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First edition of Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; from the library of American writer and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen
BROWN, Stephen [Editor]. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Introduction by David Allen Sibley [Peter Matthiessen].
Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 2006.
First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea" (Michael…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 135489
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“And if all that is meaningless, I want to be cured Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it": First edition of T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party
ELIOT, T.S.
The Cocktail Party.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950.
First edition of the most popular of Eliot's seven plays published during his lifetime. First issue with "here" for "her" on page 29, line 1. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with an archival tape repair to the front panel. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137195
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Signed Limited Edition of Eudora Welty's Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews
WELTY, Eudora.
Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews.
New York: Random House, 1977.
Signed limited edition, one of 300 copies signed by Eudora Welty. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine slipcase.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 115699
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First Edition of Lois Lowry's Gathering Blue; Signed by Her
LOWRY, Lois.
Gathering Blue.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Newbury Award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "With best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathy Black.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 139213
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' Spenser's Images of Life
LEWIS, C.S. Edited by Alastair Fowler.
Spenser’s Images of Life.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
First edition of Lewis' longest piece of literary criticism, posthumously compiled by Alastair Fowler. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Will Carter.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 140466
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First Hungarian Edition of Imre Kertesz's Felszamolas; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Felszamolas [Liquidation].
Budapest: Magveto, 2003.
First Hungarian edition, preceding the English edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 698
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First Edition of Samuel L. Clemens' The Curious Republic of Gondour
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.
First edition of Twain's classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137388
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Gore Vidal's Kalki; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Kalki.
New York: Random House, 1978.
First book club edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie love Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Hall. An exceptional association.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 126712
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First edition of Evelyn Lincoln's My Twelve Years with John F. Kennedy; warmly inscribed by her
LINCOLN, Evelyn. [John F. Kennedy].
My Twelve Years with John F. Kennedy.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1965.
First edition of John F. Kennedy's personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln's White House memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Gareth L. Pawlowski with my warmest regards and very best wishes Evelyn Lincoln July 14, 1969." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Adelson and Eichinger.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137253
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First edition of Tales of the Black Widowers; inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
The Tales of The Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 142778
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First Edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's Existentialism
SARTRE, Jean-Paul.
Existentialism.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1947.
First edition of the philosopher's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. An exceptional example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144092
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Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell's My Mystery Ships; from the library of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
CAMPBELL, Gordon [Clement Atlee].
My Mystery Ships.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
Early printing of Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell's My Mystery Ships; from the library of United Kingdom Prime Minster Clement Attlee with his bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 134587
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First American Edition of The Conservationist; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
The Conservationist.
New York: The Viking Press, 1974.
First American edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 4159
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First edition of Robert Stone's Outerbridge Reach
STONE, Robert.
Outerbridge Reach.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1992.
First edition of Stone's fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Sally recalling a lovely, morning in London - wishing all the best. Bob Stone London May 19, 1992." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 123971
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First edition of Umberto Eco's Baudolino; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and her husband Kenneth David Burrows
ECO, Umberto [Erica Jong].
Baudolino.
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2002.
First American edition of the author's international bestseller. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica & Ken with all my friendship Umberto." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 142833