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First Illustrated Edition of Anthony Trollope's Ralph the Heir
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Ralph the Heir.
London: Strahan & Co. Publishers, 1871.
First illustrated edition of Trollope's account of a corrupt Parliamentary election, based on his own experiences as a candidate. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, wood-engraved illustrations by F.B. Fraser. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 110321
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“Out there, in the open desert, men can walk for days without passing a single house, seeing a well, for the desert is so vast that no one can know it all": First American Edition of Desert Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M.G. Le Clezio
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
Boston: A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.
First American edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 1555
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First edition of Edward Albee's The Ballad of the Sad Café: Carson McCullers' Novella Adapted to the Stage; signed by Edward Albee
ALBEE, Edward; Carson McCullers.
The Play: The Ballad of the Sad Café. Carson McCullers’ Novella Adapted to the Stage by Edward Albee.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963.
First edition of Albee's quietly powerful adaptation of McCuller's novella. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward Albee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of McCullers and Albee courtesy of Look.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137248
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First edition of G. Manville Fenn's George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life
FENN, G. Manville. [George Alfred Henty].
George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life.
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1907.
First edition of Fenn's biography of highly popular 19th century novelist George Alfred Henty. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with 11 plates including frontispiece portrait of Henty. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. A sharp example of this rare title.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122474
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First edition of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
JEROME, Jerome K.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.
First edition, second state of Jerome's humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with '11 Quay Street' (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138348
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First Edition of Don Delillo's Running Dog; Inscribed by Him
DELILLO, Don.
Running Dog.
New York: 1978.
First edition of "the best Vietnam novel to appear so far, bearing some relationship to Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers and some to V. S. Naipaul's Guerrillas (Houston Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Brian Light Best ever Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lidia Ferrara. Jacket painting by Karl Korah.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141423
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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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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To William Stanhope my very best wishes for your life in Him. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144838
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of The English; With 30 Mounted Color Plates by W. Heath Robinson
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Song of The English.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto, original blue cloth, gilt pictorial to the front panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates, lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 120821
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"There was only one bench in the shade and Converse went for it, although it was already occupied": First Edition of Dog Soldiers; signed by Robert Stone
STONE, Robert.
Dog Soldiers.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Robert Stone." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 124921
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Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade
VOLTAIRE,.
La Henriade avec des Variantes et des Notes. Et l’Effai sur le Poëme Epique.
London : Jacob Tonsen, 1734.
Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade. Small octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Text in French.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 81165
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First Edition of Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving
FROMM, Erich.
The Art of Loving.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.
First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 140445
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“It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned": First Edition of Chaim Potok's The Chosen; Inscribed by Him
POTOK, Chaim.
The Promise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
First edition of the author's sequel to The Chosen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Hugh and Marilyn Nissenson, Thanks for a beautiful evening! Chaim Potok Nov. 20, 1973." Review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 79898
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"Would I Find La Maga?": First Edition of Hopscotch
CORTAZAR, Julio.
Hopscotch.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designed by George Salter. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144373
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First Edition of John Irving's The Water-Method Man
IRVING, John.
The Water-Method Man.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of Irving's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Hal Seigal. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145987
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First edition of Joyce Carol Oates' Blonde: A Novel; Inscribed by her
OATES, Joyce Carol.
Blonde: A Novel.
New York: The Ecco Press, 2000.
First edition of the Oates' classic work chronicling the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, basis for the 2022 American biographical film written and directed by Andrew Dominik starring Ana de Armas. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stacy Joyce Carol Oates." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc Cohen. Jacket photograph from the archives of Milton H. Greene. Author photograph by Marion Ettlinger.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138122