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New York : Atheneum Publishers, 1960.
First edition of this novel which concerns the friendship between an Army Master Sergeant and a young country bumpkin buck sergeant. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman on the title page. Near fine in avery good dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, “John G. Dunne 1968.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Dunne. Uncommon signed.
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New York : Random House, 1978.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal For Kit, all love.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency,Continue reading "Kalki."
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London : Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott’s collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very goodContinue reading "The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq."
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Lucca : Giovanni Ghiara, 1761.
Eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Quarto, bound in full flexible red calf with gilt titles to the spine, floral endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio, illustrated with woodcuts and a folding family tree. In very good condition.
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London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1965.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1934.
First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a original drawing, “For Marc, Amy and Jonathan. Lauren Ford.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1924.
First edition of this novel that explores the blurring of reality and fantasy as a man experiences a vivid, surreal dream. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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London : Alvin Redman Limited, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian, La Pelle, by David Moore. Very good in the rare original dust jacket.
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San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1990.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Liz – All best – Wendy Wasserstein.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Rochester : Boa Editions, 2003.
First edition of this collection of poems by the award-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “with my Love Fadhil Al-Azzawi and again below in Arabic. In near fine condition. Translated and with an introduction by Khaled Mattawa.
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Athens : Konstantinidis and Michalas Press, 1960.
First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.
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London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925.
First English edition of Conrad’s final, unfinished novel. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction by Richard Curle. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Jacket art by Thomas Derrick. Housed in a custom slipcase.
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition of McMurtry’s funniest and most touching novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary signature on the front free endpaper, “For Dick Larry McMurtry.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Corsillo.
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New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988.
First edition of Jonathan Franzen’s debut novel. Octavo, original half-cloth, with a map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “New York 1 September 88 To Ken Hubner – Appreciate your appreciation! Jonathan Franzen.” Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Author photograph byContinue reading "The Twenty-Seventh City."
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : Frederick Warne and Co, c. 1890.
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth, frontispiece, morocco spine label, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
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New York : Harcourt, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Doris Jose Saramago 29 October 2008.”. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
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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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Paris : Transition, 1928.
The summer 1928 issue of Transition, number 13, containing James Joyce’s ongoing piece “Continuation of a Work in Progress.” Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with the cover portrait by Picasso, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout including Berenice Abbott’s famed portrait of James Joyce. “Continuation of a Work in Progress” is an excerpt of Joyce’sContinue reading "Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928."
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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 : W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.
First edition of this “beautifully cadenced work of art―it will remind some readers of Nabokov’s classic Speak, Memory” (Joyce Carol Oates). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, ” For Renee and Ted whose tenderness, poetic spirit, and wit are so precious to all their friends – AffectionatelyContinue reading "Trains Of Thought: Memories Of A Stateless Youth."
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Lars Eighner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Martha Grenon.
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1939.
The Heritage Press edition of collection of satirical tales. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In fine condition. Translated into modern English by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
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