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New York : Coward-McCann, Inc, 1964.
First American edition of le Carre’s classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
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London : Constable, 1955.
First edition of this novel, inscribed by both authors to Winston Churchill. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to Winston Churchill, “As a humble gift to a giant of our age, Diana Gillon, Meir Gillon, March 12th 1955.” Very good in aContinue reading "Vanquish The Angel."
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London : William Heinemann, 1967.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, “I’ll change the woman’s figure. I shall curve a woman big- big with child” NW Thiong’o 24th October 2006 Irvine.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and with suchContinue reading "A Grain of Wheat."
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Paris : Gallimard, 1963.
True first edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1984.
First edition of this collection of five early short stories by the acclaimed author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. small gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino.
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue with “A – P” on the copyright page. 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 edgesContinue reading "Native Son."
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Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Random House, 1957.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Isak Dinesen Je Responderai.” While in Africa, Blixen took as her motto “Je Responderai,” “I will answer,” from the family crest of her lover, Denys Finch-Hatton. She explained: “I liked this old motto soContinue reading "Last Tales."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1962.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the half-title page. Douglas starred in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as McMurphy. Additionally laid in is a note from Kesey which reads, “For Henry: The wind blows the plumtree branches, this way…that.Continue reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
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London : Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Trevor Denning.
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New York : Orchard Books, 1993.
First edition of the author’s sequel to her best-selling young adult novel ‘Just as Long as We’re Together.’ Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Joanne Thanks! Love, Judy Blume Aug. 1993.” Very good in a fine dust jacket. Closed tearContinue reading "Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson."
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London : Collins Crime Club, 1967.
First edition of Christie’s masterful murder mystery; one of her personal favorites. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Agatha Christie Sept 1970.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.Continue reading "Endless Night."
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Paris : Édition d'Art, 1925.
Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ornamentation by Paul Zenker, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.
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Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.
First edition, first printing of Thompson’s eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s Oz stories. Octavo, original red cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In good condition. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Watercolor to the illustration on the front pastedown by a previous owner. Ownership signature in black crayon to theContinue reading "The Giant Horse of Oz."
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London : Chapman and Hall, 1886.
Finely bound example of Dickens’ Christmas books, reprinted from the stereotype plates of the original. Octodecimo, five volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, additional illustrated titleContinue reading "The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."
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London : Picador, 1992-1998.
First British editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. All three volumes are signed by Cormac McCarthy and additionally signed three times in each volume by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear flaps. Each areContinue reading "All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain."
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London : Collins & Harvill, 1958.
First edition in English of the work which garnered Pasternak the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed 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-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by theContinue reading "Doctor Zhivago."
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London : Putnam, 1948.
Later printing of the author’s classic memoir, recounting her seventeen years in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Karen Blixen Je Responderai March 1957.” While in Africa, Blixen took as her motto “Je Responderai,” “I will answer,” from the family crest of her lover, Denys Finch-Hatton. She explained:Continue reading "Out of Africa."
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London : Heinemann, 1922.
First edition, English issue (published simultaneously with the American issue) of this beloved children’s classic, “one of the first modern picture books, a perfect combination of story and pictures” (Mahony, 234), with seven beautiful color illustrations by William Nicholson. Quarto, original paper-covered pictorial boards and cloth spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with seven color illustrations (threeContinue reading "The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow Rebecca West 1965.” The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies’ Home Journal forContinue reading "The Fountain Overflows."
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New York : Richard Marek Publishers, 1978.
First edition of one of the most important medical novels ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on title page, “To my dear reader of this rare 1st edition at age 40 this year. ‘There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a goodContinue reading "The House of God."
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Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the ‘Venus’ series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
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Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947.
First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs’ lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, top edge red, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Random House, 1958.
First edition of this classic collection of stories and the last to be published in her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isak Dinesen on the half-title page, while on her only trip to the United States. In 1959, Dinesen had been invited by the Ford Foundation to travel to the United States toContinue reading "Anecdotes of Destiny."
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