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London : Chatto & Windus, 1933.
Signed limited edition of this work by the author of South Wind. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, this is number 213 of an edition limited to 535 sets, 500 of which were for sale, signed by Norman Douglas. In near fine condition.
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New York : Collins Harvill, 1990.
First British edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Sally So finally with love. From R. January 8, 1992 London.” The recipient Sally Soames worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "Wildlife."
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New York : Columbia University Press, 1952.
First edition. Thick quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Doris + Leopold Woolf in happy memory of four years ago. David de Sola Pool December 26, 1952.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Random House, 1967.
First edition of Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gene Barnett best wishes William Styron.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
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New York : Random House, 1971.
First edition of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
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New York : E.P. Dutton/ Seymour Lawrence, 1988.
First edition of this novel by the author of Legends of the Fall. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge. Jacket painting by Russell Chatham.
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London : Collins, 1975.
First edition of this historical novel depicting the armistice negotiations that ended World War I. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Keneally on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition, second printing of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1976.
First edition of Harrison’s third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, top stain yellow. Boldly signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
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California : The Upper Deck Co, 1992.
Original Upper Deck limited edition collector series 1991-92 autograph sheet remembering the ’71-72 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers. One sheet dated February 26, 1992 in glossy color depicting popular players from the 1971-72 Lakers team including Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Pat Riley, Gail Goodrich, Jim McMillan, and head coach Bill Sharman. Boldly signed by JerryContinue reading "Jerry West Signed Los Angeles Lakers Upper Deck Limited Edition Collector Series 1991-92 Autograph Sheet."
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London : Proscenium Publications, 1991.
Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker performed at the Alhambra Theatre. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rehearsal photographs by Ivan Kynci. Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence. In near fine condition.
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New York : Ballantine Books, 2001.
First edition of this classic historical novel about the American Revolution. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Jeff Shaara on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “J.M. Coetzee Cape Town, 1999.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Jacket photograph by Barbara Morgan.
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Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
First edition of this fascinating dual biography of tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout by Brett Helquist. Boldly signed by both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed of these tennis legends.
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Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.
First edition of Day’s account of her experiences as “The First Lady of Baseball”. Octavo, original cloth, with drawings by Leo Hershfield. Signed by Lairaine Day and Leo Durocher on the third free endpaper. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photograph by Editta Sherman.
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New York : Basic Books, 1996.
First edition of this thorough history of public relations. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John: For the greater good to prevail, we need to give ourselves a greater public, Best Stuart Ewen.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1945.
First edition of James Hilton’s later novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely, James Hilton.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine. Jacket illustration by George Picken.
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New York : Penguin Books/ A Joost Elfers Book, 2001.
Later printing of this modern classic. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Robert Greene on the half-title page. In fine condition.
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Rare original photograph of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Boldly signed by him in silver felt tip to the bottom right corner of the photograph. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication. Additionally signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To the Michaels Charlotte Simmons c’est Moi! Tom Wolfe.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
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New York : Random House, 2012.
First edition of this emotionally rousing novel, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Johanna, It’s a pleasure to inscribe a book to such an ambassador of literature. You’re welcome in my posse anyday. Yours, Adam Johnson.” Fine inContinue reading "The Orphan Master’s Son."
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New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926-1929.
First American edition of this first-hand, detailed account of French foreign policy, diplomacy, and the events leading to World War I. Octavo, the first three volumes out of four, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, facsimile signature of Raymond Poincaré stamped in gilt to the front panels, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one.Continue reading "The Memoirs of Raymond Poincaré 1912-1914."
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