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"The wife who wants her husband to succeed must develop more of the hardy spirit of our pioneers": First edition of Dorothy Carnegie's How To Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life; signed by her
CARNEGIE, Dorothy.
How To Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life.
New York: Greystone Press, 1953.
First edition of Dorothy Carnegie's essential 1953 guide for the housewife, offering practical advice to help the husband succeed in the style of her husband, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dorothy Carnegie on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 96136
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"NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS SINGLE; ALL THINGS BY A LAW DIVINE IN ONE ANOTHER'S BEING MINGLE:— WHY NOT I WITH THINE?": The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; finely bound
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: Edward Moxon, 1854.
Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141208
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Voltaire's Vie de Moliere; finely bound
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Vie de Moliere.
Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp, 1772.
Early edition of Voltaire's biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo, bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, pictorial endpapers, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Tasteful period bookplate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95126
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"Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters contemporary morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, frontispiece, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Some rubbing, bookplate to the front and rear panels.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147633
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First Edition and Advance Review Copy of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart; in the rare original dust jacket
WELTY, Eudora.
The Ponder Heart.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954.
First edition and advance review copy of Welty's third novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Joe Krush. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the publisher's advance copy slip dated January 7th 1954 laid in. Jacket photograph of Welty by Kay Bell.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 90417
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First Edition of The Bush Family Cookbook; Signed by George and Barbara Bush and Ariel De Guzman
BUSH, George and Barbara Bush; Ariel De Guzman.
The Bush Family Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Stories from One of America’s Great Families.
New York: Lisa Drew Books, 2005.
First edition of this collection of recipes from the Bush family. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by George and Barbara Bush, as well as the author on the half-title page. Ariel De Guzman has written in his hand, "8/06 To Jamie & Russ From the Buh's kitchen to yours - .. enjoy!" Forewords by George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jeb Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 147215
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First edition of V.S. Pritchett's Blind Love and Other Stories; Inscribed by Him
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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland L. Comstock V.S. Pritchett." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121277
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First American Edition of Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn's The Oak and The Calf: Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union; From the library of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr I. [Madeleine K. Albright].
The Oak and The Calf: Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980.
First American edition of master novelist and historian Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn's personal narrative to publish his work in his own country. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147594
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
Early printing of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144337
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First Edition of The path to Power; signed by Margaret Thatcher
THATCHER, Margaret. [Dennis Thatcher].
The Path to Power.
London: Harper Collins Publishers , 1995.
First edition of Thatcher's best-selling memoir, covering her life from her birth in 1925 until she became Prime Minister in 1979. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Margaret Thatcher on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with strips of sunning. Front jacket photograph: Margaret Thatcher in 1959 by Amy Milner. With four original color photographs of Thatcher at the book signing event during which she signed the book laid in.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146915
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First Edition of Gathered Leaves: From the Prose of Mary E. Coleridge; from the library of militant English Suffragette Emily Duval
SICHEL, Edith. [Mary E. Coleridge; Emily Duval].
Gathered Leaves: From the Prose of Mary E. Coleridge. With a Memoir by Edith Sichel.
London: Constable and Company, 1910.
First edition of this collection of the prose of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge from the library of militant English suffragette Emily Duval. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece portrait of Coleridge. From the library of Emily Duval, although not marked. English suffragette Emily Duval was a militant petitioner in the fight for women’s voting rights and was imprisoned on six occasions. Her daughter, Elsie Duval, was also arrested many times throughout her life and in 1913 became the first woman to be released from Holloway Prison under the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act'. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 134052
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Limited First Edition of George R.R. Martin's The Skin Trade; Signed by him and Rick Berry
MARTIN, George R.R. [Rick Berry].
The Skin Trade.
WSFA Press, 2013.
Signed limited first edition of this award winning novella by master storyteller George R.R. Martin. Octavo, original cloth, with black and white illustrations by Rick Berry. Boldy signed by the author and artist on the second free endpaper. One of five hundred numbered copies, this is number 27. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147754
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First edition of Joseph Conrad's Laughing Anne and One Day More
CONRAD, Joseph.
Laughing Anne and One Day More.
London: John Castle, 1924.
First British edition of two plays from prolific writer Joseph Conrad. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Introduction by John Galsworthy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147552
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First Edition of The Ice Dragon; Signed by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
The Ice Dragon.
New York: Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2014.
First edition of this poignant fantasy novella by George R.R. Martin. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art and illustrations throughout by Luis Royo.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147755
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First edition of Theodora Thompson's Underneath The Bough; finely bound by Riviere and Sons
THOMPSON, Theodora.
Underneath The Bough: A Posie of Other Men’s Flowers.
New York: John Lane, 1905.
First edition of Theodora Thompson's collection of inspirational verse. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum by Riviere & Sons with green morocco spine label lettered in gilt, botanical gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, engraved frontispiece and decorated title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. Ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 114286
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First edition of Gianturco's In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing The World; Inscribed to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
GIANTURCO, Paola Toby Tuttle Foreword by Alice Walker [Madeleine Albright].
In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing The World.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2000.
First edition of Gianturco's book that highlights the transformative power of craftswomen. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with colorful photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, "To Madeleine Albright, With all best wishes and thanks for all you've done. Sincerely Paola Gianturco & All of us at The Dolphin Bookshop" With an autograph letter signed by the author to Albright laid in. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 149603
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First edition of Symonds' Sketches in Italy; bound in full vellum
SYMONDS, John Addington.
Sketches in Italy.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883.
