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"As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me": George Orwell's England Your England and Other Essays
ORWELL, George.
England Your England and Other Essays.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1954.
Early printing of this anthology of Orwell’s essays including England Your England, written during the German Nazi Blitz of 1941. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a chipped and worn dust jacket.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 121642
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"As one drags along through this inexplicable existence one realizes how such qualities stand out": First edition of Theodore Dreiser's Twelve Men
DREISER, Theodore.
Twelve Men.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.
First edition of Dreiser’s early work of nonfiction. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 95807
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First British Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Signed by Steven Millhauser
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
London: Routledge Y Kegan Paul, 1978.
First British edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Steven Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 61014
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First edition of Anole Hunter's Let's Ride To Hounds
HUNTER, Anole.
Let’s Ride To Hounds.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929.
First edition of Anole Hunter’s fox-hunting classic. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by Edward King. One of 850 copies. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 116023
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First edition of Ruth Gordon's Myself Among Others; signed by her
GORDON, Ruth.
Myself Among Others.
New York: Antheneum, 1971.
First edition of the great actress and playwright’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the second free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph by Eva Rubinstein.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115091
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Second Revised edition of Frederick Woods' Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill
WOODS, Frederick.
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill.
London: Library of Imperial History in association with Kaye and Ward Ltd., 1975.
Second revised edition of Woods’ authoritative bibliography of Churchill’s works. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in, frontispiece photograph of Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 114829
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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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Fumio Kodama's Analyzing Japanese High Technologies: The Techno-Paradigm Shift
KODAMA, Fumio.
Analyzing Japanese High Technologies: The Techno-Paradigm Shift.
London: Pinter Publishers, 1992.
Second edition of Kodama’s landmark work in the development of the analysis of Japanese high technologies. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated with tables and graphs. In fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 117103
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First Edition of Richard Goldstein's Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria; Inscribed by Him
GOLDSTEIN, Richard.
Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
First edition of this definitive work of the rescue of the Andrea Doria. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Andrew Heiskell: With Best Wishes, Richard Goldstein January 21, 2003.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jose Almaguer.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 109457
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First edition of Alain Colas' Around the World Alone; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
COLAS, Alain. Translated by J. F. Bernard.
Around the World Alone.
New York: Barron's/Woodbury, 1978.
First edition of Colas’ riveting account of his 1978 voyage around the world aboard his 70-foot trimaran the Manureva. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 20 color plates. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115225
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First edition of Gordon Grand's Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry
GRAND, Gordon.
Colonel Weatherford’s Young Entry.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935.
First edition of the fourth books in the great sporting writer’s Colonel Weatherford series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 1350 copies printed for Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press. Bookplate. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 116008
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First Edition of John Updike's Roger's Version; Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John.
Roger’s Version.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 122435
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"And so he danced and dined with these pleasant, merry folk, -all good friends, -and talked about hunting and shooting and so forth": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.
First edition of this collection of Kipling’s children’s tales. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121478
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote
GREENE, Graham.
Monsignor Quixote.
London: The Bodley Head, 1982.
First edition of this work, which is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 100997
