Jarrell, Randall

Blood for a Stranger

New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Jarrell, Randall. BLOOD FOR A STRANGER. First Edition of Jarrell's First Book. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1942. Presentation Copy of this Jarrell High Spot. 8vo. 82pp. A very good or better copy; [red cloth spine & top front cover margin lightly faded] in a near fine red dustwrapper showing light use. Inscribed: "To Guy [T.G. Steffan] and Esther from Randall and Mackie". Jarrell was at the University of Texas at this time, where he met his wife, Mackie. Guy Steffan was a fellow professor & literary scholar. Great Copy. [27213] $2800. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 30968

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Joyce, James

Ulysses. Signed

New York, Random House, 1948. Modern Library Reprint. Hardcover. Modern Library Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Joyce, James. ULYSSES. Samuel Beckett Presentation Copy. Joyce Signature. New York. Random House, 1948. The Modern Library Edition, later printing. 8vo. 768pp. Sea-green cloth. A near fine copy in a very good modestly restored black dustwrapper. This copy of James Joyce's Ulysses from the library of Ray DaBoll, considered one of the most talented calligraphers & designers in America, inscribed by Beckett on the title-page in black ink: "On his birthday and yours / Sam Beckett / Feb 2 (Groundhog Day)" - Making reference to James Joyce's birthday (February 2nd - Groundhog Day). There are Beckett inscription & than there are Beckett inscriptions - This elegant display of Beckett Brain Works, the latter, with Ray DaBoll's bookplate on the front pastedown. In addition, a fine example of Joyce's signature tipped to the front free endpaper. A Clever Beckett Presentation - Superb Association Copy - Fine Joyce Signature. In a custom TBCL Modern Clamshell Case. Punxsutawney Phil says. "It's our Birthday - This is a nifty gift. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32551

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Miller Jr., Walter M.

A Canticle for Leibowitz [Collector's Custom Clamshell Case Only - Not a Book]

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959. No Binding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition 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 black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. 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. Ill.: 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case.

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Book number: 32860

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Kerouac, Jack

On the Road. Signed

New York, The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Kerouac, Jack. ON THE ROAD. Signed. New York: Viking Press, 1957. 8vo. 310pp. A very good or better copy, the white spine lettering partially rubbed, evidence of a bookplate having been removed from the front free endpaper otherwise the book block is clean & free of blemish. Kerouac has signed in black ink at the top of the second blank page which has likely been added later to this copy. Notwithstanding it is indeed signed & as such not to be toyed with as there are only a handful of really top-of-mind modern titles & right beside Catcher & Mockingbird sits OTR or is it the other way round? The dustwrapper is very good or better having been professionally restored with work done primarily at the spine heel & crown. An extremely good copy. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Keynes, John Maynard

The End of Laissez-Faire

London, Hogarth Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with Rare Dust Jacket of THE END OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE. Size: 8vo, 7 3/8" x 4 7/8" 54 pp. with original publisher's cloth-backed blue, greenish grey boards with an excellent printed white label printed dark blue on the spine. The cream dust jacket printed in blue has some sunning and staining with age and a small chip on the head and bottom of the spine and folds. Otherwise in very good condition. No restoration on jacket or edition. Slight fading to boards, minor rubbing to corners with some light overall use. Published July 1926 at 2s; 2,000 copies printed. Woolmer 97. A very important and rare Hogarth Edition based on John Maynard Keynes' Sidney Ball lecture delivered at Oxford in 1924. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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[Kieffer, René, (1876-1963)]. Honoré de Balzac

Le Pere Goriot

Paris, Rene Kieffer, 1922. First Thus. Hardcover. Quint. First Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). [Kieffer, René, (1876-1963)]. Le Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac [1799-1851]. Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1922. 4to. 317pp. 1 of only 50 numbered copies in a total edition of 450. this being No 17 on Vélin de Cuve bound with an original aquarelle by Quint & an extra suite [en bistre] at the rear. 140 colour illustrations by Quint. In an exquisite Kieffer Binding. Full burgundy morocco with tan, sand & mossy green onlay, stamped in gilt at the spine & with ornate silver diamond burst "art déco" mosaic on both covers. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, signed by Kieffer. Kieffer ticket on the verso of the ffe. Original full page watercolour bound in before the title page. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine lovely example of one of Kieffer's elegant show bindings. Carteret, Le trésor du bibliophile. Livres illustrés modernes 1875 à 1945: "A much sought after edition. Ill.: Quint.

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Book number: 30919

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King, Stephen

Different Seasons [Collector's Custom Clamshell Case Only - Not a Book]

New York, The Viking Press, 1982. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. King, Stephen, DIFFERENT SEASONS. Collector's Clamshell Case. New York, The Viking Press 1982.[Book Date]. 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 black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. 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: 32837

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King, Stephen

Firestarter [Collector's Custom Clamshell Case Only - Not a Book]

West Bloomfield, Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1980. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. King, Stephen,FIRESTARTER. Collector's Clamshell Case. Michigan, Phantasia Press 1980.[Book Date]. 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 black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. 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. .

