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Book #50839] FRIDAY BLACK [signed + promo tote bag]. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

FRIDAY BLACK [signed + promo tote bag] Stories

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame.

London: Riverrun, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Strong debut story collection that takes a satirical look at what it’s like to..... #50839

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Book #12598] A MOVIE STARRING THE LATE CARY GRANT AND AN AS-YET UNSIGNED ACTRESS and VERDI'S:....

A MOVIE STARRING THE LATE CARY GRANT AND AN AS-YET UNSIGNED ACTRESS and VERDI'S: A Gorgeous Gallery of Galatial Synecdoches

Ahern, Tom.

Providence & Philadelphia: Treacle Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 1/50 numbered hardcover copies signed by Ahern. Number 1 in the Treacle Story Series. Drawings by James E. Taylor. 8vo cloth..... #12598

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Book #50830] NELSON ALGREN CORRESPONDENCE WITH POET AND FRIEND JOHN CIARDI. Nelson Algren

NELSON ALGREN CORRESPONDENCE WITH POET AND FRIEND JOHN CIARDI Six Typed Letters and Two Cards Signed between 1954-1963

Algren, Nelson.

1954-1963. First Edition. Softcover. Collection of typed correspondences from Nelson Algren to his friend and poet John Ciardi. Includes 6 typed letters signed "Nelson", 1 typed post card signed "Nelson"..... #50830

Price: $750.00 save 15% $637.50

ALENTEJO BLUE. A Novel

Ali, Monica.

London: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ali on the title page. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Tale of the Portuguese village of..... #23176

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CHICAGO. A Novel

Aswany, Alaa Al.

London: Fourth Estate, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Aswany on the title-page. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Translated from the Arabic by Farouk..... #24487

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THE BEST OF H. E. BATES - ADVANCE UNCORRECTED HARDCOVER PROOF.

Bates, H.E. (preface by Henry Miller).

Boston: Little Brown, 1963. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. This is a hardcover "Uncorrected Advance Proof" as indicated by the publisher's sticker affixed to the front of the dust..... #50642

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Book #50908] FOLLOWING IS THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF SAUL BELLOW BEFORE THE INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE...

FOLLOWING IS THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF SAUL BELLOW BEFORE THE INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE XXXIV INTERNATIONAL P.E.N. CONGRESS JUNE 13, 1966 AT LOEB STUDENT CENTER, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.

Bellow, Saul.

New York: New York University, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Copy of a keynote address by Bellow, printed on 9 xeroxed and stapled pages (8.5" x 11"), assembled and distributed..... #50908

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Book #29445] THE BETRAYERS. David Bezmozgis

THE BETRAYERS. A novel.

Bezmozgis, David.

New York: Little Brown & Co., 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bezmozgis on the title-page. First book by this Russian-Latvian author. First book. Blurbs by Shteyngart, Hemon, Edith Pearlman..... #29445

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Book #29446] THE BETRAYERS. David Bezmozgis

THE BETRAYERS. A novel.

Bezmozgis, David.

New York: Viking Penguin, 2014. First U.K. Edition. Softcover. Inscribed Sept 29, 2014 by Bezmozgis on the title-page. First UK edition of his first book by this Russian-Latvian author. The..... #29446

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JORGE LUIS BORGES: SOURCES AND ILLUMINATION.

(Borges, Jorge Luis) de Garayalde, Professor Giovanna.

London: Octagon Press, 1978. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. #50351

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Book #22278] THE INNER CIRCLE. T. C. Boyle

THE INNER CIRCLE. A Novel

Boyle, T.C.

New York: Viking Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Boyle on a tipped-in page. Novel about a sex researcher working for Kinsey in the 1940's. One of the 100..... #22278

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Book #26675] THE DA VINCI CODE. 10th Anniversary Limited Edition. Dan Brown

THE DA VINCI CODE. 10th Anniversary Limited Edition. A Novel

Brown, Dan.

New York: Doubleday, 2013. Special Edition. Hardcover. This 10th Anniversary Edition of one of the most phenomenal bestsellers of our time consists of fully illustrated boards featuring La Gioconda on..... #26675

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Book #50901] THE CHINESE NOVEL. Pearl S. Buck

THE CHINESE NOVEL Nobel Lecture Delivered Before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm, December 12, 1938

Buck, Pearl S.