First edition of John Addington Symonds' Italian sketches. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 111022
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"You will have the vote. Truth is great and will prevail": Rare First edition of John Masefield's My Faith in Woman Suffrage
MASEFIELD, John.
My Faith in Woman Suffrage.
The Woman's Press, [1910].
First edition of the English Poet Laureate's speech delivered in the Queens Hall, February 14th, 1910. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 135641
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First edition of Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis; From the library of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
WIT, Joel S.; Daniel B. Poneman; Robert L. Gallucci [Madeleine K. Albright].
Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis.
Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
First edition of this account where three former U. S. officials trace the efforts that led to the dismantling of North Korea's plutonium production program. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright." Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147577
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Finely Bound example of Hallam's View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages
HALLAM, Henry.
View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages.
London: John Murray, 1880.
Finely bound volume of Hallam's history of the United States. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, gilt emblem to the front panel. From the library of I.H. Echalaz with a period gift inscription to him to the front free endpaper dated 1902. In near fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 90436
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“The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did": First edition of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying; inscribed by her
JONG, Erica.
Fear of Flying.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of the author's controversial, gound-breaking second-wave feminist classic which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original cloth, red endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Katherine Kasten - from Erica Jong October 1973." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the rear panel. Jacket design by Judith Seifer. Author photograph by Peter Trump.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 141273
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“Now I am a man; World have changed a lot. Some things nearly so, Others nearly not.”: P.B. Socci sketch of Yul Brynner; Signed by Yul Brynner
SOCCI, P.B. (Yul Brynner).
Yul Brynner Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Russian-born film and stage actor Yul Brynner. Boldly signed by Yul Brynner. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. In fine condition. The drawing measures 10 inches by 8 inches. A striking example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 89137
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Finely bound enlarged edition of the drawings of Raffaelle and Michelangelo in the collection of the University of Oxford; elaborately illustrated
SANZIO, Raffaelle. Etched and engraved by Joseph Fisher.
Drawings and Studies by Raffaelle Sanzio in the University Galleries, Oxford.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1879.
New enlarged edition of the drawings of Raffaelle and Michelangelo in the collection of the University of Oxford, etched by Joseph Fisher. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with engravings by Joseph Fisher, title vignette, headpieces. In good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 96251
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First British Edition of Anne of Windy Willow; In the Rare Original Dust jacket
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).
London: George G. Harrap, 1936.
First British edition of this novel in Montgomery's acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 892
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“Weakness is doubly weak by being new”: the Works of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1895].
The Thin Paper Edition of Books by Thomas Hardy. Duodecimo, six volumes bound in the original publisher's sheepskin with gilt titles and elaborate botanical tooling to the spines, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, book plate to the front pastedown of 'Jude the Obscure', ownership signatures to some volumes. A charming set.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147346
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BLOS, Joan W.
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32.
New York: Scribners, 1979.
First edition of the author's Newberry award-winning novel. Octavo, original red boards. Fine in a very good plus dust jacket with a few short closed tears, and without the Newberry award winning sticker on the front panel. Signed by the author who has added some lines from this work.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 1797
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, Sylvia.
The Bell Jar.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.
Early printing of Sylvia Plath's only novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pen-and-ink drawings by Plath. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Isbey Duevell.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 148039
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First Edition of James Jones's Some Came Running
JONES, James.
Some Came Running.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957.
First edition of the author's major second novel about an aspiring Army veteran writer. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Jacket design by Greta Franzen. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147568
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First Edition of And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation; Inscribed by Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
KAMARA-UMUNNA, Agnes Fallah; Emily Holland [Madeleine K. Albright].
And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation.
New York: Hyperion, 2011.
First edition of this memoir about the devastation of the Liberia civil war and its rise out of the ashes. Octavo, original publisher's boards, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To former secretary of state Madeleine Albright Best Regards Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna... 03/02/2016." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East…
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147576
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“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it?": First edition of In The Unlikely Event; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume's career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144301
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COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932.
Early printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in good condition. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117912
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Rare first edition of George Taylor's An Account of the Genus Meconopsis
TAYLOR, George.
An Account of the Genus Meconopsis.
London: New Flora and Silva Ltd, 1934.
First edition of Taylor's best-known work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece, 29 plates from photographs and 12 distributional maps. In very good condition. Small ownership name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 137344
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Ann Sherry, Joy! from Wendy and Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88974
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First edition of Martha Walker Freer's The Life of Jeanne D'Albert
FREER, Martha Walker.
The Life of Jeanne D’Albert Queen of Navarre.
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855.
First edition of Freer's appreciation of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. Octavo, bound in three quarters emerald green crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 139030
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus and other stories
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978.
Signed limited edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original publisher's full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the third free endpaper. In fine condition. An excellent example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147570
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First edition of Liv Ullmann's Choices; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ULLMANN, Liv [Erica Jong].
Choices.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
First edition of Liv Ullmann's quietly and beautifully written autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Dear Erica Here is mine. Happy New Year with love to you and your. Hug - Liv. December - 84." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142818
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First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook; inscribed by her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.
1964: William Morrow & Company, New York.
First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter, an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient, Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters, books, and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96083
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First American edition of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studios.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 110161
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First edition of St. John Lucas' The Oxford Book of French Verse
LUCAS, St. John.
The Oxford Book of French Verse.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
First edition of Lucas' compilation of the verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries. Octavo, bound in half vellum for Christ's Hospital boarding school with their armorial crest to the front panel, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction in English, text in French. From the library of British economist David Graham Hutton with his ownership signature and presentation bookplate. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114537