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King, Stephen

Misery - Custom Clamshell Case Only. (No Book Included)

New York, Viking, 1987. King, Stephen. MISERY Custom Clamshell Case Only. VIKING, New York: [1987, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba & & fine Red cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] design on the side graphically inspired from the DJ's BOLD illustration. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. Other Stephen King Clamshells available. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions. .

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Book number: 33099

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King, Rufus

Murder by Latitude. Signed

Garden City, Doubleday Doran/The Crime Club, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. King, Rufus. MURDER BY LATITUDE. Signed. Garden City: Doubleday Doran/The Crime Club, 1930. First Edition of this Lieutenant Valcour mystery Inscribed on the second free endpaper by Rufus King author of the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, Murder By The Clock. A better than very good copy in black cloth with some light use, red titles and decorations. 8vo. 307 pp. A bright, fresh copy of this 'shipboard' thriller. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights. .

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Book number: 29061

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King, Stephen

Pet Sematary Custom Clamshell Case Only. (No Book Included)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1983. King, Stephen. PET SEMATARY Custom Clamshell Case Only. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York: [1983, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant Black Nuba & fine Red 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. Other Stephen King Clamshells available. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions. .

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Book number: 33016

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Levine, Philip

1933. Signed. Inscribed to Howard Moss

New York, Atheneum, (1974), 1974. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Levine, Philip. 1933. Signed. New York: Atheneum, (1974). First Edition of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and new Poet Laureate of the United States Philip Levine's sixth book of poetry, a paperback original, Inscribed by him to longtime poetry editor at The New Yorker magazine, Howard Moss. "Dear Howard, this is for so many good gestures & for the gifts of your own poems over the years. Abrazos, Phil Levine". 8vo. 68 pp. Just about fine in the publisher's brown glossy wrappers printed in orange. "Philip Levine is one of America's "quintessentially urban poets. A large, ironic Whitman of the industrial heartland". The New York Times. .

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Book number: 31727

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[Larry McMurtry] Lopez, Barry

Desert Notes. Reflections in the Eye of a Raven. Signed

Kansas City, Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, 1976. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Lopez, Barry. DESERT NOTES. Reflections In The Eye Of A Raven. Signed. Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, 1976. First Edition of Barry Lopez's first book Inscribed to author Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. 'For Larry/ With my very best wishes/ Barry.' Additionally, with Larry McMurtry's ownership signature above. 8vo. 89 pp. A near fine copy in beige cloth, (four miniscule staple holes to the front free endpaper), brown titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper showing some light use and minimal rubbing. [29926]. .

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Book number: 33089

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Macdonald, Ross. [Kenneth Millar]

The Far Side of the Dollar. Typescript Signed by Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar]

New York, [Published by Knopf in 1965], 1965. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Ross Macdonald's carbon typescript for the novel - 315 pages, rectos only. Signed as Kenneth Millar with his full address on the title page - a clean copy with several corrections in the author's hand. With appx: 116 additional pages - with major corrections, primarily deletions on about 30% of the material. Pages 1-15, 20-21, 58-75, 81, 94-109, 126-129, 135-136, 138-144, 153-155. 158, 162-169, 171-184, 200-201, 210-212, 216-217, 234-238, 240-241, 245, 253-257, 259, 286-287, 295, 300-302. An interesting archive. "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." - NY Times. "Has Tom Hillman run away from his exclusive reform school, or has he been kidnapped? Are his wealthy parents protecting him or their own guilty secrets? And why does every clue lead Lew Archer to an abandoned Hollywood hotel, where starlets and sailors once rubbed shoulders with grifters--and where the present clientele includes a brand-new corpse." - back cover paperback edition. "Ross Macdonald remains the grandmaster, taking the crime novel to new heights by imbuing it with psychological resonance, complexity of story, and richness of style that remain awe inspiring. Those of us in his wake owe him a debt that can never be paid." Jonathan Kellerman More photos available upon request. .

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Book number: 33657

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Macdonald, Ross

Sleeping Beauty. Signed Typescript

New York, [Published by Knopf in 1973], 1973. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Ross Macdonald's carbon typescript for the novel marked as "Copy 3 - My Master Copy" on the tile page in his hand. 332 pages housed mostly in individual plastic sheets as was Macdonald's custom. Holograph notes, corrections, emendations throughout. ".the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." - NY Times. "In 'Sleeping Beauty', Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross Macdonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the consequences of arrogance, and the anguished relations between parents and their children. Riveting, gritty, tautly written, 'Sleeping Beauty' is crime fiction at its best." "Ross Macdonald remains the grandmaster, taking the crime novel to new heights by imbuing it with psychological resonance, complexity of story, and rich ness of style that remain awe inspiring. Those of us in his wake owe him a debt that can never be paid." Jonathan Kellerman. .

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Book number: 33028

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