Fisher, M. F. K.

Map of Another Town. A Memoir of Provence. Signed

Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Cloth. 1st Edition. Cloth. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by M. F. K. Fisher in the year of publication on the second free endpaper. "For John and Bill Dutton /with love / MFKFisher / St. Helena /1964". A fine copy in plum cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some modest overall use. 8vo. 273 pp. A stimulating guide for the senses and spirit, M. F. K. Fisher's Proustian observance of detail and nuance bring together a classic portrait of Aix-en-Provence. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/Near Fine.

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Fisher, M. F. K.

Spirits of the Valley. Signed by M.F. K. Fisher

New York, Targ Editions, 1985, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Fisher, M. F. K. SPIRITS OF THE VALLEY. New York: Targ Editions, 1985. First Edition Limited to 250 copies Signed by M. F. K. Fisher. Small 4to. 21 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over patterned green paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in the publisher's unprinted glassine dustwrapper. Fine dark navy blue slipcase. An engaging autobiographical memoir by America's premiere culinary author. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Flanner, Janet

London Was Yesterday. 1934-1939. Signed

New York, The Viking Press, (1975), 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Janet Flanner on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. Small 4to. 160 pp. A classic selection of Janet Flanner's ("Genêt") Letter From London articles, originally published in The New Yorker Magazine, just before World War ll, accompanied by black and white photographs throughout. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine/Fine.

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Flaubert, Gustave

Salambo. Translated by J.S. Chartres. [Also Known As Salammbo]

Paris, Vizetelly & Co. 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Flaubert, Gustave. SALAMBO. Translated by J.S. Chartres. [also known as Salammbo]. London: Vizetelly & Co. 1886. First English edition, & First Edition in English (a different English translation was published by Saxon in the same year). 8vo. pp xvi + 360 + 24 adverts at rear. Rust boards with gilt titling & decorations to spine & upper board, blind-stamped decoration & borders to lower board, title in black within gold decoration. Pale blue endpapers. Tissue-guarded portrait of the author etched by Bocourt. Text block clean & free of blemish, a couple of preliminaries including the half title slightly darkened as always. An exceptionally bright fresh copy. Seldom seen as such. Vizetelly published Madame Bovary in the same format. .

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Flaubert, Gustave

The Temptation of St. Anthony. Translated by D.F. Hannigan

Paris, H.S. Nichols, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. S. Gorski. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Flaubert, Gustave. THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY. Translated By D.F. Hannigan. Illustrated with Nine Original Designs After S. Gorski. London: H.S. Nichols, 1895. First English edition, & First Edition in English. 8vo. pp viii, 360. Nine b&w plates after S. Gòrski. Publisher's elaborate blocked pictorial cloth gilt showing St Anthony & 2 unclad languishing women. Top edge gilt. A fine exceptionally bright copy showing a bit of rubbing at the tips, the text block clean & free of blemish. Publisher's pricing policy notice to buyers pasted to ffe. An unusually nice premium example. Ill.: S. Gorski.

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Fonteyn, Margot

Autobiography. Signed by Margot Fonteyn

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fascinating memoir of her life in ballet, briefly Inscribed by the legendary ballerina as Margot Fonteyn Arias (her married name) on the title page. Royal 8vo. 266 pp. + index. A fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper portraying Fonteyn as photographed by Cecil Beaton. Stunning black and white photographs. Fonteyn pays particular homage to Rudolf Nureyev, her charismatic, longtime dancing partner, whom, she admits readily, gave her a second career in ballet that resulted in one of the greatest ballet partnerships in history, dazzling audiences in the 1960's and 1970's. "There is a feeling for choreographic form that gives shape and substance to the composition of what she is dancing, to a degree that one has never seen equaled in the ballet." The New Yotk Times. Size: Royal 8vo. Fine/Fine.

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Ford, Paul Leicester

The Great K. And A. Train Robbery

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition, first issue lacking 'train' on the title-page. A near fine copy in decorated blue cloth, (previous collector's discreet name to the front pastedown, hinges strengthened), gilt titles to the spine and front board with black and red locomotive design, t.e.g. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with chemise, red leather labels, gilt titles. A bright, fresh copy of this western novel based on the actual foiling of a train robbery and originally published as a serial in the 1896 Lippincott Monthly Magazine. Adapted into the 1926 film with Tom Mix and John Wayne as an uncredited extra. .

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Forsyth, Frederick

The Day of the Jackal

New York, New York: Bantam Books, (1972), 1972. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. First American Edition of the Preview Edition of Frederick.Forsyth's first book, a Classic Espionage Thriller. A near fine example in the publisher's beige stiff wrappers, printed in black. Pages a little toned as is customary. Small 8vo. 495 pp. A very nice copy of this powerful work about, code name: The Jackal, an anonymous English political assassin. Basis for the 1973 film of the same name directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox as The Jackal, the ultra-efficient political killer hired to assassinate Charles De Gaulle. Also starring Michael Lonsdale as Inspector Lebel, recruited by the French authorities to stop him. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine .

