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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.
First edition of this complex novel set during the aftermath of World War I. Octavo, bound in three-quarters leather over pictorial boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. In very good condition.
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London : Picador, 1989.
First British edition of the author’s classic fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by George Sharp. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1941.
The Heritage Press illustrated edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, floral stamped detailing to the front panel, top stain brown, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece self-portrait of Paul Gauguin, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In fine condition. Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin. Housed in the original slipcase.
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Los Angeles, California : Property of Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation, c. 1956.
Rare original screenplay from the 1957 film ‘Paths of Glory’ based on Humphrey Cobb’s first and only book. Quarto, mimeographed manuscript, original pictorial black and white wrappers bound with brads. In very good condition. Accompanied by three press reviews of Harris-Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) with the original printed slip that reads, “With the compliments ofContinue reading "Paths of Glory Original Screenplay."
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England and The United States : The Daily Mail Publishing Co, 1899.
First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling’s poem The Absent-Minded Beggar, a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto, original wrappers, six pages with two pages of facsimile stanzas, cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of SydneyContinue reading "The Absent-Minded Beggar."
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London : The Cresset Press, 1935.
First British edition of this sociopolitical commentary of the United States during the interwar period. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with toning and shelf wear. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famousContinue reading "The New America: The New World."
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1902.
First edition of this historical novel that blends biographical narrative with romanticized fiction to construct a dramatic portrait of one of America’s founding figures. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ms. ArelinaContinue reading "The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton."
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Tarragona : Joseph Barber, 1757.
Eighteenth century finely bound example of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Duodecimo, four volumes, bound in full uniform contemporary limp parchment, woodcut title page vignettes, illustrated with woodcuts throughout. In very good condition. Housed in two custom board book boxes with morocco spine fronts. Ownership inscriptions toContinue reading "Vida Y Hechos del Ingeniso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha."
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New York and London : Oxford University Press, 1949.
First Oxford University Press edition of this classic Western literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California OCT 13 1949. Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American literature, renowned for hisContinue reading "The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature."
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London 1915.
First edition of this short patriotic speech. Quarto, unpaginated single sheet of stiff white paper folded once. Delivered at the Mansion House on January 27, 1915. In very good condition.
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987.
First edition of the author’s first novel, basis for the film starring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable.
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Barcelona : Editorial Lumen, 1964.
First edition of this classic photobook of Barcelona’s underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighborhood of Raval. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Text by Nobel Prize-prize winning writer José Camilo Cela. In near fine condition.
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Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1933.
First edition of the second book in Burroughs’ realistic historical ‘Apache’ series. Octavo, original cloth with red top stain. In very good condition.. Lacking the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and four illustrations by Studley Burroughs.
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London : Bloomsbury, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the second novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cliff Wright.
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London : Horizon, A Review of Literature and Art, 1948.
First appearance of Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One, first published in the literary magazine Horizon, volume XVII, No. 98, February 1948. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In very good condition.
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Boston : Little Brown and Company, 1951.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped signature to the front panel, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery,Continue reading "The Catcher In The Rye."
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New York : George H. Doran, 1927.
First American edition of Wells’ widely translated best-selling novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile signature stamped in blind to the front panel. In near fine condition with toning. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady."
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London : Herbert Jenkins, 1952.
First edition of Wodehouse’s dreadfully funny novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket with loss to the front panel, rear panel, and spine of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by R.M. Sax.
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of the Jack Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper.
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New York : The Dial Press, 1963.
First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Accompanied by a laid in postcard with a black and white photograph of BaldwinContinue reading "The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard."
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London : Richard Bentley And Son, 1880.
First edition of Charles Dickens’ anthology about a parody of a fictional society. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, detailing stamped in black and gilt to the spine, front, and rear panel. In very good condition, bookplate.
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London : Chapman And Hall, Strand, 1841.
First edition of Dickens’s classic novel. Octavo, bound in half calf, full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1981.
First edition of this reflective portrait of New England rural life. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and his wife on the half-title page, “For Ruth – with warm wishes for a happy Christmas with lots of love from Barbara and Dick Ketchum Dec. 25, 2007.” Fine in a very good dustContinue reading "Second Cutting: Letters From The Country."
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New York : Simon and Schuster Inc, 1932.
First edition of Gershwin’s classic songbook, with stunning full-page illustrations by Constantin Alajalov. Quarto, original half-cloth, frontispiece photograph of Gershwin playing the piano taken by Maurice Goldberg, profusely illustrated by Constantin Alajalov. In near fine condition.
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