Showing items 8976-9000 of 9789
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London: Eyre Methuen, 1978.
First edition of one of Pinter’s major works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Chicago and Cincinnati: Bloch Publishing & Printing Co, 1893.
First edition of this early collection of confectionery recipes published as a companion to the author’s first book, Aunt Babette’s Cook Book, the first American Jewish cookbook to become a best-seller in 1889. Also published by Bloch Publishing Company, the oldest Jewish printing house in the United States, Aunt Babette’s Cook Book was perhaps soContinue reading "“Aunt Babette’s” Home Confectionery."
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
Early printing of the revised edition of this comprehensive guide to wines and spirits. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dan Chapin best wishes Alexis Lichine on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R. Scuddellari. In collaboration withContinue reading "Alexis Lichine’s New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits."
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New York: MacMillan & Company, 1966.
First edition of Dylan’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bob Dylan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by Dylan.
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London: Macmillan, 1881.
First edition in English of Pushkin’s masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a cornerstone of Russian literature. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling to the front panel. Translated by Lieutenant-Colonel Spalding. In near condition with a touch of rubbing. First editions are scarce.
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Liverpool: James Smith, 1822.
First edition of this compilation of issues of Cobbett’s Register collected in 1821 bound together with Cropper’s letters to Wilberforce. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards. Bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to the front panel, with his signature to the title page and notes to the front free endpaper and verso. InContinue reading "Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (January – May 1821) with Letters Addressed to William Wilberforce, M. P. Recommending the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Sugar in Our Dominions in the East Indies, as the Natural and Certain Means of Effecting the General and Total Abolition of the Slave-Trade."
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London: T. Becket, 1777.
Finely bound set of Sterne’s Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.
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New Have: Yale School of Architecture, 2007.
First edition of this pamphlet, which is the exhibition booklet. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.
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Capetown: Struik Press, 1973.
First edition of the photographer’s first book. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by David Goldblatt on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
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South Africa: Ravan Press/ Taurus, 1981.
First South African edition and true first of one of the author’s most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.
First edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
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Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To William Paul Krugman.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
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London: Methuen & Company, 1907.
First edition of this collection of essays on the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth. Notes to the endpaper, in good condition.
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London: By William Stansby For Ed: Blounte, 1620.
Rare second edition of the first part of Don Quixote in English. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, engraved title page, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. In very good condition with some wear to the binding, portion of upper spine. Translated by Thomas Shelton. Exceptionally rare and desirable.
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Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1975.
First Spanish edition of this “majestic…superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From the library of Jose Saramago, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Both authors were recipients of the Nobel Prize in literature. A nice associationContinue reading "El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch]."
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1868.
Large oval portrait photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches. Matted in a contemporary frame which measures 25.5 inches by 29.5 inches. Signed “Charles Dickens (with a large flourish) Boston Sixth March 1868.” In 1867, Charles Dickens began his second American reading tour at Boston’s Tremont Temple, where an enthusiastic audience delighted in some of hisContinue reading "Charles Dickens Signed Portrait Photograph."
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Miami: Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.
First edition of Jeb Bush’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.
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New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978.
First edition, early printing of this work “which makes businessmen think thoughts they have never thought before” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
First edition of Nabokov’s first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some light wear to the spine.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Fred Payne with the highest regards John Kennedy.” The recipient Frederick G. Payne was a United States Senator from Maine from 1953Continue reading "Profiles In Courage."
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Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.
First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Dean Well from Colin Fletcher.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
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Pushkin, Alexander.
Cropper, James.
Cervantes, Miguel De.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (Jose Saramago).
