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"It was one thing to know that you had been asleep all your life, but something else to wake up from it, to find out you were really alive and it wasn't anybody's fault but your own": First Edition of Hard Rain Falling; Inscribed by Don Carpenter
CARPENTER, Don.
Hard Rain Falling.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1966.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Books signed by Carpenter are rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 5482
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Signed 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. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134414
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First American edition of Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
VERNE, Jules.
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1875.
First American edition of the second installment in Verne's Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129044
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First Edition of Ruth Rendell's A New Lease of Death; Signed by Her
RENDELL, Ruth.
A New Lease of Death.
London: John Long, 1967.
First edition of the second Inspector Wexford novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by William Randell.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 60053
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First American edition of Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
VERNE, Jules.
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1876.
First American edition of the final installment in Verne's Mysterious Island Trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In near fine condition. An exceptionally bright example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 126775
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First Edition of Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase; Signed by Him
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
A Wild Sheep Chase.
New York: Kodansha International, 1989.
First edition in English of Murakami's extraordinary literary thriller that launched his international reputation. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page who has added his official stamp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. Jacket illustration by Shigeo Okamoto.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142443
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“Sometimes the embers are better than the campfire": First Edition of King's The Green Mile; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
The Green Mile.
New York: A Plume Book, 1997.
First edition of this work, which tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued, original slipcase. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page in Manchester, Vermont. In fine condition. Cover illustration by John Ennis. Cover design by Richard Hasselberger.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 139312
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First Edition of Stephen King's Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald Grant, 2004.
First trade edition of King's sixth installment in his acclaimed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Darrel Anderson.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 144596
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First Edition of Hide & Seek; Lengthily Inscribed by Ian Rankin
RANKIN, Ian.
Hide & Seek.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed by author who has added the last lines of this work as follows, "He brought out a metal detector bin from beneath the desk, dropped the photographs into it, and lit the match, holding it over the bin, as he had done so many times before. Ian Rankin" Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 997
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"The Things that make us happy make us wise": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- The things that make us happy make us wise John Crowley." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor. A very sharp example of this work.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 1471
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"One by one the bulbs burned out, like long lives come to their expected ends": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Lengthily Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First British edition and first hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For _____- John Crowley 'One by one the bulbs burned out, like long lives come to their expected ends.'" Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 79887
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First Edition of Stephen King's FireStarter; Inscribed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Firestarter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1980.
First edition of this classic work by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Beverly Good wishes Stephen King 6/14/83." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Steven Stroud.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126577
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First Edition of Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn; Inscribed by Him
BEAGLE, Peter S.
The Last Unicorn.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of Beagle's classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Larry Peter S. Beagle 11/8/93." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141515
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"The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is at last published in panoramic, earth-shattering, hyper-hysterical format": First edition of The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Signed by Douglas Adams in the year of publication
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Illustrated Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994.
First illustrated edition of Adams' modern classic. Folio, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "Douglas Adams 22-9-94." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143001
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First Edition of The Stepford Wives; Inscribed by Ira Levin and Actress Katharine Ross
LEVIN, Ira [Katharine Ross].
The Stepford Wives.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1975 film starring Katharine Ross. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly inscribed by Ira Levin and actress Katharine Ross on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142445
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First Edition of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward
BELLAMY, Edward.
Looking Backward 2000-1887.
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.
First edition, first issue with "J. J. Arakelyan" imprint on verso of title leaf of this classic utopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140787
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"Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write": First Edition of What is considered Ruth Rendell’s Greatest Works A Judgement in Stone; Signed by her
RENDELL, Ruth.
A Judgement in Stone.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 44083
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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Warmly Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip with love, from Graham." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137548
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 144694
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"We cannot build the future by avenging the past": First Edition of T.H. White's The Once and Future King
WHITE, T.H.
The Once and Future King.
London: Collins, 1958.
