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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of this unforgettable masterpiece from one of the twentieth century’s greatest talents and author of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Octavo, original half-cloth, title page vignette. Boldly signed by Betty Smith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso. Uncommon signed.
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London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 530). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Published on September 21, 1937 with a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit hadContinue reading "The Hobbit."
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New York : Coward McCann, 1938.
First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by Thornton Wilder on the half-title page with a quotes added, “”A star’s mighty give company.” “Yes…yes, ’tis.” Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have handled.
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Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963.
First edition of Pynchon’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt decorations to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "V."
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1990.
First edition of this novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Boldly signed by Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Vineland."
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New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.
First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket calligraphy by Joe West.
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London : Edward Moxon & Co., 1867.
Finely bound example of one of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting of twoContinue reading "Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting]."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.
The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. InContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]"
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London : Mantle, 2016.
First edition of Ryan’s “complex and gripping tale of love and guilt” (A.L. Kennedy). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by William Ryan on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Random House, 1967.
Tenth Anniversary edition one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original blue cloth, top stain blue. One of number 2000 numbered copies, this is number 1654. Boldly signed by the author on the limitations page, “Ayn Rand.” Near fine in a very good acetate jacket.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition of this collection of eleven essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the colophon page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1962.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1959.
First edition of the seventh novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A very nice example.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.
First edition of the eighth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
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Burton, Michigan : Subterranean Press, 2023.
Signed limited edition of this New York Times bestselling science fiction novel set in the near future. Thick octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers. One of 400 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, this is number 129. Boldly signed by Kim Stanley Robinson on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrationContinue reading "The Ministry for the Future."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1986.
First edition of this “landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times). Thick octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Stephen King on the front free endpaper, “For Nancy – Happy birthday from Florida! Stephen King April 6, 1999.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by BobContinue reading "It."
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New York : W.W. Norton Company, 2017.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, “the best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period” (Ann Patchett). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
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Athens : Δίφρος [Difros], 1955.
First edition in Greek of one of Kazantzakis’s most famous and controversial works, first published in a French translation in 1954. Octavo, bound in full cloth with a morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nikos Kazantzakis in the year of publication on the third free endpaper, “Αντίνολη, 26-4-55 ΤῇContinue reading "Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός. [The Last Temptation of Christ]."
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition, early printing of this reflective memoir. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed byContinue reading "One Writer’s Beginnings."
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London : Geoffrey Bles and The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.
Complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’s best-selling work, one of the best-selling series of all time which has sold 120 million copies in 47 languages. “Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, and scarce” (Connolly, 186). Octavo, seven volumes bound in full crushed green morocco by Temple Bookbinders withContinue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1945.
First edition, first state of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. An exceptional example.
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Athens : Δίφρος [Difros], 1950.
First Greek edition of one of Kazantzakis’s most important novels, first published in Swedish in 1948. Octavo, bound in full cloth with red cloth spine labels lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed and dated by Kazantzakis on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by Kazantzakis.
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Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of the author’s first novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration toContinue reading "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
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London : Geoffrey Bles/The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.
Complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’s best-selling work, one of the best-selling series of all time which has sold 120 million copies in 47 languages. “Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, and scarce” (Connolly, 186). Octavo, seven volumes, original publisher’s cloth, each volume illustrated with plates, in-text illustrations,Continue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."
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