New York: The John Day Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Buck on the front fly. Buck's lecture given on accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. 8vo black cloth..... #50901

Price: $500.00 save 15% $425.00

Book #50739] EREWHON REVISITED. Samuel Butler

EREWHON REVISITED Twenty Years Later Both by the Original Discover of the Country and by His Son

Butler, Samuel.

London: Grant Richards, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Satirical novel and sequel to EREWHON (1872). Explores similar themes to the first book and is sometimes compared to Jonathan Swift's..... #50739

Price: $250.00 save 15% $212.50

Book #24202] HIS ILLEGAL SELF. Peter Carey

HIS ILLEGAL SELF. A Novel

Carey, Peter.

London: Faber, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Carey on title page. Stated first edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Carey has won the Booker Prize..... #24202

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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.

Carroll, Lewis.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies numbered and SIGNED by Alice Hargreaves ("the original Alice"), of which this is copy #34. Beautifully rebound..... #50871

Price: $2,000.00 save 15% $1,700.00

Book #26914] INTERIOR. Justin Cartwright

INTERIOR. A Novel

Cartwright, Justin.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Cartwright on the title page. First edition, first printing, with "First published in Great Britain 1988 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd" with..... #26914

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TELL IT ALL.

Carver, Raymond; Gallagher, Tess; Stull, William L. (editor).

Roma: Leconte editore, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Selection of unpublished writings, including two one-act plays written with Tess Gallagher. Edited by WIlliam L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll. Text is..... #50788

Price: $60.00 save 15% $51.00

Book #22294] AFTER GOLIATH. R. V. Cassill

AFTER GOLIATH. A Novel

Cassill, R.V.

New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Cassill on the title page. 8vo boards & cloth. #22294

Price: $10.00 save 15% $8.50

CASTLE TO CASTLE.

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand.

London: Anthony Blond, 1969. First English Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Translated by Ralph Manheim. First English Edition of the first novel in Céline's post-war trilogy. Originally published in French..... #50273

Price: $150.00 save 15% $127.50

MOONGLOW.

Chabon, Michael.

New York: Harper, 2016. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Chabon on specially bound-in page by the publisher. 8vo cloth & boards. #28735

Price: $45.00 save 50% $22.50

POPS.

Chabon, Michael.

New York: Harper, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Collection of essays about fatherhood. SIGNED by Chabon on specially bound-in page by the publisher. 8vo cloth. #28734

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Book #29034] LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY. Vikram Chandra

LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY. Stories

Chandra, Vikram.

New York: Little, Brown, 1997. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Chandra on the title-page. Author of a previous novel - RED EARTH AND POURING RAIN (1995) and the well-received..... #29034

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THE FAMILY CHAO.

Chang, Lan Samantha.

New York: W. W. Norton Company, 2022. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Chang on the title page. A novel by this author who is also the first..... #50848

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DAGON.

Chappell, Fred.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1968. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Chappell's scarce third book, a Southern gothic novel with supernatural elements, a sort of Faulkner and Lovecraft..... #50256

Price: $450.00 save 15% $382.50

Book #28992] WELCOME. A Romance of Jamaica. Isabel Clarke

WELCOME. A Romance of Jamaica A Novel

Clarke, Isabel.

New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1942. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. A novel set in Jamaica by the prolific English Catholic writer. 8vo cloth. Unusually nice copy for this wartime..... #28992

Price: $30.00 save 50% $15.00

Book #50826] THE MEMOIRS OF FANNY HILL. John Cleland

THE MEMOIRS OF FANNY HILL (Original title: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure)

Cleland, John.

Cosmopoli, Privately Printed, 1889. Hardcover. Stated publication date of 1889 is more likely closer to 1920. One of only 100 copies privately published in the U.S. somewhere between 1900 and..... #50826

Price: $350.00 save 15% $297.50

Book #29851] A CHANCE MEETING. Rachel Cohen

A CHANCE MEETING Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists 1854-1967

Cohen, Rachel.

New York: Random House, 2004. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fictional accounts of actual meetings between literary figures. An excellent work of literary fiction. #29851

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Book #50771] JOSEPH CONRAD. Joseph Conrad, Wilson Follett

JOSEPH CONRAD A short study of his intellectual and emotional attitude toward his work and of the chief characteristics of his novels

(Conrad, Joseph) Follett, Wilson.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co. (Privately Printed By), 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo paper covered boards with label on front cover and spine. #50771

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JOSEPH CONRAD: A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE.

