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"The tale tells that all was dark there, and Jurgen could see no one": James Branch Cabell's Jurgen
CABELL, James Branch.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923.
Early printing of Cabell’s famed fantasy novel. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 101682
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LATER PRINTING OF PHILIP PULLMAN'S THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
PULLMAN, Philip.
The Shadow in the North.
London: Scholastic Ltd, 1999.
Later printing of Philip Pullman’s second book in his Sally Lockhart Quartet. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Good luck to Eileen, Philip Pullman.” In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 88119
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First Edition of The World Treasury of Love Stories
ROSENTHAL, Lucy; Foreword by Clifton Fadiman.
The World Treasury of Love Stories.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
First edition of the collection of love stories. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 117593
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"This is Robert Francis Weatherbee who was just like you and me when he was little, only his ears were bigger": Munro Leaf's Robert Francis Weatherbee
LEAF, Monro.
Robert Francis Weatherbee.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935.
First edition of Munro Leaf’s early children’s tale. Octavo, original boards, illustrated by the author. In good condition with some preliminary leaves removed, ownership signature and bookseller’s stickers to the front free endpaper and pastedown, rebacked.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 104087
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Willard Espy's Words at Play Finely Bound; Presentation copy with a Typed Letter Signed by the author laid in
ESPY, Willard R.
An Almanac of Words at Play.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1975.
Early printing of Espy’s work on wit in wordplay. Quarto, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine labels, marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, from the library of Jonathan Goodman with his embossed library stamp to the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a typed letter signed by the author to the recipient date March 7, 1977 in the original envelope. The letter reads in part, “First time any correspondent has mentioned giving the Almanac the leather treatment. Next time I’m in London I must call to learn whether you really did it…Sincerely, Willard R. Espy.” In near fine condition. A nice association with noted provenance.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 95845
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"There are few pastimes that supply their followers with more innocent merriment than is afforded by the royal and ancient": First edition of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories
PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR. EDITED BY J.A. HAMMERTON,.
Mr. Punch’s Golf Stories: Told By His Merry Men.
The Educational Book Co. Ltd, 1909.
First edition of this charming compilation of golf stories. Octavo, original red cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 88075
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First Edition of The Prince of the Marshes; Inscribed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
The Prince of the Marshes And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq.
New York: Harcourt, 2006.
First edition of Stewart’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Rory Stewart on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 3491
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First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Days Without End
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Days Without End: A Modern Miracle Play.
New York: Random House, 1934.
First edition, advance review copy of Eugene O’Neill’s dramatic foray into the realm of religious faith. Octavo, original cloth. pictorial endpapers, top edge blue. With the publisher’s advance review copy slip laid in dated January 18th 1934. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 100011
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"Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family": First Edition of Barbara Bush's Memoir; Signed by Her
BUSH, Barbara.
Barbara Bush: A Memoir.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.
First edition of the first lady Barbara Bush’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barbara Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 45676
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"Farmer and artist, drudge and dreamer, hedonist and masochist, alchemist and accountant - the winegrower is all these things": Hugh Johnson's Story of Wine; signed by him
JOHNSON, Hugh.
Hugh Johnson’s Story of Wine.
London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002.
Early printing of this landmark work in wine literature. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Jeremy Dixon.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 119742
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“I LIVE ON THE NORTH SHORE, OPPOSITE AN INVISIBLE CUBA”: FIRST EDITION OF IAN FLEMING INTRODUCES JAMAICA
FLEMING, Ian.
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica.
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965.
First edition of this travel guide to Jamaica, Fleming’s adopted home and where he wrote his Bond novels, with an introductory essay by Fleming and 14 essays on the history, art, religion, and flora and fauna of the Caribbean island. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Illustrated with 25 pages of color photographs. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Battle. Edited by Morris Cargill.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114622
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Finely Bound example in German of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Italian Journey
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von.
Goethes Italienische Reise Mit Zeichnungen Und Bildnissen Goethes. [Goethe’s Italian Journey With Drawings And Portraits Of Goethe].
Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig: Wohlfeile Ausgabe, 1913.
Finely bound example in German of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Italian Journey. Octavo, bound in one quarter vellum over pictorial boards, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 111094
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Finely bound example of Motley's History of the Netherlands
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.
History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort.
Rotterdam: Jacs G. Robbers, 1872.
Finely bound example of John Lothrop Motley’s popular history of the United Netherlands. Octavo, bound in full red morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling and gilt coats of arms from the Royal Military College of Canada to the front and real panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114060
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First Edition of Moshe Safdie's The city after the automobile: An architect's vision; Inscribed by Him
SAFDIE, Moshe with Wendy Kohn.
