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New York : The Century Co, 1894.
First edition of Muir’s classic work on the mountains of California. Octavo, original pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In very good.
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London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1939.
First British edition of Eliot’s beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. One of 3,005 copies (Gallup A35a). Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by T.S. Eliot. Signature to the front free endpaper and datedContinue reading "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."
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New York : The New American Library, 1972.
First edition of this “extraordinarily good book, but then so is everything Rosalyn Drexler ever wrote” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “3/9/2016 To Tim and Patty Thank You Rosalyn Drexler.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Drexler areContinue reading "To Smithereens."
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New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972.
First edition, early printing of this poignant autobiographical novel that recounts the author’s experiences as a Jewish child. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Corrie with best wishes. Joanna Reiss June 27 ’73 Las Vegas.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate to theContinue reading "The Upstairs Room."
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New York : Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall’s moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Dorothy Hear your heart Jane Goodall.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
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London : Bradbury & Evans, 1850.
First edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original publisher’s variant olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, panels and spine with stamped in blind decorations, illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), including frontispiece and additional pictorial title. InContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
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London : Richard Bentley, 1838.
First edition of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes bound in full polished calf by Root with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt rulings to the panels, gilt turn-ins andContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Snoopy with a heart on the front free endpaper, “For Rosa Audrey, Laurie and Juris with love and friendship – Charles M. Schulz (Sparky).” Near Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown."
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New York : Random House, 1982.
First edition of this comedic play that explores the complexities of relationships. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Santa Monica, California : Irving Music, Inc, 1971.
Cat Stevens’ fifth studio album, which went multi-platinum in the United States and the United Kingdom, and features hit songs “Peace Train” and “Morning Has Broken.” Signed by Cat Stevens in black felt tip on the front panel. In very good condition. Original record included.
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New York : Random House, 1986.
Signed limited edition of the author’s satirical commentary on aging and later life. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. One of five hundred numbered copies signed by Dr. Seuss on the limitation page, this is number 417. Fine in the publisher’s original slipcase which is in fine condition.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Tamal Vista Publications, 2004.
First edition of this prolific South Korean poet’s collection of poems. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, publisher’s printed paper sleeve, frontispiece, with twelve double-page sheets that unfold into 12 inch by 12 inch pages. Boldly signed by the author twice, once on the title page and once on the inside of the publisher’s printed paper sleeveContinue reading "Traveler Maps: Poems by Ko Un."
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London : William Heinemann, 1930.
First edition of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. In near fine condition. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006Continue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."
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1968.
Original album of this iconic work, boldly signed by legendary musician Pete Townshend on the front panel. In very good condition. Record is included.
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[London] 1670 [i.e. 1671].
Rare second edition of one of the most persuasive defences of liberty and “the free and uninterrupted exercise of our consciences”(William Penn). Quarto, bound in full modern morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, inner dentelles elaborately stamped in blind. A powerful argument for toleration and against the intrusion of civil authority into religiousContinue reading "The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience Once More Briefly Debated & Defended, by the Authority of Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity."
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London : Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens’ classic. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. With three key typographical errors calledContinue reading "Bleak House."
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New York : New Directions, 1955.
First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
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New York : New Directions, 1947.
First edition of Williams’ classic play, which won Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in an excellent near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. An exceptional example, rare in this condition and signed.
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New York : Doubleday, 1996.
First edition of Gorbachev’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and additionally signed by Lech Walesa on the title page. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman who co-founded Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc, which became a driving force in the struggle againstContinue reading "Memoirs."
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New York : Bloch Publishing Co, 1941.
First edition in English of Herzl’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. A gifted copy accompanied by a slip from the first prime minister of the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, laid in, “With Compliments from D. Ben-Gurion.” David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) and Theodor Herzl (1860–1904) were two of the most significant figures in the history ofContinue reading "Old-New Land [“Altneuland”]."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition of White’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Isabel Russell with my best wishes and a loud ko hoh! EB White June 1970.” The recipient, Isabel Russell, was the longtime personal secretary and assistant to E. B.Continue reading "The Trumpet of the Swan."
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London : Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in the original parts of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Complete set of the original parts, with all of the etched plates and most of the advertisements. Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen, 624 pp. plus xiv pp. of preliminaries, errata leafContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1876.
First edition of this groundbreaking work on the study of brain physiology. Octavo, original publisher’s brown cloth, illustrated with diagrams. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, signature on the dedication page. Rare.
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United States : Department of State, 1922.
Rare 1922 signed passport of the father of cybernetics Norbert Wiener with a signed photograph by him. The United States of America passport from the Department of State signed by Norbert Wiener with his personal description and his signed photograph affixed to the bottom right corner. The seal is present and affixed to the bottomContinue reading "Norbert Wiener Signed Passport and Photograph."
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Wells, H.G
Townshend, Pete; Roger Daltrey; John Entwistle; Keith Moon
The Author W. P. [Penn, William]
Herzl, Theodor. Translated by Lotta Levensohn. Preface by Stephen S. Wise [David Ben-Gurion]
