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First edition of The Country Life Press; with a complete index of the authorized American editions of Rudyard Kipling's works
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
The Country Life Press.
Garden City: Printed for the friends of Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919.
First edition of this history of Doubleday, Page & Company with a complete index of the authorized American editions of Rudyard Kipling's works. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 123407
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Publisher's advance proof and retained file copy of Joyce Cary's A Fearful Joy
CARY, Joyce.
A Fearful Joy.
London: Michael Joseph Limited, n.d..
Publisher's advance proof and retained file copy of the author's fine historical novel. Octavo, original wrappers. The publisher's retained file copy with their stamp to the title page, "File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nichols.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 127443
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"The unique character of his creative genius stands evident in his work": First edition of In Memoriam: Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
In Memoriam: Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977.
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1977.
First edition of this collection of memorial essays honoring the life and work of Vladimir Nabokov. Octavo, original cloth. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel. In fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 89098
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Rare Edition de Luxe of Rudyard Kipling's Departmental Ditties and Other Verses; one of only 150 extra-illustrated copies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses.
London: Methuen and Co, 1904.
First edition of Kipling's first collection of verse. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 142115
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First edition of Petit Pascal's Slow Growth and the Service Economy
PETIT, Pascal.
Slow Growth and the Service Economy.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986.
First edition of Petit's examination of the service sector. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small ownership name.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126820
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First edition of Sir George MacMunn's Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman
MACMUNN, George. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1937.
First edition of MacMunn's homage to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135157
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"The greatest short story writer of his day": First edition of Rudyard Kipling: A Literary Appreciation by R. Thurston Hopkins
HOPKINS, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A Literary Appreciation by R. Thurston Hopkins.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1915.
First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' anthology and appreciation of Kipling's works. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121670
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First Edition of Sorche Nic Leodhas' Claymore and Kilt
LEODHAS, Sorche Nic [LeClaire Gowans Alger].
Claymore and Kilt.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
First edition of Sorche Leodhas' beloved collection of historical tales, never before recorded. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137529
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"Listen...Can you hear the thunder of ghostly hooves? The Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey!" First Corgi Yearling edition of Philip Pullman's first children's edition
PULLMAN, Philip.
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's first children's novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Greetings to Eileen - Philip Pullman." Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Illustrations by Patrice Aggs. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 88117
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Sylvia Townsend Warner's Kingdoms of Elfin
WARNER, Sylvia Townsend.
Kingdoms of Elfin.
New York: The Viking Press, 1977.
First edition, second printing of Warner's classic collection of fantasy tales. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Endpaper maps by Anita Karl.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126860
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"It is a sickness of the emotions, and its symptoms can be seen on the labels of whiskey bottles": First Edition of John Prebble's Culloden
PREBBLE, John.
Culloden.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1961.
First edition of this detailed recollection of the ordinary people involved in the last Jacobite Rising of 1745. Octavo, original red and black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with paintings and maps. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription from the year of publication. Ephemera tipped in.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145208
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First Edition of Dick Vitale's Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love; Inscribed by Him
VITALE, Dick.
Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love.
Indianapolis, IN: Masters Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the legendary commentator. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Eric Awesome Baby Dick Vitale." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 140213
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First edition of Gordon Grand's Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry
GRAND, Gordon.
Colonel Weatherford’s Young Entry.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935.
First edition of the fourth books in the great sporting writer's Colonel Weatherford series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 1350 copies printed for Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press. Bookplate. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 116008
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First Edition of John Updike's Roger's Version; Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John.
Roger’s Version.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 122435