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New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1985.
First edition of the fourth and final book in Asimov’s Robot series. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barclay Shaw.
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New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition, second printing of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For David and Loni – Nice, nice, very nice, so many different people in the same device. Kurt Vonnegut. Barnstable, Mass. August 14, 1969.” David Hayman was theContinue reading "Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1957.
First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy’s top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. BoldlyContinue reading "From Russia, With Love."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the fourteenth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by legendary director of the film John Glen on the title page. During the 1960s and 1970s, Glen served as a film editor and second unit director, working on such films as Superman (1978) and The Wild Geese (1978); he also contributed to three JamesContinue reading "Octopussy and the Living Daylights."
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London : William Heinemann LTD, 1938.
First British edition of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, bound in half goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition.
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London : William Heinemann LTD, 1935.
First British edition of this early novel by Greene, which would later be republished as The Shipwrecked in 1953. Octavo, bound by Brian Hall in three quarters morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In fine condition.
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London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, bound in three quarters goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition.
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London : Bloomsbury, 1997.
First paperback edition, later impression of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page, “To Ashleigh Innes with best wishes JK Rowling.” Additionally signed by coverContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.
First Macmillan’s Empire Library edition of Wells’ prophetic novel predicting the arrival of atomic weaponry. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt and botanical detailing stamped in black. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and TheContinue reading "The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind."
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London : Faber and Faber, 1962.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. An excellent example.
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London : William Heinemann, 1930.
First edition of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. In near fine condition. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006Continue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."
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Franklin Center, PA : The Easton Press, 1990 & 1995.
Signed limited first editions of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Each volume is signed by Michael Crichton and each with a large originalContinue reading "Jurassic Park and The Lost World."
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London : Hutchinson, 1968.
First British edition of the novel of the landmark “proverbial good science fiction movie” he and Stanley Kubrick created, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Keir Dullea on the title page and additionally signed by him on the front panel of the jacket. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1940.
First edition of the last of Wells’ utopian novels. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995),Continue reading "All Aboard for Ararat."
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New York : George H. Doran, 1927.
First American edition of Wells’ widely translated best-selling novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile signature stamped in blind to the front panel. In near fine condition with toning. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady."
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New York : Doubleday, 1990.
The complete and uncut edition of one of the author’s best-known works being a complete and uncut version. Octavo, bound in original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Pat- Love from Steff and best wishes from me! Stephen King 11/30/96.” Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Near fine in aContinue reading "The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition."
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Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2009.
Signed limited first edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Royal octavo, elaborately bound in full brown leather with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, with a silk bookmark bound in.Continue reading "Cool Hand Luke."
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London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.
First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, hand-made Italian marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed andContinue reading "Brave New World."
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Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920.
First edition of the seventh book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece and eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In very good condition.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1954.
First edition of the second James Bond novel, Octavo, bound by in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, inscribed to two-time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse by Roger Moore and the director, Guy Hamilton. Association copy, inscribed on the versoContinue reading "Live and Let Die."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1956.
First edition of the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, inscribed to two-time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse by Sean Connery, Shirley Bassey and John Barry. Octavo, bound by in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.Continue reading "Diamonds Are Forever."
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London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.
First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a unique binding of a blue suit jacket and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, “Bernard Marx” in gilt on the front panel. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the copyright page, “Yes!!!!Continue reading "Brave New World."
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London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrationsContinue reading "The Hobbit."
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New York : Ballantine Books, 1955.
First edition of this early classic Clarke collection. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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