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First Edition of Robert Frost's Complete Book of Poems, 1949; Signed by Him
FROST, Robert.
Complete Poems of Robert Frost, 1949.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Frost. Inscribed by the author underneath his portrait opposite to the title page, “and from Robert Frost.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and tears, owner name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121327
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First Edition of Milton Friedman’s Landmark Work Essays In Positive Economics
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
Essays in Positive Economics.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the crown of the spine. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121324
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"To surrender dreams — this may be madness": Jarvis' English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote; with a fore-edge of Don Quixote charging with his steed Rocinante
CERVANTES, Miguel de. Translated by Charles Jarvis.
The Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha; Translated From the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Ward, Lock & Co, [c. 1880].
Finely bound example of Jarvis’ translation of Cervantes’ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling to he front and rear panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Tony Johannot, tissue-guarded frontispiece in color. With a fore-edge painting of Don Quixote charging on his trusty steed Rocinante. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121450
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“The picture is good or not from the moment it was caught in the camera": First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
The Decisive Moment.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of Cartier-Bresson’s classic work, with 126 photographs by “the Raphael of 20th-century photographers.” Folio, original illustrated boards. With the captions booklet laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Henri Matisse.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 121432
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Rare Illuminated Leaf from a German Medieval Book of Hours
Illuminated Medieval Book of Hours Leaf.
Rare illuminated leaf from a German Medieval Book of Hours. One page, text in Latin, hand-colored and elaborately illuminated, the image depicts a scene from the book of Samuel in which David offers a sacrifice to God in an attempt to end plague on Israel. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 by 12.5 inches.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120863
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"It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst": First edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball
FLEMING, Ian.
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket art by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120969
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“The law is whatever is successfully argued and plausibly maintained": First Edition of Alexander Hamilton; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Alexander Hamilton.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 120901
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
First edition with the Scribners A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good first issue dust jacket without the photographer’s name on the rear panel. With a memorandum notecard from Ernest Hemingway laid in.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120189
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“Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
To Have and Have Not.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937.
First edition of Hemingway’s classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Neely. Photograph of Hemingway on the rear panel of the dust jacket by Joris Ivens taken in Spain.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 120871
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“No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful": Signed Limited First Edition of Ready Player One
CLINE, Ernest.
Ready Player One.
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2016.
Signed limited first edition of Cline’s first novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Ernest Cline. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Desert Isle Design. Introduction by Patrick Rothfuss. Lacero by Andy Weir.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 120449
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35th Anniversary Edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “Best wishes, Harper Lee.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 120791
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of The English; With 30 Mounted Color Plates by W. Heath Robinson
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Song of The English.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto, original blue cloth, gilt pictorial to the front panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates, lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 120821
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First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Inscribed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
New York: HarperCollins, 1999.
First edition, first printing of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To C___ E___ with best wishes, Harper Lee.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 120669
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“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell": First American Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Problem of Pain; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
The Problem of Pain.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Rare especially in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 120834
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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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First Edition of Five Chiefs; A Supreme Court Memoir; Inscribed by Justice John Paul Stevens
STEVENS, John Paul .
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir.
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2011.
First edition of this memoir from Justice John Paul Stevens. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Kenneth and Sarah John Paul Stevens.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Allison J. Warner.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 120832
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"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it”: First Edition of Song of Solomon; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison
MORRISON, Toni.
Song of Solomon.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of the author’s third and breakthrough book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 120933
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Rare First Edition of Dinsdale's Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless
DINSDALE, Alfred.
Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.
London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1926.
First edition of the first book on television, a key work on the history of technology. Octavo, original stiff boards, frontispiece halftone reproduction of photograph of John Logie Baird. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear, small tape repair on the front panel. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119245
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First Spanish Edition of Garcia Marquez's Cien Años De Soledad
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel .
Cien Años De Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Barcelona: Círculo de lectories, 1970.
First hardcover edition in Spanish of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Near fine in the original acetate dust jacket, owner name.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119711
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author’s fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 44087