Ballets Russes [1928 XXI Saison Des Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew]

Paris, Sarah Bernardt Theater, 1928. 1st Edition. Illustration by Pavel Tchelitchew on the cover. 1st Edition. Beautiful souvenir program from the ballet season at Théatre Sarah-Bernhardt. Size: 12 1/2" x 9 3/4" on glossy paper, 36 pp. Full program. Cover in printed in blue and black with embossing and inside printed black. The cover of the Theatre Program is very unique with embossed dots over the main figure. The illustration is from the watercolour by Pavel Tchelitchew a Russian-American (1898-1957) artist created for Ode. 36 pp. Many outstanding photos and advertisements. A rare program in very good condition. Includes the extra insert of the Guttman fur ad. Ill.: Illustration by Pavel Tchelitchew on the cover.

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Book number: 33451

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Adams, Douglas

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Collector's Custom Clamshell Case Only - Not a Book]

London, Arthur Baker, 1978. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Collector's Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in rich blue leather with a 'sculpted design on the side and the words DON'T PANIC on the other side in cut out letters. Velour finished interior. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included. Photographs Upon Request. .

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Book number: 32873

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Aldiss, Brian W.

Hothouse (Collector's Custom Clamshell Case Only "No Book Included")

London, Faber and Faber, 1962. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. A beautiful case for this science fiction classic by Aldiss, Brian W.ARCHER'S HOTHOUSE. A Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York: Grant, [1982, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba & fine dark green cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, multi-mage [sculpted] design on the side inspired from the DJ's complex illustration. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age especially if covered in mylar. *The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. .

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Book number: 32991

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Alexander, Karl

Time After Time

New York, Delacorte Press (1979), 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Rick Lovell - Cover Art. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Basis for the film of the same name. Lovely copy. Ill.: Rick Lovell - Cover Art. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 11710

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Allende, Isabel

Eva Luna. Signed

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First UK Edition Signed by Isabel Allende with her characteristic flower. A fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper unclipped. 8vo. 272 pp. An engaging novel by this consummate story-teller. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 27714

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Anderson, Poul

How to Build a Planet. Signed Typescript

N.p, N.d. Änderson, 1971. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Anderson, Poul. HOW TO BUILD A PLANET. Signed. n.p. n.d. "The axial inclination is also a matter of choice. One might have postulated a really rakish tilt and thus have gotten some extreme seasons". One page Typed Manuscript Signed by Poul Anderson. An excerpt from, How To Build A Planet, originally published in the 1971 SFWA Handbook, later a Chapbook with Stephen L Gillett 81/2" X 11". 2 typed paragraphs on white paper stock. Beginning with the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of stars, How To Build A Planet provides instructions on how to choose one likely to have viable planets, calculating planetary factors such as gravity, axial tilt, energy received per square foot, translating into seasons, weather, plausible biomass, and everything else that makes a believable world on which to set a SF story. .

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Book number: 33457

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Anon

The History of Tom Thumb

Devenport, S & J Keys. n. d. C.1830, 1830. First Thus. Soft cover. First Thus. Soft cover. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB. Devenport: S & J Keys. n. d. c.1860. A very uncommon title from the Keys one penny pamphlets. 12mo. 8pp. illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Victorian printed pink paper wrappers. A very nice example of this Children's Classic. Quite uncommon. .

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Book number: 30244

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Arnow, Harriette

The Dollmaker. Presentation Copy

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Presentation Copy of the First Edition Inscribed by Harriette Arnow on the half-title page. "For Kathryn Carow, a wonderful hostess, a southerner who makes you feel at home, Harriette Simpson Arnow". A very good or better copy in 1/4 blue over beige cloth, (recipient's neat address label and tiny written name to the front pastedown, rear endpaper with a taped envelope in which are articles pertaining to Harriette Arnow and the recipient's neat note, 'newspaper articles about H. Arnow'), white titles to the spine in a bright, fresh very good or better pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 549 pp. A charming copy of an established classic of American literature seldom found signed. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33578

