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New York : Ballantine Books, 1977.
First Ballantine Books edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition with some wear to the spine. Cover art by Darrell Sweet. Uncommon signed.
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of The Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, plans, map. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece’s husband) Charles Webster, initially to publishContinue reading "Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter1860-1861."
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London : Faber and Faber & The Book Society, 1953.
First edition of the Book Society edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth, top stain blue. Boldly signed by Gerald Durrell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Sabine Baur. Signed bookplate of John Drinkall, who was a distinguished British diplomat whose career in theContinue reading "The Overloaded Ark."
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket with light wear.
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London : John Murray, 1909.
First editions of Young’s authoritative history of the Medici, extra-illustrated with 91 plates, 20 in color. Octavo, four volumes bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Medici."
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Custom full morocco clamshell box hand made by The Harcourt Bindery to house a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Pictorial clamshell box with gilt titles and an onlay of the woman from the original dust jacket to the front panel. In fine condition. An exquisite presentation.
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Koln : Taschen, 2019.
First illustrated edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro on the title page.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
First edition of this compendium volume to Burns’ Revolution. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ken Burns on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Indianapolis/ New York : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938.
First edition of this classic early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
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Hartford, Conn : American Publishing Company, 1880.
First edition of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, inscribed by him to his secretary. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’, engravedContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."
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James R. Osgood and Company : Boston, 1882.
First edition, first issue of of the author’s first historical novel with the Franklin imprint on the copyright page. BAL 3402. Johnson pp. 39-41. Octavo, bound in three quarter burgundy morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with one hundred and ninety-two illustrations.Continue reading "The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale For Young People of All Ages."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Quarto, original original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
First edition of the Civil War memoir of Lincoln’s controversial commander of the Army of the Potomac. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait, nine illustrations, three full-page maps, and one two-page facsimile letter. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain,Continue reading "McClellan’s Own Story. The War for the Union."
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
First edition of Elizabeth Custer’s famous defense of Custer. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth, patterned endpapers, engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 28 illustrations, including 22 full-page and two maps. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece’s husband) Charles Webster,Continue reading "Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas."
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New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Eugene Walter, Whose columns I enjoy reading weekly. Whose friendship I value,Continue reading "Forrest Gump."
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London : Richard Bentley, 1838.
First edition of one of Dickens’ most recognizable works, with “By Boz” to each title page and the corrected “Church” plate. Octavo, three volumes bound in full levant red morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and central giltContinue reading "Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress."
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
First edition of this landmark work in modern economics having sold 4 million copies in 40 languages, from the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with the bookplate from the Sotheby’s 23 – 26 April 1996 sale of the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to theContinue reading "Economics: An Introductory Analysis."
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Paris : The Olympia Press, 1955.
First edition of Nabokov’s masterpiece, published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955. First issue with the price of 900 francs on the rear panel of each volume. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green wrappers. In very good condition. Provenance: David Gerstein (ownership signature to each front free endpaper). Housed in a custom half moroccoContinue reading "Lolita."
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Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1984.
The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this humorous retelling of King David’s life story from his own perspective, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling toContinue reading "God Knows."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904.
First edition of Twain’s “powerful indictment of cruelty to animals.” Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with four color plates by W.T. Smedley including tissue-guarded frontispiece. BAL 3483. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Exceptionally rare in the original jacket.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1959 & 1969.
First editions of the author’s classic work and its sequel. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author, who has added the last line of this work, “Hello? Hello out there? But no one answered….Evan Connell.” Mr. Bridge is signed by the author who has added the last line of this novel, “Joy?Continue reading "Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry before one.” Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the title page. Fine in a near fineContinue reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966."
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Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1880.
First edition of Twain’s humorous and semi-autobiographical work of travel literature with the frontispiece captioned “Titian’s Moses” opposite the portrait of Twain. BAL 3386. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Stikeman and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edgesContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."
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New York : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc, 1985.
First edition of this definitive catalogue of Warhol’s prints, spanning his entire career. Quarto, original cloth, with over 390 illustrations of Warhol’s prints, including 344 in color. Boldly signed twice by Andy Warhol on both the front panel of the dust jacket and front free endpaper. Edited by Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann. Essays byContinue reading "Andy Warhol Prints."
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: Prestel Publishing, 2005.
