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First Edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat
KAPUSCINSKI, Ryszard .
The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Name to the front free endpaper, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. Translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mrockowska-Brand.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 75338
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First Edition of Linda Greenlaw's All Fisherman Are Liars; Signed by Her
GREENLAW, Linda.
All Fisherman Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar.
New York: Hyperion Books , 2003.
First edition of the author’s third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Linda Greenlaw on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Rose.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 116114
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Stranger
CAMUS, Albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Third printing of the author’s first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. In very good condition, some underlining and markings.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 31776
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“If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it": Albert Camus' The Possessed
CAMUS, Albert. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien.
The Possessed: A Play in Three Parts.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
Early printing of the first American edition of Camus’ theatrical adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece of the same name. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Rand. Jacket photograph by L’Express.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 119804
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“IS THIS REALITY, THE FINAL REALITY, OR JUST A NEW DECEPTIVE DREAM?”: FIRST EDITION OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV'S KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
King, Queen, Knave.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
First British edition of this early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Mayhew. Photograph of Nabokov on the rear panel by Philippe Halsman. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. A nice example.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 89070
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First Edition of This collection of Nadine Gordimer’s Writings; Signed by the Nobel Laureate
GORDIMER, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman.
Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and introduced by Stephen Clingman.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 546
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's What are These Wounds?
MERTON, Thomas.
What are These Wounds? The Life of a Cistercian Mystic: Saint Lutgart of Aywieres.
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1950.
First edition of Merton’s interpretation of the life of St. Lutgarde, a thirteenth centiry saint and mystic who chose the way of La Trappe as her path to God. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 67983
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First edition of Camus' Caligula and Cross Purpose
CAMUS, Albert.
Caligula and Cross Purpose.
New York: New Directions, 1947.
First edition of this collection of two early Camus absurdist plays. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 95113
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“I'm tired of people who have not been at war who know all about it": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down
STEINBECK, John.
The Moon Is Down.
New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
First edition, second issue of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in an excellent price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket illustration by Frank Lieberman. A nice example.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 102188
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Thorstein Veblen’s Classic Work: The Vested Interests and the Common Man
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
The Vested Interests and the Common Man.
London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd, 1924.
First British edition of Veblen’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition with light shelf wear to the extremities.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 88146
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First Nonesuch Press edition of de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds
DE FONTENELLE, Bernard.
A Plurality of Worlds.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929.
First Nonesuch press edition of de Fontenelle’s A Plurality of Worlds. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt titles to the spine, hand-colored gilt headers to each chapter, top edge gilt, others uncut. Translated by John Glanvill. Prologue by David Garnett. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101302
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First Edition of Touch the Water Touch the Wind; Signed by Amos Oz
OZ, Amos.
Touch the Water Touch the Wind.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: New York, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the half title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 5679
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
Toronto: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving’s ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 230
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First Edition of The Social Conquest of the Earth; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
WILSON, Edward O.
The Social Conquest of Earth.
New York: Liveright, 2012.
First edition of “this monumental exploration of the biological origins of the human condition” (James D. Watson). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 2560
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The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader; Inscribed by Alvin Plantinga
PLANTINGA, Alvin.
The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1998.
Early printing of the Plantinga Reader. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Len with best wishes Alvin Plantinga.” The recipient was a student of Plantinga at Notre Dame. Edited by James F. Sennett. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 92577
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First Edition of Carveth Wells' Six Years in the Malay Jungle
WELLS, Carveth.
Six Years in the Malay Jungle.
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1925.
First edition of Wells’ work on the Malay jungle. Octavo, original orange cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket,
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1921
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“One must not make too much of anything in life, good or bad": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's The Shadow-Line: A Confession
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Shadow-Line: A Confession.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1917.
First edition, first issue of this Conrad novel, based at sea. Octavo, original cloth, with the Aldine House logo to the front panel. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 55029
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Inscribed by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer John Adams
ADAMS, John.
