Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1977 Proof Copy. Large 4to., pp. 166. Stiff white card covers, cerlox bound. A fine copy.. ... (more information)

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Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997 Uncorrected Proof Copy of the author's first book. A haunting collection of short stories, interweaving places of the past that are always present in places of the heart. Large 4to., pp. 166. Stiff white card covers, cerlox bound. A fine copy.. 1st Edition. ... (more information)

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999 From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. First Edition, first printing of this wonderful reissue of the original Eloise story inspired by the antics of the author's goddaughter, Liza Minnelli. Signed by Hilary Knight and 'Eloise'. A fine copy in illustrated glossy boards, pink and black titles and decorations in a lovely, crisp, pictorial dustwrapper 4to. 83 pp. Bold and sassy illustrations by Hilary Knight. A modern classic of children's literature, noted... (more information)

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1971 First Edition. A near fine copy in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine, bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 377 pp. . 1st Edition. ... (more information)

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New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1932., 1932 First Edition. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's black cloth covered boards, cream paper label to the spine printed red and black in a lovely archivally restored dustwrapper. 8vo. 220 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Art historian an d literary critic, Bell, noted for his marriage to Vanessa Bell and his life -long relationship with Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, expounds upon the history of French art.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.... (more information)

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950 Presentation Copy. First edition, in the first issue dustwrapper with the yellow spine block & lettering. The spine lettering a bit rubbed otherwise a very nice copy in a bright dustwrapper showing light wear. Neatly inscribed by Hemingway on the front free endpaper: "To Maura Martinez / with much love and affection / from her friend / Ernest Hemingway / June 4th 1954". An extremely nice copy. Custom clamshell case in fine condition. . Signed by Aut... (more information)

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New York: Random House, (1948)., 1948 First Edition. Inscribed Presentation by MacLeish on the ffe. "Dear Ted: The manuscript was near unfit to send you (you know how mss are) and the proof was too full of red crayon and now the book is here. I send you the print copy with trepidation a nd appreciation. Archie. July 19, 1948." TLS signed by MacLeish and accompanying envelope addressed from MacLeish's Uphill Farm and ALS to MacLeish from dedicatee laid - in. 8vo. 63 pp. Near fine in publisher&#... (more information)

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New York: Viking Penguin Group, 1997 First Edition of the new novel by the Nobel Prize winning author of Herzog, Humboldt's Gift, The Adventures Of Augie March and Mr. Sammler's Planet. An inimitable Bellowesque tragi-comedic story of the bonds of love. 8vo. 104 pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 1st Edition. ... (more information)

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Paris: Gallimard, 1950., 1950 SIGNED. 12mo., 270pp. Printed wrapper. A very good copy of the 6th impression of the 1st edition. SIGNED by Camus vertically on the front flyleaf. Signed Camus books are very uncommon. This is the very first volume of Actuelles. Chroniques 1944-1948 , the first edition, like the 6th published in 1950 was followed by: Actuelles II. Chroniques 1949-1953 published in 1953 & Actuelles III. Chronique algérienne 1939-1958, published in 1958.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Editi... (more information)

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London: Adam International Review, 1953 A near fine copy of this tribute issue to Dylan Thomas in the publisher's off-white wrappers showing some light use and a hint of sunning at the edges. 8vo. 80 pp. + (iv). Inclusive of the first appearance of two chapters from, Adventures In The Skin Trade and contributing articles by George Barker, Roy Campbell, David Daiches, Augustus John, W. S. Merwin, Edith Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Igor Stravinsky et al. . 1st Edition. ... (more information)

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London: Turnstile Press, 1951., 1951 First edition. 8vo vii,192pp. A very good copy without dustwrapper but with the pocket chess bound on to the rear pastedown intact. From the distinguished library of Maurice Fox, several times Canadian Chess Champion, with his signature & date; & with prize inscription to Fox on the ffe from the Montreal Chess League 1953-54, ."for Highest score in any board in Class A Team Championship. Score 7-0 1st Board. 'En Passant Chess.Club'". A very neat... (more information)

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Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1974. First Edition Signed by the illustrater Rob Pudim and the editors, Tom and Enid Schantz on the half-title. A fine copy in decorated stiff card wrappers, as issued. Small 8vo. 40 pp. Limited to 500 copies. Superb Sherlockian and Philo Vance parodies that originally appeared in the 1910's and 1920's.. ... (more information)

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New York: Trident Press, 1966., 1966 Early, Inscribed First Edition to Cornelius Ryan, (author of A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day) and his wife, dated, LA / 10 March '66, "For Kathy and Connie, With admiration and affection." This riveting novel of political unrest in Latin Americ a, adapted to film with Charles Aznavour, Candice Bergen and Ernest Borgnine, follows Robbins' blockbusters, Never Love A Stranger. A Stone For Danny Fisher, (filmed as King Creole with Elvis Presley) and Ro... (more information)

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Montreal: Dawson Brothers, Publisher, 1885 First Canadian Edition. Scarce. 4to., pp. 366. Maroon cloth, gilt lettered at the spine. A very good copy with some expert archival restoration at the extremities of the spine panel, endpapers renewed. A superior travail. Very interesting mixed poin ts: frontis. Kemble portrait of Huck with rabbit & numerous in-text illustrations; Early copyright notice dated 1884; p.13, the illustration captioned "Him and another man" is listed at p.88 not p.87 as in... (more information)

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Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1975., 1975 First Edition. Limited to 750 copies. Inscribed by Tom and Enid Schantz, editors and authors of the introduction. A fine copy in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 12mo. 62 pp. One of the earliest pastiches of Sherlock Holmes reprinted from Punch.. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. ... (more information)

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London: Macmillan, 1985., 1985 First edition. 8vo, pp. 192. A very fine copy in dustwrapper.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1958). First Edition, early BOMC impression, nicely Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front endpaper. A very good copy indeed in brick coloured cloth, black morocco - style label with gilt titles to the spine, (some staining to the front board), in a bright, fresh, supplied, priced dustwrapper. A very presentable copy of this landmark work, 'depicting a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community.' 'On... (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958 Inscribed to Joey Smallwood. 8vo. 368 pp. First Edition, early impression, (14th), of this landmark work, depicting a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. "One of those rare works that forces a nation to re-examine its values" - The New York Times, April 30, 2006, nicely Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland on the front free endpaper. 'For the honourable J.R. ... (more information)

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London: Collins, 1956., 1956 First Edition. 8vo. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper. Neat name on ffe.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ... (more information)

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New York: Harper Collins, (1992)., 1992 First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in the publisher's stiff orange card wrappers, printed in black. 8vo. 556 pp. Lessing's stunning reportage chronicling her visits to Zimbabwe after banishment for 25 - years for her opposition to apar theid.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. ... (more information)

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