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J R [Signed]

GADDIS, William (1992-1998) · 1975

$851.00 (€772.10 | £644.14 | ¥135,894)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Printing A superlative signed First Edition (so stated) of this "epic work," the "greatest satirical novel in American literature." (Literary Encyclopedia) Royal 8vo (236 x 152mm): [6],726,[4]pp. Publisher's black cloth, titled in gilt on spine a...

The Mosquito Coast [Signed]

THEROUX , Paul · 1981

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

London Hamish Hamilton First Printing True First Edition, preceding the American edition, of the author's best novel, "clever, superbly composed, also terrifying." (Burgess) Filmed by Peter Weir, with Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix, and awarded both the Yorkshi...

[The Cairo Trilogy (al-Thulathiyya), comprising] Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, [and] Sugar Street [Inscribed by the translator]

MAHFOUZ, Naguib (1911-2006) · 1989

$1,024.00 (€929.07 | £775.09 | ¥163,520)

Cairo The American University in Cairo Press [through 1992] First Impression True First English-language Editions of Mahfouz's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Arab literature, complete in three volumes, each inscribed by the lead translator (Hutchins). Translated by ...

Infinite Jest [First State]

WALLACE, David Foster (1962-2008) · 1996

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

New York Little, Brown First Edition First Printing (full number line), in First State dust jacket (incorrectly spelling William Vollmann as "Vollman" on back panel) of the author's magnum opus. Thick 8vo: [4],1079,[1]. Publisher's quarter-bound French blue cloth spine over pe...

[Ouija] [Occult] The Changing Light at Sandover: Including the Whole of the Book of Ephraim, Mirabell's Books of Number, Scripts for the Pageant and a new coda, The Higher Keys [Signed]

MERRILL, James (1926-1995) · 1982

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

New York Atheneum First Edition First Printing of Merrill's long dramatic sequence with voices, collected here in a single volume for the first time. Royal 8vo (237 x 145mm): [8],560,[4]pp, with errata slip laid in. Publisher's finely woven black cloth, upper cover with author...

[Côté de Guermantes] The Guermantes Way [Remembrance of Things Past]

PROUST, Marcel (1871-1822) · 1925

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

London Chatto & Windus First Edition Parts Three and Four (complete in two volumes) of this masterpiece of modernity, "a milestone in the study of human consciousness and a revolution in the history of prose writing." (Literary Encyclopedia) Translated from the original French...

Monday or Tuesday

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941) · 1921

$1,249.00 (€1,133.21 | £945.40 | ¥199,449)

New York Harcourt, Brace First Printing First American Edition, one of 1,500 copies. Crown 8vo: [4],116pp. Publisher's sage-green quarter cloth over mottled light brown paper-covered boards, white paper spine label printed in black, fore- and bottom edges rough-cut; original b...

[Sword of Honour Trilogy, comprising:] Men at Arms; [with] Officers and Gentlemen; [and] Unconditional Surrender [Signed by Biro]

WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-1966) · 1952

$1,324.00 (€1,201.25 | £1,002.16 | ¥211,426)

London Chapman & Hall [through 1961] First Edition Three fine First Impression octavo volumes, each signed on the front jacket flap by the legendary illustrator Val Biro (1921-2014). vi,314; [10],335; [8],311. Original publisher's blue cloth, spines stamped in gilt, top edges ...

The Golden Notebook

LESSING, Doris (1919-2013) · 1962

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

London Michael Joseph First Edition First Impression of the Nobel laureate’s "indispensable" masterpiece, significant "as the most massive statement made, up to that time, on the position of woman in the modern world." (Burgess). Tall, thick 8vo: 568pp. Publisher's black board...

The Affluent Society

GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-2006) · 1958

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

Boston Houghton Mifflin First Edition First Printing (so stated) of the Harvard economist's celebrated examination of America’s post–World War II consumer economy and political culture. Demy 8vo: xii,[2],368pp. Publisher's bronze-colored cloth stamped in silver and black, fore...

[Books into Film] [Berlin Stories] [Sally Bowles] Mr. Norris Changes Trains

ISHERWOOD, Christopher (1904-1986) · 1947

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London Hogarth Press First Edition Fourth Impression (so stated; only 1,730 copies of the first impression were issued) of Isherwood's "snapshot of a lost world, the antic, cosmopolitan Berlin of the 1930 s." (Time 100) Crown 8vo (186 x 120mm): 280pp. Publisher's citron cloth,...

Two Serious Ladies

BOWLES, Jane (1917-1973) · 1943

$1,774.00 (€1,609.53 | £1,342.78 | ¥283,285)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Edition First Printing of Bowles's only novel, a modernist cult classic (Tennessee Williams named it his favorite book), written in singular, spare, elliptical prose. 8vo (197 x 135mm): [6],271,[1]pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered and decorated ...

[Bloomsbury] The Longest Journey

FORSTER, E. M. (Edward Morgan, 1879-1970) · 1907

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons First Edition First Impression of the author's second book, preceding A Room with a View, one of 1587 copies printed. 8vo: [8],360pp. Publisher's dark forest green cloth, spine and upper covered stamped in gold. A superior copy (...

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion [Signed]

FORD, Ford Madox (1873-1939) · 1927

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

New York Albert and Charles Boni Limited Edition No. 74 of 300 copies for sale and 25 unnumbered presentation copies, signed by Ford on front free end paper. Crown 8vo: ix,260pp. Publisher's quarter-bound finely woven sky-blue cloth over lime-green paper-covered boards, spine ...

Henderson the Rain King

BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005) · 1959

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

New York Viking Press First Printing First Edition, First State, of the author's fourth (and perhaps most loved) book and one of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels. 8vo; [8], 341pp. Publisher's beige quarter-bound linen, spine lettered in orange, silver, and black, orange cloth-...