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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's My Days; Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
My Days.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1938.
First edition of this firsthand look of everyday life in the White House by Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Roosevelt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Miss Trefether With a Merry Xmas from Eleanor Roosevelt." Introduction by Malvina Thompson Scheider. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 92438
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"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara Wrote in her delicate calligraphy": First Edition of The House of Spirits; Lengthily Inscribed by Isabelle Allende to fellow novelist Annie Dillard
ALLENDE, Isabel. [Annie Dillard].
The House of the Spirits: A Novel.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie, 'Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara Wrote in her delicate calligraphy' Isabel Allende." Allende has also drawn a flower on the title page. The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and her books have been translated…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 127009
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1970 Polish Festival of Sacrosong Diploma Signed by Pope John Paul II
POPE JOHN PAUL II,.
Pope John Paul II Autograph Sacrosong Diploma Signed.
Rare original woodblock-print diploma from the 1970 Polish Sacrosong Music Festival. Signed by Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła), "Karol card Wojtyla." The famous Polish Sacrosong Festival was established in 1969 to preserve Catholic identity during the Cold War, future pope Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was a major patron of the festival, featured vocalist, and appeared in a full-length feature album, Pope John Paul II At The Festival Sacrosong, produced and distributed in more that 30 worldwide networks in 1979. In excellent condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 19 inches. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 82450
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Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.
Large original painting of Hilary Knight's Butterfly Prince. Gouache and gold paint. Signed by Hilary Knight in the lower left corner of the painting. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 21 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96229
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First edition of Edward Augustus Gross and Homer Joseph Dodge's Manual For Women Voters; including The Constitution of the United States, The Declaration of Independence, The Monroe Doctrine, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
GROSS, Edward Augustus and Homer Joseph Dodge.
Manual For Women Voters.
New York: Federal Trade Information Service, 1922.
First edition of this introductory manual for newly enfranchised American women following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135244
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice. [Fore-edge Painting].
Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, n.d.
Finely bound example of Inglis' compilation of the dramas of Shakespeare. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare, illustrated with four engravings on steel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138237
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“The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm is one of the most inveterate of human instincts”: First Edition of one of the classic works on Interior Design The Decoration of Houses
WHARTON, Edith & Ogden Codman Jr.
The Decoration of Houses.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
First edition of Edith Wharton's first published book. Quarto, original marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 56 plates. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 149521
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First American Edition of Leo Tolstoy's Where Love is, There God is Also
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Where Love Is, There God Is Also.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1887.
First American edition in English of Tolstoy's short story in reference to the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. Small octavo, original cloth with elaborate gilt tooling to the front panel. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96100
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems
OLIVER, Mary.
The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972.
First edition of the author's second collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Forbes. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146637
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 139172
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"We wish, using our own capacities, seeing with our own eyes, and not as the women of the past have done, with the eyes of men, to understand our true position, to see clearly what are our duties and our rights": First Edition of Charlotte Despard's Woman in the New Era
DESPARD, Charlotte. With an Appreciation by Christopher St. John.
Woman in the New Era.
London: The Suffrage Shop, 1910.
First edition of Charlotte Despard's impassioned feminist tract. Octavo, original wrappers. With an Appreciation by Christopher St. John. In good condition. Exceptionally rare with no other copies traced at auction.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135290
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First edition of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo; signed by Him
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
The Rose Tattoo.
New York: New Directions, 1951.
First edition of one of Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143108
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Scarce first edition of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda; Finely Bound by Proudfoot
ELIOT, George.
Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.
First edition of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavo, four volumes bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards by Proudfoot Binder with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, stamp signed by Proudfoot on the verso of the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 147409
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“But what was more admirable in Babylon, and eclipsed every thing else, was the only daughter of the king, named Formosanta": First Edition of Voltaire's The Princess of Babylon
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].
Geneve: 1768.
First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 82403
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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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Official NBA Warm-Up jacket; signed by Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Jerry West, Dolph Schayes and other NBA Legends
BIRD, Larry; Julius Erving; Jerry West; Dave Bing; Bill Walton; Kevin McHale; Robert Parrish; Rick Barry; Dolph Schayes.
NBA Warm-Up Jacket Signed by Larry Bird and Others.
Rare Nike NBA warm-up jacket signed by some of the most influential players of basketball. Size medium, signed in black felt tip on the front by NBA legends including Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Jerry West, Dolph Schayes, Dave Bing, Bill Walton, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Rick Barry, and others. In near fine condition. A remarkable piece of NBA history to add to any collection.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147525
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock in the rare original cloth
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition with a few chips to the spines. An attractive example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 95854
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"Then freeing up her pent-up soul she rushed in frantic race, and fragments of the miller's wheel threw in the miller's face": First Edition of Julia Ward Howe's Passion-Flowers; inscribed by her to fellow author Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
HOWE, Julia Ward.
Passion-Flowers.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854.
First edition of Julia Ward Howe's first book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher's advertisements at rear dated 1853. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "Lizzie Agassiz from her Julia Howe Dec. 22nd 1853." The recipient, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American author, naturalist, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In very good condition with the gilt to the spine bright. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 109025
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First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers in the Rare Original Dust Jacket; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Anzia Yezierska on the limitation page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 84583
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand": Rare Relief Bust Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, Abraham.
Abraham Lincoln Relief Bust.
Rare cast metal relief portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. Housed in a custom circular frame with gilt decorative floral reliefs. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 95124
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First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
HURSTON, Zora Neale .
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this humorous novel set in Florida, a place Hurston knew well, having been born in Eatonville, an entirely black Florida town. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143512
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“I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome": First Edition, First Issue of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome
WHARTON, Edith.
Ethan Frome.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt topstain. In near fine condition contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very nice example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 98455
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Rare Complete set of the first ten volumes of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
[THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON],.