Hallelujah Junction: Composing An American Life.
New York: Farrare, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by John Adams on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1179
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“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode": First Edition of Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story
VIZZINI, Ned.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story.
New York: Miramax Books, 2006.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Number Seventeen. Jacket illustration by Abigail Smith.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101921
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First Edition of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam; Signed by Historian James McPherson
MCPHERSON, James M.
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam.
New York: Oxford, 2002.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed by James McPherson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 3173
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First Edition of Steven Weinberg's To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science; Inscribed by Him
WEINBERG, Steven.
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.
New York: Harper, 2015.
First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly inscribed by Steven Weinberg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 90231
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First Edition of Phil Lesh's Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead; Inscribed by Him
LESH, Phil.
Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
First edition of Lesh’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Phil Lesh on the title page. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Houston. Front Jacket illustration by Tina Carpenter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 10892
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First Edition of “an astonishing literary achievement” Anthill; Signed by Edward O. Wilson With A Drawing of an Ant
WILSON, Edward O.
Anthill.
New York: W.W. Norton , 2010.
First edition of the author’s first extended work of fiction which won the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has also added a drawing of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 15049
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First Edition of Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman's Last Journey; Inscribed by Ralph Leighton
LEIGHTON, Ralph.
Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman’s Last Journey.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991.
First edition of this memoir on Leighton’s friendship with colleague Richard Feynman. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Ed With many thanks for the on-the-job English lessons Ralph.” The recipient was a student of Leighton’s. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 5463
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“And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection": First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Despair
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Despair.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
First American edition of this inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime–his own murder. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. A very nice example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 75003
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"But none of these afford me the same mad thrill of crazy excitement as grips me when I smack a tennis ball": First edition of William T. Tilden's Match Play and the Spin of the Ball; in the original cloth
TILDEN, William J; Edited by S. Wallis Merrihew.
Match Play and the Spin of the Ball.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, 1925.
First edition of Tilden’s classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and double gilt ruled borders to the spine, gilt facsimile signature to the front panel, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated. Edited by Stephen Wallis Merrrihew. In near fine condition. An excellent example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96555
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First Edition of Steven Weinberg's To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science; Signed by Him
WEINBERG, Steven.
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.
New York: Harper, 2015.
First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Steven Weinberg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 56017
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"There are always many people who say that golf cannot be learned from a book": First edition of P. A. Vaile's The New Golf
VAILE, P. A.
The New Golf.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916.
First edition of P. A. Vaile’s authoritative manual of the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece engraving of Jerome D. Travers with tissue guard, illustrated with forty engravings from photographs. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 88077
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Warlock; Signed by Oakley Hall
HALL, Oakley.
Warlock.
New York: NYRB, 2006.
First edition of the New York Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Oakley Hall on the title page. Introduction by Robert Stone. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 73765
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First Edition of Michael Lewis' The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story; Inscribed by Him
LEWIS, Michael.
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story.
New York: W.W. Norton, 2000.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 7356
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54787
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First Edition of The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
KUHN, Thomas S.
The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957.
First edition of Kuhn’s classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Foreword by James Bryant Conant.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 97999
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"If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky": First Edition Of THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF The Outsiders; Signed By S.E. Hinton
HINTON, S.E.
The Outsiders.
New York: The Viking Press, 2017.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original black boards. Signed by S.E. Hinton. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 47099
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Irving's The Cider House Rules
IRVING, John.
The Cider House Rules.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985.
Signed limited first edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Scott Reynolds. Boldly signed by John Irving. In fine condition, with the original letter from the publisher laid in.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 117269
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First Edition of The Charm of Physics; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow
GLASHOW, Sheldon L.
The Charm of Physics.
New York: American Institute of Physics, 1991.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Steve Moore, Thanks for a fun interview Sheldon Lee Glashow.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. With review material laid in.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 64
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson.
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of “one of those rare, truly great books that can change the world” (John Robbins). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117849
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100432