First edition of the single volume of White's Arthurian trilogy, Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example, rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 89448
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Life and Energy; signed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Life and Energy.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of Asimov's work on the chemistry of life processes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alex Gotfryd. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142652
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First edition of Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story
GREEN, Anna Katharine.
The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878.
First edition of the author's first book, considered one of the best American detective novels. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rebacked. In very good condition. Small ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 139547
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“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us": Jurassic Park; Signed by BY CHIP KIDD THREE TIMES AND WITH an original illustration
CRICHTON, Michael.
Jurassic Park.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Gift edition of Crichton's gripping, bestselling scientific thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed three times by the dust jacket illustrator Chip Kidd with an original drawing of the iconic dinosaur. Signed by the illustrator on the front panel, on the half-title page and again on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. A unique example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 121354
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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. Jacket art by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131678
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FIRST EDITIONS OF each volume in John Le Carre's Acclaimed Karla Trilogy; Smiley's People Lengthily inscribed by him
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1980.
First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smiley’s People, "For Victor Ross with best wishes from John Le Carre - & with fraternal greetings! Hampstead 11 April 80." Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a first edition. The Honourable Schoolboy is a fourth impression and Smiley's People is a second impression. Each volume is fine to near fine in a fine to near fine dust jacket. Ownership name to Tinker Tailor. Rare and desirable with such a lengthy inscription…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137034
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First Edition of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano to Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.
Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, "Pour Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Moore. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. From the library of Philip Roth. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117832
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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower; Signed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Parable of the Sower.
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.
Early printing of this classic post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from the award-winning author which "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Interior design by Marcy Kass. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123464
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“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it": First Edition of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me
FLEMING, Ian.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
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 light shelfwear. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133250
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First Edition of Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon; Signed twice by Him and the Publisher
HEINLEIN, Robert A.
The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon!
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Stranger in a Strange Land. Octavo, original cloth, chronological chart on endpapers, with the publisher's printed label "Future History, 1951-2600 A.D." on the bottom of the front and rear free endpapers, as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page and again signed in full on the title page, "From one Bob to another! R.A.H." Additionally inscribed by the publisher on the half-title page in the year of publication, "8/30/50 To Bob Cook- With the best wishes of the Publisher Melvin Korshak." Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117457
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“MOTHER OF GOD,” HE SAID, “IS THIS THE END OF RICO”: FIRST EDITION OF W.R. BURNETT'S LITTLE CAESAR; INSCRIBED BY HIM
BURNETT, W.R.
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett's classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mrs. Brown with best wishes of W.R. Burnett." In near fine condition with light rubbing, clipping of a picture of the author and his wife to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom clamshell box. First editions of Little Caesar signed and inscribed are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 59019
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"People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it": First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Stephen King’s First Book Carrie; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Carrie.
England: PS Publishing, 2014.
First edition of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards, original slipcase. Although not called for signed by Stephen King on the title page. Signed by Glenn Chadbourne, James Lovegrove and Kim Newman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in fine condition. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne; Introduction by Glenn Chadbourne and the preface by Kim Newman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123034
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Rare original Capricorn One shooting script; inscribed by Peter Hyams
HYAMS, Peter.
Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.
ITC Entertainment, Inc., 1976.
Rare original shooting script from from the 1978 science fiction thriller Capricorn One. Quarto, original leatherette wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the writer/director on the title page, "To ____ Many thanks. Peter Hyams. P.S. Where did you find this?" In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124688
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"Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Forbidden City; Inscribed by him
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Forbidden City.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1938.
First edition of the twentieth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles stamped in red, frontispiece in color, illustrated by the author's son John Coleman Burroughs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To French C. Smith II Best Wishes Edgar Rice Burroughs." Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in fine condition. Jacket art by John Coleman Burroughs. In exceptional condition.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 90372
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"However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night we sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing": Rare First Edition of the John Le Carre’s First Book Call For the Dead
LE CARRE, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1961.
