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New York : Viking, 2006.
First edition of Fagel’s translation of Virgil’s masterpiece and widely considered the finest piece of Latin literature. Quarto, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Signed by Robert Fagles with his traditional initials. Translated by Robert Fagles. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gregory Mollica. Introduction by Bernard Knox.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1957.
First edition of Kerouac’s classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth, top stain red. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by one of the greatest songwriters of all-time, Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was heavily influenced by Jack Kerouac and the broader Beat Generation, whose literary innovations helped shape Dylan’s early lyrical and aesthetic sensibilities. DylanContinue reading "On The Road."
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New York : Random House and E/P. Dutton & Company, 1967 & 1997.
First edition and of its sequel of this influential horror classic, which helped launch the “horror boom.” Octavo, 2 volumes, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Rosemary’s Baby, “To Evy and Mort, With love and good wishes. Ira.” The recipients, Evy and Mort Barrow wereContinue reading "Rosemary’s Baby and Son of Rosemary."
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New York : New American Library, 1968.
First edition of the novel of the landmark “proverbial good science fiction movie” created by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by Keir Dullea on the title page, “Open the pod bay door, Hal Keir Dullea.” Additionally signed by Keir Dullea on theContinue reading "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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New York : Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of this collection of stories by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For David and Loni- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.” The recipient, David Hayman, was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin and a close friend of Vonnegut’s. Near fineContinue reading "The Vonnegut Statement: Original Essays on the life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. With A Bibliography."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this classic photobook. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and with his writing and handprint on the front jacket panel, his writing on the front free endpaper, pre-title page and title page. “Xtra Special Delivery to the wonderful….Jo “May Heavens Choices Blessing be showers upon you (found in VoiContinue reading "Zara’s Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa."
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Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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London : William Heinemann, 1951.
First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, “one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody’s language.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Frederick Fell, Inc, 1973.
First edition of Mandino’s classic work on salesmanship and success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare.
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New York : Warner Books, 1998.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 1999 film directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and additionally signed by Kevin Costner. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag. Jacket illustration by Honi Werner.
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New York : Ivy Books, 1987.
First edition of this crime thriller, basis for the film bearing the same name. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, all edges stained yellow. Boldy signed by the Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner on the title page. In the film of the same name, Kevin Costner plays Eliot Ness, the real-life federal agent who led the teamContinue reading "The Untouchables."
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New York : Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
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London : Blossom Music Ltd, 1965.
Original sheet music of the classic song, Like A Rolling Stone, named by Rolling Stone magazine as the number 1 song of the all-time, boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. Critics have described “Like a Rolling Stone” as revolutionary in its combination of musicalContinue reading "Like A Rolling Stone."
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New York : New American Library, 1964.
First American edition of Fleming’s volume of travel journalism, with the first publication in book form of his short story “007 in New York,” not present in the London edition. Octavo, original half cloth, drawings by Milton Glaser. Boldly signed by the illustrator Milton Glaser on the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fineContinue reading "Thrilling Cities."
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London : William Heinemann, 1967.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
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New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1931.
First collected edition of this foundational work in Australian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt author’s initials to the front panel. Association copy, inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to his cousin on the front free endpaper, “Dear Ruth: This one, or three really since it is three novels –Continue reading "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony."
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New York/San Francisco : Harcourt, Brace and Company/The Viking Press/Grove Press, Inc./Avon Book Division/City Lights Books/Farrar, Straus and Cudahy/Farrar, Straus and Company/Coward-McCann, Inc, 1950-1967.
First editions of each of Jack Kerouac’s novels. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in full black levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery 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 stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbledContinue reading "The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and the illustrator on the titleContinue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912.
First edition of this whimsical and philosophical novel. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the front panel and spine. In near fine condition. Ownership plate of Harrison K. Ford to the front pastedown. Harrison K. Ford was a prominent American stage and silent film actor in the early 20th century, appearing inContinue reading "The Crock of Gold."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."
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New York : Scribners, 2003.
First trade edition of the author’s fifth installment of his famed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York, Evanston, and London : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ali MacGraw who starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred AliContinue reading "Love Story."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
First edition of Dylan’s Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the title page. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with geometric design stamped in blind on front panel. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “1/29/76 To Evy & Mort, WithContinue reading "The Boys From Brazil."
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