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Frost, Robert

A Boy's Will. Inscribed

London, David Nutt, 1913. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Presentation Copy of the First Edition of the author's first book, preceded only by the legendary Twilight [1894] of which only one copy is known. Neatly & succinctly inscribed in blue-black fountain pen on the half-title to friend & admirer George Crosbie. "For Crosbie / from / Frost". Most of Crosbie's Frost collection was given to Blair Academy [new Jersey] in 1988. A fine copy in the original cream linen wrappers, a bit dusty but otherwise quite nice. Binding D [with 4-petaled flowers]. 1 of only 686 copies of 1000 printed, with "Printed in Great Britain" rubber-stamped on the copyright page. Custom cloth case with chemise. Clymer and Green p. 20; Crane A2. .

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Frye, Northrop

Anatomy of Criticism. Four Essays. Signed

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Northrop Frye's second book, establishing his reputation as literary critic, hailed by Harold Bloom, who credits Northrop Frye as his nearest precursor, "Anatomy establishes Frye as "the foremost living student of Western literature", briefly Inscribed by Northrop Frye on the title-page. "For.With Best Wishes, Northrop Frye". 8vo. 383 pp. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped dustwrapper with slight fade at the spine and edges. 'One of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century'. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Fuller, R. Buckminster

Nine Chains to the Moon. Inscribed

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1938. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's first book. Excellent Presentation Copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown. 'To .with confidence in his ability to demonstrate creative responsibility in his day for other men'. 8vo. 406 pp. A better than very good copy, (dedicatees discreet name lightly stamped on the eps.), in copper-coloured cloth, black titles to the spine and front board in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with light overall general use. All fold-out charts and appendices present. Fuller introduces his concept of the "phantom captain" and many ideas seminal to his remarkable lifelong experiment of 'thinking out loud'. .

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Fuller, R. Buckminster

No More Secondhand God and Other Writings. Signed

Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller to the designer of the book, Andor Braun on the front endpaper. 'To Andor (sic) Brown, With gratitude and admiration for his design of this book, Buckminster Fuller'. A very good or better copy in 1/4 white cloth over black paper covered boards in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some light overall use, a touch of scuffing to the bottom of the front panel and one small chip at the crown of the spine. Architect, creator of the geodesic dome, engineer, inventor and philosopher, Fuller remains one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. .

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Affluent Society. Signed by Galbraith to the Honourable Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Inscribed to Joey Smallwood [the last Father of Confederation] who served as the first Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador's for nearly 23 years. Joey Smallwood signed the agreement December 11, 1948 that united Newfoundland into the Confederation of Canada. First Edition, early impression, (14th), of this landmark work, depicting a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. "One of those rare works that forces a nation to re-examine its values" - The New York Times, April 30, 2006. Nicely Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland on the front free endpaper. 'For the honourable J.R. Smallwood, with my warm regards, John Kenneth Galbraith'. He seemed to have underlined a few sentences inside the book for him. 'Then I had a long and close association with the most notable figure in Newfoundland history and one vital in that of Canada as well. That was Joseph Robert Smallwood. Joey Smallwood, one of the most diversely alert and interesting political leaders of this century and a central figure in the anniversary celebrations of these days. Joey Smallwood was several times in touch with me in Cambridge called me here to St. John's on one or two occasions for meetings, was one of the most interesting (and I must say unpredictable) political figures of his time. I now tell of something which until this moment is still unknown. He once pressed me hard and seriously to return to the land of my birth as head of this university. Under the arrangement that would be proposed I would retain a part-time commitment to Harvard. Not without difficulty I persuaded him that this would not be good for this university, would be unacceptable at Harvard and possibly questionable for Galbraith. Had I accepted, there would have been one certain and sad result: I would not today be receiving an honorary degree. Excerpted from the Convocation address by Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith at Memorial University Of Newfoundland - 75th anniversary of the founding of Memorial University College in 1925. (A long association well-documented). 8vo. 368 pp. A near fine copy in brick coloured cloth, black morocco - style label with gilt titles to the spine, (some hand notations throughout from Galbraith), in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some minimal use. A great gift. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33732

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Culture of Contentment. Signed

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE CULTURE OF CONTENTMENT. Signed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. First Edition Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 195 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 navy cloth over blue paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. Economist Galbraith argues that the United States has become a "culture of contentment" "where the majority of those who vote are socially and economically advantaged and will fight like tigers to maintain that advantage by voting against increased taxation that would reduce the federal deficit and respond to pressing social problems". "No American writer has done more to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable than John Kenneth Galbraith." USA Today. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Gallico, Paul

Love of Seven Dolls. Signed

London: Michael Joseph, (1954). First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by the author to the half-title. A tight, bright copy in illustrated paper covered boards, with some edgewear, (with inscription from previous owner to the first free endpaper. Navy titles to the spine, in a bright, pictorial dustwrapper. 103 pp. Basis for the film Lili with Leslie Caron and the Broadway musical Carnival. All in all a very presentable copy. Better Than Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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