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THE ALCHEMIST (Inscribed First Edition)...
San Francisco: Harper, 1993. First Edition. First US printing. A Fine copy of the book, smelling a bit smoky, otherwise clean and unread. Dust jacket also Fine. Inscribed by the..... (Item #1019)
Complete set of Cook's Voyages...
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777, 1785. First edition, First edition, Third edition. First edition of the 1773 Hawkesworth edition, complete with the "directions for placing the cuts"..... (Item #1748)
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS...
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition. 2 vols. Collation: Vol. I: [i-xii], [1]-282, [blank]; Vol. II: [i-iv], [1]-289, [blank]; collates complete. First issue (BAL 3833 state A)..... (Item #455)
Writings of J. Fenimore Cooper...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895 - 1900. First edition. 33 vols. Number 48 of 63 sets with a manuscript page bound into one volume. This set with a...... (Item #507)
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FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH...
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First Edition. The debut novel of one of the great writer/directors of modern cinema. Book is Near Fine with toning to board edges otherwise..... (Item #903)
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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. True first issue of this children's classic with the six line colophon on the last page of the book and no..... (Item #367)
The BFG (Presentation copy)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. A wonderful copy, inscribed by the illustrator: "To Nicola & Jonathan love Quentin Blake" and by the author: "Love Roald Dahl 1982." A rare..... (Item #995)
La Divina Commedia
Salani: Arti E. Scienze, [1964]. First edition. A Fine set. Six folio volumes, measuring 340 mm x 260 mm. Each volume made up of loose sheets of Rives paper in..... (Item #839)
The Divina Commedia of Dante...
London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell, 1802. First English language edition. A lovely set of the first complete translation into English of Dante's "Divine Comedy." Full contemporary tree calf, spines..... (Item #1435)
Tutte le Opere de Dante...
Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1909. First edition. One of 105 copies on paper (there were also six on vellum). A Fine copy in the original W. H. Smith binding (stamped..... (Item #1826)
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On the Origin of Species...
London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. First issue with two quotations on the verso of the half-title, species misspelled “speceies” on p. 20, and the whale-bear story in full on..... (Item #1004)
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Democracy in America (Original boards)...
London: Saunders and Otley, 1835. First English language edition. A stunning copy of the first part of de Tocqueville's masterpiece of political commentary, complete as issued in two volumes. Publisher's..... (Item #1003)
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Democracy in America [with] Democracy...
London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, 1840. First English language editions. Four octavo volumes (pages: 221 x 142mm) collating: xliv, 333, [1]; vii, 462; xv, 333; viii, 365 pp. Half titles..... (Item #1847)
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A Christmas Carol
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. First edition. An about Fine copy of the first issue and exceptionally rare in this condition. Light reddish-brown, vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt and blindstamping on..... (Item #945)
Sketches by Boz (Presentation copy)...
London: John Macrone, 1836. First edition. 2 volumes, octavo. In the original green cloth, with decorated gilt titles direct to the head of both spines. Collated and complete with 16..... (Item #809)
OLIVER TWIST; Or the Parish...
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. First edition in three volumes in the original publisher's cloth with the only repair at the inner hinges of Vol. 3, otherwise untouched. First..... (Item #812)
DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE...
London: Dickinson, Brothers, 1854. First edition. Two volumes in one. Large folio (584 x 425 mm) with 55 chromolithographs, handfinished and heightened with gum arabic. Two title pages printed in..... (Item #765)
Poems; Poems Second Series; Poems...
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, 1891, 1896. First editions. Very Good + condition for all three books. The first book, one of 500 copies, with spine faded and foxing along outer..... (Item #914)
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Mickey Mouse and His Friends...
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1937. First edition. Inscribed by Disney: "To Barret Kiesling with best wishes Walt Disney." Also taped in is a thank you card from Disney's..... (Item #1672)
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Poems, By J.D. With Elegies...
London: Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1633. First edition. First edition of the principal collection of Donne’s poetical works, issued two years after his death. In a lovely..... (Item #1336)
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The Raven
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. First American edition. A Fine copy of the book, beautifully preserved in original(?) plain paper dust wrapper and illustrated box. Bright and unworn, with..... (Item #1355)
The Brothers Karamazov
London: William Heinemann, 1912. First English language edition. One of the towering classics of Russian literature. First translated into English in the 20th century by Constance Garnett, as the first..... (Item #1434)
The Hound of the Baskervilles...
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902. First edition. First edition in book form after the serial publication in the "Strand Magazine" Aug. 1901 - April 1902. A lovely copy of the..... (Item #1182)
A Study in Scarlet
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1890. First American edition. First issue of Sherlock Holmes' debut in America, in the original, unrestored printed-paper wrappers (preceding the clothbound edition by 6 months). Spine mostly perished..... (Item #972)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. First English language edition. Octavo (pages measure 221 x 138mm): iv, 464; iv, 464; complete with all 20 illustrations by M. Valentin. Early 20th century..... (Item #1891)