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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of this work by the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “For Margaret et Barrett- avec plaisir a un lecteur Patricia Highsmith 15 April 1975.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
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New York : Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Joshua, with fond regards, from Paul.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. Jacket art by Van Howell.
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New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein with an original drawing on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
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New York : Atheneum, 1961.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, “Paule Marshall Dec. 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Robert J. Shiller Oct 8, 2015.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
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Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition, first printing of the novel that launched King’s career, with ‘First Edition’ stated on the copyright page and ‘P6’ in the gutter of page 199. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the second endpaper, “For L. Jack Powell – with best wishes, Stephen King 11/7/80.” Fine in aContinue reading "Carrie."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Dahl’s Whitbread Award-winning children’s novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
First edition of the author’s classic mystery drama which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant. Octavo, original half cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Anthony Miller and Hatie with warmest regards and friendshipContinue reading "In The Heat of The Night."
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New York : William Morrow and Company, 2003-2004.
First editions of each novel in the author’s classic Baroque trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Each volume is signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan.
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New York : Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.
Second revised edition of Goldman’s most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. With biographical sketch by Hippolyte Havel. Books signed by Goldman are rare.
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New York : The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949.
First edition of this classic meditation on the City of New York. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “E.B. White Dec. 1949.” Presented above by Katherine White, “Merry Christmas from the Whites.” White was a writer and wife of the author. She was the fiction editorContinue reading "Here Is New York."
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London : J.M. Dent & Sons, 1946.
First edition of Thomas’ most well-known collection of poetry. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Charles Fox from Dylan Thomas.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, recipient name to the front free endpaper.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume’s career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
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New York : Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the Vincent Scully on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
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New York : E.P. Dutton, 1977.
First edition of this work, basis for the film, with the screenplay by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Design by Guy Fleming. Photograph byContinue reading "True Confessions: A Novel."
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New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979.
First edition of this classic introduction to the vocabulary of architectural design. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John R. Francis Ching 9/7/2015.” In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
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London` : Michael Joseph, 1976.
First edition of this classic, the sequel to All Creatures Great and Small. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Bob and Nancy with best wishes and thanks James Herriot.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Camera Press.
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New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1990.
First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Linda Love, Judy Blume Oct. 1993.” Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Sue Truesdell.
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New York : Times Books, 1998.
First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Alan, With best wishes, Edward Lazarus.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Heidi North.
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Uniform edition of the author’s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece and photographic portrait with facsimile signature. Signed by the author “Truly yours Mark Twain” to the front pastedown. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed inContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First British edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Dear Kaylie, Happy Birthday, 1985, to a young writer from a moderately-old one; here is the first and-as of your birthday-only British copy of this book in America!Continue reading "The Cider House Rules."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1977.
First edition of Didion’s classic fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Kenneth Stein Joan Didion 11 July ’94.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1954.
First edition of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Nelia Gardner White -in admiration Bill Shirer 1954.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vivian Berman. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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Lederman, Leon with Dick Teresi
Lazarus, Edward
Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]
