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London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889.
First edition of Doyle’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
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New York : Harper & Brothers, n.d..
Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author,Continue reading "Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven."
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
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London : The Free Age Press, n.d..
The Free Age Press edition of Tolstoy’s critique of social conditions in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.
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New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."
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London : The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900.
Second edition in English of Tolstoy’s final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Tall octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon.
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London : Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.
First English edition of Tolstoy’s important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. Scarce.
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New York : The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press ‘compliments of the author’ card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race,Continue reading "Ravelstein."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of John Gardner’s License Renewed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan, using a commissioned watercolor painting by Richard Chopping.
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London : Sphere, 2018.
First edition of the fourth book in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling.Continue reading "Lethal White."
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1660 : Printed for Simon Miller at the Starre in St. Pauls Church-yard, London.
First edition in English of Reade’s 17th century adaptation of Johann Jacob Wecker’s De secreti libri xvii [Book of Secrets] of 1582. Folio, bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, woodcut printer’s device to the title, woodcut head and tailpieces and initials, numerous woodcut diagramsContinue reading "Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, Being The Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested. First designed by John Wecker Dr in Physick, and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr. R. Read. A like work never before in the English tongue."
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New York : Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980.
First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “a Charlie Winick Umberto Ecco 16 June 83.” The recipient, Charles Winick, was an American author, psychologist, professorContinue reading "The Name of the Rose."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Annie, ‘Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara Wrote in her delicate calligraphy’ Isabel Allende.” Allende has also drawn a flower on the title page.Continue reading "The House of the Spirits: A Novel."
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London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.
First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in full crushed burgundy morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling 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,Continue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."
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China : Kanshou, 1918.
James Legge’s classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions and bookplates in both Chinese and English.
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New York : The MacMillan Company, 1936.
First edition of Rand’s debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John, “Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” Eugenides.” Near fine inContinue reading "Middlesex."
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New York : ReganBooks, 2001.
First edition of Maguire’s haunting novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from the novel, “The sky behind, higher up, bleeding the last of the sunset, is bright with disillustion. Gregory Maguire 22 Sept 07.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustrations byContinue reading "Lost."
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New York : William Morrow, 2008.
First edition of the third volume in the author’s bestselling Wicked series. Octavo, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Douglas Smith. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “There are many things in the cauldron, but the cooks do not dip in the ladle quite blindly. Their selection is important. Gregory MaguireContinue reading "A Lion Among Men."
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New York : Atheneum, 1962.
First edition of Albee’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Edward Albee 2010.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
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Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.
First edition of Joyce’s masterpiece, one of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number number 276. Thick quarto, original blue and white wrappers. In near fine condition, square and tight with a touch of rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Housed inContinue reading "Ulysses."
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London : Issued by The Boy Scouts Association, n.d..
Rare official collection of copyright illustration cards from Rudyard Kipling’s All the Mowgli Stories. Octavo, the envelope includes 8 full color illustrations cards. The cards are in near fine condition.
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Moscow : T. Ris, 1878.
First edition in Russian of Tolstoy’s masterpiece. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles, raised bands. Housed in a custom box. In near fine condition. First editions in Russian are rare.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1987.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition) of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Additionally signed three times by the illustrator Lon Kirschner, on the front panel, rear panel and on the title page with an added original illustration. In fineContinue reading "The Broom of the System."
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