The City After the Automobile: An Architect’s Vision.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Moshe Safdie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Douglas.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 68024
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First Edition of Fannie Flagg's A Redbird Christmas; Warmly Inscribed by Her
FLAGG, Fannie.
A Redbird Christmas.
New York: Random House, 2004.
First edition of this enchanting Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Sweet Marilyn Perry- Much Love Fannie Flagg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Aleta Rafton.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 118788
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First Edition of Roscoe's Complete Works of Henry Fielding
ROSCOE, Thomas. (Henry Fielding).
The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume with Memoir of the Author.
London: Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1840.
First edition of the complete works of Henry Fielding, compiled into one volume by Roscoe. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label with titles lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Fielding with tissue guard. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101216
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"My little tasks - the little tasks even of my little life - claim the divinest inspirations": First edition of Reverend Phillips Brook's Perennials
BROOKS, Reverend Phillips.
Perennials: Selections From the Writings of Reverend Phillips Brooks.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1898.
First edition of this book of aphorisms created by American Episcopal clergyman and lyricist Phillips Brooks, best known for writing the lyrics to the Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Small octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, green marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 81240
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DANIEL J. BOORSTIN'S THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM
BOORSTIN, David.
The Americans: The Colonial Experience.
New York: Random House, 1973.
Early printing of the final volume in Boorstin’s The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jim Wooley – fellow Oklahoman and explorer of American history – with warm regards from Dan Boorstin July 30, 1973.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 36598
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First edition of The Making of the President 1964; Signed by Historian Theodore H. White
WHITE, Theodore H.
The Making of the President 1964.
New York: Atheneum, 1965.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Theodore H. White. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 5661
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Maurice Sendak's The Sign On Rosie's Door; Signed by Him
SENDAK, Maurice.
The Sign On Rosie’s Door.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1988.
First edition of the re-issue of Sendak’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 46062
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DANIEL J. BOORSTIN'S THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM
BOORSTIN, David.
The Americans: The Colonial Experience.
New York: Random House, 1973.
Later printing of the final volume in Boorstin’s The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Lydia A. Bogdoyan with admiration and warm regards from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 23, 1976.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 96031
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First Edition of How to Make Love in Five Languages; Inscribed by Doris Lilly
LILLY, Doris.
How to Make Love in Five Languages.
New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition of Lilly’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jerry [Berns] darling I am mad about you in ’21 ways The best Doris Doris Lilly Sept. 9-1964 New York.” The recipient Jerry Berns was the owner of 21 Nightclub. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Randy Monk.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 67098
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First Edition of Alice Waters' In the Green Kitchen: Techniques To Learn By Heart; Signed by Her
WATERS, Alice.
In the Green Kitchen: Techniques To Learn By Heart.
New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2010.
First edition of this indispensable cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Alice Waters on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Photographs by Hirsheimer and Hamilton.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 120937
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Finely bound example of Gustave Nadaud's Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes
NADAUD, Gustave.
Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1867.
Finely bound example of the popular songs and operettas of French chansonnier Gustave Nadaud. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 92541
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“It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned": First Edition of Chaim Potok's The Chosen; Inscribed by Him
POTOK, Chaim.
The Promise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
First edition of the author’s sequel to The Chosen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Hugh and Marilyn Nissenson, Thanks for a beautiful evening! Chaim Potok Nov. 20, 1973.” Review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 79898
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First Edition of Gustave Regler's The Great Crusade
REGLER, Gustav. Preface by Ernest Hemingway.
The Great Crusade.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1940.
First edition of the author’s epic autobiographical novel. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Ernest Hemingway.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 90397
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Rare Second Edition of Reed's Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland
REED, Andrew.
The Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland and Innkeeper’s Guide.
Dublin: Alex Thom & Co, 1881.
Rare second edition of Reed’s Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland. Small octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. In very good condition. Cancelled library stamp to the front free endpaper, ownership signatures to the title page.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 105545
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“Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember": First Edition of Blue Nights; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Blue Nights.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this intensely personal and moving account of Joan Didion’s thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116868
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The Affluent Society Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Robert Pirie
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First printing of the fourth edition, with a new introduction by Galbraith. Warmly inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith and dated in the year of publication to Robert Pirie. The recipient was a lawyer in the field of mergers and acquisitions and later a prominent investment banker on Wall Street and noted bibliophile. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5714
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First Edition of David McCullough's In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story; Signed by Him
MCCULLOUGH, David.
In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story.
Wisconsin: Shadow Mountain, 2010.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 49004
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First Edition of the 50th Anniversary Edition of Riprap; Signed by Gary Snyder
SNYDER, Gary.
Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems.
Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 2009.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 5554
