ELFSONG
by Turner, Ann
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First edition. Very good plus in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this story of a young girl who stumbles into a world of elves and magic while searching for her lost cat. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($16.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 168 pages, including glossary. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Binding with light soil, tiny bump to center of spine. Tight.
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EXPLORING LATE TURNER
by Turner, J.M.W.; Parris, Leslie
New York: Salandar-O'Reilly Galeries, 1999. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this companion to an exhibit on Turner's later works, featuring several "mysterious and magical" oil sketches alongside finished paintings. 11.25'' x 9.5''. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original brown pictorial jacket, no price (as issued). Light grey endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color and in black and white. 180, [4] pages. Jacket with very light shelfwear. Sound.
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TURNER'S PAPERS
by Turner, J.M.W.; Bower, Peter
(London): The Tate Gallery, 1990. Very good plus.. First edition, paperback issue, of this exhibition catalog which "charts the constantly developing relationship between his often very imaginative techniques and the grounds he worked on." 11.5'' x 8''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 136 pages. Touches of wear and rubbing to wrappers, faint spine crease. Light toning to leaves.
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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
by Twain, Mark
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Very good.. First UK edition of the non-fiction companion to HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI draws together two major strands of Twain's writing: the pensive regional descriptions of the South of his younger years, and the spirited travel narratives that took readers with him on adventures. Twain biographer Justin Kaplan sees the development of this memoir and HUCKLEBERRY FINN,... Read More
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TOM SAWYER ABROAD
by Twain, Mark
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1894. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing, state A, of the continuing travels of Tom Sawyer, with authorial responsibility assigned to "Huck Finn, edited by Mark Twain." 8'' x 5.75''. Original tan pictorial cloth. Illustrated with half-tone plates by Dan Beard. State A, with 5 5/8'' between "Webster" and "Twain" on spine (BAL 3440). 219, [1], followed by publisher's advertisements. Pinhole with surrounding scuffed patch to title page recto and... Read More
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HORSES WHERE THE ANSWERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
by Twichell, Chase
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2010. First edition. Fine.. Inscribed first printing of Twichell's selected poems, from the library of fellow American poet Stanley Plumly. 9'' x 6''. Original yellow pictorial wrappers. 255, [1] pages. Inscribed "for Stan and Margaret, with love / Chase Twichell" on title page. Minor edgewear. Bright.
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Autographed Note Signed Sent to a Fan
by Tyler, Anne
Baltimore, MD: np, 1993. Near fine.. Brief letter from Tyler written in response to one Robert Fink. Fink had written about Tyler's 1975 novel SEARCHING FOR CALEB, and Tyler's warm note in response answers a question Fink had posed: whether any of the story was based on Tyler's life. She writes that the only "germ of truth" in the novel was a photo of the character Caleb, which was based on an image of her great grandfather. A... Read More
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THE MOON JUMPERS
by Udry, Janice May; Sendak, Maurice
New York: Harper & Row, 1959. Near fine.. Sendak-signed later printing of this classic snapshot of a summer night, a 1960 Caldecott Honor Book. 10'' x 7''. Original pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine. Pale green endpapers. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with silver Caldecott Honor Book seal sticker to front panel; rear flap mentions WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Illustrated by Sendak in color and black and white. [32] pages. Signed by Sendak on front free... Read More
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A TREE IS NICE
by Udry, Janice May; Simont, Marc
(New York): HarperCollinsPublishers, 1984. Fine in fine jacket.. Lovely later printing of Udry's first children's book, signed by its Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator. 11'' x 6.5''. Original pictorial boards with black cloth spine. In original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Simont. Unpaginated. Signed by Simont on illustrated front endpaper. Minimal edgewear.
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SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
by Ullman, Allan; Fletcher, Lucille
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1948. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First UK edition of the novel based on Fletcher's legendary radio play, exploiting the startlingly modern anxiety that a terrible, terrible thing will happen if you make a phone call. Lucille Fletcher's SORRY, WRONG NUMBER was first written and produced as a radio play in 1943, in which form it eventually won an Edgar Award and the highest of high praise from Orson Welles (for whom... Read More
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BEFORE YOU SLEEP
by Ullmann, Linn
(New York): Viking Press, 1999. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of Ullmann's first novel that "ranges from present-day Oslo to 1930s Brooklyn." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter white cloth over white boards in unclipped ($23.95) photographic dust jacket. Inscribed by Ullmann to title page. 291, [1] pages. Light rubbing to jacket. Interior clean, sharp throughout.
