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London : Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
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London : Duckworth, 1933.
First edition of Bernard Darwin’s concise biography of literary master Charles Dickens. Small octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Name to the front free endpaper.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921.
First edition, early printing of the Golden Treasury Series of four ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus. Duodecimo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Translated into English verse by E.D.A Morshead. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale of the Nile Expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with ten illustrations by Joseph Nash, R.I. and John Schonberg. In good condition.
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania : Uhuru/Publications, 1970.
First edition of the Philadelphia activist’s first book of poetry. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982.
First edition of the author’s third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “New York May 31. 1983 For Ken Burrows For Whom my affection will never be remaindered Love Susan.” The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989.Continue reading "The Cage."
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Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984.
First edition of the fourth book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
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: Seix Barral, Biblioteca Breve, 1986.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed and dated in 1988 by Jose Donoso on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
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Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 1977.
First edition of the author’s timeless short story collection. Octavo, original cloth. Translated and with an Introduction by Murl G. Barker. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : James Nisbit & Co., Limited, 1899.
Later printing of this tale illustrated by Arthur Rackham very early in his career. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with frontispiece and 15 plates. In very good condition.
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New York : Viking, 1985.
First printing of the re-issue of the author’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Kennedy on the title page, “For Joel, William Kennedy.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
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London : Century, 2018.
First expanded edition of the international bestselling author’s novelization of the eighth installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Collins Harvill, 1986.
First British edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895.
Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In good condition with light rubbing and bumping, front free endpaper missing, and frontispiece laid in, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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London : Faber and Faber LTD, 1958.
First edition of this historical novel following Lepidus as he mediates between Antony and Octavius after Caesar’s murder. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Ayrton. Inscription to the front free endpaper.
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London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD, c. 1900.
Early edition of this collection of fables by Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with four black and white plates. In near fine condition. Translated from the Russian into English in the original metres by Charles Fillingham Coxwell.
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London : The Hogarth Press, 1945.
First edition, second printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
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London : Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.
Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.
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New York : Dutton Book, 2000.
First edition of this “splendid entertainment… Johnson is one of our most astute cultural critics” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Diane Johnson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary E. O’Boyle. Jacket illustration by Nina Berkson.
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London : Cassell and Company Ltd, 1923.
First edition of Wells’ speculative work exploring the political and social direction of the modern world. Octavo, original cloth with titles and floral ruling stamped in blind to the spine and front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “DreamContinue reading "Men Like Gods."
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Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1933.
First edition of the second book in Burroughs’ realistic historical ‘Apache’ series. Octavo, original cloth with red top stain. In very good condition.. Lacking the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and four illustrations by Studley Burroughs.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1955.
First edition of this classic Huxley novella. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Emil Antonucci.
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New York and London : Harper & Brothers, 1941.
First edition of Wolfe’s acclaimed posthumously published short story collection. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, embossed stamps.
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