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First Edition of Isaac M. Wise's The Combat of the People; Published by the oldest Jewish Printing House in America
WISE, Isaac Mayer.
The Combat of the People; or Hillel and Herod: A Historical Romance of The Time of Herod I.
Cincinnati: Bloch & Co, 1859.
First edition of American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise's historical account of the era of Herod I. Octavo, contemporary cloth over boards, lacking the front free endpaper, library bookplate to the front pastedown, later collector's stamps to the title page, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 82600
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"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly": The Color Purple; Inscribed by Alice Walker
WALKER, Alice .
The Color Purple.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
First edition, early printing of Walker's third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Lois, in peace and joy! Alice Walker June 2006." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144309
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“I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life": First British Editions of The Coast of Utopia; Each volume is Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Salvage, Voyage.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First British editions of Stoppard's trilogy of plays, which focuses on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 5537
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"Happy Birthday, 1985, to a young writer from a moderately-old one; here is the first and-as of your birthday-only British copy of this book in America!": First Edition of The Cider House Rules; With a Full Page Inscription by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Cider House Rules.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First British edition of Irving's sixth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Dear Kaylie, Happy Birthday, 1985, to a young writer from a moderately-old one; here is the first and-as of your birthday-only British copy of this book in America! John Irving." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144200
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First Edition of The Cider House Rules; Warmly inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Cider House Rules.
New York: William Morrow , 1985.
First edition of Irving's sixth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rob with my appreciation John Irving." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the top edge. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145774
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"He expressed the unconquerable spirit of the nation": limited edition Spode bone china Winston Churchill plate
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.].
The Churchill Plate.
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode, .
Rare limited edition Churchill Spode bone china plate. One of a limited edition of five thousand numbered plates commissioned by Thomas Goode and Co. Ltd. of London, this is number 860. The plate features a portrait of Churchill flanked by rampant lions and surrounded by a botanical gilt border. Founded by Josiah Spode in 1770, Spode pottery is renowned for perfecting the technique for transfer printing in underglaze blue on fine earthenware and credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. In fine condition. The plate measures 10.5 inches in…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117035
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Complete Set of Dickens' Christmas Books, Including First Editions of The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
CHARLES DICKENS,.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843-48.
Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a tenth edition with the half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Second edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 125019
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"IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT": FIRST EDITION THE CATCHER IN THE RYE; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
SALINGER, J.D.
The Catcher In The Rye.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1951.
First edition of the author's classic first book. 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, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 143026
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"No spots are too hard for a hat cat like me!": The Cat in the Hat comes Back; Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
New York: Beginner Books: A Division of Random House, 1958.
Early printing of the sequel of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Aaron Samuel congratulations and Best Wishes! Dr. Seuss." Near fine in a good dust jacket with rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144491
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below”: First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Inscribed by Thornton Wilder
WILDER, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Milton J. Lesser with the regard of Thornton Wilder New Haven March 1930." Also laid in is a signed handwritten letter to the recipient from Wilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. A superior example of the dust jacket, which is prone to wear.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5564
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"I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like": First Edition of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress
WALLIAMS, David.
The Boy in the Dress.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008.
First edition of the award-winning sketch actor's first children's book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrations by Quentin Blake. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 145190
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"The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book": First Edition of The Bogey Man; Inscribed by George Plimpton and Jack Nicklaus To Max Steele
PLIMPTON, George [Jack Nicklaus].
The Bogey Man.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of Plimpton's classic work on golf. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Great Max another wild effusion- George." The recipient was Max Steele, who along with Plimpton started The Paris Review. Additionally inscribed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus on the front free endpaper to the same recipient, Max Steele. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Korn. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136489
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Roald Dahl's BFG; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "with love Roald Dahl April, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 130928
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Roald Dahl's BFG; Inscribed by Him and signed by Famed illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Love Doug Roald Dahl 1984." Additionally signed by Quentin Blake below. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142114
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's The Best of Antrobus
DURRELL, Lawrence.
The Best of Antrobus.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1974.
First edition of the best twenty Antrobus stories from Lawrence Durrell's three paperbacks. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with drawings by Nicolas Bently. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 145171
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, Sylvia [Victoria Lucas].
The Bell Jar.
London: Heinemann, 1963.
First edition of the author's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, small names to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Thomas Simmonds. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 141723
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, Sylvia.
The Bell Jar.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition 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 near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Isbey Duevell. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142143
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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"The real measure is the success or fall of the climber to triumph, not over a lifeless mountain, but over themself": First Edition of The Ascent of Everest; Inscribed by John Hunt
HUNT, John; Edmund Hillary.
The Ascent of Everest.
London: Hodder & Houghton, 1953.