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RAINBOW IN THE SKY
by Untermeyer, Louis; Birch, Reginald; [Mother Goose]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition. Near fine.. Illustrator's presentation copy of Untermeyer's anthology of poetry for children, warmly inscribed by Birch, with an elaborate original watercolor drawing of a young boy receiving this book from a kindly Mother Goose and a testy actual goose. 9'' x 6.75''. Original bright blue cloth, stamped in silver. Red topstain. Lacking dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers and illustrations by Birch. 498 pages. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell box.... Read More
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PEOPLE ONE KNOWS: Interviews with Insufficiently Famous Americans
by Updike, John
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. First printing. Near fine in fine slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's fanciful prose portraits of one's Pal, one's Neighbor's Wife, and other national Types. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter tan cloth with gilt-stamped decorative brown boards. In original beige cloth slipcase. 41, [1] pages. Edition of 300 numbered copies designed by Grant Dahlstrom and printed at the Castle Press. This copy no. 153, signed by Updike at colophon. Board gilt... Read More
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RABBIT IS RICH
by Updike, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket, with near fine slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of the third of the Angstrom series, winner of both the 1982 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. The series that made and maintained Updike's reputation: first, with RABBIT, RUN, introducing the splendors and miseries of the grown-up high-school athlete, his glories behind him and his suburban responsibilities upon him; then the ten-years-after sequel, RABBIT REDUX, in... Read More
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PROBLEMS
by Updike, John
New York: Knopf, 1979. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket, with very good plus slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of this collection of short stories from the acclaimed writer. 8'' x 5.25''. Original full patterned stamped cloth. In matching original jacket (unpriced, as issued). In original matching slipcase. 260 pages. Limited edition, one of 350 numbered copies, this #93, signed by Updike on the colophon. Minor rubbing to slipcase. Jacket spine a bit sunned. Else... Read More
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HOPING FOR A HOOPOE
by Updike, John
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First UK edition of Updike's first book, a collection of light verse. Originally published in the US under the title THE CARPENTERED HEN AND OTHER TAME CREATURES. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-stamped black cloth. In original unclipped (12/6) dust jacket. 82 pages. Light edgewear, slight toning to jacket. Faint foxing to fore-edge, slight bowing to rear board. Crisp.
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RABBIT IS RICH
by Updike, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing, review copy, of the third of the Angstrom series, winner of both the 1982 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. The series that made and maintained Updike's reputation: first, with RABBIT, RUN, introducing the splendors and miseries of the grown-up high-school athlete, his glories behind him and his suburban responsibilities upon him; then the ten-years-after sequel, RABBIT REDUX, in which all... Read More
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BECH IS BACK
by Updike, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's second compilation of stories about Henry Bech, a middle-aged writer with more than a hint of self-portraiture beneath his Bellovian, Rothlike exterior. 8'' x 5''. Original copper-lettered textured black cloth. Red topstain. Pictorial endpapers. In original pictorial dust jacket and slipcase. Endpapers, jacket, and slipcase illustrations by Arnold Roth. Edition of 500 specially bound and printed copies, this copy no. 81. Signed... Read More
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A MONTH OF SUNDAYS
by Updike, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Fine in fine jacket and slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's narrative of a dim clergyman obsessed with sex and with himself. 8'' x 5.25''. Original red and brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original red and brown dust jacket (no price). In original slipcase. Black topstain. 228 pages. Edition of 450 copies printed on special paper and specially bound, this copy no. 262. Signed by Updike on limitation page. ... Read More
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BECH IS BACK
by Updike, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing, review copy, of Updike's second compilation of stories about Henry Bech, a middle-aged writer with more than a hint of self-portraiture beneath his Bellovian, Rothlike exterior. 8'' x 5''. Original full brown cloth. In original unclipped ($13.95) color pictorial jacket. [10], 198 pages. Publisher review slip, original author press photo, and promotional postcard loosely laid in. Some toning to jacket. Touches... Read More
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LITTLE MISS TODDLEDUMS
by Upton, Florence; Brine, Mary
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1893. Near fine.. Rare first edition of this early Upton title, following the life of a little girl in the 1890s. A scarce and little known work illustrated by Florence Upton, issued two years before the first of the Golliwogg books (with Bertha Upton) that made her famous. OCLC finds only two institutional holdings, one the copyright deposit copy at LOC. A lovely copy. 8.25'' x 6''. Original quarter gilt-stamped cloth, gilt... Read More
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LITTLE HEARTS
by Upton, Florence K.; Upton, Bertha
London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1897. Very good plus.. First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century - quite scarce in this condition. 9.25'' x 8''. Original cloth spine, paper pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout (cw: depiction of golliwog doll). 62, [2] pages. A bit of rubbing and light soil to boards, hinges starting to crack but still firm.
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THE ADVENTURES OF BORBEE AND THE WISP
by Upton, Florence
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1908. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Edwardian fantasy of an "unsophisticated little boy" who sets out to rescue a Princess on orders from a fairy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with full-page chromolithographs and additional line drawings in-text. Unpaginated. Some rubbing and wear to boards. Light soil to interior.
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LA HIJA DEL EMBAJADOR
by Valdés, Zoé
(Mallorca): (Bitzoc), 1995. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first Spanish edition of the Cuban writer's short novel - winner of the Premio de Novela Breve Juan March Cencillo for 1995 and published as Bitzoc Literatura No. 23. 9'' x 5.5''. Original pale green wrappers with French flaps. In original unclipped (no price) green pictorial dust jacket. 71, [9] pages. Inscribed by Valdés on title page: "Para Fernando E. Vega, / flotando siempre en el... Read More
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LA SOUS-DEVELOPPEE
by Valdes, Zoe
Actes Sud / Leméac. First printing. Near fine.. Inscribed first French-language edition of the Cuban writer's short novel, LA HIJA DEL EMBAJADOR, translated from the Spanish by Alexandra Carrasco. 8.5'' x 4.5''. Original red pictorial wrappers. 77, [1] pages. Inscribed by Valdés on title page, "colgando de aquella sabe de Bagdad de Lezama Lima. / Suya / Zoe Valdés / Paris, 15 de Marzo de 1998." Minimal edgewear. Sharp and bright.
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