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RARE and FIRST EDITIONS

Signed First Editions

A Drink Before the War

Dennis Lehane

First novel by award winning author. Signed, first edition, first printing. Fine condition. $100.00

Also, signed first edition of Lehane's Mystic River; Darkness, Take My Hand.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz

First novel by award winning author. Signed, first edition, first printing. Fine condition. $100.00

Little Children

Tom Perrotta

Signed, first edition, first printing. Condition is fine. $30.00 SOLD

William Eggleston's Guide. An extremely scarce signed copy. Published on the occasion of the 1976 exhibition William Eggleston, curated by John Szarkowski, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. One of the most influential books in the history of photography. The very best book of Eggleston's groundbreaking color work from the 1960s and 1970s. The first edition is Scarce. Signed by William Eggleston. Fine condition. $1,700.00

Interview With the Vampire

Anne Rice

Signed, First Edition (1976) in near fine condition.

Cool Hand Luke. 1st Edition. Novel movie was based on. $300.00

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

First edition in fine condition. All first edition points are present. No interior marks; not price clipped. Rare in this fine condition. This is considered the author's finest book. $1,400.00(US)

Ulysses

James Joyce

Rare 8th printing from Shakespeare and company; re-bound in half leather with cold stamping. $850.00(US)

Causeries

Charles Baudelaire

In French. Limited edition. Original wraps (some chipping). Very good. Editions du "Sagitaire" 1920. $170.00.(US) SOLD

Watership Down

Richard Adams

First edition. Fine with near fine jacket. $175.00.

A Bibliography of the Writings of Joseph Conrad (1895-1920) 1st edition. Ltd to 170 copies. Near fine condition. $150.00.

Bayeux Tapestry: David M. Wilson

Introduction and commentary by David M. Wilson, the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1985. Handsome folio, slipcased - bound in green cloth and lettered in gold. Illustration to front panel of slipcase. The color reproduction of the entirety of this exquisite work is noteworthy - a volume that was accorded all of the attention it so richly deserved from the publisher. The book is fine, the slipcase is near fine with just a touch of fade to the topmost edge of the front panel. $100.00

Bayeux Tapestry. John Russell Smith, London, 1856. 8.5"x11". Numerous color illustrations; 3/4 red leather, marbled paper over boards,gilt spine title, all edges marbled, & marbled endpapers. Condition is poor. $75.00

No Third Path. Joseph Novak (Jerzy Kosinski). Kosinski's anti-communist manifesto written under a pseudonym. This book is in near fine condition. $100.00

Old Mr. Flood. Joseph Mitchell. Scarce first edition, signed by author. $200.00

Our Sale on Easton and Franklin Press leather bound books is underway, and we are selling through a number of titles. For current stock, visit our Notable Books page.

New Arrivals

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Charles Darwin 1894. $250.00

The French Revolution, Allen. Published by George Barrie's. 1922. 4 Volume--1/2 Leather. Very Good condition. $200.00

Stories and Essays by Mrs. Havelock Ellis. 2 volumes complete. Ltd printing of 300; this is #116/ Author was British writer, women's right activist, openly lesbian wife of famous sexologist, Havelock Ellis. The essays include sketches by Mrs. Ellis on Edward Carpenter, Oscar Wilde, Ellen Key, Havelock Ellis and Frederik van Eeden. Mrs. Ellis was a key figure in turn of the century free thinking. $170.00

The Graduate

A Novel of Today's Youth, Unlike Any You Have Read.

Charles Webb

NAL, 1963. $275.00.

First Edition, First Printing. The novel that became a ground-breaking film by Mike Nichols with a extremely popular sound-track from Simon and Garfunkle. This was the author's first novel.

The Road