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Atwood, Margaret

The Animals in That Country. Signed

Boston, Little, Brown, (1968.), 1968. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Margaret Atwood's highly-acclaimed early collection of poetry, Signed by her on the title-page. 8vo. 69 pp. A fine copy in pink cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. A stunning copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 33345

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Margaret Atwood, Billy Sullivan

Birds. Signed Limited Edition

New York, Glenn Horowitz, 2012. First Edition. Soft cover. Billy Sullivan. First Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Margaret Atwood, Billy Sullivan. BIRDS. Signed. New York: Glenn Horowitz, 2012. 8vo. 27pp. Publisher's blue cloth stamped bird in black on the upper cover, silver stamped black title piece. The deluxe edition of only 100 cloth-bound copies, signed by artist & author, featuring bird drawings by Billy Sullivan & an essay by Margaret Atwood, who is also a highly regarded birder & conservationist. Artist Billy Sullivan lives and works in New York City & East Hampton, NY. He has exhibited extensively since the early 1970s, and is in the collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. Sullivan has been documenting the avian activity in his wooded backyard from his East Hampton dining room table since 1990. In these drawings, Sullivan captures the social goings-on of East End birds in much the same way he has chronicled family and friends in his paintings. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, & environmental activist. Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards & honorary degrees. She is the author of more than fifty volumes of poetry, children's literature, fiction, & non-fiction, & is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), & The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. An avid birder, Atwood & er partner Graeme Gibson are the joint honorary presidents of the Rare Bird Club within BirdLife International. The entire edition, published in conjunction with the exhibition BILLY SULLIVAN: BIRD DRAWINGS, consists of 450 copies, 350 in wrappers, & 100 deluxe cloth-bound copies signed by both the writer & artist. A very fine copy. Ill.: Billy Sullivan.

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Book number: 32356

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Atwood, Margaret

Bodily Harm. Signed

New York, Simon & Schuster (1982), 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Atwood, Margaret. BODILY HARM. Signed. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1982). First American Edition Neatly Signed by Margaret Atwood on the title-page. 8vo. 266 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 turquoise cloth over beige paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a beautiful Lawrence Ratzkin designed pictorial dustwrapper. Margaret Atwood's fifth novel, a feminist rendering of gender power politics. "Secures her place in the upper ranks of important novelists." Cosmopolitan. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32289

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Atwood, Margaret

Dancing Girls. Signed

New York: Bantam, (1985). 1st Edition. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. Original Wraps. Signed by Author. First Edition thus of Margaret Atwood's first short story collection Signed by her on the title-page. 8vo. 240 pp. A fine copy of these highly praised and often anthologized fourteen stories, in the publisher's illustrated wrappers, as issued. Winner of the St. Lawrence Award for Fiction and the Periodical Distributors Of Canada Short Fiction Award. "A stunning collection", The New York Times Book Review. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine .

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Book number: 33590

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Atwood, Margaret

The Edible Woman. Signed

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, (1969), 1969. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Atwood, Margaret. THE EDIBLE WOMAN. Presentation Copy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1969). First Edition of Margaret Atwood's first novel Inscribed by her on the title-page. "For.. With best wishes, Margaret Atwood." A fine copy in burgundy cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine Charles Pachter designed pictorial dustwrapper showing some minimal use. 8vo. 281 pp. Superb copy. .

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Book number: 33141

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Atwood, Margaret

Good Bones. Signed

Toronto, Coach House Press, 1992. First Edition. Margaret Atwood. First Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by the author on the title-page. REVIEW COPY A lovely fine copy in the publisher's bright orange paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper designed by Margaret Atwood. Small 8vo. 163 pp. A brilliant, witty and often ironic collection of short-pieces. Ill.: Margaret Atwood.

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Book number: 33053

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Atwood, Margaret

Good Bones. Signed

Toronto, Harbourfront Series, 1992. First Edition. First Edition. A lovely Pamphlet in fine condition. 8 page plus cover. 5" x 7" Number 76 of 150 signed copies from an edition of 500. Fine small format Staplebound booklet containing a brilliant, witty and often ironic single poem about Bones. .

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Book number: 33054

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