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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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New York : Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of this collection of letters by Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth. In fine condition. Edited by Dmitri Nabokov and Matthew J. Broccoli.
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New York : William Morrow, 2021.
First edition of this speculative science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Owen Corrigan. Author photograph by Brady Hall.
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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 : Faber and Faber Limited, 1984.
First edition of the second volume of Wells’s expansive autobiographical work, in which he reflects on the experiences, intellectual influences, and philosophical conclusions that shaped his life and career as one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers and social thinkers. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher PriestContinue reading "Experiment in Autobiography: Volume II Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain."
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London : Macmillan, 1966.
First edition of Cornell’s study of Kipling’s apprenticeship in India. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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New York : The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of Danielson’s collection of sporting memories. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Edwin Megargee. One of 1250 numbered copies, this is number 775. In near fine condition.
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New York : Viking, 2013.
First American edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Buckley and Kulick.
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New York : Random House, 2015.
First edition of this New York Times best selling magical realism novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Kelly Blair.
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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 : Thames and Hudson, 1975.
First edition of Amis’ study of great English author, Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling, with 114 illustrations. In near fine condition. Cover illustration by Avril Broadley.
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972.
First edition of this complex novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small closed tear to the rear panel. Author photograph by Halsman.
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London : Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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London : Oxford University Press, 1967.
First edition of Dobree’s fresh approach to Kipling’s philosophy, poetry, and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good dust jacket. Stamp to the title page, lacking the front free endpaper, tape remnants.
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New York : Penguin Books, 1992.
First American edition of this incredibly entertaining play. Octavo, original black half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Inge Morath.
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London : Hamlyn, 1974.
First edition of the great biographer’s lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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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 : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1991.
First American edition of Nooteboom’s mysterious tale. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Claude Verlinde. Jacket photograph by Simone Sassen.
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London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918.
First edition, early printing of this early twentieth-century social novel exploring education, reform, and the shaping of modern character. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. In very good condition.
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Los Angeles, California : Seven Wolves Publishing, 1991.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of Michael Blake’s second novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.
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London : Hamish Hamilton, 1945.
First edition of Brown’s candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1948.
First edition, first printing of this inspiring play by England’s 37-year Poet Laureate. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Graphic House Associates. Author photograph by Keystone Pictures, Inc.
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Chicago : Argus Books, 1942.
First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter’s work on Kipling’s life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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London : Victor Gollancz, 1966.
First edition of Stewart’s homage to Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
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