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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": Rare and unique sammelband collection of early printings of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, JOHN.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: Deliver’d under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discover’d The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: Printed for A.W. for W. Johnston, at the Golden-Ball, in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1752-1755.
Rare twenty-eighth edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, bound with a twentieth edition of its second part, a sixteenth edition of its third part, and The Life and Death of Mr. John Bunyan. 12mo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, crimson morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with woodcuts. Bound with a twentieth edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That which is to Come: The Second Part. Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is set forth the Manner of the Setting out of Christian’s Wife and Children; their Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country [Printed by A.W. for W. Johnston, at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1754] and a sixteenth edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: The Third Part, Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream; Shewing the several Difficulties and Dangers he met with, and the many Victories he obtained over the World, the Flesh, and the Devil… [London: Printed for C. Hitch, and L. Hawes, at the Red-Line, in Pater-noster Row, 1755] and The Life and Death of Mr. John Bunyan, Late Preacher to the Gospel in Bedford with Memento-mori woodcut and title and an Elegy comprising 32 pages with 4 pages of publishers adverts at end for books printed by G. Hitch formerly printed by Nathaniel Crouch. Title page to Part I and seven pages of Apology before title page, 205 pages and an advert leaf on verso of final page, Part II contains 179 pages and advert leaf and final blank. Part 3 contains 119 pages. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription to the original front endpaper, “John Whitley His Book, 1780…” A very rare and unique collection of early printings of this significant work.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145684
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, ERICH.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the American Film Institute (No. 9 on the list) and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Near fine in a near fine original acetate, inscription to the front pastedown. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
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"Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are": First Edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Signed by Tom Wolfe
WOLFE, TOM .
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 1968.
First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960’s. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 138136
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First Edition of A Century of Arts and Letters; Signed by All Eleven Contributors
AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS; BEESON JACK; CALISHER HORTENSE; HUXTABLE ADA LOUISE; KAHN WOLF; LEWIS R.W.B.; LIPPOLD RICHARD; MAILER NORMAN; OZICK CYNTHIA; SCHLENSINGER ARTHUR JR.; EDITED BY JOHN UPDIKE.
A Century of Arts and Letters.
New York: Columbia University Press 1997.
First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145842
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“Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years": First Edition of Look Homeward, Angel; Inscribed by Thomas Wolfe in the year of publication
WOLFE, THOMAS.
Look Homeward, Angel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “To Jo Dauber with thanks for dragging me in. Thomas Wolfe, Nov. 27, 1929.” Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with the photograph of Wolfe by Doris Ulmann. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example, uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 125635
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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real": First Edition of The Border Trilogy; Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy
MCCARTHY, CORMAC.
The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.
New York: Everyman's Library 2008.
First edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author, “For Tom and Corinne All the best Your friend Cormac.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Mario Ettlinger. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 145835
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"Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us!": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, PAUL A. AND TOYOO GYOHTEN.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “6/18/92 To John Petty, Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us! With great respect and friendship Paul.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144897
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First Edition of Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was A Number Runner
MERIWETHER, LOUISE; FOREWORD BY JAMES BALDWIN.
Daddy Was A Number Runner.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc 1970.
First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem” (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145875
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First Edition of Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Inscribed by Daniel Dennett to Edward O.Wilson
DENNETT, DANIEL C. [EDWARD O. WILSON].
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea.
New York : Simon & Schuster 1995.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to biologist Edward O. Wilson on the title page, “For Edward Daniel Dennett.” With Edward O. Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper. The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology. He was a humanist laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (for On Human Nature, and The Ants and a New York Times bestselling author for The Social Conquest of Earth, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Meaning of Human Existence. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133315
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife": Rare first edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
AUSTEN, JANE.
Pride and Prejudice: A Novel.
London: Printed for T. Egerton 1813.
First editions of all three volumes of Jane Austen’s masterpiece, her bestselling book during her lifetime which remains a landmark of English literature. 12mo, three volumes bound in full mottled calf with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling and botanical gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges speckled black. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine. A very attractive example of this significant work in English literature.
Price: $140,000.00 Item Number: 145824