First edition of this account of the 1953 British conquest of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For S.W. Norman, who helped so much to make this possible John Hunt." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W. Heaton Cooper. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillary’s stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87493
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"The real measure is the success or fall of the climber to triumph, not over a lifeless mountain, but over themself": First Edition of The Ascent of Everest; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HUNT, John; Edmund Hillary.
The Ascent of Everest.
London: Hodder & Houghton, 1953.
First edition of this account of the 1953 British conquest of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. Boldly signed by Edmund Hillary on the half-title page in a contemporary hand. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillary’s stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144001
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Gordon Ross, Sincerely, Aldous Huxley 1942." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 139207
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139661
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140889
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb. Commentaries by Frank Gehry.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44675
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry to Academy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the architect on the half-title page, "To Frank Pierson Frank O. Gehry." The recipient Frank Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines,…
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 99727
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"Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to": First Edition of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterwork The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay; Signed by Him
CHABON, Michael.
The Amazing Adventures and Kavalier and Clay.
New York: Random House, 2000.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Chabon with a drawing of a key on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter and Kapo Ng. Jacket illustration by Marc Burckhardt.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140469
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer-Prize Winning Work Age of Innocence in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WHARTON, Edith.
The Age of Innocence.
New York: D. Appleton, 1920.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Octavo, original red cloth. A very good example with some rubbing to the bottom cloth in the rare original unrestored dust jacket with some chips and wear to the spine and panels. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original unrestored dust jacket.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 14040
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"African Queen was the first film I had a role in. How does one define the feeling? A classic, starring Bogart & Hepburn, directed by John Houston - I was too young to appreciate the awe of it. (If I had, I might have thought that from there it could only go downhill.) As it was, it became a learning experience. It was a also fun. I was glad that this was for me, a stage actor, the introduction to film": First Edition of C.S. Forester's The African Queen
FORESTER, C.S.
The African Queen.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
First edition of C.S. Forester's beloved African adventure, basis for John Huston's 1951 Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Theodore Bikel in his first film role. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by actor Theodore Bikel on the front free endpaper, "African Queen was the first film I had a role in. How does one define the feeling? A classic, starring Bogart & Hepburn, directed by John Houston - I was too young to appreciate the awe of it. (If I had, I might have thought that from there it could only go downhill.) As it was, it became…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 144196
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"'Where is God?' Said the black girl to the missionary who had converted her?": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God; Inscribed by him and wife Charlotte to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife Eleanor
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933." Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96134
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“Start with the end in mind": First Edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Barry Littmann.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133401
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"Let's Climb to the Summit": The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Warmly Inscribed by Stephen Covey
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Early printing of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, bound in full leather. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dec. 2002 For Lori Smith Let's Climb to the Summit! Love + Appreciation Stephen R. Covey. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133204
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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 Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols
TUDOR, Tasha and Linda Allen.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McCay Company, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 140687
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols; Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978.
First edition of the author's classic collection of Christmas carols. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144081
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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get": First edition of Tap Dancing To Work; Signed by Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis
BUFFETT, Warren E. & Collected and Expanded by Carol Loomis.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything.
New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2013.
First edition of this collection of writings by and about Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joseph Perez.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145816
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Peter Tchaikovsky's Symphonies I-VI; Finely Bound
TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilyich .
Symphonies I-VI.
Quarto, 6 volumes. Bound in full red morocco, gilt titles, gilt ruling to the spine, front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Mixed early editions. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 51080
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“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe”: First Edition of Sybil; Inscribed by Flora Rheta Schreiber
SCHREIBER, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1973.
First edition of the engrossing true story, basis for the classic film. Octavo, original textured imitation leather boards, illustrated with photographs of paintings and pencil drawings by Sybil and her personalities. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Aug 28, 1973 To Hal - whom I honor, respect and thank for my opportunity to do a rounded show - all best - Flora Rheta Schreiber." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Edmondson. Author photograph by Abner Symons. First edition examples of 'Sybil' signed by the author are scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145145
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First Edition of Bill Owens' Suburbia; Inscribed by Him
OWENS, Bill.
Suburbia.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, "For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia." In very good condition. Laid in is the photographer's business card.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 948
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Inscribed by Richard Bach
BACH, Richard.
Stranger To The Ground.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983.
First edition of the re-issue. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the half title page, who has drawn a sun and birds. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Gil Rob Wilson.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 12047
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"Fly over the valley when the winds are keen, and nestle where the earth receives another generation of exhausted leaves": First edition of Edgar Lee Masters' Starved Rock
MASTERS, Edgar Lee.
Starved Rock.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919.
