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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991.
First edition of this novel by the author of True Grit “an engine of pure delight” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Buddy Best Wishes Charlies.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor. UncommonContinue reading "Gringos."
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London : Methuen & Co, 1919.
First British edition of this broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. Octavo, stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single rule “between which the names of towns and villages laid waste by the Germans in World War IContinue reading "Justice."
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Madrid : Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1782.
The illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Quarto, 4 volumes, written in spanish, bound in full speckled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red and black morocco spine labels, gilt ruling to the frontContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española."
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New York : R.F. Fenno & Company, .
Finely bound editions of Hardy’s classic novels filled with themes of love and social constraints. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles, top edges gilt. In very good condition. Ownership signature to the front pastedown.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author across two pages on the front pastedown and half-title page with a large original drawing of a tree which has been carved to read the name ‘John’ and extends from the pastedown to the half-title page with windingContinue reading "The Giving Tree."
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London : Faber and Faber, 1962.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. An excellent example.
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London : Chapman and Hall; Bradbury and Evans, 1838-1870.
Finley bound collection of the selected works of Charles Dickens. Octavo, 15 volumes finely bound in full straight grain morocco by Carss & Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and double gilt-ruled inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Selected Works of Charles Dickens: Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Master Humphrey’s Clock, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times. For These Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, The Uncommercial Traveller, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood."
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Rare original drawing for E.B. White’s children’s novel, The Trumpet of the Swan. Pencil drawing of a swan standing on her nest looking at her clutch of eggs with translucent paper attached to the upper portion of the larger sheet over the drawing. Two inscriptions are written beneath in pencil: one in an unknown hand,Continue reading "E.B. White ‘The Trumpet of the Swan’ Drawing. [with] Ed Frascino Autograph Letter Signed."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.
First edition of this work of poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Desirable signed.
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New York : William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1948.
First edition of the first general collection of the poems of John Berryman. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of renowned American poet, critic, and Princeton professor, Theodore (Ted) Weiss and his wife Reneé Weiss, who collectively edited the well-known Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine for sixty years. Near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "The Dispossessed."
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New York : Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1959.
First Dell paperback edition of Trail’s sensational American organized crime novel, the basis for one of the greatest gangster films ever made directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Al Pacino, on the front panel and again on the title page.Continue reading "Scarface."
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London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1939.
First British edition of Eliot’s beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. One of 3,005 copies (Gallup A35a). Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by T.S. Eliot. Signature to the front free endpaper and datedContinue reading "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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New York : The New American Library, 1972.
First edition of this “extraordinarily good book, but then so is everything Rosalyn Drexler ever wrote” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “3/9/2016 To Tim and Patty Thank You Rosalyn Drexler.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Drexler areContinue reading "To Smithereens."
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New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972.
First edition, early printing of this poignant autobiographical novel that recounts the author’s experiences as a Jewish child. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Corrie with best wishes. Joanna Reiss June 27 ’73 Las Vegas.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate to theContinue reading "The Upstairs Room."
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London : Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
First edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original publisher’s variant olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, panels and spine with stamped in blind decorations, illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), including frontispiece and additional pictorial title. InContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
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London : Richard Bentley, 1838.
First edition of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes bound in full polished calf by Root with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt rulings to the panels, gilt turn-ins andContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Snoopy with a heart on the front free endpaper, “For Rosa Audrey, Laurie and Juris with love and friendship – Charles M. Schulz (Sparky).” Near Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown."
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New York : Random House, 1982.
First edition of this comedic play that explores the complexities of relationships. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1885.
Finely bound early printing of Carroll’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full dark green crushed levant morocco by Kelliegram with gilt titles and elaborate gilt 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, all edges gilt, yellow silkContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland."
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Tamal Vista Publications, 2004.
First edition of this prolific South Korean poet’s collection of poems. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, publisher’s printed paper sleeve, frontispiece, with twelve double-page sheets that unfold into 12 inch by 12 inch pages. Boldly signed by the author twice, once on the title page and once on the inside of the publisher’s printed paper sleeveContinue reading "Traveler Maps: Poems by Ko Un."
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London : William Heinemann, 1930.
First edition of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. In near fine condition. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006Continue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."
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London : Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens’ classic. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. With three key typographical errors calledContinue reading "Bleak House."
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New York : New Directions, 1955.
First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
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New York : New Directions, 1947.
First edition of Williams’ classic play, which won Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in an excellent near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. An exceptional example, rare in this condition and signed.
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