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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895.
Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with a map of Wessex to the rear. In very good condition with toning to the endpapers, darkening to the spine, bumping and rubbing to the extremities.
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London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1939.
First British edition of Wells’ dark political satire depicting the rise of an ordinary man into a ruthless dictator, written as a warning against the growing threats of authoritarianism in the years preceding the Second World War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous worksContinue reading "The Holy Terror."
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In near fine condition.
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers,
Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In very good condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this early work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977.
First edition of the Franklin Library edition of the author’s second book in the acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. In fine condition.
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.
First edition of Goldman’s classic novel, basis for the cult classic directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes. Octavo, original gray cloth. Boldly signed William Goldman on the title page at Yale University and additionally signed by director Rob Reiner and Cary Elwes on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Princess Bride. S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure."
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952.
First edition of this landmark publication drawn from the personal diaries, private letters, papers, and revealing interviews of President Harry S. Truman. Quarto, original cloth, errata slip tipped in to front free endpaper,near illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. In near fine condition. Assembled by journalist William Hillman. Pictures by Alfred Wagg. Accompanied by theContinue reading "Mr. President."
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New York: For Sale by the Author, c. 1847.
The new and improved edition of this work in early American gardening literature. Duodecimo, half cloth over boards with paper titles and ruling to the front and rear panels, frontispiece of Thomas Bridgeman, with the copyright page printed upside down. In good condition with rubbing to the panels and toning throughout. Uncommon.
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Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991.
First deluxe limited edition of this collection of author photographs and signatures. Oblong octavo, original half cloth with faux navy morocco spine, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, facsimile signature endpapers, illustrated throughout with photographs. Signed by Stephen King at the conclusion of his introduction in addition toContinue reading "Lord John Signatures."
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London: John W. Parker, 1848.
First edition of this collection of essays and sermons on political reform in England. Octavo, bound in three quarters turkey morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition with light rubbing, bookplate to theContinue reading "Politics for the People."
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New York: Dream Works, 1998.
First edition of this novel, based on the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. Quarto, original cloth. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Paris: Gallimard, 1963.
First edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiographical memoir covering the years after World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In near fine condition, signature to the front free endpaper.
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Paris : Editions Paul Morihien, 1948.
First edition of this travel narrative and cultural critique of the United States. Octavo, written in French, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed Simone de Beauvoir on the half-title page. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full green 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, gilt signature to the front panel, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Giving Tree."
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.
First edition of Simon Wiesenthal’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Simon Wiesenthal on the title page. Ticket to a Wiesenthal lecture attached to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Joseph Wechsberg. Jacket design by Leonard Leoni. Jacket photo by Lester Krauss.Continue reading "Murderers Among Us: The Wiesenthal Memoirs."
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1893-98.
Rare limited edition of the works of Dumas, one of only 50 copies of the Illustrated Library Edition of the complete works of Alexandre Dumas. Octavo, 60 volumes bound in three quarter blue morocco by Bumpus over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, topContinue reading "The Works of Alexandre Dumas, Including: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later."
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New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1978.
First illustrated edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, fully illustrated by John Schoenherr. In near fine condition, bookplate to the verso of the front panel. Uncommon in this condition.
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1960.
First edition of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs and drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in full on the front free endpaper, “For Betty Jo Thompson with best wishes, Robert J. Jones. Jr.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851.
First edition, first issue binding of Melville’s masterpiece. Octavo, original red variant cloth (BAL’s A grain), covers stamped in blind with Harper’s circular device at the center of the front panel within a heavy blind ruled frame, plain orange endpapers. Issued in a single volume, in black, green, blue, red, purple, slate or brown cloth,Continue reading "Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale."
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924.
First edition of this work analyzing modern authors and their literary characters through a psychological lens. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth, illustrated with tipped in plates. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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New York : Blue Ribbon Books, 1926.
First edition of this classic work on major discoveries of the microscopic world. Octavo, original cloth, red topstain. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially in the original jacket.
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the title page, “For Justice Ginsburg – with deepest respect, admiration, & gratitude, In sisterhood, Elizabeth Ann Bartlett.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and juristContinue reading "Sarah Grimké: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Other Essays."
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Bridgeman, Thomas.
King, Stephen [Ray Bradbury; Gerald Ford; Jim Harrison; Norman Mailer; Joyce Carol Oates; John Updike; Eudora Welty; et al].
Collins, Max Allan; [Tom Hanks].
Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander].
Collins, Joseph.
Grimke, Sarah. Edited and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Ann Bartlett. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