First edition of the this early collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Inadvertently inscribed on the final free endpaper, "For S.D. Green...Edgar Lee Masters." In very good condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 96230
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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“The four most common chemically active elements in the universe—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—are the four most common elements of life on Earth. We are not simply in the universe. The universe is in us": First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles
TYSON, Neil DeGrasse; edited by Avis Lang.
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2012.
First edition of the astrophysicist's humorously provocative scientific commentary. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Author photograph by Chris Cassidy.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145143
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“AND HIS SOUL COULD NOT LEAVE HER, WHEREVER SHE WAS”: FIRST EDITION OF D.H. LAWRENCE’S SONS AND LOVERS
LAWRENCE, D.H.
Sons and Lovers.
London: Duckworth and Co, 1913.
First edition, first state of Lawrence's first important novel and today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as his finest achievement. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 136001
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First Edition of Son; Signed by Lois Lowry
LOWRY, Lois.
Son.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
First edition of the thrilling conclusion to 'The Giver' quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145163
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"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language": First Modern Library Edition of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
New York: The Modern Library, 2000.
First Modern Library edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 79043
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"Don't be so sure, Kevin, my boy, don't be so sure": First Edition of Six Days of the Condor; Lengthily Inscribed by James Grady
GRADY, James.
Six Days of the Condor.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author's first thriller, basis for the classic film film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page with a quote from the novel, "For John, 'Don't be so sure, Kevin, my boy, don't be so sure.' Thank you! James Grady Feb. 2023." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Antler. Author photograph by S. Hodgson.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145182
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"In nature nothing exists alone": Silent Spring; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Early printing of the 40th anniversary edition author's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Afterword by Edward O. Wilson. Introduction by Linda Lear. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137514
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Finely Bound
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140434
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144688
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First Edition of Harold Bloom's Shelley's Mythmaking; Inscribed by Him
BLOOM, Harold.
Shelley’s Mythmaking.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959.
First edition of Bloom's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5721
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“Shanghai - one of the wonder cities of the world: Rare First Edition of Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album
INTRODUCTION BY O. M. GREEN,.
Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1927.
First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt background, mounted photo label. Introduction by Owen Mortimer Green. Later editions included 50 photographs. In very good condition with some small chips and gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 49089
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“Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet": First American Edition of Seven Years in Tibet; Lengthily Inscribed by Heinrich Harrer and By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
HARRER, Heinrich [His Holiness The Dalai Lama].
Seven Years in Tibet.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.
First American edition of Harrer's classic account, signed by Harrer and The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with over 40 photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Heinrich Harrer in both English and Tibetan on the half-title page, "To Mrs. Rosser with best wishes in remembrance of my lecture in Philadelphia from H. Harrer Jan. 1955." Additionally signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who was tutored by Harrer while he living in Tibet. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Richard Graves. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 112165
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"from their well-dressed friend who in Italian silk, couldn't look less like a writer": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him with a full page inscription
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels from their well-dressed friend (who in Italian silk, couldn't look less like a writer) with best wishes Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114568
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"Let us suppose you are a newcomer, and I, the guide; and in imagination, let us take a walk along this street": Scarce signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's See My Chinese Street
KIRBY, E.S..
See My Chinese Street.
Hong Kong: K. Weiss, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's illustrated travel book. One of 250 signed numbered copies, this is number 57. Signed by E.S. Kirby. Quarto, original embroidered silk, illustrated with 112 illustrations and 7 full multi-color pages, errata slip with first edition issue points laid in as issued. OCLC locates only 11 copies of this work. Scarce.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 82605
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"A Stone's throw out on either hand from that well-ordered road we tread, and all the world is wild and strange": First edition of John Palmer's Rudyard Kipling
PALMER, John.
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1915.
First edition of Palmer's warm biography of the famed Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 136201
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First edition of G. F. Monksood's Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work
MONKSHOOD, G. F. and George Gamble.
Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work. An Attempt at Appreciation.
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.
Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 135217
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Rubs of the Green In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DARWIN, Bernard.
Rubs of the Green.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936.
First edition of this work by Darwin. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears and light rubbing. First editions in the original dust jackets are uncommon and this is easily the nicest example we have seen or handled.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14004
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“BEYOND THE EARTH, BEYOND THE FARTHEST SKIES, I TRY TO FIND HEAVEN AND HELL. THEN I HEAR A SOLEMN VOICE THAT SAYS: "HEAVEN AND HELL ARE INSIDE”: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; One of 550 Copies Signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; In the Original Elaborate Binding
FITZGERALD, Edward; Illustrated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.
Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Folio, bound in publisher's full vellum, front panel elaborately stamped in gilt in a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to the spine, brown gilt morocco lettering label, pictorial endleaves. With twelve full-page illustrations inserted throughout. In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 108452
