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London : Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, “To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944”. Bookplate of the recipient on the front freeContinue reading "Serenade."
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Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
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Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling to the extremities.
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South Africa : Radix, 1988.
First South African edition, which precedes the American edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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First British Edition. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
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Paris : Libraire Plon, 1954.
First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
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New York : Viking, 2003.
First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow’s third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow “For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow.” Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engageContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."
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New York : Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of the author’s first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows very light rubbing to the black dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
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New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.
Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.
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: Bennington College, 1987.
First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of this “thoughtful and elegant novel” (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1969.
First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
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New York : : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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1877.
Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant.
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London : Faber & Faber, 1968.
First British edition of the author’s second volume in the acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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London : The Fine Art Society, Ltd.:, 1916.
First edition. Folio, original cloth backed marbled boards. Leather spine labels, top edge gilt. 100 tipped in plates. Limited to 1,050 copies, of which 1,000 were for sale. Signed by the author, Louis Raemaekers. In near fine condition with some light rubbing.
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Bombay : Thacker & Co., 1947.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “Mr. William Bullitt with best compliments from the author Kewal Motwani”.
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London : Collins, 1982.
First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, “With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell.”
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New York : Orbis, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005.” Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire,Continue reading "The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland."
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New York : Norton, 2007.
First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.
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1990.
First edition of the constitution of Namibia. Octavo, original wrappers. A unique copy signed and or inscribed by all the major contributors of the Republic of Namibia, which was formed in 1990. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nelson Mandela, “To Udo with my comradely compliments and best wishes Nelson R. Mandela 22.3.90 Windhoek.” Additionally signed byContinue reading "The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia."
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