The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, April to September 1870 Illustrated with 12 plates Samuel Luke Fildes, and an engraved portrait of Dickens and a vignette title page. First edition in six original parts; Part 6 in earliest state with "Price Eighteenpence" pasted over the printed "Price One Shilling" (later states are printed with the corrected price). With most of the original advertisements, including the scarce "Cork Hats" slip in Part 2, with the following exceptions: Part 2 lacking last two pp.... Read More
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Run River
by Didion, Joan
New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963 First edition, first printing. Publisher's teal cloth, with titles stamped in white to spine; in its original aqua blue dust jacket designed by Anthony Post, lettered in white, yellow, and green, with a photo of Didion attributed to Mellen C. Peirce to rear panel. Near fine book, with light wear to spine ends, and a hint of rubbing to corners; very good price-clipped dust jacket, with a couple of small closed tears to edges, and... Read More
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Salvador
by Didion, Joan
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983 First edition, first printing. Signed by Didion on the title page. Publisher's black cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards, with spine lettered in silver foil; in its original black dust jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin, with gray and white lettering, and a photo of Didion attributed to her daughter, Quintana Roo Dunne, to rear panel. Fine book; very good unclipped dust jacket, with some light scratches to front panel, and rear panel with light soiling, a... Read More
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A Book of Common Prayer
by Didion, Joan
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981 Illustrated by Oscar Liebman. Signed limited edition. Signed by Didion on the second front flyleaf. Publisher’s green leather, with boards elaborately decorated in gilt, spine with three raised bands, lettered, decorated, and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, green silk moire endpapers, and a ribbon bookmark. Fine book. With the supplemental "Notes from the Editors" pamphlet, which has some light spotting to the front wrapper. Overall, a sharp and shining copy. Didion’s... Read More
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Lucky to Be a Yankee
by DiMaggio, Joe
New York: Rudolph Field, 1946 Introduction by James A. Farley. Foreword by Grantland Rice. First edition, first printing. Signed by DiMaggio in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Publisher's tan-orange cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original green dust jacket, with black and white photographs of DiMaggio to the front and rear panel, lettered in red and white. Very good book, with some fading to lower edges of boards and spine, and offsetting to endpapers; very good... Read More
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The DiMaggio Albums: Selections from Public and Private Collections Celebrating the Baseball Career of Joe DiMaggio
by [DiMaggio, Joe]
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1989 Two volumes. Compiled and edited by Richard Whittingham. Introduction and commentaries by Joe DiMaggio. First edition, first printing. Signed by DiMaggio in blue marker on DiMaggio frontispiece in Vol. I, with a Beckett authentication sticker. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt to spines, red, white, and blue marbled endpapers, set designed by Susan Kinealy; housed in publisher's red slipcase with DiMaggio photo to front panel, and gilt lettering to front panel and... Read More
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Signed Perez-Steele Joe DiMaggio Postcard
by [DiMaggio, Joe]
[New York]: Perez-Steele Galleries, 1980 First edition. One of 10,000 numbered copies, this being number 4,362. Signed by Joe DiMaggio in blue marker on front side. Original postcard, with color illustration of DiMaggio by Dick Perez to front side. Encased in a PSA/DNA certified slab ("Gem MT 10"). Fine. Overall, a superb autograph. Joe DiMaggio played all thirteen seasons of his career with the New York Yankees and was selected as an All-Star thirteen times. With his exemplary... Read More
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1936 photo of New York Yankees' "New Murderer's Row."
by [DiMaggio, Joe (HOF); Gehrig, Lou (HOF); Dickey, Bill (HOF); Lazzeri, Tony (HOF)].
