLDMAN, William.
Hype & Glory.
New York: Villard Books, 1990.
First edition of this classic memoir by the author of The Princess Bride. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, "21 Aug 90 Kathy From one writer to another We shall, rest assured with thanks God bless Bill." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Aquan. Jacket photograph by George Kerrigan.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147475
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First Edition of The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal; Inscribed by Jared Diamond
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Jared Diamond on the front free endpaper to noted book collector Larry Owens. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 5524
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First edition of Mark Twain's The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893.
First edition of Twain's classic short story collection. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by Dan Beard and 9 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. BAL 3436. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137551
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Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus; translated by Sir Richard Burton and from the library of American journalist William Safire
CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius. [Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton].
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus.
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1928.
Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton and Leonard C. Smithers. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with eight full page plates, rebacked. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 170. From the library of Oliver Craus Safir with his ownership signature and, subsequently his son, William Safire, with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 128056
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"I don't think there is such a thing as a good war. There are sometimes necessary wars. And I think one might say, "just" wars. I never questioned the necessity of that war. And I still do not question it. It was something that had to be done": First edition of The War: Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C. & Ken Burns.
The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Folio, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Ken Burns, "To Robert Sargent Fay with thanks and best wishes Ken Burns." The recipient was a consulting photographer for the PBS documentary of the life of Mark Twain, directed by Ken Burns. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144242
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First Illustrated Edition of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony
STEINBECK, John.
The Red Pony.
New York: The Viking Press, 1945.
First illustrated edition of Steinbeck's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the spine and slight bumping to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146183
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it": First Edition of Fear of Flying; Signed by Erica Jong
JONG, Erica.
Fear of Flying.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of this incredible novel. Octavo, original glittery sky blue cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Erica Jong 21 March 06." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Seifer. Author photograph by Peter Trump.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145167
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"THIS WAS NEITHER MORE NOR LESS THAT THE QUEER EXTENSION OF HER EXPERIENCE, THE DOUBLE LIFE THAT, IN THE CAGE, SHE GREW AT LAST TO LEAD": FIRST EDITION OF HENRY JAMES' IN THE CAGE; From the library of American suffragette Florence Humphrey
JAMES, Henry.
In The Cage.
London: Duckworth and Co, 1898.
First edition of this classic Henry James novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the library of American suffragette Florence Humphrey with her bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 109587
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First edition of Symonds' Sketches in Italy; bound in full vellum
SYMONDS, John Addington.
Sketches in Italy.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883.
First edition of John Addington Symonds' Italian sketches. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 111022
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"Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being": First Edition of Ragtime; Signed by E.L. Doctorow
DOCTOROW, E.L.
Ragtime.
New York: Random House, 1975.
First edition of this work of historical fiction mainly set in the New York City area from 1902 until 1912 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Doctorow on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118328
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“THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SAGA OF HOW AMERICA BECAME INVOLVED IN VIETNAM”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005.
Signed limited edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed David Halberstam. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144148
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First Edition of Wrinkles in Time; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist George Smoot
SMOOT, George and Keay Davidson.
Wrinkles in Time.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.
First edition of the story of "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time" (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John Rogers Best Wishes George Smoot." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144347
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First editions of The World's Worst Children and The World's Worst Children Two; both volumes signed by David Walliams
WALLIAMS, David.
The World’s Worst Children [with] The World’s Worst Children Two.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
First editions of the best-selling author's collection of deliciously mischievous tales of simply the worst children. Octavo, two volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color illustrations by Tony Ross. Both volumes signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Both volumes are fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tony Ross.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145215
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First Edition of Conrad Aiken's Selected Poems; In the Rare Original dust jacket
AIKEN, Conrad.
Selected Poems.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a partial rare original wrap around band.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112323