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London : Blossom Music Ltd, 1965.
Original sheet music of the classic song, Like A Rolling Stone, named by Rolling Stone magazine as the number 1 song of the all-time, boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. Critics have described “Like a Rolling Stone” as revolutionary in its combination of musicalContinue reading "Like A Rolling Stone."
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London : William Heinemann, 1967.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
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New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1931.
First collected edition of this foundational work in Australian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt author’s initials to the front panel. Association copy, inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to his cousin on the front free endpaper, “Dear Ruth: This one, or three really since it is three novels –Continue reading "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony."
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New York/San Francisco : Harcourt, Brace and Company/The Viking Press/Grove Press, Inc./Avon Book Division/City Lights Books/Farrar, Straus and Cudahy/Farrar, Straus and Company/Coward-McCann, Inc, 1950-1967.
First editions of each of Jack Kerouac’s novels. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in full black levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbledContinue reading "The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and the illustrator on the titleContinue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."
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New York : Scribners, 2003.
First trade edition of the author’s fifth installment of his famed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York, Evanston, and London : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ali MacGraw who starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred AliContinue reading "Love Story."
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New York : Simon & Schuster , 2017.
First edition of Dylan’s Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the title page. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth with geometric design stamped in blind on front panel. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “1/29/76 To Evy & Mort,Continue reading "The Boys From Brazil."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1966.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of these two groundbreaking plays by famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1982.
First edition of this vivid and accessible translation of Sophocles’ tragedies. Royal octavo, publisher’s original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator on the half-title page, “For Rooney – three dark plays – Bob Fagles.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ann Gold. Translated by Robert Fagles. IntroductionsContinue reading "The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1967.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this gothic novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with color illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Michel Ciry on the colophon page at theContinue reading "The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter."
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1961.
The Heritage Press edition of what many consider to be Conrad’s masterpiece. Quarto, bound in three-quarter modern morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and title page vignette, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Introduction by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Illustrated by LimaContinue reading "Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard."
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New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879.
Early edition of Stowe’s enormously influential work, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements to the versos of the front and rear panels. In good condition with toning and chipping. Rare.
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London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1929.
First limited British edition of this collection of critical essays and two letters on James Joyce’s book Finnegans Wake. Small octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Samuel Beckett and Marcel Brion on the half-title page, and additionally signed by Beckett above the title of his essay. Samuel Beckett and Marcel Brion both personally knewContinue reading "Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress."
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New York : Reynal & Hitchcock; Harcourt, Brace and Company; Harcourt, Inc.; Delacorte Press; Collins, 1934 - 2006.
First editions of each work of this beloved children’s classic, with Mary Poppins in the Kitchen being a first hand-tinted illustrated edition. Octavo, eight volumes, original pictorial cloth and boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper of Mary Poppins and on the title page of Mary PoppinsContinue reading "Mary Poppins Complete Set: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins From A to Z, Mary Poppins in the Kitchen, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door."
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London 1860.
Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Friday 20th July, 1860, on bifolium of Gad’s Hill Place stationery, and addressed to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, “When you dined at Tavistock House, you mentioned a school at BrightonContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed."
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London : Geoffrey Bles, 1943.
First edition of Lewis’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by C.S. Lewis on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed.
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New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1946.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on a card to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Scribner, Armstrong, & Co, 1875-1876.
First editions in English of each volume in Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, three volumes in the original publisher’s pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispieces. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. Each volume is in very good condition. A sharp set.
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New York : Bradbury Press, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this landmark novel in the history of young adult literature. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Love, Judy Blume July 1991.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Eros Keith. Rare and desirable signed.
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Greeba Castle 1900.
Rare original autograph poem signed and entirely in the hand of Bram Stoker. Quarto, one page on a leaf removed from an album, complete four stanza poem titled “The One Thing Needful,” pictorial details to top of manuscript margins, floral ribbon details in margins on verso. Boldly signed and dated beneath fourth stanza, “Bram StokerContinue reading "Bram Stoker Autograph Poem Signed."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1938.
First edition of Steinbeck’s collection of 13 stories, which includes “The Red Pony” and “St. Katy the Virgin.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Goldstone-Payne A11.a. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
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Chekhov, Anton; Lajos Szalay [Illustrator]
Sophocles; Robert Fagles [Translator]
Beckett, Samuel; Marcel Brion; Frank Budgen; Stuart Gilbert; Eugene Jolas; Victor Llona; Robert McAlmon; Thomas McGreevy; Elliot Paul; John Rodker; Robert Sage; William Carlos Williams; G.V.L. Slingsby; Vladimir Dixon [James Joyce]
Verne, Jules
