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London : Pluto Press, 1978.
First edition of this satirical work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Dario Fo on the half-title page. In good condition, with notes and highlighting. Adapted Robert Walker and Bill Colvill. Translated by Lino Pertile.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906.
First edition of this collection of two of Arnold’s most notable works. Octavo, original cloth stamped in gilt, with illustrations by E. H. New including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Karen Davis Best- Wendy Wasserstein.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Laurie Rosenwald.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
First edition of the 40th anniversary of the economist’s landmark work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1958.
First edition and signed limited edition of Linklater’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. With decorations by Hans Tisdall. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this is number 247. Near fine in the original glassine jacket with printed paper flaps which is in good condition.
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Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1982.
The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this work by the author of Catch – 22. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated.Continue reading "Good As Gold."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of “the father of campaign finance reform”, John W. Gardner’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mariam and Andrew – affectionately, from their friend John W. Gardner.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Herb Weitman.
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New York : Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First edition of Cobb’s absorbing collection of historical essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Yours Sincerely Irvine S. Cobb.” Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First edition of Wells’ philosophical novel of an idea, exploring one man’s lifelong search for moral nobility and his conviction that the conquest of fear is the foundation of the noble life. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago”Continue reading "The Research Magnificent."
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
Later printing of Kipling’s Two Jungle Books in one volume. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake. In very good condition. Bookplate and small ownership inscription.
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Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930.
First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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London : Doubleday, 1999.
First edition of Pullman’s classic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Peter Bailey. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Eileen – greetings! Philip Pullman.” In fine condition.
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London : Macdonald & Co., 1958.
First edition of the seventh novel in the author’s semi-autobiographical Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom Lynne. Bookplate.
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Washington, D.C : National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1990.
First edition of this study of democratic systems in regions that are prone to political instability and conflict. Octavo, original publisher’s wrapper, bookplate to the front pastedown from, “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” The collector, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She actedContinue reading "Democracies In Regions Of Crisis: Botswana, Costa Rica, Israel."
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London : J. M. Dent & Co, 1904.
First edition of Smeaton’s history of Edinburgh. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt with others uncut, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece with tissue guard, copiously illustrated with colored tissue-guarded engravings. In very good condition.
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this incredibly vibrant history of Hong Kong, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "Hong Kong."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : Heath Cranton Limited, 1920.
First edition of this memoir, observations and anecdotes from Taylor’s life in golf. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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Paris : Librairie d'Amateurs, n.d.
The Libraire d’Amateurs edition of Voltaire’s satirical novella. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a customContinue reading "L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767."
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London : Viking, 1989.
First edition of of Frayn’s reverential novel. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally with best wishes from Michael Frayn 15 August 1989.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black andContinue reading "The Trick Of It."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.
First American edition of Meir’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Cheryl Asherman.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1947.
First edition of of Schnitzler’s famous novella. Quarto, original boards. In near fine condition. Numbered 96 of 1499 examples. Artwork by Rockwell Kent.
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Gaithersburg, MD : Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.
First edition of Hunt and Brown’s monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.
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El Paso : Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.
First edition of this powerful tribute to the labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. Oblong octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “Nancy. Rudolfo Anaya.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket in the unique reversible dust jacket with a timeline of the lifeContinue reading "Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez."
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