The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Vol. I-X.
London: Printed by J. Davis; Wilks and Taylor; Richard Taylor and Co., 1791-1811.
Complete first edition set of the first ten volumes of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, one of the most important and influential scientific journals of its time. Quarto, ten volumes bound into five in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and elaborate blind-stamping to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges marbled, profusely illustrated with hundreds of lithograph plates, many tinted and folding. In near fine condition. A very attractive and rare collection of the renowned scientific journal.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 149357
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; elaborately bound in full morocco
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.
Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1825.
Finely bound example of the collected dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 12mo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels withing triple gilt ruling to the spine and front panels, gilt turn-ins and wide gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved additional pictorial title and title-vignette. In very good condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142618
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First Edition of Pearl Buck's Classic First Novel The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143665
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First Edition of Mordecai Noah's Fortress of Sorrento
NOAH, Mordecai Manuel.
The Fortress of Sorrento: A Petit Historical Drama, in Two Acts.
New York: D. Longworth, 1808.
First edition of "the most important Jewish lay leader of the early 19th century" Mordecai Noah's early play, published when he was only 23 years old. 12mo, bound in modern calf, gilt titles to the spine, lacking the 2 advertisement leaves called for by Singerman. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 82504
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"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER": RARE EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON'S Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
ROWSON [SUSANNA HASWELL],.
Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth.
Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1827.
Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, half calf over wooden boards, gilt-lettered spine, woodcut frontispiece. In good condition, assuming boards were once paper-covered, the paper has since entirely perished; shallow loss along top edge of both covers, lacking rear endpaper, 20th century rubberstamp to front pastedown. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142082
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First edition of Jane and Lesley Davison's To Make a House a Home; inscribed by Lesley Davison to Joan Didion
DAVISON, Jane and Lesley Davison. [Joan Didion].
To Make a House a Home: Four Generations of American Women and the Houses They Lived In.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of Jane and Lesley Davison's timeless work. Quarto, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Lesley Davison on a bookplate adhered to the second free endpaper, "For Joan Didion. Many thanks for your encouragement. Lesley Davison." The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her sensational novels, including her first…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141054
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First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers; Inscribed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marjorie Kellbery from an enthusiast of your splendid work. Anzia Yezierska." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 88943
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First edition of M. A Racinet's masterpiece Le Costume Historique
RACINET, Auguste.
Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.
First edition of Racinet's monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 500 plates including 300 chromolithographic plates in color decorated with gold and silver and 200 in monochrome. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135242
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"Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write": First Edition of What is considered Ruth Rendell’s Greatest Works A Judgement in Stone; Signed by her
RENDELL, Ruth.
A Judgement in Stone.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with a transcription from the opening line of this work, "Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write" Ruth Rendell." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 44083
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“Would there be trees if we didn't see them?”: FIRST EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S THE YEARS; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Years.
London: Hogarth Press, 1937.
First edition of the most successful of Woolf's later novels, often viewed as her masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 140038
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Rare Autograph From the Legendary writer Agatha Christie
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Agatha Christie Autograph.
London: .
Rare autograph from one of the most prolific writers in the mystery genre. Octodecimo, one page on Swan Court stationary, boldly signed by Agatha Christie in teal ink. In near fine condition with light rubbing and mail folds. A colorful signature on stationary featuring the address in Chelsea at which she lived and wrote for 28 years.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147515
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The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley; finely bound
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.
The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley: The Rise of the Dutch Republic; Life and Death of John Barneveld; The United Netherlands.
London: John Murray, 1903-1904.
Finely bound set of the selected works of John Lothrop Motley. Octavo, 9 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispece to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143815
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"For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and your good book": First edition, advance reading copy of The Joy Luck Club; inscribed by Amy Tan to Larry McMurtry
TAN, Amy [Larry McMurtry].
The Joy Luck Club.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.
First edition, advance reading copy of Tan's masterpiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and your good book. Amy 5 Apr '90." The recipient, Larry McMurtry remains best known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove which was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations. McMurtry was also a prominent book collector and bookseller. In 1970 with two partners, he opened a book store in Georgetown, which he named Booked Up and 1988 he opened another Booked Up in Archer…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143578
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"Oh I could tell you a lot but I am only 6": First Edition of Eloise in Moscow; Signed by both Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Eloise; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise In Moscow.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kay Thompson on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. Bottom of the cloth rubbed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 29095
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William Alexander's Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese; finely bound in full morocco
ALEXANDER, William.
Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions.
London: Printed for James Goodwin, c. 1829.
Finely bound example of Alexander's profusely illustrated work on t19th century China. Octavo, original full straight-grain morocco richly decorated in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated with fifty hand-colored engravings. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133048
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First American edition of Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ATWOOD, Margaret.
The Blind Assassin.
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000.
First American edition of Atwood's Booker and Hammett Prize-winning work, named by Time Magazine as the best novel of 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Erica with all best wishes - Peggy A. 2000." 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: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142419
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“Her memory's your love. You want no other”: First Edition of Henry James' The Wings of Dove
JAMES, Henry.
The Wings of the Dove.
London: Westminster and Archibald Constable & Co, 1902.
First edition of Henry James' landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142275
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"For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration": First Edition of The Margaret Sanger Story; Lengthily Inscribed by Sanger to Fellow Writer Alice Adams
LADER, Lawrence [Margaret Sanger].
The Margaret Sanger Story.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955.
First edition of the biography of the founder of the American birth-control movement. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Sanger on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration Margaret Sanger April 17 55."The recipient Alice Adams was a novelist and short story writer. Her first novel was Careless Love and after began publishing stories in The New Yorker. She wrote eleven novels, including the bestseller Superior Women. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 5040