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ORDER OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE DARWIN CELEBRATION, HELD AT CAMBRIDGE June 22 - June 24, 1909. WITH A SKETCH OF DARWIN'S LIFE E.M. Forster's Personal Copy with The bookplate of Laura Mary Forster
by Darwin, Charles [Clark, John Willis, Albert Charles Seward]
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- 1909
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$950.00
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Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1909. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First and Only Edition commemorated the celebration held at Cambridge from June 22 to June 24, 1909, marked the centenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species." This event was a significant gathering of scientists and scholars from… Read more about this item Item Price
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PIRATES AT PLAY - Inscribed by Violet Trefusis to Elsa Schiaparelli
by Trefusis, Violet [Elsa Schiaparelli]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1950
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$480.00
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London: Michael Joseph, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition PIRATES AT PLAY Third Impression in the publisher's orange cloth, gilt titles to the spine. The cloth is aged as seen. The boards are cocked and worn. A few minor notations. This book is not in the best condition but very unique.
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FRIEND OF MY YOUTH
by Munro, Alice
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- 1990
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$85.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First American Edition of this short story collection by the late Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro.
8vo. 276 pp in the original red and green cloth cover stamped in gold on the front and spine, with near fine dust jacket unclipped with price of $18.95 on the inside… Read more about this item Item Price
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FRIEND OF MY YOUTH
by Munro, Alice
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$95.00
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1990). First Edition.. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition of this short story collection by Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro. 8vo. 273 pp. + 2 pp. of publisher's adverts. A clean copy with price $24.95 intact on front flap in protected mylar.
A fine copy in blue cloth, silver titles to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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DANCE OF THE HAPPY SHADES. And Other Stories
by Munro, Alice
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- 1973
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$195.00
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition Of The Author's Important First Book. 8vo., black cloth, gilt, pp. 224. A fine fresh copy in pc dust wrapper
The late author's first book - a collection of 15 short stories from "The writer who has mastered the… Read more about this item Item Price
$195.00
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RAZZAMATAZZ. Inscribed by Early
by Early, Jack (Scoppettone, Sandra)
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- 1st Edition
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- 1985
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New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition, first impression Inscribed by the author on the title-page as Jack Early and Sandra Scoppettone.
'For Michael, best wishes, Jack Early, AKA Sandra Scoppettone.'
A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards,… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
MEMOIRS OF MONTPARNASSE. Inscribed by Glassco
by Glassco, John. [Introduction by Leon Edel]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1970
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$380.00
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Glassco, John. MEMOIRS OF MONTPARNASSE. Signed.
First Edition Inscribed by John Glassco on the front free endpaper.
'To Keith, on his birthday. With much affection from his friend and fellow horseman - this work of homage, with the hope it will… Read more about this item Item Price
$380.00
GETTING TO KNOW THE GENERAL. THE STORY OF AN INVOLVEMENT
by Greene, Graham
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- 1st Edition
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- 1984
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$70.00
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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 224 pp. A member of the Panamanian delegation to Washington at the signing of the Canal treaty in 1977, Greene's… Read more about this item Item Price
$70.00
ESSAIS CATHOLIQUES
by Greene, Graham
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- 1st Edition
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- 1953
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- Soft cover
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$320.00
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Paris: Les Editions du Seuil, 1953. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition. The French Edition being the only edition. 12mo. Wrappers. A very fine copy in the publisher's original wrap-around band with uncut pages. Very Uncommon. Item Price
$320.00
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RIOPELLE DERRIERE LE MIROIR (NO. 218) Signed by Riopelle in pencil and N° 30 of 150 copies of this Limited Edition in Original Slipcase
by Maeght
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- 1976
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$1,250.00
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Paris: Maeght, 1976. Signed by Riopelle and N° 30 of 150 copies of this exquisite Limited Edition.
This issue was released in conjunction with Riopelle's 1976 exhibit at the Maeght gallery of works from 1971 to 1975, including sculptures, pen and ink, pastels, acrylic paintings on carton, paintings on canvas, and lithographs on screen based on Native Canadian… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
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VERVE, VOLUME 2, NUMBERS 5 and 6 REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE PARAISSANT quatre fois par an. Ownership stamp of Artist Alfred Pellan with rare wrapper
by Teriade, E. [Alfred Pellan]
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- 1939
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$430.00
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Paris: Verve, 1939. VERVE, VOLUME 2, NUMBERS 5 and 6
Revue Artistique et Litteraire
Paris: 1939
Quarterly modernist magazine presenting the cutting edge Art of its time.
