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New York : William Morrow, 1983.
First edition of the author’s Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1843-48.
Complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books. Octavo, 5 volumes, original red cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a fourteenth edition illustrated 4 hand-colored plates and wood-engraved illustrations after John Leech, advertisement leaf atContinue 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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South Africa : MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by the author, “NMandela 15.3.06” and additionally signed by “Mac Maharaj 20 Sept 2007” on the verso of the front freeContinue reading "Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela."
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New York : Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959.
First edition of this “true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world” (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Things Fall Apart."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1957.
First edition of the thrilling true story behind one of the greatest spy operations in history. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, illustrated. In fine condition. Introduction by John Blaze.
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New York : Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1930.
First edition of this work by Gann, based on his years as a seasoned trader. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 19 charts. Boldly signed by W.D. Gann on the front free endpaper. Two titles in one volume (as issued) and separately paginated. The Truth of the Stock Tape was originally published in 1923; The Wall StreetContinue reading "Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley’s experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, early printing of the author’s first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, ” To Helen, a book lover! From Ian Falconer.” Fine in a fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper.
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1963.
First printing of this edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Abbott all the best Leonard Cohen London 1988.” Near fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Hall.
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Paris : Librarie Nouvelle, 1875.
First separate edition of this rare Swinburne title. Octavo, original wrappers. Wise 87. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition, early printing of the author’s fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
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New York : Mutual Music Society, 1943.
First edition of the great swing-era American jazz musician’s guide to orchestral arranging. Royal octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely Glenn Miller.” In very good condition.
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Alexandria, Egypt : Published by the author, 1906.
Rare work on occupational medicine self-published by Armenian physician and scholar Garabed Pashayan Khan. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated, text in Armenian. This rare self-published text is primarily concerned with the health and wellbeing of students and teachers in academic buildings, addressing hygiene, posture, study habits,Continue reading "Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First British edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Doris Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rosemary Woods. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
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London : George C. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931.
Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham’s wonderfully illustrated rendition of The Compleat Angler. Quarto, original publisher’s full vellum decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 in-text line cuts. One of seven hundred and seventy-five numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this is number 143. InContinue reading "The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing no unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1957.
First edition of the second book in Kay Thompson’s cherished Eloise series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight. Signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper, “Hilary Knight and ME! ELOISE.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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Orlando : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author’s second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Lady and the Tramp, boldly signed by Walt Disney, Bill Justice and four of Disney’s nine old men: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson, and Woolie Reitherman. Octavo, original cloth, with charming illustrations by Joe G. Rinaldi. Signed by Walt Disney on the title page in crayon and on the front free endpaperContinue reading "Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs."
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Washington, D.C : Microcard Editions Books, 1973.
The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.
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New York : Harcourt, 1995.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s third book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Paola Piglia. Jacket design by Steven Cooley. Translated from the Portuguese by GiovanniContinue reading "Stone Raft."
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New York : Atheneum, 2000-2006.
First editions of each of these four Olivia books. Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. The set comprises of Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms A Band, and Olivia Helps With Christmas. Each copy is signed by the author on the title page, “From Olivia! and Ian Falconer.” Each book is fine inContinue reading "Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms a Band, Olivia Helps With Christmas."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of this work “destined to become a special kind of classic” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas Mark! from Donna.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and on theContinue reading "The Little Friend."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
First edition of Nabokov’s final and incomplete novel which he was in the process of writing at the time of his death in 1977. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. Signed by Dmitri Nabokov on the title page and additionally signed three times by the jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and onContinue reading "The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun): A Novel in Fragments."
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New York : George H. Doran Company, 1917.
First edition, third issue of Roosevelt’s call to arms rallying the United States to engage in World War I. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt on the front free endpaper to his younger sister in the year of publication, “To darling Corinne from her brother Sept 19th 1917.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr.Continue reading "The Foes of Our Own Household."
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Gann, William Delbert [W.D.]
Pashayan Khan, Garabed
Walton, Izaak. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Disney, Walt; Ward Greene [Bill Justice]
Falconer, Ian
Nabokov, Vladimir; Introduction by Dmitri Nabokov
