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"History's most romantic airplane - the fabulous flying clipper": First edition of Ken Follett's Night Over Water; from the collection of Erica Jong
FOLLETT, Ken.
Night Over Water.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's classic novel of international suspense. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. From the collection of Erica Jong with her invitation to the book's publication party laid in. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 142574
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First expanded edition of Jason Fry's Star Wars: The Last Jedi
FRY, Jason. Based on a story by Rian Johnson.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
London: Century, 2018.
First expanded edition of the international bestselling author's novelization of the eighth installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145011
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“There are always loose ends in real life": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S SILKWORM
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
The Silkworm.
London: Sphere, 2014.
First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137033
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“The more bare a life is, the more we fear change"; First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case
GREENE, Graham .
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115799
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First edition of Douglas Rutherford's Grand Prix Murder
RUTHERFORD, Douglas.
Grand Prix Murder.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1955.
First edition of Rutherford's early murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 119604
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"Time is the warp of the tapestry which is life": Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan Triumphant
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan Triumphant.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1932.
First edition, early printing of the fifteenth book in Burroughs' popular Tarzan series. Octavo, original gray cloth, frontispiece by Studley Burroughs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 136084
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Escape on Venus
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Escape on Venus.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the 'Venus' series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145058
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Lion Man
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Lion Man.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1934.
First edition, early printing of the seventeenth book in Burroughs' popular Tarzan series. Octavo, original gray cloth, frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136075
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“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind”: First Edition of one of the earliest and most influential detective novels ever written; Dashiell hammett's the maltese falcon
HAMMETT, Dashiell.
The Maltese Falcon.
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987.
First Franklin library edition of one of the earliest and most influential detective novels ever written. Octavo, original leather, elaborate tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges silver, patterned endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 118653
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First edition of Tales of the Black Widowers; inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
The Tales of The Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 142778
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": First Edition of You Only Live Twice
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
New York: New American Library, 1964.
First American edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a large chip to the rear panel. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144684
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"Faster than a speeding bullet - more powerful than a locomotive...": First edition of Les Daniels' Superman: The Golden Age; signed twice by art director and designer Chip Kidd
DANIELS, Les. [Chip Kidd].
Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
First edition of the early history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page and rear jacket flap by art director and designer Chip Kidd. Photographs by Geoff Spear. Art direction and design by Chip Kidd. Design assistance by Chin-Yee Lai. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photographs by Geoff Spear. Front Jacket art by Fred Ray. Back jacket art by H. J. Ward. Author photograph by Beth Gwinn.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126730
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Rare postcard signed by great spy novelist John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
John le Carre Signed Postcard.
Wien: Boomerang Cards, .
Austrian postcard signed by great spy novelist John le Carre. Featuring a black and white photograph of Le Carre, the postcard measures 5.75 by 4 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131490
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“The more bare a life is, the more we fear change"; First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case
GREENE, Graham .
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 104522
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First edition of More Tales of the Black Widowers; inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
More Tales of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of the second book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142873
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“Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed": First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927.
First American edition of this collection of the last 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Ownership inscription. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139725
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Rare original 1970s Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2
[LUCAS, George].
Star Wars Palitoy Radio Controlled R2-D2.
Coalville, Leicester: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp./Palitoy, [1977].
Rare Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2, housed in the original box. Complete with wireless control, original Styrofoam packaging, price tag. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145054
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"How long have we been sitting here?”: First edition of Berlin Game; inscribed by Len Deighton
DEIGHTON, Len.
Berlin Game.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1983.
First edition of Deighton's classic spy thriller, the first of 9 novels to feature secret agent Bernard Samson. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a transcription from this work on the title page, "For John Rogers - Len Deighton April 2015 How long have we been sitting here?" Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142611
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"The whole thing was an affair of misty shadows": First edition of H. G. Wells' The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
WELLS, H.G.
The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1904.
First edition of Wells' satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95220