First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good second printing dust jacket with a chip to the crown. A sharp example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 136002
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First edition of H.G. Wells' Things to Come; signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay
WELLS, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay].
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
London: The Cresset Press, 1935.
First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells' Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. In near fine condition. A very sharp and unique signed example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 143681
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"O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?": The Virginia edition of the Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
POE, Edgar Allan.
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1902.
The Virginia edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison. Octavo, 17 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded photogravures. In very good condition. A sharp set.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 138956
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Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed
VERNE, Jules.
Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.
Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to "mon cher Peragillo" and mentioning "Le Tour du Monde." Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 6.75 inches by 6.75 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 138073
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“THE DAY OF THE JACKAL WAS OVER”: FIRST EDITION OF THE DAY OF THE JACKAL; INSCRIBED BY FREDERICK FORSYTH
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Day of the Jackal.
London: Hutchinson, 1971.
First British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "The Day of the Jackal was over For John sincere best wishes Frederick Forsyth 2015." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 144699
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"I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me": First Editions of Each of Book in Ursula Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earthsea Series
LE GUIN, Ursula K. [LeGuin].
The Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from the Earthsea and The Other Wind.
Berkeley: Parnassus, 1968-2001.
First editions of each of the six novels in Le Guin's acclaimed Wizard of Earthsea series. Octavo, 6 volumes, original cloth. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. The Wizard of Earthsea is a second state and the dust jacket priced at $3.95. A Wizard of Earthsea with illustrations by Ruth Robbins; Tombs of Atuan and Farthest Shore with illustrations by Gail Garraty. An exceptional set.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 144308
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"THERE IS A POINT OF NO RETURN, UNREMARKED AT THE TIME, IN MOST LIVES": FIRST EDITION OF THE COMEDIANS; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 131681
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"No man is beaten until he knows and admits he is beaten, and that I will never know nor admit": First Edition of All Aboard for Ararat; Inscribed by H.G. Wells
WELLS, H.G.
All Aboard for Ararat.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1940.
First edition of the last of Wells' utopian novels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "One single cabin ticket for Mrs. Wollcombe, 3 Weymouth Mews, to Ararat H.G. Wells." Near fine in a very good just jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon in the original dust jacket and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144321
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First Edition of Jules Verne's The Castle of the Carpathians
VERNE, Jules.
The Castle of the Carpathians.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893.
Rare first edition of Verne's Gothic mystery novel that likely inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with numerous engravings. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 95153
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“A NATURAL HISTORY MUST BE A VAST COLLECTION OF RELIABLE FACTS— PLUS A PERSONALITY”: SETON’S LIVES OF GAME ANIMALS, WITH 1,500 ILLUSTRATIONS
SETON, Ernest Thompson.
Lives of Game Animals.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1925-28.
Signed limited first edition, number 95 of only 177 sets, of Seton’s illustrated zoology of “land animals in America, north of the Mexican border,” with 1,500 illustrations and 50 maps showing distribution, signed by Seton on the frontispiece of Volume I. Large Quarto, four volumes, original brown and tan gilt-stamped cloth, top edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 109233
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"THERE IS A POINT OF NO RETURN, UNREMARKED AT THE TIME, IN MOST LIVES": FIRST EDITION OF THE COMEDIANS; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clive from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 98568
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Finely Bound Set of the Novels of Victor Hugo
HUGO, Victor.
The Novels of Victor Hugo.
Boston : Dana Estes, n.d.
The Illustrated Cabinet edition of the novels of Victor Hugo. Octavo, 12 volumes. Bound in three quarters navy blue morocco over blue cloth, elaborate gilt decorated spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with illustrated plates, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 105448
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“You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar": Rare B.C. Rich acoustic guitar signed by the King of horror, Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
Stephen King Signed Acoustic Guitar.
B.C. Rich, .
B.C. Rich acoustic guitar signed by the "King of Horror", Stephen King. In near fine condition. A very unique piece.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145052
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First edition of Octavia E. Butler's Wild Seed; Signed by her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Wild Seed.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980.
