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“Let us do something, while we have the chance!": First Edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot; Signed by Him
BECKETT, Samuel.
Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy In Two Acts.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Translated by Beckett from the original French. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 101780
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First Edition of Julian Barnes's Metroland; Signed by Him
BARNES, Julian.
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127617
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": First British Edition of Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Outsider
CAMUS, Albert.
The Outsider [The Stranger].
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946.
First British edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece, which was translated as The Stranger in the United States. Introduction by Cyril Connolly. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward Bawden. A sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136598
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Rare eighteenth century collection of the Tragedies and Comedies of the great English Playwrights including William Shakespeare and John Dryden
SHAKESPEARE, William; John Dryden; William Congreve; et al.
Tragedies and Comedies of the Great English Playwrights.
London: Various Publishers, c.1730-1760.
Finely bound sammelband collection of comedies and tragedies by early English playwrights including William Shakespeare, John Dryden, and William Congreve. Octavo, 43 volumes bound into 7 in half contemporary calf over marbled boards with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved frontispieces, headpieces, tailpieces and illustrations. In very good condition. A very unique collection.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137210
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“The Statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Let us learn our lessons": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill's Great Contemporaries; inscribed by him to Lord George Lloyd
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1937.
First edition of Churchill's classic work containing his biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia, King George V, and Adolf Hitler among others. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 21 photographic plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To George Lloyd from Winston Churchill October 1937." The recipient, Lord George Lloyd was a British Conservative politician strongly associated with the "Diehard" wing of the party. From 1937 to 1941 he was chairman of the British Council, in which capacity he sought to ensure support for Britain's position in the Second World…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 137209
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First Edition of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128433
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": First American Edition of Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Stranger
CAMUS, Albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First American edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136744
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“It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty": First Edition of Truman Capote's Classic In Cold Blood; Signed by Him
CAPOTE, Truman .
In Cold Blood.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of Capote's landmark true-crime novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Truman Capote. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136751
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"The first major work on the French Revolution": Adolphe Thiers' renowned History of the French Revolution; elegantly bound
THIERS, Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe.
Histoire de la Revolution Francaise. [History of the French Revolution].
Societe Typographique Belge: Bruxelles, 1840.
Finely bound example of the first major work on the French Revolution. Quarto, two volumes bound in full contemporary polished and diced calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Thiers. In very good condition. A very attractive binding.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137208
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Louis Armstrong's Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans; lengthily inscribed by him
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.
First edition, second printing of the autobiography of one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz, Louis "Pops" Armstrong. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the musician on the half-title page, "To Josh: The Old Dixie Jazz-hound from New Orleans!! Your friend, Louis Armstrong ("Satchmo")." The recipient, Joshua B. Glassel was a fellow Dixieland jazz musician and friend of Armstrong's in New Orleans. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. With Glassel's ownership signature to the half-title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137133
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First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 136377
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"Fashions come and go; bad taste is timeless": BEAU BRUMMEL, ONE OF ONLY 550 COPIES SIGNED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
WOOLF, Virginia.
Beau Brummell.
New York : Rimington & Hooper, 1930.
Signed limited first edition of this amusing account of the 19th-century dandy, number 290 of only 550 copies (500 of which were offered for sale), signed on the verso of the half title by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half gilt-stamped red cloth, gray paper boards, mounted cover illustration, top edge gilt. Signed by Virginia Woolf. Near fine in the rare original slipcase, which is in very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 136379
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“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart": Finely Bound First Edition of Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince
SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de; Translated by Katherine Woods.
The Little Prince.
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943.
First edition, first printing of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s masterpiece, which precedes the first edition in French. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Small quarto, bound in full modern full pictorial brown morocco with inlay tooling to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated by the author. In fine condition. A stunning example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 136746
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Signed limited first Edition of shelby Foote's Classic Shiloh
FOOTE, Shelby .
Shiloh.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2012.
Signed limited first edition of Foote's classic fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. Signed by Shelby Foote. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136740
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First Edition of Margaret Thatcher's In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain's Relations With the World 1976-1986; Signed Twice by Her
THATCHER, Margaret.
In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain’s Relations With the World 1976-1986 .
London: Aurum Press, 1986.
