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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 : Covent Garden Press, 1973.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1960.
First edition, later printing of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. In near fine condition.
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New York : Random House, 1957.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper with loss and closed tears to the spine and extremities. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong.
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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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New York : Random House, 2000.
First edition of this majestic work of art and poetry. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with paintings by the French Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.
First edition of Nichols’ fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Nichols on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Neil Stuart.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1938.
First British edition of Wells’ satirical novella examining modern relationships, social conventions, and romantic idealism through the reflective and often ironic perspective of its narrator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Apropos of Dolores."
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New York : Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co, .
First edition pamphlet of tennis pro “Vinnie” Richards demonstrating his renowned tennis serve, drive, volley, slice, and racket grip. Stapled pamphlet opening vertically with sequential halftones and filmstrip border. Photo portrait of Vinnie Richards on the cover holding tennis rackets and trophy, published by Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company with advertisements for their tennis balls,Continue reading "Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards."
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London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1924.
Later printing of this incredible comedy in three acts. Octodecimo, original red cloth. In very good condition. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
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London : Robert Hale Limited, 1938.
New and revised edition of MacMunn’s biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.
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London : Anthony Blond, 1962.
First edition of Benedictus’ first novel. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
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London : Hutchinson & Co., 1959.
First edition of the sixth book in the best-selling author’s Roger Brook espionage series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sax.
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1959.
First edition of Lynn’s work examining the literary artistry of the legendary American writer. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Allan Seide.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this bestselling autobiography by radio host Howard Stern. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with caricature and facsimile signature to the front panel, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photographs by Timothy White.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.
First edition of this work by Dos Passos. Octavo, original cloth. Advanced review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Samuel H. Bryant.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition of this collection of letters from beloved children’s author E.B. White. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Collected and edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
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New York : The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of the author’s collection of hunting reminiscences and tales of horsemanship. Octavo, original cloth with labels to the spine and front panel lettered in gilt, illustrated by Smithson Broadhead. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 814. In near fine condition.
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Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935.
First edition of this collection of two letters written by Kipling to Frank Nelson and Nelson Doubleday. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled boards. One of 950 copies. Fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.
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Paris : Édition d'Art, 1925.
Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ornamentation by Paul Zenker, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.
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New York : Doubleday, 2002.
First edition of this historical biography on Dan Sickles, a contentious figure in Civil War history. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on a Random House Australia bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jean Traina.
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London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008.
First edition of the award-winning sketch actor’s first children’s book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrations by Quentin Blake. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Hutchinson, 1965.
First edition of the first edited collection of the unpublished correspondence between the two great men of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of this collection of letters by Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth. In fine condition. Edited by Dmitri Nabokov and Matthew J. Broccoli.
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