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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.
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London : Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.
Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood’s homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
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London : Edward Arnold & Co, 1924.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by E.M. Forster on the title page. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed trade editions are exceptionally scarce.
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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.
First edition of Beresford’s homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
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London : C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue, with the title page printed in orange and black and pages 247 and 248 being publisher’s ads. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
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London : Robert Hale & Company, 1937.
First edition of MacMunn’s homage to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
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London : Macmillan, 1966.
First edition of Cornell’s study of Kipling’s apprenticeship in India. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First edition of Ephron’s edgy collection of short observational stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Bill Zwecks With best wishes and thanks Nora. Nora Ephron 9-16-11.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Abby Weintraub. Rare and desirable signed.
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London : William Heinemann, 1894.
First edition of the famed suffragette’s sensational novel. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial cloth, half-titles, vol. 1 with 20 pages of advertisements dated March 1894. In very good condition. Scarce, with no other copies traced in auction records.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
Later printing of Kipling’s Two Jungle Books in one volume. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake. In very good condition. Bookplate and small ownership inscription.
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Philadelphia : The Magic World Publishing Co, 1917-1924.
Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World, the early 20th century periodical ‘Devoted to the Interests of Magicians, Ventriloquists, Illusionists, and Others of the Allied Arts.’ Octavo, 80 issues, illustrated. The issues range from April 1917 to June 1924, several feature stories about Harry Houdini with his magic trick tutorials. InContinue reading "The Magic World."
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Allahabad : Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co, n.d.
Later printing of this classic collection of Kipling’s tales for children. Octavo, original cloth. Contains Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, His Majesty the King, and The Drums of Fore and Aft. In very good condition.
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London : Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1843.
First edition of the third installment in Frances Trollope’s greatest work, The Widow Barnaby Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, tissue-guarded frontispieces and 6 plates by John Leech. In very good condition. Bookplates and blindstamps of Bowdoin College.
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London : Oxford University Press, 1967.
First edition of Dobree’s fresh approach to Kipling’s philosophy, poetry, and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good dust jacket. Stamp to the title page, lacking the front free endpaper, tape remnants.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.
First edition of Kipling’s October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In near fine condition.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.
Early printing of the Solzhenitsyn’s epic novel of Russian history. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Guy Fleming. Translated by Michael Glenny.
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London : Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959.
First edition of Tompkins’ work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.
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Rare autograph invitation signed by and in the hand of great American author Samuel Clemens. One page, 12 mo. on Clemens’ 21 Fifth Avenue letterhead the note reads, “Friday Jan. 17 Dear Kate Riggs the next Doe-Luncheon will happen at the above address on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 1p.m. please don’t fail to come. YoursContinue reading "Mark Twain Autograph Invitation Signed."
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London : Victor Gollancz, 1966.
First edition of Stewart’s homage to Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
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London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, illustratedContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."
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New York : Random House, 2000.
First edition, second printing of Lehrer’s fascinating war story. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Helene & Bill – With love & affection J.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960Continue reading "The Special Prisoner."
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London : The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Charles from Graham Greene.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touchContinue reading "The Comedians."
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Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.
First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Gery Levy,Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."
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