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First edition, first issue in the original first-issue dust jacket. Issue points present including title page matching the 1926 on the copyright page; Scribner's seal on the copyright page; bottom of front panel of jacket with "In Our Times", which was corrected in later issues to "In Our Time"; stopped misspelled as "stoppped" at p. 181, line 26; "Book Three" at p. 235 spelled out instead of roman numeral "III"; and down-stairs misspelled as "down-staris" at last line on p. 169. Pages intact without tears, creases, or markings, some light foxing. Unclipped dust jacket with original price present ($2.00), with 2 tape repairs, split at joint of jacket spine visible from reverse, chipping at edges, less than centimeter loss at head and tail, tanned. Hemingway's first novel. When it was published in 1926, The New York Times described it as, "No amount of analysis can convey the quality of The Sun Also Rises. It is a truly gripping story, told in a lean, hard, athletic narrative prose that puts more… Leer más

Charles Dickens. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1937 - 1939, 23 volumes and a book-form case (titled "Plate"), containing a woodcut plate entitled "Leaving the Old Curiosity Shop," drawn by George Cattermole for Chapman & Hall, Ltd., a print of the woodcut, and letter from Chapman & Hall guaranteeing the plate's authenticity. Edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter and Thomas Hatton. Limited to 877 copies, a limitation based on the number of illustrations in the first editions of Dickens, where each set received one of the 877 illustration wood or steel blocks. Each volume with the Ex Libris bookplate of Carlotta and Eugene O'Neill. Carlotta's fourth marriage was to O'Neill; his third marriage. O'Neill had instructed his publisher to wait 25 years after his death before publishing Long Day's Journey Into Night, however, Carlotta took the play to another publisher, whereupon it was published less than 18 months after O'Neill died. The play was produced in 1956 on Broadway and won a Pulitzer… Leer más

First edition, first impression (stated), dated April, 1908 on the copyright page, with 8 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Pinkish tan variant binding, exhibiting light wear, with very minor scuffs and spotting. Lightly rubbed at edges, minor spotting on spine, ex libris "Borrowed from the private library of Wm. B. Straube," remnant of a bookstore sticker which did cause a shadow stain on the opposing laid paper. Gold gilt letters along spine have only light scattered dulling but the cover letters remain nice. There are rubs to pictorial label and scratching but certainly legible.

The most complete of all the collected editions of Twain's works, in 37 volumes, containing the writings of Mark Twain, biography by Paine, letters and autobiography. This definitive edition consists of one-thousand twenty-four sets, the first volume of each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain. Limitation 272 of 1,024. Handwritten S L Clemens and Mark Twain signatures inside the first volume were done in 1906 in anticipation of this set being published in 1922. Limitation leaf is signed by Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine. Books contain rare photos of Mark Twain. Rare complete signed set. Three-quarter leather, with blue cloth, titles in gilt and decorative spine, top edges gilt. With the exception of some minor chipping at top of the spine on very few volumes, in very good to fine condition.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Written by Anne Frank. Hardcover Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. The true first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1947. Original First Issue dust jacket exhibits light wear to the spine and edges with a scratch on cover and tiny paper lift at eye. Slight angled trims to the top and bottom of front and rear flaps, to slide into a protective sleeve, with original $3.00 price intact. Black cloth boards and printing in crisp silver. Pages are clean with only slight toning, the binding square and firm with a previous owner's signature on end paper above photos of the office building she lived in from 1942-1944.

Catch-22, Joseph Heller. First Edition, SECOND PRINTING, signed and inscribed by Heller to Olive Plunkett on front flyleaf. In original dust jacket.

The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill (2 volumes), signed by O'Neill on limitation page. No. 1111/1200. Published in 1924 by Boni & Liveright, New York. In custom clamshell box.

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. First Edition, advanced review copy of the author's first book. Published in 1952 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Publisher's limp paper wrappers, flaps for dust jacket pasted inside the front board. Cover has loss at lower spine. Scribner's "A" on copyright page.

Toys in the Attic. Written by Lillian Hellman. Signed and inscribed by Hellman to Peter Benchley, the author of the bestselling novel Jaws and co-writer of its film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. She writes: "For Peter Benchley. With my warm good wishes for a fine future and my pleasure in having had you in the seminar..." Published in 1960 by Random House. First edition. In original dust jacket with some spotting on front. Hellman was an American dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway as well as her Communist sympathies and political activism. 116pp. 8vo.

An Exhibition of the Work of Robert Frost. In connection with the opening of The John Scott Craig Reading Room in the Reis Library and the delivery of The John C. Sturtevant Lecture, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, May 5-7, 1938. Signed by Frost. 14 pages, including cover. 8vo, self-wrappers; light wear.

All the King's Men. Written by Robert Penn Warren. Signed by Warren on front flyleaf, inscribed to Edward Norman. Fifth impression. Published in 1947 by Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York. In original dust jacket which has tears and loss at top of spine.

A Delicate Balance: A Play. Written by Edward Albee. Signed and inscribed by Albee on title page. In original dust jacket, minor tears at top edge and tear at bottom front. Along with signed photo of Albee. First edition. Published in 1966 by Atheneum, New York.

New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/y Very Good. Going to the Territory by Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man. Signed and inscribed by Ellison. Published in 1986 by Random House, New York. (Between 1970 and 2002, Random House began their number lines with a 2 on their first editions instead of a 1.) This is a generous selection from two decades of Ellison's essays, lectures, personal reminiscences, and interviews. The title of this work is also the title of an address the author delivered at the Ralph Ellison Festival, a celebration of his accomplishments, held at Brown University in September 1979.

The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. The Age of Innocence. Written by Edith Wharton. Winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1921. Illustrated by Barnett Plotkin. Published 1976 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Purple leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. The Sound and the Fury. Written by William Faulkner. Published in 1976 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Blue leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Ulysses. Written by James Joyce. Published in 1976 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Burgundy leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life. Written by Gustave Flaubert. Translated by Francis Steegmuller. Illustrated by Bill Greer. Published in 1978 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Navy leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1975. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Arrowsmith. Written by Sinclair Lewis. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1926. Illustrated by Ben F. Stahl. Published in 1975 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Orange leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1975. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. The Grapes of Wrath. Written by John Steinbeck. Winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1940. Illustrated by Robert Heindel. Published in 1975 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Red leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.

The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. All the King's Men. Written by Robert Penn Warren. Winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1947. Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs. Published in 1976 by The Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Dark brown or black leather, gilt accents, gilded edges, moire silk endpapers, and satin ribbon bookmark.