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New York: Coward-McCann, 1931. First American edition and first in English, preceding the British edition by one year of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "B.A. Abel from yours respectfully Knut Hamsun 12/11.31." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Norwegian by Eugene Gay-Tifft. Books inscribed by Hamsun are rare.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1934. First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel in his classic August Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "B.A. Abel with greetings Knut Hamsun Norholm 11.8.34." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by John Alan Maxwell. Translated from the Norwegian by Eugene Gay-Tifft. Books inscribed by Hamsun are rare. August, who had to flee from Polden at the end of August (the second book in the trilogy), reappears fifteen years later in Segelfoss. He is now in his sixties, and he works for the town's largest merchant and eventually also consul, Gordon Tidemand, the son of Theodor at Bua (known from the books Children of the Age and Segelfoss Town). August is only referred to by the people of the town as Altmulig 'the Handyman', and his former desire to create development, change, and greatness seems to be gone. August is now a helper… Leer más

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First edition of Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt vignette to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated in color by Frank X. Leyendecker and H. Reuterdahl, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.

Amherst, MA: Jones Library Inc, 1937. First edition of this bibliography on the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jack Gelchrist from his friend Robert Frost Boston November 1940." Foreword by David Lambuth.

London: The Bodley Head, 1984. Faulk's first novel, A Trick of the Light, is at the same time an adventure and an examination of loyalties and allegiances both emotional and political. It is a powerful debut by a highly original young novelist.

London: William Heinemann, 1921.

London: Johnathan Cape, 1930. Early printing of this collection of three plays by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. One of the most significant plays of the twentieth century, Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape is still as startlingly fresh and innovative as it was when it was first published nearly a hundred years ago. Primal working man Yank feels at home in the harsh but familiar environment of a ship's engine room, but a chance encounter with a wealthy socialite turns his world upside down and throws everything he knows into question.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1933. First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Darkly allegorical, O'Casey's Within the Gates is set within the gates of a busy city park based on London's Hyde Park. O'Casey originally imagined that the heavily stylized play would become the basis for an Alfred Hitchcock film, but it swiftly proved to be a box office failure.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Originally published in German as "Die Blendung" in 1935 and later banned in Nazi Germany, Auto-Da-Fe did not become widely known until the publication of Canetti's "Crowds and Power" in 1960. "In Auto-da-Fé no one is spared. Professor and furniture salesman, doctor, housekeeper, and thief all get it in the neck. The remoreseless quality of the comedy builds one of the most terrifying literary worlds of the century" (Salman Rushdie). "Savage, subtle, beautifully mysterious--one of the few great novels of the century" (Iris Murdoch). "A strange, eloquent and terrifying book" (Philip Toynbee). Auto da Fé is the story of Peter Kien, a distinguished, reclusive Sinologist living in Germany between the wars. With masterly precision, Canetti builds up the elements in Kien himself, and his personal relationships, which will lead to his destruction.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Signed limited first edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author, this is number 274. Quarto, original boards. Signed by Eugene O'Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition of the author's later collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Vega and other poems contains a selection of Durrell's later poems, many of which were published at the end of The Red Limbo Lingo: A Poetry Notebook, and others which are published here for the first time in book form. In its entirety, the volume brilliantly displays the breadth and variety of Durrell's temperament and realization.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition of Spark's complex, suspenseful novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication to her American agent, Dorothy Golding, "Dorothy - happy remembrances & love - Mariel 4 October 1965." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Typography, binding and jacket design by George Salter. The Mandelbaum Gate is set in Jerusalem in 1961 (with the backdrop of the Adolf Eichmann trial). While on a pilgrimage to Holy Land, half Jewish Catholic-convert Barbara Vaughan is planning to meet her fiance Harry Clegg, an archeologist working in Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found). To do this she must pass through the Mandelbaum Gate into Jordanian held Jerusalem; due to her Jewish roots this is a dangerous operation and she enlists the help of Freddy Hamilton, a staid British diplomat and various Arab contacts who may or may not be sympathetic to her cause. ''Takes the breath away . . . Pure adventure . . .… Leer más

London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1930. Signed limited edition of this anthology of verse. Octavo, original half cloth over patterned boards. One of 110 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 63. In near fine condition. Particularly known for his verse dramas, English poet and playwright Gordon Bottomley began writing poetry in the 1890s and was influenced by the Romantic poets, Rossetti and Algernon Swinburne. The poems collected here "were written to be spoken before, between, and after a series of choric plays (The Singing Sands, Towie Castle, Ardvorlich's Wife) when they had their first performance in Mr. John Masefield's garden-theatre at The Boar's Hill Festival of Spoken Poetry in 1929." (Author's Note).

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961. First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition of this collection of short stories by the author of The Natural. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall Greetings! Bern May 1973." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1961. First edition, early printing of this classic work which Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived." Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his publisher , "For Cass Jr.- one of the greatest lefties ever to wear a right-handed mitt in action. I refer, of course, solely to the environs of Bedford Village- more specifically, Crowfields. George 28 March 1961." The recipient, Augustus Cass Canfield was an American publishing executive who was the longtime president and chairman of Harper & Row Publishing. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Photograph on the front panel by Garry Winogrand. An exceptional association copy, rare and desirable signed and inscribed. The first of Plimpton's remarkable forays into participatory journalism, Out of My League chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what… Leer más

Bogota: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1985. First Columbian edition and true first which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. This shining and heartbreaking novel may be one of the greatest love stories ever told," wrote the New York Times. It's a "sumptuous book[with] major themes of love, death, the torments of memory, the inexorability of old age" (The Washington Post). The English-language movie adaptation was released in 2007, starring Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro.

Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name.

Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939. First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39." Henry Church and his wife Barbara were patrons of the arts in 1930s-40s France, and were friends with many of the important writers of the era. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the fragile wrappers. With first issue price of 60 francs printed on the spine. With errata slip, often not found, tipped to title page. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed example of this cornerstone of modern literature.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. Early printing of Frost's second published book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with an excerpt from his poem, The Wood Pile, "I thought that only Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks Could so forget his handiwork on which He spent himself, the labor of his axe. And leave it there far from a useful fireplace To warm the frozen swamp as best it could With the slow smokeless burning of decay. Robert Frost For Mrs. R.R. Chappell." With the recipient's bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition. Frost's North of Boston represents a pinnacle of his career, containing such classic poems as "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial," and "The Wood-pile.