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The Dwarfs [Uncorrected Advance Proof]

PINTER, Harold (1930-2008) · 1990

$289.00 (€262.21 | £218.75 | ¥46,150)

London Faber and Faber A pristine uncorrected reading proof of the Nobel Prize-winner's first and only novel, written in the early 1950's, before he turned to theater, but only published in 1990. The novel, says Michael Billington, Pinter's biographer, holds the key to all of ...

[Emblem Book] Zinnebeelden, getrokken uit Horatius Flaccus, naer de geestrijke vinding van den geleerden Otto van Veen, op de zeden toegepast; en met Bygedichten, op nieuws gerijmt

JANSEN van ter Goes, Anthoni, 1626?-1699 [Otto van Veen] · 1683

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

T'Amsteldam [Amsterdam] Justus Dankerts, konst, kaert, en boekverkooper in de Kalverstraet in de Dankbaerheyt First edition of this emblem book by Dutch poet Anthoni Jansen, based on the 1607 Latin edition of Otto van Veen's enduringly popular Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata,...

A philosophical dialogue concerning decency. To which is added a critical and historical dissertation on places of retirement for necessary occasions, Together With an Account of the Vessels and Utensils in use amongst the Ancients, being a Lecture read before a Society of learned Antiquaries. By the author of the Dissertation on barley wine

ROLLESTON, Samuel (1702?-1766) · 1751

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

London printed for James Fletcher in the Turl, Oxford; and sold by J. and J. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard First (and only) Edition of this rare and curious treatise on scatology, with numerous references from classical sources illustrating various cultural attitudes tow...

[Bloomsbury] The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

FORSTER, E[dward] M[organ]., 1879-1970 [Roger Fry, designs] · 1911

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

London Sidgwick and Jackson First Edition First Printing of Forster's first collection of stories, designed by Roger Fry, one of only 1000 copies published, and the first of Bloomsbury's literary works to include Bloomsbury art. Crown 8vo (184 x 131mm) [8],164,[4]pp. Publisher...

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 ...

Nineteen Stories / 19 Stories

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991) · 1947

$701.00 (€636.01 | £530.60 | ¥111,941)

London William Heinemann First Edition First Impression of this early collection. Small 8vo (183 x 119mm): [6],231,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, cream-colored typographic dust jacket printed in red and grey and priced 8s/6d. About Fine (few spots...

[Photobook] Perspective of Nudes

BRANDT, Bill (1904-1983) · 1961

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

New York Amphoto First Edition of this seminal work in which Brandt's "formal inventiveness and keen eye for the surreal are most evident." (Roth 101) With preface by Lawrence Durrell and introduction by Chapman Mortimer. Squarish royal 8vo (275 x 240mm): 14,[2], with 90 numbe...

The Seven Dials Mystery

CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976) · 1929

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

New York Dodd, Mead First Printing First American Edition of this early Christie novel, reuniting characters first introduced in The Secret of the Chimneys. 8vo (130 x 188mm): [viii],310pp. Publisher's orange cloth, patterned end papers, spine and front cover stamped in black,...

[Baseball] The Fairport Nine

BROOKS, Noah (1830-1903) · 1887

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons [from 1880] First Edition Seldom seen Second Printing (no copy appears in auction records) of this cornerstone of baseball literature. Binding and text duplicate the first printing, excepting date on title page and advertisements (eight pages v...

The Equilibriad [Signed]

SANSOM, William (1912-1976); Lucien Freud [illustrates] · 1948

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

London Hogarth Press Signed limited edition of Sansom's early novella about a man who wakes one morning to discover himself physically and psychologically aslant, illustrated with five superb full-page plates after drawings by Lucian Freud. Number 479 of 750 copies signed by S...

[Photobook] Fotografien 1973 bis 1993 [Inscribed]

SHORE, Stephen (b. 1947) · 1994

$251.00 (€227.73 | £189.99 | ¥40,081)

Munich / Paris / London Schirmer / Mosel First Edition Inscribed First Printing of this catalogue for an important retrospective touring exhibition of the New York photographer's work. Edited by Heinz Liesbrock, with texts (in German) by Hilla and Bernd Becher, James L. Enyear...

[Photobook] Schonheit im Olympischen Kampf [Beauty in the Olympic Games]

RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003) · 1937

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

Berlin Im Deutschen Verlag First Edition First Printing of Riefenstahl's "lavish," controversial photobook, a "masterpiece of the propagandist's art." (Parr & Badger) Royal 8vo (309 x 234mm): 282,[2]pp, complete with 273 full-page gravure plates captioned in German, French, En...

[Original Cloth] Our Mutual Friend . . . With Illustrations By Marcus Stone

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) · 1865

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

London Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly First Edition First Issue (with all issue points per Smith, and November, not December, catalog at end of volume II). Demy 8vo (211 x 134mm): xii,320,3-36(first advertisement leaf not bound in); viii,312,4pp, with 20 full-page plates in ea...

[Photobook] Berühmte Zeitgenossen in unbewachten Augenblicken [Celebrated Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments]

SALOMON, Erich (1886-1944) · 1931

$401.00 (€363.82 | £303.53 | ¥64,035)

Stuttgart J. Engelhorns Nachf First Edition First Printing of this pioneering photobook by one of the originators of photojournalism. Tall 8vo (250 x 185 mm): 46,[1]pp, with 116 full- and half-page plates with picture legends in German, English, French, and Italian on versos. ...

Letters to a War Bride

SWAN, Annie S. [Mrs. Burnett Smith, 1859-1943] · 1915

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

London Hodder and Stoughton First Edition First printing of this very scarce epistolary novel. 8vo: 126,[2]pp. Original green paper embossed with crosshatch pattern and printed in red and black over stiff boards. Very slight edge wear, webbing just peaking through between pp 5...

[Photobook] London: with Ten Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn [Inscribed]

CHESTERTON, G. K . (Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936) and COBURN, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966) · 1914

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

Minneapolis Privately printed for Edmund D. Brooks and Alvin Langdon Coburn & their friends . . . by Chiswick Press Limited Edition of this landmark of of early 20th-century photography, inscribed by the publisher. Tall, slim 8vo: 19,[1]pp, with portrait frontispiece (showing ...

Our Hawaii

LONDON, Charmian Kittredge (1871-1955) · 1917

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

New York Macmillan & Co. First Edition First Edition of these accounts of the Londons' trips to Hawaii in 1907 and again in 1915 to 1916, shortly before Jack London's death. 8vo: xiv,[2],345[7]pp, with frontispiece portrait of Jack London (facsimile signature), colored map of ...

The Third Violet

CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900) · 1897

$251.00 (€227.73 | £189.99 | ¥40,081)

New York D. Appleton First Edition First Printing of Crane's fourth book, widely dismissed on publication as a partly autobiographical potboiler but is now ranked among the author's unfairly forgotten works. Crown 8vo (183 x 118mm): [4],203,[1]pp. Publisher's tan buckram, spin...

[Original Cloth] The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby . . . With Illustrations by 'Phiz'

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) · 1865

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

London Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly [from 1839] First Edition Early Issue of Dickens's first commercial triumph, the novel that established his lasting reputation. Issued in 1865 or earlier, based on printer's imprint (verso of title page), possibly as early as 1852, when C...

[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 (...