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New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the second free endpaper, “For Nancy with thanks for such splendid hospitality and marvelous company Tom Wolfe September 15 1979.” Fine in a nearContinue reading "The Right Stuff."
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London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916.
First British edition of Wells’ influential First World War novel depicting the moral and emotional upheaval of wartime Britain. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, titles and floral tooling stamped in blind to the front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature toContinue reading "Mr. Britling Sees Through."
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Melbourne : William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.
Signed limited edition of Maugham’s classic satire printed for the author’s eightieth birthday. Octavo, original publisher’s half-leather with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, four pages of facsimile reproductions of the first and last two pages of the original manuscript, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author and illustrator, Graham Sutherland, onContinue reading "Cakes and Ale."
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New York : The Lyons Press, 1999.
First edition of this American West literary collection of essays. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white sketches. Boldly signed in the year of publication on the half-title page “Thomas McGuane Montana 1999.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gray. Author photograph by Kurt Markus.
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London : William Heinemann LTD, 1936.
Signed limited edition of this collection of short stories, originally published in Cosmopolitan Magazine during the 1920s Jazz Age. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bound in. One of 175 numbered copies, this is number 69. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page.Continue reading "Cosmopolitans."
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1963.
First edition of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
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c. 1939-1940.
Rare original black and white photograph of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway and his third wife Martha Gellhorn. Black and white vintage gelatin silver print of Hemingway pointing towards the distance with one arm and the other wrapped around Martha Gellhorn. Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway in black ballpoint to the middle left, “For Taylor myContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn Signed Photograph."
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1894.
First edition, first issue of the first sequel to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn with 1894 on both the title page and copyright page and the correct binding state ‘A’ with 5 5/8″ between Twain and Webster on spine. BAL 3440. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, withContinue reading "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn."
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London : Cassell and Company Ltd, 1923.
First edition of Wells’ speculative work exploring the political and social direction of the modern world. Octavo, original cloth with titles and floral ruling stamped in blind to the spine and front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “DreamContinue reading "Men Like Gods."
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New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.
Berkley Medallion edition of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octodecimo, pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In near fine condition. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate.
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London : The Hogarth Press, 1946.
First edition of this novel by the author whom V.S. Pritchett called, “belongs to the mad tradition in English literature—Sterne, Carroll, Firbank, and Mrs. Woolf.” Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, chipping, and a couple of closed tears to the front panel of the dust jacket.Continue reading "Back."
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New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1978.
Berkley edition of this prequel to Frank Herbert’s Pandora Sequence. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In near fine condition. Jacket painting by Alexander.
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New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1968.
Berkley Medallion edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition.
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London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1946.
Finely bound edition of this classic adventure novel, the first to follow Dickson McCunn. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, cartographic frontispiece. In fine condition.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1943.
Finely bound edition of this reflective autobiography of John Buchan. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. In near fine condition.
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London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.
First edition of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. First printing with the first issue points including the misprints “anyrate” p. 77, l. 5, “cure” (instead of “cured”) p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, the omission of “keep” after “can” p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, and “his” p. 319, lastContinue reading "Lord Jim."
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London : The Folio Society, 2001.
The Folio Society reissued edition of each volume in the Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, pictorial boards, illustrated throughout. Each volume is in fine condition. Illustrations by John Lawrence.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards with the author’s name stamped in blind to the front panel, with 195 photographs and illustrated throughout. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
First edition of this sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Devil Wears Prada. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Lauren Weisberger on the colophon page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
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London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1948.
First Thomas Nelson and Sons edition, early printing of this fifth and final thriller novel following Richard Hannay. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top stain green, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904.
First edition of Twain’s “powerful indictment of cruelty to animals.” Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with four color plates by W.T. Smedley including tissue-guarded frontispiece. BAL 3483. In very good condition.
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Rare original black and white photograph collection of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway with his wife Mary Hemingway and fishing guide Taylor Williams in Cuba. Collection of five black and white vintage photographs including: a photograph of Hemingway most likely in a bar in Cuba wearing a white button-up Taylor Williams in a striped button-upContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway, Mary Hemingway, and Taylor Williams Photograph Collection."
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London : Collins, 1960.
First edition of this classical adventure novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with the rare original yellow Ian Fleming promotional wrap-around band.
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Rare original typed letter from guide Taylor Williams recollecting about hunting antelope with Ernest Hemingway. One page, single typed sheet. The letter reads in full, “Hemingway Box by Taylor Williams. Our party, (consisting of Hemingway, Lloyd Arnold, Ellis Chapin, our packer, and myself) had ridden into the first fringe of foothills above the plains alongContinue reading "Taylor Williams Typed Letter Recollecting About Ernest Hemingway. [with] Ernest Hemingway Photographs."
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