First edition of the fourth book in the Patternist series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by John Cayea. Jacket Typography by Dennis McClellan. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 127822
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“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it": First Edition of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me
FLEMING, Ian.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
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 light shelfwear. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 131324
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Rare first edition of Octavia Butler's Kindred
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Kindred.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979.
First edition of Butler's bestselling novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with loss to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Larry Schwinger. Jacket typography by Elizabeth Levine. First editions of this classic Butler novel are difficult to find.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 125900
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“He says that courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure": First Edition of Ian Fleming’s Dr. No
FLEMING, Ian.
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.
First edition in the first-issue dust jacket with Fleming's name printed in black on the spine of the sixth Bond thriller, first state binding (Gilbert's variant A), without the "Honeychile" silhouette; the silhouette was later added to bring it in line with other titles in the series which bore designs on the front board. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Pat Marriott. A very sharp example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 99342
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“WICKEDLY CLEVER BRAIN-TICKLERS”: NEW YORK TRILOGY; SIGNED BY PAUL AUSTER IN ALL THREE VOLUMES
AUSTER, Paul.
The New York Trilogy: City of Glass. WITH: Ghosts. WITH: The Locked Room.
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon, 1985-86.
First editions of Paul Auster’s detective novels, each signed by him on the title page. Octavo, original cloth. City of Glass in first-state dust jacket, with no publisher’s device at spine foot. Each are signed by Paul Auster on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 93778
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"It has been said that no man is a hero to his valet": First edition of Agatha Christie's One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; in the rare original dust jacket
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1940.
First edition of Christie's classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth, advertisements at rear. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with a chip to the spine, inscription to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition, as the dust jacket usually has restoration.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 144697
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"Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now": First Edition of Knots & Crosses; Signed by Ian Rankin
RANKIN, Ian.
Knots & Crosses.
London: Bodley Head, 1987.
First edition of the author's first Inspector Rebus mystery. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Rankin who has additionally added the words, "Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now." Rankin has also added his knots & crosses motif.
Price: $3,750.00 Item Number: 995
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"Tarzan of the Apes found many things to puzzle his young head": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan; Inscribed by him to his brother-in-law Eddie Gilbert
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.
First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs' second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with some chipping and loss to the crown and foot of the spine. Rare and desirable signed by Burroughs.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 96781
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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings": First Edition of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
WELLS, H.G.
The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue of Wells’ popular cautionary tale of overreaching scientific ambition. Octavo, original publisher’s gilt and black-stamped pictorial red cloth. First issue with the first page numbered 2, the title page printed in orange and black and publisher’s ad leaf at rear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145002
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First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1964.
First American edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 144403
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First Edition of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File; Inscribed by Him
DEIGHTON, Len.
The Ipcress File.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963.
First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Harry Tomb Len Deighton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed in an elaborate half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the dust jacket. From the library of bibliophile Donald Drapkin with his bookplate. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96914
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"Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you": Rare large format photograph from the filming of the first Star Wars film; signed by Harrison Ford and inscribed by Paul Blake
[FORD, Harrison and Paul Blake].
Harrison Ford Signed Star Wars Photograph.
Rare large format black and white photograph signed by Harrison Ford and lengthily inscribed by Paul Blake, "Going somewhere Solo? You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first. Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser. I've been looking forward to killing you for a long time. Paul Blake Greedo Star Wars 1977." As Star Wars fans…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130520
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“The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice”: First Edition of H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau
WELLS, H.G.
The Island of Doctor Moreau.
London: William Heinemann, 1896.
First edition, first issue of “the ultimate science fiction novel and the ultimate horror story” (Gene Wolfe). Octavo, original publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in red and black, tissue-guarded frontispiece. First issue with 33pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear and in Currey’s (B) binding lacking monogram on rear board. Hammond B3; Currey p. 520; Wells 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145003
