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First edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Fruits of Enlightenment: A Comedy in Four Acts
TOLSTOY, Lyof [Leo].
The Fruits of Enlightenment: A Comedy in Four Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1891.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's satirical play. Octavo, original boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Tolstoy. Translated from the Russian by E. J. Dillon. Introduction by Arthur W. Penero. In fine condition. An exceptional example of this rare work.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135733
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Qadi Zada al-Rumi's Commentary on al-Hikma
Qadi Zada al-Rumi (1364-1436) Commentary on al-Hikma, 918 AH [1684 CE].
Octavo manuscript in Arabic on paper, consisting of two works, including Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's (1149-1209) Hashiya 'ala sharh hidayat alhikma, contemporary blind-tooled leather. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 71008
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First Edition of Martin Amis' Money; Inscribed by Him
AMIS, Martin.
Money.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Helen, with best wishes Martin Amis." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author's photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142202
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"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it": Finely Bound Set of Moliere's Oeuvres Complètes de Molière
MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.
Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1878.
Finely bound set of Moliere. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in full red morocco, illustrated with plates, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Adolphe Regnier. With the slipcovers in marbled paper. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 104673
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“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without": First Edition of The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille; With signed letters from Him
DEMILLE, Cecil B.
The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1959.
First edition of the autobiography of the legendary director. Octavo, original cloth. Note written on stationary from Hotel Pierre, New York, from Cecil B. De Mille to Barrett Kiesling, MGM Publicity Directory, dated June 21, 1931, laid-in, includes De Mille's signature. Two notes to Kiesling from Cecilia De Mille Harper (daughter of the famous director and an actress) also laid in, with her signature. Typed letter on Paramount Pictures Corporation letterhead from Cecil B. DeMille to Barrett C. Kiesling, with signature, affixed to the back pastedown (letter mentions Kiesling's help in writing the autobiography), dated May 14, 1958. Minor underlining…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130481
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First Edition of Mr. Sammler's Planet; Inscribed by Saul Bellow To his Editor
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his editor, Aaron Asher and his wife, preceding the publication, "To Linda and Aaron X-mas greetings from Saul December 24, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2042
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"For General Colin Powell- with respect and admiration- always": Irving Stone's The Man; Warmly Inscribed by Him to Colin Powell
STONE, Irving [Colin Powell].
The Man.
London: Cassell & Co, 1966.
First British edition, early printing of this novel which deals with America's first elected black president faces enormous pressures, including impeachment proceedings, soon after he takes his place in the oval office. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For General Colin Powell- with respect and admiration- always Irving Wallace April 23, 1989." The recipient, Colin Powell was a politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. He served as the…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140441
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First Edition of Dorothy Hartley's Food In England; in the uncommon dust jacket
HARTLEY, Dorothy.
Food In England.
London: Macdonald, 1954.
First edition of this classic work by the social historian Dorothy Hartley, which is both a cookery book and a history of English cuisine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with Hartley's own strong, detailed and lively illustrations. Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95798
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo to Friend Craig Anderson
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Craig Anderson Best ever Don DeLillo." The recipient was a friend of the author as well as the director of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117829
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First edition of Pat Franks second novel An Affair of the State; lengthily inscribed by him
FRANK, Pat.
An Affair of the State.
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948.
First edition of Frank's classic Cold War political thriller, inspired in part by his experiences as an international journalist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free paper, "For Betty Wells - In the hope that some part of this book comes true. Pat Frank." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed examples are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 124045
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint; Signed by Him and Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
ROTH, Philip [Richard Benjamin].
Portnoy’s Complaint.
New York: Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of Roth's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the 1972 adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141291
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First Edition of The Bread of Life; Inscribed by the Illustrator to Julie Andrews and signed by Halldor Laxness
LAXNESS, Halldor.
The Bread of Life.
Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 1987.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to actress Julie Andrews on the front free endpaper, "August 1988 To Julie Andrews with thanks and appreciations Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Additionally signed by Halldor Laxness on the half-title page. Illustrated by Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Translated by Magnus Magnusson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Julie Andrews.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116748
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Inscribed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Best Wishes, Octavia E. Butler." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 137805
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First edition of Gertrude Stein's Bee Time Vine; inscribed by her life partner Alice B. Toklas to long-standing nemesis Elizabeth Sprigge
STEIN, Gertrude. [Alice B. Toklas] Introduction by Virgil Thomson.
Bee Time Vine and other Pieces [1913-1927].
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.
First edition of volume three of the Yale edition of Stein's unpublished writings, collected under the general editorship of Carl Van Vechten. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stein's partner Alice B. Toklas on the front free endpaper, "A peace offering to dear Elizabeth with love from Alice Paris 4 - VI - 54." The recipient, Elizabeth Miriam Squire Sprigge was an English biographer and longtime nemesis of both Stein and Toklas and one of Stein's harshest critics. In several letters to close personal friends following Stein's death, Toklas expressed her disdain towards Sprigge, on one occasion in particular…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135240
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“WE ALL WANT THINGS WE CAN'T HAVE. BEING A DECENT HUMAN BEING IS ACCEPTING THAT”: First Edition of John Fowles' The Collector; Signed by Him
FOWLES, John .
The Collector.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
First edition of Fowles' debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Jacket design by Tom Adams. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139294
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; with pages from the original serial tipped in to to each volume
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95116
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"POETRY MAKES LIFE WHAT LIGHTS AND MUSIC DO THE STAGE": CHARLES DICKENS’ THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Oxford University Press, 1967.
Early printing of the Oxford Illustrated edition of Dickens' first novel. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With forty-three illustrations by Seymour and 'Phiz' and an Introduction by Bernard Darwin. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 129149
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"All good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy": A River Runs Through It; Signed by Norman Maclean
MACLEAN, Norman.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1976.
First edition, early printing of Maclean's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Norman Maclean on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Snyder. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144498
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Signed Limited Edition of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man; one of only 400 copies signed by him
ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
A Single Man.
London: The Land Press, 1980.
Signed limited edition of Isherwood's highly-regarded work, adapted into the film of the same name directed by fashion designer Tom Ford and starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers. One of 400 copies signed by the author on the colophon. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 124605
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“If you can describe something, you must take responsability for it": First Edition of Joseph McElroy's Women and Men; Signed by Him
MCELROY, Joseph.
Women and Men.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of this modern classic compared with Joyce's Ulysses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph McElroy on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket illustration and design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138905