1936 9" x 7" Type 1 black and white photo. Photo of New York Yankees' batting lineup, featuring (L to R) Joe DiMaggio, Frank Crosetti, Tony Lazzeri, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Jake Powell, and George Selkirk. Near fine photo, with some light rippling to bottom edge, and light toning to verso of photo. Overall, a great photo, featuring DiMaggio in his rookie season. The caption on the verso of this photo states: "These heavy-hitting fence-busters are expected to... Read More
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Signed Photo of Joe DiMaggio
by [DiMaggio, Joe]
10 ½" x 13 ½" photo in a 20" x 22 ¾" frame. Signed by DiMaggio in black marker. Color photo of uniformed DiMaggio in a batting stance, framed in dark brown wood, matted in tan, with a gold label at foot of matte. About fine, with a few very light marks to the photo. Overall, a great photo of a young DiMaggio. Joe DiMaggio played all thirteen seasons of his career with the New York Yankees and... Read More
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Signed 1985 Reproduction of Official 1937 Yankees Vs. Giants World Series Program
by [DiMaggio, Joe]; [Henrich, Tommy]
Santa Clara, California: RDO/Publications, 1985 Limited edition (Volume 48 in the Great World Series Program Collection). One of 1,000 numbered copies, possible "out of series" copy with "RDO" in place of a number. Signed by Joe DiMaggio and Tommy Henrich on front wrapper. With CAS Certificate of Authenticity. Publisher's red wrappers, with Grant Powers illustration to front wrapper, lettered in white and black, and Lucky Strike advertisement to rear wrapper. Fine, with a touch of wear to corners, and... Read More
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Signed 1985 Reproduction of Official 1937 Yankees Vs. Giants World Series Program
by [DiMaggio, Joe]
Santa Clara, California: RDO/Publications, 1985 Limited edition (Volume 48 in the Great World Series Program Collection). One of 1,000 numbered copies, this being number 732. Signed by DiMaggio in blue marker on front wrapper. Publisher's red wrappers, with Grant Powers illustration to front wrapper, lettered in white and black, and Lucky Strike advertisement to rear wrapper. Fine, with just a hint of wear to corners. Overall, a beautiful copy. As this program states: "With the exception of this... Read More
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Original Celluloid of the Queen of Hearts from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
by [Disney, Walt; Carroll, Lewis.]
[Burbank, CA]: [Walt Disney Studios], [1951]., 1951 9" x 9", within a 15" x 15" frame. Gouache on celluloid drawing of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, holding a flamingo mallet, colored in green, yellow, black, red, and white, with a gray background, in a glossy black frame. Fine. Overall, a bright and exemplary cel from the classic 1951 Disney film. Walt Disney's animated film Alice in Wonderland (1951) is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's... Read More
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The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys #2)
by Dixon, Franklin W. (McFarlane, Leslie)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927 Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers with a frontispiece. First edition, first printing, with "But" spelled "Bpt" on page 137, last line. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in brown and black; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with an illustration of three men in a boat approaching a cliff to front panel, lettered in black and orange. Near fine book, with light wear to spine ends and corners, bookplate to front board with light abrasion and... Read More
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The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys #1)
by Dixon, Franklin W. (McFarlane, Leslie)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927 Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers with a frontispiece. First edition, first issue, with complete "t" in "talking" to page 31, line 12. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in brown and black; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with an illustration of the Hardy Boys hiding in a bush in front of the Tower Mansion, lettered in yellow and orange. Fine book, with very light toning to spine, and a contemporary gift inscription to front free... Read More
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The Ginger Man
by Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick)
London: Neville Spearman, 1956 First UK edition (and first hardcover edition), first printing. Publisher's blue cloth, with spine lettered in black; in its original blue pictorial dust jacket, with black and orange illustration of a lounging Sebastian Dangerfield, lettered in orange. Fine, with just a touch of toning to foot of spine, and a tiny bump to right edge of front board; fine unclipped dust jacket, with a hint of fading to spine. Overall, a pristine copy. The... Read More
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My Bondage and My Freedom
by Douglass, Frederick
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 Introduction by Dr. James McCune Smith. First edition, first printing. Original publisher’s brown cloth, with decoration in blind to boards, titles in gilt to spine, three engraved plates including frontispiece portrait of Douglass engraved by John Chester Buttre. Minor rubbing to cloth, spine lightly faded, touch of fraying to foot of spine, a bit of offsetting to endpapers, and pages lightly spotted. Overall, a very handsome copy, free of repairs or... Read More
