Gift Services
First edition books make very thoughtful and intimate gifts. To receive a first edition of a favorite book is the ultimate thrill for many, whether or not they are rare book collectors. As beautiful as they are historically significant, first edition books often become lasting family heirlooms for the next generation.
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Gift certificates
Not sure which book to choose? We offer gift certificates to encourage recipients to indulge in their favorite titles.
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We offer complimentary, professional gift wrapping services. Please email with the gift message to include in the package and indicate if you want the price removed from the written description.
Gift Suggestions
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Fitzgerald, Edward (translator) and Frank Brangwyn (illustrator).
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Price: $1,500
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Potter, Beatrix
The Tale of Mr. Tod
Price: $950
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[Rackham, Arthur] Fort, Paul
Le Livre des Ballades
Price: $950
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Peet, Bill
An Autobiography (Presentation Copy with drawing)
Price: $1,250
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[Taylor, Ann Martin] Mrs. Taylor of Ongar
Maternal Solicitude for a Daughter's Best Interests
Price: $1,650
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Kent, Rockwell
N by E (Signed Limited Edition)
Price: $395
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Ridler, A.W. Louis Wain (illustrator)
Animal Happyland
Price: $950
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Carroll, Lewis
The Hunting of the Snark (Publisher's Deluxe...
Price: $2,250
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Pynchon, Thomas
The Crying of Lot 49
Price: $850
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Haggard, H. Rider
King Solomon's Mines
Price: $3,500
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[Rackham, Arthur] John Ruskin
The King of the Golden River (Signed...
Price: $1,000
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[Rackham,Arthur] [Hugh Thomson, illustrator] Spielmann, M.H.
The Rainbow Book. Tales of Fun &...
Price: $550
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Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
The Sea and its Wonders
Price: $1,200
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Peake, Richard Brinsley. Robert Seymour (illustrator)
Seymour's Humorous Sketches
Price: $650
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Austen, Jane; Chris Hammond, illustrator
Sense and Sensibility
Price: $1,400
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[Shakespeare Head Press] Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Price: $3,850
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[Rackham, Arthur] Kenyon, Charles Richard
The Argonauts of the Amazon...
Price: $650
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Greenaway, Kate
Kate Greenaway's Calendar for 1884. [A set...
Price: $950
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Potter, Beatrix
The Tale of Pigling Bland
Price: $850
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Barrie, J.M. Hugh Thomson (illustrator)
The Admirable Crichton
Price: $550
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Andersen, Hans Christian (Arthur G. Gaskin, illustrator)
Stories & Fairy Tales (in 2 vols.)
Price: $1,750
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Joyce, James
A Portrait of the Artist as a....
Price: $3,850
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Dryden, John
Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Music
Price: $4,500
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[Rackham, Arthur] Walton, Izaak
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's...
Price: $850
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[Rackham, Arthur] Goldsmith, Oliver
The Vicar of Wakefield
Price: $850
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Shakespeare, William
Shakespeares Lucrece. Being a Reproduction in Facsimile...
Price: $750
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Shakespeare, William
Shakespeares Pericles. Being a Reproduction in Facsimile...
Price: $850
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Greenaway, Kate
Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children
Price: $650
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Behn, Mrs. Aphra
Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious...
Price: $950
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Wain, Louis (illustrator)
Fun and Frolic
Price: $850
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Rackham, Arthur
Some British Ballads
Price: $650
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Lindbergh, Charles
The Spirit of St. Louis (Presentation copy)
Price: $2,750
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Carver, Raymond
Cathedral
Price: $150
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Steinbeck, John
The Long Valley
Price: $750
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Fleming, Ian
You Only Live Twice
Price: $550
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Jessie Wilcox Smith (illustrator)
In the Closed Room
Price: $650
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Fleming, Ian
The Man With the Golden Gun
Price: $750
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[Rackham, Arthur] Hope, Anthony
The Dolly Dialogues (Association Copy)
Price: $950
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Hemingway, Ernest
Across the River and Into the Trees
Price: $350
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[Rackham, Arthur] Ford, Julia Ellsworth
Imagina
Price: $650
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Yeats, W. B.
The Secret Rose
Price: $550
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Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea
Price: $1,950
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Cooper, Frederic Taber, Paul Bransom (illustrator)
An Argosy of Fables
Price: $1,100
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Blake, William (illustrator); Robert Blair
The Grave. A Poem.
Price: $3,950
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York, Edward Second Duke of [ed. Wm...
The Master of Game...The Oldest English Book...
Price: $2,250
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Joyce, James
A Portrait of the Artist as a....
Price: $3,500
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Manly, William Lewis
Death Valley in '49
Price: $650
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Knowles, John
A Separate Peace (Presentation copy)
Price: $6,500