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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of the first novel in McCarthy’s acclaimed Border Trilogy and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the half-title and on the rear flap.Continue reading "All the Pretty Horses."
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New York : Published by the Author, 1951.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author bound-in, “For Jerry Mayro Gratefully Howard Fast.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Spartacus."
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London : Richard Bentley, 1834.
First edition of Bulwer-Lytton’s most celebrated work, a classic of historical fiction and the basis for the 1935 Hollywood film of the same name directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf by Bayntun Riviere with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to theContinue reading "The Last Days of Pompeii."
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Paris : Calman-Levy, 1936 -1937.
The Calmann-Lévy limited illustrated edition of the works of Pierre Loti. Octavo, thirteen volumes uniformly bound in three quarter pebbled blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in three compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in, profusely illustrated with colored engravings by Pierre Brissaud, J.G.Continue reading "Oeuvres de Pierre Loti: Aziyadé, Le Mariage de Loti, Le Roman D’Un Enfant, Mon Frère Yves, Pêcheur d’Islande, Madame Chrysanthème, Les Désenchantées, La Troisième Jeunesse de Madame Prune, Un Pèlerin d’Angkor, Ramuntcho. [The Works of Pierre Loti]."
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Venice : San Lazzaro, 1805.
The first critical edition of the Bible in classical Armenian, translated by famed Benedictine monk Giovanni Zohrab (Hovhannes Zohrapian) nearly 140 years after the first Armenian Bible was printed in Amsterdam in 1666. Folio, bound in full modern calf with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, engraved vignette to title page, oneContinue reading "The Holy Bible: The Old and New Testaments: An Accurate Translation of the Old Words Newly Brought to Light by the Most Select Penmanship From the Original Hellenic Greek."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.
First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "From Here to Eternity."
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New York : Macmillan, 1972.
First American edition of the author’s first and most beloved work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Watership Down."
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London : John Lane/The Bodley Head LTD, 1928.
The Bodley Head edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, bound in full pictorial morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, withContinue reading "Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life."
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London : William Heinemann, 1905.
Rackham edition of this classic story. Royal octavo, bound in full red morocco by Henry Sotheran with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded color frontispiece of Rip VanContinue reading "Rip Van Winkle."
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London : Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full polished calf bound by Bayntun with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club."
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New York : Tor Books, 1985.
First edition of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. Orson Scott Card.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by John Harris. Jacket design by Suzanne Lobel.Continue reading "Ender’s Game."
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
First edition, second printing of Richards’ autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed and dated by the author year of publication on the half-title page, “Keith Richards ’10.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
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New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” The collector, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leadingContinue reading "I Am Charlotte Simmons."
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London : Vizetelly & Co, 1886.
First English edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth, gilt tiles and detailing to the spine and front panel. In very good condition. A sharp example.
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New York : Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Rare first edition of Parker’s poignant collection of poetry exploring the complexities of human nature. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
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New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition, first issue of Dr. Seuss’s classic alphabet book. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the 250/250 price on the jacket flap and ten titles on the rear panel. Uncommon in this condition. One of the notorious six discontinued Seuss titles.
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New York : Random House, 1958.
First edition, first printing of this collection of three of Seuss’s most memorable tales with the 1950, 1951 and 1958 copyright dates. In a first issue dust jacket with thumbnails of fourteen previously published Seuss books ending in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! on the rear panel of the dust jacket and the 295/295 price.Continue reading "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories."
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New York : Random House, 1959.
First edition, first issue of Seuss’s whimsical birthday book, with the printer’s error on page 34 of six white spots that do not appear in later printings. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the 295/295 price, small ownership name.
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Rare photograph of the American Flag on the lunar surface, with the footprints of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin clearly visible on the moon’s surface, boldly signed by Neil Armstrong in blue ink. The image measures 11 inches by 8.5 inches. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by Armstrong. Encapsulated and authenticated by PSA/DNA.Continue reading "Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Signed Footprint Photograph."
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1955.
First edition of the sensational first book in Kay Thompson’s immensely popular Eloise series. Quarto, original publisher’s cream pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with drawings by Hilary Knight. Association copy, inscribed by the author, Kay Thompson, to the book’s illustrator, Hilary Knight on the front free endpaper, “For my darling Hilary – My God —-Continue reading "Eloise: A Book For Precocious Grown Ups."
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