First edition of this early collection of speeches by Prime Minister Thatcher. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed twice by Margaret Thatcher, once on the half-title page and again on an official bookplate. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduced by Ronald Butt. Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Lord Home of the Hirsel, KT. Cover photograph by Peter Jordan.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136493
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"When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins": The Edition du Centenaire of the complete illustrated works of Gustave Flaubert
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Oeuvres Completes Illustrees de Gustave Flaubert.
Paris: Librairie de France, 1922-1924.
The Edition du Centenaire of the complete illustrated works of Gustave Flaubert. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, illustrated by Andre Favory, Georges Dufrenoy, Bernard Naudin, and Pierre Girieud. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137205
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First edition of Andy Warhol's a: A Novel
WARHOL, Andy.
a: A novel by Andy Warhol.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of Warhol's first novel, an experimental collection of four word-for-word transcriptions of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine between 1965 and 1967. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137201
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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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First editions of the first and second series of George Cruikshank's The Comic Almanack; finely bound by Root & Son
[CRUIKSHANK, George; William Thackeray; Albert Smith; Gilbert A. Beckett; The Brothers Mayhew].
The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1835-1853.
First editions of the first and second series of The Comic Almanack; illustrated by George Cruikshank. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Root & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, with many illustrations by George Cruikshank and other Artists. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137167
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“To imitate nature involves the verb to do": First Edition of The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams; Inscribed by Him
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams.
New York: Random House, 1951.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Robert H. Fuller wishing him luck William Carlos Williams 10/19/51." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136387
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First edition of The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865
MOTTELAY, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland.
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.
Richmond and New York: Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.
First edition of volume I I of this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 134168
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Signed by Don Delillo
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Don DeLillo on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 136791
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First British edition of Churchill's only full-length work of fiction: Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania; bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.
First British edition of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 136595
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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion": First Edition of Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus
CAMUS, Albert.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955.
First edition of Camus' classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Typography, binding, and jacket design by Rudolph Ruzicka. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. A very sharp example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 136596
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"Make a way out of no way": The Audacity of Hope; Signed by Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack .
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2006.
First edition, early printing of Obama's second book. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 136741
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First Edition, first printing of Mark Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead?
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909.
First edition, first printing of Twain's work regarding the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy, without the advertisement for the Greenwood book. BAL 3509. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with two frontispiece plates statues of Shakespeare and Bacon. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137225
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First edition of Mark Twain's The American Claimant
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
The American Claimant.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892.
First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, frontispiece and 25 in-text illustrations by Dan Beard. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137138
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"In this autobiography I shall keep in mind the fact that I am speaking from the grave": First edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Mark Twain’s Autobiography.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924.
First edition, early printing of Twain's famed autobiography. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Twain to each volume, top edge gilt. Introduction by Alfred Bigelow Paine. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137154
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First edition of J.K. Rowling's Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit
ROWLING, J.K.
The Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit. Octavo, three volumes, housed in the original pictorial slipcase and shrink wrap. The pack includes one adult first edition and 2 children's first editions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with 5 bookmarks, 5 Do Not Disturb Signs, 5 sticker sets, and 3 bookplates. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137155
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First edition of C.S. Lewis's Broadcast Talks; in the rare original dust jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
Broadcast Talks: Reprinted with Some Alterations from Two Series of Broadcast Talks (Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe and What Christians Believe) Given in 1941 and 1942.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1942.
First edition of the transcripts of Lewis's Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe and What Christians Believe; part of his series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944 during the Second World War. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137122
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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves": First Edition of Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama; Signed by Him
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA,.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama.
New York : Harper Collins, 1990.
First edition of The Dalai Lama's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 136508
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“unfortunately we have to make war as we must and not as we should like to": First American edition of Winston Churchill's The Unknown War: The Eastern Front; In the rare original dust jacket
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Unknown War: The Eastern Front.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931.
First edition of the final volume in Churchill's important history of World War I. Octavo, original cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated with portraits, maps, and diagrams. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136451
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN IRVING’S CLASSIC WORK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; SIGNED BY HIM
IRVING, John.
The World According to Garp.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.
First edition of Irving's fourth and breakthrough novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Leo Manso. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136457
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson; Finely Bound in Full Morocco
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson [Including Treasure Island; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Kidnapped].
Various: Various Publishers, 1878-1926.
