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First Edition of Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
The Real Inspector Hound.
London: Faber & Faber, 1968.
First edition of this work by the legendary playwright. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Very good in wrappers.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 2376
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"A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free": Signed Limited Edition of the Kazantzakis’ Masterpiece Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
Athens: Pyrsos, 1938.
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece. Folio, brown cloth. One of 277 copies signed by Nikos Kazantzakis, this is number 109. In near fine condition.
Price: $14,500.00 Item Number: 2209
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inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul bellow to friend and fellow high school classmate
BELLOW, Saul.
Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow high school classmate, "For Abel Savitsky for old times sake (Tuley gym!) Saul." In good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2038
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“EVERYTHING WE ARE IS AT EVERY MOMENT ALIVE IN US”: FIRST EDITION OF THE CREATION OF THE WORLD; SIGNED BY ARTHUR MILLER
MILLER, Arthur.
The Creation of the World and Other Business.
New York: Viking Press, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 2010
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First Edition of Richard Wright's Uncle Tom's Children; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
Uncle Tom’s Children.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938.
First edition, first printing with B-N on the copyright page of the author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with good wishes Richard Wright 3/14/40." In good condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 2029
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First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: Vanguard, 1944.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1962
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1964
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"Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it": First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra; Signed by the Author
FUENTES, Carlos.
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1922
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Signed by Nobel Laureates Naguib Mahfouz and Nadine Gordimer
MAHFOUZ, Naguib; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer.
Echoes of An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, 1997.
First edition of this autobiography by the first Arab writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Nobel Laureates Naguib Mahfouz and Nadine Gordimer, who contributed the foreword to this volume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Both signatures were obtained in person.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 1907
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"I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true": Uncorrected Proofs of each volume in the author’s Acclaimed Cairo Trilogy; Each signed by the Author
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York: Doubleday, 1990-1992.
Uncorrected proofs of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. Each volume is signed by Mahfouz and in near fine condition. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only twice during his life, each time only but for a short time.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 1754
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VARGAS LLOSA, Mario; Edited and translated by John King.
Making Waves: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1736
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Uncorrected Proof the The Breast; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Breast.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author's comic novella which features David Kapesh's transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 1625
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Second Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine crown.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1573
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“Out there, in the open desert, men can walk for days without passing a single house, seeing a well, for the desert is so vast that no one can know it all": First American Edition of Desert Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M.G. Le Clezio
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
Boston: A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.
First American edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 1555