First English edition, wrappers over hardboard, front cover and back created by Aristide Maillol, 178pp, 4to (10 1/2" x 14"), with an Alfred Pellan stamp on the title… Read more about this item Item Price
$430.00
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THE GRASS HARP. A PLAY
by Capote, Truman
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- 1st Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$550.00
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New York: Random House (1952), 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon First edition. First Printing as indicated. One of 500 copies printed. 8vo, illustrated with scenes from the 1952 production, original boards, dust wrapper. Near fine in very good or better dust wrapper. Item Price
$550.00
LOCAL COLOR
by Capote, Truman
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- 1950
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$435.00
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New York: Random House, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo, 92pp. Capote's impressions of New Orleans, Hollywood, Tangiers, New York, among other places, with photographs by Cecil Beaton, Cartier-Bresson, Hoynigen-Huene, Alexander Liberman, among others 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original cloth-backed boards, dustwrapper. Very nice copy. Uncommon. Item Price
$435.00
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KONIG DAME BUBE. (KING QUEEN KNAVE). Inscribed to Nabokov's close friends L. and B. Thompson
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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- 1930
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$37,400.00
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Berlin: Vertag Ullstein, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Inscribed Rarity. Nabokov, Vladimir. KONIG DAME BUBE [King Queen and Knave]. Berlin: Vertag Ullstein, [1930]., Extraordinary Presentation Copy of the First German Edition published two years after the first edition in Russian which was also issued i n Berlin [Juliar A9.1]. 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
$37,400.00
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NIKOLAI GOGOL. Inscribed to the Thompsons [Lisbeth and Bertram were very close friends of the Nabokov's for over 40 years.]
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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- First Edition
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- 1944
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$15,000.00
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Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions Books, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. First edition, First State with five titles to advertisement page and four titles to rear flap of the Alvin Lustig designed dust wrapper which is also first state with the $1.50 price unclipped. 12mo., [i] + [vi] + 1-174. A very good copy, the spine ev… Read more about this item Item Price
$15,000.00
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TO BEG I AM ASHAMED. The Authentic Autobiography of a London Prostitute
by Greene, Graham [Cousins, Sheila]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1938
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$780.00
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New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US Edition. Co-authored by Greene with Ronald Matthews. Greene writing as Sheila Cousins. In England, the book published by Routledge, was suppressed. The "The Public Morality Council", alerted by reviews notified the Home Secretary who pressured Routledge to withdraw the book. There… Read more about this item Item Price
$780.00
FACING THE MUSIC. Signed by Paul Auster
by Auster, Paul
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- 1st Edition
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- 1980
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- Soft cover
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$130.00
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Barrytown: Station Hill Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies published. This copy Signed by Auster on the title-page but not numbered. Near fine in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers with some shelf wear and browning to the edges but a wonderful edition for any collector.… Read more about this item Item Price
$130.00
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LA VILLE. Published anonymously. No. 205 of total edition of 225
by Claudel, Paul
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- 1st Edition
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- 1893
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- Soft cover
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$1,300.00
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Paris: Librairie de l'art Independant, 1893. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Claudel, Paul. LA VILLE. Published anonymously. Paris: Librairie de l'art Independant, (1893).First Edition.
A rare example of the first version of the poet's second book. 1 of 200 hand numbered copies on Velin Blanc (of 225 copies, the entire edition).
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$1,300.00
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BOOKS AND PORTRAITS. Some further selections from her Literary and Biographical Writings
by Woolf, Virginia. [Lyon, Mary]
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- 1st Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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$90.00
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London: Hogarth Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in the publisher's salmon paper covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine in a beautiful unclipped pictorial dust wrapper designed by Virginia Woolf's niece Angelica Garnett, the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.
Edited by Mary Lyon 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
$90.00
PROCEDURES FOR THE UNDERGROUND Review Copy
by Atwood, Margaret
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1970
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$55.00
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition of Margaret Atwood's fourth collection of poetry. Cover illustration by Bob Daigneault. Review copy. Slight shelf wear and no markings. Pages clean and tight. Item Price
$55.00