An extensive collection of forty-nine works by Robert Louis Stevenson, publishing date 1878-1926 to include the Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Sidney Colvin, Methuen 1899 and The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour 1901. 2 vols. Stevenson's Baby Book, John Howell, San Francisco 1922. Cummy's Diary, A Diary kept by Robert Louis Stevenson's nurse, Alison Cunningham 1863. Chatto & Windus 1926. Ltd 734/780; Edinburgh Picturesque Notes by Robert Louis Stevenson with etchings by A Brunet-Debaines. Seeley Jackson and Halliday 1879. Octavo, 49 volumes, bound in dark green morocco, title titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt top edge,…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 136463
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136465
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First Edition of Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin: A Novel; Signed by Him
MCCANN, Colum.
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel.
New York: Random House, 2009.
First edition of the author's classic work, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colum McCann on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff and Anna Bauer. Jacket drawing by Matteo Pericoli.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 136771
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First Edition of Frederick Forsyth's The Odessa File; Inscribed by Him
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Odessa File.
London: Hutchinson, 1972.
First British edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John all best wishes Frederick Forsyth 29/3/99." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Brett.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136978
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FIRST EDITIONS OF each volume in John Le Carre's Acclaimed Karla Trilogy; Smiley's People Lengthily inscribed by him
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1980.
First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smiley’s People, "For Victor Ross with best wishes from John Le Carre - & with fraternal greetings! Hampstead 11 April 80." Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a first edition. The Honourable Schoolboy is a fourth impression and Smiley's People is a second impression. Each volume is fine to near fine in a fine to near fine dust jacket. Ownership name to Tinker Tailor. Rare and desirable with such a lengthy inscription…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137034
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"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS
SHACKLETON, Edward.
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton's expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136763
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"It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black": First edition of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood; inscribed by Legendary Actor Richard Burton
THOMAS, Dylan. [Richard Burton].
Under Milk Wood: A Play For Voices.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1954.
First edition of Thomas's classic drama. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by actor Richard Burton on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes and many thanks Richard Burton." Burton famously voiced the First Voice in the BBC 1954 production. In good condition. Rare signed by Burton.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 137026
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JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE; Warmly Inscribed by Him
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Burke with the highest esteem and warmest regards of his friend- John Kennedy." The recipient, John Burke was a liaison at the advertising agency used by Kennedy in his 1952 Senate campaign. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136965
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Rare Globe Terrestre d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes
BERTRAUX, Emile .
Globe Terrestre d’apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes [Terrestrial Globe].
Paris: Emile Bertraux, 1879.
A fine and highly detailed French terrestrial library globe showing the earth's geography as it was mapped in the late nineteenth century. The globe includes the oceans' major currents, the declination of the sun, color-coded European colonial possessions, the locations of railway tracks, telegraph lines, and ocean liner routes, as well as the tracks of various explorers, including Columbus, Cook, Vancouver, D'Urville, and Freycinet, among others. The globe consists of twelve hand-colored lithographed paper gores and two calottes pasted to a plaster and wood sphere; the globe's graduated brass meridian circle is set within a later stand consisting of a…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 136769
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Classic Till We Have Faces
LEWIS, C.S.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.
First edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Biggs. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136963
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS OF EACH VOLUME IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S ACCLAIMED GAME OF THRONES SERIES
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
London: Harper Collins, 1996-2011.
First English editions of each volume in George R.R. Martin's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket artwork by Jim Burns and Larry Rostant.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135214
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Privately printed Burton Club edition of Burton's famed translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and the Supplemental Nights
BURTON, Richard.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of The Arabian Nights Entertainments. [with] Supplemental Nights to The Book of the Thousand and One Nights with Notes Anthropological and Explanatory.
Privately Printed by The Burton Club, .
Privately printed Burton Club edition of Burton's famed translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and the Supplemental Nights. Octavo, 16 volumes, original cloth, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume. In fine condition. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134025
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"Fear cuts deeper than swords”: First Edition of the first Volume in the Author’s Acclaimed Series; Signed Twice by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones.
New York: Bantam, 1996.
First edition of the first book in the author's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed twice by George R.R. Martin, once on the title page and again on an official bookplate on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tom Hallman. Book design by James Sinclair. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 136992
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Signed Limited Edition of the "Greatest Golf Book Of the 20th Century" Down the Fairway
JONES, Robert [Bobby] T..
Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.