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
London: George Newnes, 1892 THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: London: George Newnes, 1892. With 104 illustrations by Sidney Paget within the text. First edition, first state, with all the first issue points including blank street sign in the vignette on the front board, "Violent" on p. 317, and "cucaine" on p. 133. Publisher's light blue cloth over heavy beveled boards, blocked and titled in black and gilt, all edges gilt, and floral endpapers. Very good or better, with moderate toning... Read More
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Sister Carrie
by Dreiser, Theodore
New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1900 First edition, first printing. Published in a small print run of 1,008 copies, approximately half of which were remaindered. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, with board margins ruled in gilt, five raised bands to spine, compartments ruled in gilt, lettered in gilt, decorative gilt turn-ins, and all edges gilt. Near fine with a very bright and attractive binding, and just some minor repair to closed tears on a... Read More
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Visions of Kerouac; A Play
by Duberman, Martin
Boston / Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1977 First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Duberman on front free endpaper: "Best wishes, / Martin Duberman / Oct. 1, 1977". Publisher's black cloth, with spine lettered in gilt; in its original pictorial dust jacket designed by Fader, Jones and Zarkades, with a drawing of Kerouac to front panel, lettered in black. Very good or better book, with some soiling to boards; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with light soiling. Overall,... Read More
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The Yankees: A Pictorial History of Baseball's Greatest Club
by Durant, John
New York: Hastings House, 1949 First edition, first printing. Signed on front free endpaper in blue pen by Phil Rizzuto (HOF), Bobby Brown, Frank Crosetti, Tom Henrich, and Gene Woodling. Publisher's green boards, with front board and spine stamped in dark green; in its original pictorial dust jacket, lettered in green and white. Very good book, with some toning to spine and edges, and light wear to spine ends; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with just some light wear and... Read More
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Felix Holt, the Radical
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866 Three volumes. First edition, in Carter's "A" binding, with 4 pages of publisher advertisements and no catalog at the rear of Volume III. Publisher's cinnamon cloth, decorative borders stamped in blind to the boards, spines lettered in gilt. Near fine set with some toning to spines, tiny spot of soiling to fore edge of Volume I text block, light spotting to fore edge of Volume II text block, bookseller's stamp to rear pastedowns, and... Read More
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The Family Reunion; A Play
by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939 First American edition, first printing; first state dust jacket with $1.50 price to front flap. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, gilt stamping to spine; original yellow dust jacket printed in brown, with white lettering. Near fine book, with very light spotting to boards and top edge of text block, and The Old Corner Book Store ticket to front free endpaper; very good clipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine and... Read More
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Poetry and Drama
by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
London: Faber & Faber, 1951 First English edition, first impression. One of 10,000 copies. Publisher's red cloth, with spine lettered in gilt; in its original blue and red dust jacket, with 7s. 6d. price to front flap. About fine book, with light offsetting to endpapers, and light spotting to a few pages at front and rear; very good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light wear to spine ends, some toning to spine and panel edges, and some spotting to... Read More
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Essays Ancient and Modern
by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936 First American edition, first printing, with first edition statement to copyright page. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Eliot to his close friend, English priest Vigo Auguste Demant: "To V. A. Demant / with the author's / homage / T. S. Eliot / 10. i. 38. [underlined]." Publisher's blue cloth, with spine lettered in gilt; in its original gray dust jacket, with front panel and spine lettered in red. Near fine book, with... Read More
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The Family Reunion; A Play
by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939 First American edition, first printing; first state dust jacket with $1.50 price to front flap. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, gilt stamping to spine; original yellow dust jacket printed in brown, with white lettering. About fine book, with light offsetting to endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, and The Holliday Bookshop ticket to rear pastedown; very good unclipped dust jacket, with shallow chipping to spine ends, light toning to... Read More
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