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New York : Random House, 1983.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Kit – all love – Gore Vidal.” 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, onlyContinue reading "Duluth."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
First edition of Muir’s account of his expedition aboard the USS Corwin. Octavo, original cream green cloth, color pictorial cover label, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Edited by William Frederic Badè. (Kimes 348 BAL 14775). In near fine condition, period ownership inscription to the pastedown.Continue reading "The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette."
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Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962.
First edition of the author’s classic retelling of the true story of the Sisters of Walburga, adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, his performance which made him the first African-American actor to win a competitive Academy Award. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Burt Silverman.Continue reading "The Lilies of the Field."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this work in the Vampire Chronicles. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the title page and additionally three signed by Chip Kidd on the title page, the jacket front panel and again on the rear jacket panel.
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London : Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Uncorrected proof of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. In good condition with spotting to the front panel and a small stain to the page edges.
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Alcalá de Henares : Fundación Colegio Del Rey, 1993.
First edition of this prize-winning crime novella in the original Spanish. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition. Cover painting by Hilla Schürholz. Accompanied by the original publisher’s ‘La Pista de Hielo’ informational bookmark.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of “one of Morrison’s most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde.
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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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London : John W. Parker and Son, 1858.
First edition of this collection centered on the Greek myth of Andromeda’s rescue from a sea monster by Perseus. Duodecimo, 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 rearContinue reading "Andromeda and Other Poems."
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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 : Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."
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[Dublin] : The Dolmen Press, 1961.
First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet’s classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.
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New York : Hill and Wang, 1963.
First edition, advance reading copy of this collection of thirty-seven of Hughes’ tales, eleven of them appearing in book form for the first time. Octavo, paperback issue, original pictorial wrappers, with the publisher’s slip tipped in which reads, “Compliments of the Author.” From the library of Geoffrey Bridson with his bookplate to the pastedown. InContinue reading "Something in Common and Other Stories."
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Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1985.
Signed limited first edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Scott Reynolds. Boldly signed by John Irving. In fine condition.
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New York : New Directions, 2009.
First American edition of the author’s final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Javier Marias 30 November 2009.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Hans Geel. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
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New York : A New Directions Book, 1979.
Early printing of this collection of poems published in English and Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow writer Sergio Muñoz Bata, “A Sergio, con vivasimpatia, ser muco amigo, Octavio Paz.” Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. HeContinue reading "A Draft of Shadows."
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New York : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear.
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London : Methuen & Company, 1906.
First British edition of Conrad’s first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
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Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Laureate’s play that is based on the legendary Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Review copy, with slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Gilbert C.F.Continue reading "Snow in August."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First hardcover edition of this modern classic of Chicano literature. Duodecimo, original purple cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, mark to the topstain. Jacket painting by Nivia Gonzalez, Author photograph by Rubén Guzmán.
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London : Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1797.
Finely bound editions of three of Sheridan’s most well known and popular comic plays. Duodecimo, three volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "The Rivals; The Critic; The Duenna."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1982.
First edition of Naylor’s National Book Award-winning debut novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jeanne Gloria Naylor.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and drawing by George Sanders a.k.a. Sando. With an original African-Caribbean Bookstore flyer advertising the book signing event during which thisContinue reading "The Women of Brewster Place."
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New York : Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.
First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1962.
The Heritage Press edition of the author’s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. 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, title page vignette, with color illustrations throughout. In near fine condition with sunning toContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."
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