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London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson,, 1962.
First edition in English of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jorges Borges on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey. Edited and with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan. Rare and desirable signed.
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London : Chapman & Hal, 1947.
First edition of this classic novella. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Daphne with love from Evelyn Christmas 1947.” The recipient, Daphne Fielding was a fellow British author and dedicatee of Evelyn Waugh’s The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and a closeContinue reading "Scott-King’s Modern Europe."
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1957.
First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery, adapted several times for television and film. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very bright example. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.
First edition of standalone historical thriller novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
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New York : The John Day Company, 1944.
Early printing of this classic work, basis for the famous musical and film The King and I, as well as other adaptations. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Margaret Ayer. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Autographed especially for Maxine F. Smith with sincere appreciation and warm personal regards. MargaretContinue reading "Anna and the King of Siam."
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London : William Heinemann, 1930.
First edition, early printing of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell, inscribed by him to lover and fellow writer Rebecca West. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “To Rebecca all good wishes H. G.” Rebecca West and H.G. Wells Rebecca West and H.G. WellsContinue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."
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London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.
First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street sign and with “Violent” forContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1951.
Rare first edition of the reader’s edition of this early novel by the author of A Wrinkle In Time about the first romance of two teenagers from dysfunctional families in New York City. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In good condition.
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Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."
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New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.
Berkley Medallion edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In good condition.
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London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1940.
Later edition of this classic children’s book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in black. In near fine condition.
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New York : Signet, 1985.
Signet edition mass-market paperback of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Duodecimo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition.
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New York : Signet, 1971.
Signet edition, later printing of Rands’ breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Duodecimo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, all edges stained yellow. In near fine condition.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1929.
First edition of this classic adventure thriller. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, illustrated with a map. In near fine condition.
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New York : Scribner, 2006.
First edition of this novel by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
First edition of this sharply observed contemporary American novel of the modern West. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket design and illustration by Fred Marcellino. Author photograph by Bruce Weber.
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London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.
Special edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the spine, printed on Studio hand-made paper, reprinted from Fitzgerald’s translation published in 1859. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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London : Pluto Press, 1978.
First edition of this satirical work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Dario Fo on the half-title page. In good condition, with notes and highlighting. Adapted Robert Walker and Bill Colvill. Translated by Lino Pertile.
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Jack Kerouac’s personally owned Hermes 3000 typewriter user’s manual and repair slip, which he used to compose most of his 1968 autobiographical novel Vanity of Duluoz. The manual is rectangular duodecimo, nine pages with a fold-out specification diagram, detailing machine preparation, general typing rules, maintenance, changing the ribbon, and the tabulator. The repair slip, issuedContinue reading "Jack Kerouac’s Personally Owned Hermes 3000 Typewriter Manual and Repair Slip."
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New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.
First American edition of this children’s classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a small repair to the spine. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author’s first collection of children’s poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. With a signed slip of paper boldly signed by Shel Silverstein laid in. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
First edition of this collection of short stories by the National Book-Award winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Stone on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow author Peter Matthiessen, “For Peter Thank you! with warm regards Louis Menand.” From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. TheContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."
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London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry, 1791.
First edition, first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language, which was published on May 16, 1791 in a print run of only 1,750 copies. Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson, engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua ReynoldsContinue reading "The Life of Johnson."
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London 1867.
Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens to his biographer. One page, dated Monday 7th October, 1867, on Gad’s Hill Place stationery, and addressed to John Forster. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, “I have been very much interested and gratified by that pleasant Passage fromContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed."
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1964.
First edition of this fictionalized, stylistically experimental reimagining of William Shakespeare’s life. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to literary critic and fellow author Walter Sullivan, “with fondest possible regards Anthonie Burgesse.” The recipient, Walter Sullivan was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on SouthernContinue reading "Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love-life."
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Miami : Southeastern Publishing, 2025.
First edition of this work unveiling the extraordinary stories behind seemingly ordinary books. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Jacket design by legendary designer Chip Kidd.
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Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1992.
Signed collector’s edition of the author’s classic Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Ursula K. Le Guin on the limitation page. In near fine condition.
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London : The Cuckoo Press for John Sandoe Books, 2010.
First edition, one of only 200 copies printed given as a Christmas gift of this sketch was written for The Laws of War, a Cries from the Heart production in support of the charity Human Rights Watch, which took place at the Royal Court Theatre on 16th May 2010, which was performed by Bill NighyContinue reading "Pizza."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.
Early printing of the first American edition of Camus’ last complete work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Translated by Justin O’Brien. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph of Camus by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First American edition of Camus’ first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a single closed tear. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. The nicest example we have ever seen.
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New York : Random House, 1977.
First edition of Avery Corman’s powerful classic novel about the end of a marriage and the bond between a father and child, basis for the Academy Award-winning film starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jeff! With My Thanks, Avery Corman”Continue reading "Kramer Versus Kramer."
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Rare original black and white photograph of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway. Black and white matte photograph of Hemingway with his wife Mary and fishing guide Taylor Williams in the trophy room of a club or private home after a day on the water. Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway in black ballpoint at the bottom rightContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway Signed Photograph. [with] Mary Hemingway Typed Letter Signed."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.
Finely bound edition of Puzo’s definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, boldly signed by director Francis Ford Coppola. Octavo, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Francis Ford Coppola on the half-title page. In fine condition. Cover art by S. Neil Fujita.
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London : Bloomsbury, 1997.
First edition, first printing of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. First printing with “First published in Great Britain in 1997”, the full number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, “Joanne Rowling” forContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."
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Surrey : Colour Library International, 1981.
First edition of this work regarding Mother Teresa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Lengthily inscribed by Mother Teresa in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “My dear Sisters, Let us love Jesus with undivided love and others as He loves each one of us. God bless you, M. Teresa mc, 6/7/81.” Near fineContinue reading "For the Brotherhood of Man, Under the Fatherhood of God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Her Missionaries of Charity & Her Co-Workers."
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1963.
First edition of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, 2016.
First limited edition of Harrison’s last published work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with the title stamped in blind on the front panel. One of 150 numbered copies, this is number 36. Boldly signed by Jim Harrison on the third free endpaper. In fine condition. Accompanied by an inscribed note laid in, “10/16 Thanks for yourContinue reading "Dead Man’s Float."
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1936.
First edition of Margaret Mitchell’s masterpiece which remains one of the fastest selling novels in the history of American publishing, with 50,000 copies sold in a single day. Octavo, original cloth. First printing, with “Published May 1936” on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Boldly signed by Margaret Mitchell on the frontContinue reading "Gone With the Wind."
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New York : Random House, 1958.
First edition of Capote’s seductive, wistful masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Truman Capote on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ismar David.
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New York : William Morrow and Company, 1984.
First edition of the seventh book in the Ramona Quimby series. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Laid in is a notecard signed by Beverly Cleary on her Ramona postcard. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Covici Friede, 1937.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Heil Anthony, from Larry Durrell, ‘old hat new look’ 1973.” In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
First edition of this collection of poems by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver and illustrator John Burgoyne on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, inscription to the half-title page. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Illustrations by John Burgoyne.
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London : Chapman and Hall, 1911.
New edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 7 plates by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition.
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1946.
First edition of this classic country-house mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon. A sharp example.
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.
Signed limited first edition of the final volume in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert. Fine in a fine slipcase. Frontispiece by John Schoenherr.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of the account of the year following the death of the author’s husband. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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