Signed Limited edition, preceding the first trade edition of what many consider the greatest golf book of the 20th century. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by both Robert T. Jones and O.B. Keeler, and again by Jones beneath his frontispiece, this is number 264. Octavo, original half vellum over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Foreword by Grantland Rice. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 133496
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"To Race is To Live": Juan Manual Fangio's My Twenty Years of Racing; Signed by Stirling Moss
FANGIO, Juan Manuel; Foreword by Stirling Moss.
My Twenty Years of Racing.
London: Temple Press Limited , 1961.
First edition of the racing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Stirling Moss, who contributed the foreword. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Turner. In collaboration with Marcello Giambertone.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 136593
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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past": The Easton Press Great Books of the 20th Century edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991.
The Easton Press edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather, elaborately decorated in gilt, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated by Fred Meyer. Introduction by Charles Scribner III. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137031
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David Attenborough's The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth; signed by him
ATTENBOROUGH, David.
The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth.
London: Williams Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, 1984.
First edition, second printing of Attenborough's popular book, based on his pioneering BBC television series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with full-page color photographs. Signed by David Attenborough on the half-tile page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137125
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Two rare Grand Street Publications separate printings of Books III and XVIII of Robert Fagles' renowned translation of Homer's Iliad; inscribed by Fagles to fellow writer and translator Charles Tomlinson
FAGLES, Robert.
The Iliad, Book III: Helen Reviews the Champions. [With] The Iliad, Book XVIII: The Shield of Achilles.
Grand Street Publications, Inc, .
Two rare Grand Street Publications separate printings of Books III and XVIII of Robert Fagles' renowned translation of Homer's Iliad. Octavo, two volumes. Association copy, inscribed by author on the front panel of Book XVIII, "Charles and Brenda - Wonderful to have you back in Princeton with us - Love, Bob." The recipient, Charles Tomlinson, was a prolific English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator who taught for thirty-six years in the English Department of Bristol University, where he became Emeritus Professor. Tomlinson was an authoritative translator of poetry from the Russian, Spanish and Italian, including work by Antonio Machado, Fyodor…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137120
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“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from": Rare first edition of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda
ELIOT, George.
Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.
First edition in the publisher's cloth of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavo, eight volumes in the rare original publisher's cloth, with the half-titles and errata slip to vol. 3. In good condition, stamps. Exceedingly rare in the publisher's cloth issue with only one other example traced in auction records.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 137114
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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“And now it is time for a final act of courage. I urge you: March proudly into your own dream”: First Edition of Going After Cacciato; Signed by Tim O'Brien
O'BRIEN, Tim.
Going After Cacciato.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1978.
First edition of the author's National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tim O'Brien on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by M.S. Chiang. An exceptional example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 136969
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Robert Graves' fine translation of Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars; finely bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS. TRANSLATED BY ROBERT GRAVES,.
The Twelve Caesars.
London: The Folio Society, 1966.
Finely bound example of Graves' translation of The Twelve Caesars. Quarto, bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, Greek key gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Translated by Robert Graves. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129618
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“If you see what a competitor is doing and it is better than what you are doing, you have to surpass them to ensure your car is better": Ferrari Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1984; Wonderfully illustrated throughout
[FERRARI, Enzo] Edited by Augusto Constantino.
Ferrari Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1984.
Milan: Automobilia, 1984.
Early printing of this profusely illustrated set covering every Ferrari produced between 1946 and 1984. Quarto, two volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Text in Italian, English, and French. Both volumes are fine in fine dust jackets. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137105
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"Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can": First Edition of Until I Find You; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Until I Find You.
New York: Random House, 2005.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dana and Cheryl with my admiration and affection John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Royce M. Becker. Author photograph by Jane Sobel Klonsky. Tattoo art by Henk Schiffmacher.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 136964
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First Edition of Peter Maas' Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System; Signed by Him and by Al Pacino
MAAS, Peter [Al Pacino].
Serpico. The Cop Who Defied the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film starring Al Pacino. Octavo, original half cloth, with four pages of illustrations. Boldly signed by Peter Maas and additionally signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stanley Phillips. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136976
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First Edition of Go Ask Alice in the rare original dust jacket
ANONYMOUS] BEATRICE SPARKS,.
Go Ask Alice.
New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1971.
First edition of the classic work that has sold millions of copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nena Allen. First editions are rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136990
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First edition of John Le Carre's The Naive and Sentimental Lover; signed by him
LE CARRE, John.
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
First edition of le Carré's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136318