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Berlin : Luchterhand, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Fine in illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page.
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London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1925.
First British edition of the first and last short stories Joseph Conrad wrote. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine first issue dust jacket. Jacket painting by Bill Preston.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1970.
First edition of this work by “one of the great magicians of fiction . . . White’s scope is vast and his invention endless” (The Observer). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Tom Adams. An exceptional example.
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.
Berkley edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1884.
Finely bound example of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full contemporary polished emerald green calf prize-binding, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Presentation inscription.
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Cincinnati, OH : Writer's Digest Books, 1983.
First edition of this work on how to write a play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Mary Greetings and best wishes for success with all your writing Raymond Hull Vancouver, B.C. October, 1983.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "How to Write A Play."
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London : The Folio Society, 2009.
The Folio Society edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, with nine color illustrations. In fine condition. Illustrations by Anna Bhushan. Housed in the original slipcase.
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London : Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1930.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated edition. Quarto, original cloth, slipcase, illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition this powerful novel which explores themes of race, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood trauma. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1950.
Finely bound edition of John Buchan’s final novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
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Boston : A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.
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London : Duckworth and Co, 1924.
First British edition of the last of three books written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Hueffer. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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London : Robert Hayes, 1925.
Finely bound example of this classic work. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with eight plates by F.C. Tilney. In very good condition, bookplate.
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New York : John Lane, 1905.
First edition of Theodora Thompson’s collection of inspirational verse. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum by Riviere & Sons with green morocco spine label lettered in gilt, botanical gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, engraved frontispiece and decorated title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. Ownership inscription.
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London : William Heinemann, 1892.
First British edition of Kipling’s ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher’s decorative cloth. In very good condition.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963.
First edition of Albee’s quietly powerful adaptation of McCuller’s novella. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward Albee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of McCullers and Albee courtesy of Look.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
First edition of the third installment in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s Bech series. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph postcard and typed letter signed by Updike to Erica Jong laid in. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexualityContinue reading "Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel."
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New York : William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1948.
First edition of the first general collection of the poems of John Berryman. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of renowned American poet, critic, and Princeton professor, Theodore (Ted) Weiss and his wife Reneé Weiss, who collectively edited the well-known Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine for sixty years. Near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "The Dispossessed."
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, boards. Boldly signed by Jonathan Franzen on the title page and additionally signed by jacket designer Charlotte Strick on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.
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London : Collins, 1966.
First edition of this collection of short mystery stories by the master of mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Norwalk, CT : The Easton Press, 2005.
Signed limited edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed David Halberstam. In fine condition.
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Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co, 1931.
Early printing of Thompson’s eleventh fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s world of Oz. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Illustrated plates by John R. Neill.
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