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Mark Twain's A Murder, a Mystery, and A Marriage with
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].
A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Early printing of Twain's entertaining tale, published for the first time in 2001. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Peter de Seve. Foreword and Afterword by Roy Blount Jr. From the collection of William Safire, although not marked. 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 for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979…
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 128640
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First Edition of Dick Vitale's Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love; Inscribed by Him
VITALE, Dick.
Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love.
Indianapolis, IN: Masters Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the legendary commentator. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Eric Awesome Baby Dick Vitale." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 140213
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First edition of V.S. Pritchett's Blind Love and Other Stories
PRITCHETT, V.S.
Blind Love and Other Stories.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.
First edition of Pritchett's collection of humorous short stories. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 120358
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"Ingle-go-jang, my joy, my joy! Ingle-go-jang, my joy!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Debits and Credits
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Debits and Credits.
Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1926.
First Canadian edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 194552
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Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Rudyard Kipling's Actions and Reactions
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Actions and Reactions.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909.
Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions, intended for circulation only in India and The British Colonies. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121490
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First Edition of Jane Jacobs' Cities and the Wealth of Nations
JACOBS, Jane.
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life.
New York: Random House, 1984.
First edition of this eye-opening analysis of economics. Octavo, original red publisher's cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the rear panel.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145275
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts
MERTON, Thomas.
Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.
First edition of this work by Merton. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 69959
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First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Deadeye Dick
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Deadeye Dick.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1982.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James L. McGuire. Author photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146409
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Prisoner In The Garden
MANDELA, Nelson.
Prisoner In The Garden.
London: Viking, 2005.
First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela's archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 138566
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First Edition of Laurence Irving's Henry Irving: The Actor and His World
IRVING, Laurence.
Henry Irving: The Actor and His World.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952.
First edition of the author's major biography of his grandfather, Henry Irving. Octavo, original boards, frontispiece portrait of Henry Irving in color by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket lettering by Charlotte Young. Small ownership inscription. Housed in the original slipcase which is in good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115678
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First Edition of Veronica Mole and Dave Elliott's Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach
MOLE, Veronica and Dave Elliott.
Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach.
London: Frances Pinter, 1987.
First edition of the scholars' work on the implications of technological innovations. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 128263
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First edition of Beryl Bainbridge's Watson's Apology
BAINBRIDGE, Beryl.
Watson’s Apology.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1984.
First edition of the award-winning author's investigation of the Stockwell Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126810
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"Listen...Can you hear the thunder of ghostly hooves? The Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey!" First Corgi Yearling edition of Philip Pullman's first children's edition
PULLMAN, Philip.
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's first children's novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Greetings to Eileen - Philip Pullman." Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Illustrations by Patrice Aggs. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 88117
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First edition of J.M.S. Tompkins' The Art of Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Art of Rudyard Kipling.
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959.
First edition of Tompkins' work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135772