First edition of this work which brings Goldblatt’s color photography in South Africa from 2002 to 2011. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by David Goldblatt on the title page. Fine in a fine jacket.
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Boston : Beacon Press, 2004.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1938.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carl Van Doren on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional example.
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Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921.
First edition of the eighth book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece and nine illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In good condition, with speckled loss to the cloth and wear, signature to the front free endpaper.
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Edinburgh : Printed for M. Gray, 1789.
Rare early Edinburgh printing of Jonathan Edwards theological collection of sermons. Octodecimo, bound in full contemporary calf. In good condition.
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New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist’s work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
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London : Chatto and Windus, 1928.
First edition of this posthumous collection of short stories, poems, and sketches written by Amy Catherine Wells (“Jane”), the wife of H.G. Wells. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, and tipped-in frontispiece. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the frontContinue reading "The Book of Catherine Wells."
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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1950.
Finely bound edition of John Buchan’s final novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
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London : Odhams Press Limited, c. 1930.
Odhams Press Limited edition of Wells’ classic work of scientific romance, presented here alongside his later psychological and philosophical writings. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth, ruling and decorations stamped in blind to the front panel, top stain red. In very good condition.
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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 : 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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New York : Basic Books, 1980.
First edition, early printing of the definitive account of existential psychotherapy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Marie Irvin D. Yalom.” Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
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Northfield, Massachusetts : Swamp Press, 2006.
Original broadside by the Nobel Prize-winning poet, one of 200 numbered examples, signed by Seamus Heaney, designed by Shawna Parker and Wyn Cooper of Green River Press and printed with Ed Rayher at Swamp Press. The poem, which first appeared in AGNI 61, was written in memory of Czeslaw Milosz. OCLC locates only four copiesContinue reading "Saw Music Broadside."
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First edition, advance review copy of Lewis’ great biography of American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, with the publisher’s review slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald with three drafts of a review of the book by Donald’s mentor and the director of his dissertationContinue reading "Captain Sam Grant."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition of Earhart’s classic dramatic chronicle. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 61 black-and-white photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece, “For Earnestine Fishbaugh. Amelia Earhart.” The recipient, Earnestine Fishbaugh was the daughter of noted Hollywood physician, Dr. Ernest C. Fishbaugh. Accompanied by a laid in note fromContinue reading "20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."
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Augusta, Georgia : Southern Publishing Company, 1870.
First edition of this collection of experiences during the Civil War. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in four compartments within gilt bands, morocco spine label, all edges marbled, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white plates. In near fine condition with toning throughout.
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New York : Charles Scribner, 1947.
First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. With the author’s name and address in her hand laid in. In very good condition.
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London : Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949.
First edition of Keynes’ intellectual, literary and reflective history. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. In very good condition. Introduced by David Garnett.
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New York : Random House, 2015.
First edition of this New York Times best selling magical realism novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Kelly Blair.
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New York : Sphinx Publishing Corporation, 1951.
First edition of this commemorative anthology celebrating the first fifty years of The Sphinx. Octavo, original wrappers, with black and white illustrations. In near fine condition. Compiled by Milbourne Christopher. Illustrated by Sid Lorraine. Introduction by John Mulholland.
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New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1867.
First edition of this record of personal recollections during the Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral detailing stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In very good condition.
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New York : William Morrow, 2021.
First edition of this speculative science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Owen Corrigan. Author photograph by Brady Hall.
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London : Picador, 1999.
First edition by the author described as ‘undoubtedly the finest writer afloat since Conrad’ (Geoffrey Moorhouse, Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with the Inside Passage North and South maps adhered to the front pastedown. Boldly signed by Jonathan Raban on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Marion Ettlinger.
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1953.
First edition of Christie’s ingenious murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, in good condition with losses to the spine and front panel. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.
First American edition of this classic maritime adventure novel that showcases themes of duty, resilience, and individual impact during wartime. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth, top stain blue. Near fine in a good dust jacket, losses to the front panel and spine, bookplate and inscription to the front pastedown.
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New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1881.
First edition of this late nineteenth-century medical work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition with spotting to the panels, bookplate to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare with only one example appearing at auction in 100 years.
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Salem : Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, 1794.
Second edition of this work defending Jonathan Edwards treatise Freedom of the Will. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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