(Conrad, Joseph) Ford, Ford Madox [Ford Madox Hueffer].

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, stated "published December 1924" on copyright. 8vo cloth binding with paper labels on cover and spine. #50750

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AT SEA WITH JOSEPH CONRAD.

(Conrad, Joseph) Sutherland, Captain J. G., R.N.R.

London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated Limited first edition, one of 1250 unsigned copies. Illustrations, including a nice photo of Conrad as frontispiece. 8vo cloth. Fine uncut copy..... #27837

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CHANCE: A TALE IN TWO PARTS.

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. First American Edition / Fourth Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition, published state. Fourth printing according to Ahearn (APG 020g); title page with double..... #50749

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THE CONCORD EDITION OF THE WORKS OF JOSEPH CONRAD: THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE.

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. First Edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine and cover; t.e.g. Frontispiece portrait of Joseph Conrad with adjacent..... #50762

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FALK; AMY FOSTER; TO-MORROW: THREE STORIES.

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1903. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition and first printing of the "other stories" not included with the American edition of TYPHOON. "Copyright..... #50752

Price: $75.00 save 15% $63.75

LAST ESSAYS.

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, stated "First Edition" on copyright. Collection of 20 essays with an introduction by Richard Curle. 8vo..... #50754

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Book #50755] THE MIRROR OF THE SEA [WITH INTERESTING LETTER & EPHEMERA LAID IN]. Joseph Conrad

THE MIRROR OF THE SEA [WITH INTERESTING LETTER & EPHEMERA LAID IN] Memories and Impressions

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First American Edition / Later Printing. Hardcover. Later printing of the First American Edition without the date on title page and different binding. 8vo..... #50755

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A PERSONAL RECORD.

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, published as SOME REMINISCENCES by Eveleigh Nash, London. 8vo blue smooth cloth binding stamped in gilt; deckled..... #50757

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THE RESCUE A Romance of the Shallows

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. "Copyright 1920 by..." printed on copyright page [Ahearn APG 052a]. Precedes the English Edition. 8vo cloth..... #50759

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THE RESCUE A Romance of the Shallows

Conrad, Joseph.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1920. First English Edition. Hardcover. First English Edition. Preceded by the American Edition. 8vo green smooth cloth binding, blind-stamped on front, and gilt-stamped on..... #50760

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THE ROVER.

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition which precedes the English Edition. 8vo cloth binding stamped in gilt. Last complete novel by..... #50761

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Book #50769] THE SHADOW LINE. Joseph Conrad

THE SHADOW LINE A Confession

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, states "Copyright, 1916, by..." on copyright page. 8vo original navy blue linen finish cloth stamped..... #50769

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THE SHORTER TALES OF JOSEPH CONRAD.

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, stated on copyright page. Has a preface by Conrad specially written for this collection which contains: YOUTH..... #50770

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SOME REMINISCENCES.

Conrad, Joseph.

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, preceding the American which was published later as A PERSONAL RECORD. 8vo cloth binding stamped in gilt; deckled pages. "Published January..... #50763

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TALES OF HEARSAY.

Conrad, Joseph.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. First English/U.K. Edition, stated "First Published in 1925" on copyright. Preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. 8vo smooth cloth binding stamped in..... #50764

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TALES OF HEARSAY.

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition and stated "First Edition" on copyright. Preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. 8vo cloth binding..... #50765

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TALES OF HEARSAY.

Conrad, Joseph.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition and stated "First Edition" on copyright. Preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. 8vo cloth variant..... #50766

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UNDER WESTERN EYES.

Conrad, Joseph.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, stated "Published October, 1911" on copyright page. 8vo original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on front..... #50767

Price: $65.00 save 15% $55.25

THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE.

Conroy, Pat.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Author's fourth book, a novel and basis for the 1983 film, by the author of THE PRINCE OF TIDES and..... #50462

Price: $350.00 save 15% $297.50

All This Time.

Daughtry, Mikki & Rachael Lippincott.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. This is a young adult novel and second book by the authors of the bestselling FIVE FEET APART..... #50216

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