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"It was as a writer of short-stories that Kipling first established his fame": First edition of Walter Morris Hart's Kipling: The Story-Writer
HART, Walter Morris. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling: The Story-Writer.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918.
First edition of Walter Morris Hart's survey of the Kipling's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 125277
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“To expect the universe to be benevolent was like imagining one could always win at a game of pure chance:" First Edition of Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
First edition of the author's first book after '2010: Odyssey Two.' Octavo, original blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Michael Whelan. Jacket design by Anthony C. Russo.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145176
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"When one believes that all the tigers in the jungle are dead, it is quite amusing to walk along the jungle paths in a dressing-gown with a fan instead of a gun": First Edition of H. G. Wells' Joan and Peter
WELLS, H.G.
Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918.
First American edition of this satirical portrait of late-Victorian England, the education system on the eve of the First World War, and the effects of that war on English society. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145204
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"I was wide awake, packed and ready to go at dawn": Eric Ambler's The Night-Comers
AMBLER, Eric.
The Night-Comers.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
Early printing of Ambler's inventively thrilling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126375
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First Edition of The Lobster Chronicles; Signed by Linda Greenlaw
GREENLAW, Linda.
The Lobster Chronicles.
New York: Hyperion, 2002.
First edition of Greenlaw's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Linda Greenlaw on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 83044
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's Poems and Prose 1949-1977
PINTER, Harold.
Poems and Prose 1949-1977.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1978.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Quarto, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 144974
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"For all we have and are, for all our children's fate, stand up and meet the war, the Hun is at the gate!": The Special limited edition of Twenty Poems From Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Twenty Poems From Rudyard Kipling.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1936.
Special limited edition of Twenty Poems From Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards. Seventh edition. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 123607
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First edition of Barry Lopez's Crow and Weasel; beautifully illustrated by Tom Pohrt
LOPEZ, Barry. Illustrated by Tom Pohrt.
Crow and Weasel.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990.
First edition of the best-selling author's Parents' Choice Award-winning novella-length fable. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Tom Pohrt. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 135159
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First edition of Kingsley Amis' Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1975.
First edition of Amis' study of great English author, Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling, with 114 illustrations. In near fine condition. Cover illustration by Avril Broadley.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126944
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First Edition of Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell
MARIAS, Javier.
Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2009.
First edition of the author's final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145662
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 138394
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First edition of Martin Fido's Rudyard Kipling
FIDO, Martin. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Hamlyn, 1974.
First edition of the great biographer's lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126709
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First Edition of Graham Greene's An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor
GREENE, Graham.
An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor.
London: Bodley Head, 1975.
First edition of this work by the author of The Power and the Glory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 114557
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First Edition of National Gallery Illustrations Volume III; with Nearly Four Hundred Reproductions
NATIONAL GALLERY,.
National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools.
London: Printed for the Trustees, 1926.
First edition of the last volume in the Official Catalogue of the National Gallery, this volume featuring illustrations comprising the British, French, and Spanish Schools of art. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with nearly four hundred reproductions. In very good condition with some toning and light rubbing to the extremities. Accompanied by original dry mounted plates from 'Thesaurus Austriacus' on Strathmore notecards and envelopes by DesignsKTB.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 146552