[Rarebooks] FS: 9 SIGNED Modern First Editions, prices greatly reduced
Charles Agvent
chagvent at ptd.net
Mon Sep 9 17:22:28 EDT 2013
ALL PRICES ARE NET plus postage, guaranteed only to 9/8/2013. Multiple
copies of some volumes available.
Price reduced: Was $300, Now $225
1. ABBEY, Edward. THE JOURNEY HOME. SOME WORDS IN DEFENSE OF THE
AMERICAN WEST. New York: E. P. Dutton, (1977). First Edition.
Illustrated by Jim Stiles. SIGNED by the author in brown ink on the
front free endpaper. Probably his best book of nonfiction after DESERT
SOLITAIRE. Fine in a price-clipped, close to Fine dustwrapper.
(#001604) $225.00
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Price reduced: Was $100, Now $75
2. ADAMS, Richard. THE PLAGUE DOGS. London: Allen Lane, (1977). First
Edition. Adams's third book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to an
interviewer with the comment: "I enjoyed the interview!" Fine in a
price-clipped, Fine dustwrapper. (#000005) $75.00
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Price reduced: Was $750, Now $500
3. ADAMS, Richard. WATERSHIP DOWN. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co.,
(1972) [1974]. First American Edition. Impressive first novel, an
unsentimental view of nature and our relationship to it, a landmark in
the Fantasy genre. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated
April 1974. Binding slightly cocked, as often the case with this poorly
made book. Minor soiling to rear board and some spotting to the bulked
text edges. Still Very Good in a Very Good or better dustwrapper.
(#012324) $500.00
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Price reduced: Was $400, Now $300
4. BEMELMANS, Ludwig. THE DONKEY INSIDE. New York: The Viking Press,
1941. First Edition. A notebook of several voyages through South
America, with a concentration on Ecuador. Copy #22 of only 175 numbered
copies with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color SIGNED by the author, in this
case a view of a church nestled among hills. Certainly the most
affordable way to obtain an original work of art by the author of the
beloved children's book MADELINE. Small, interesting, and colorful
bookplate on the front pastedown below a crossed-out owner's name.
Slight soiling to the cloth. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase.
This book generated a term unique to Ecuadorian Spanish-- "bemelmans": a
foreigner who makes fun of the natives. (#013552) $300.00
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Price reduced: Was $450, Now $375
5. BEMELMANS, Ludwig. FATHER, DEAR FATHER. New York: Viking Press, 1953.
First Edition. Copy #8 of only 151 numbered copies (of which 100 were
for sale) with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color SIGNED by the author/artist
of Little Bit in a cape, the dog featured in the narrative and depicted
on the front cover, at the top of the contents page, and elsewhere. An
inexpensive way to obtain an original Bemelmans watercolor. Unopened,
never read; spine sunned. Near Fine, lacking the glassine as usual, but
in slipcase. (#014593) $375.00
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Price reduced: Was $200, Now $100
6. [BOWLES, Paul] MILLER, Jeffrey. PAUL BOWLES: A DESCRIPTIVE
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition.
Cloth-backed boards. Copy #170 of 200 numbered copies handbound in
boards by Earle Gray and SIGNED by the bibliographer and by Bowles on a
tipped-in leaf. There were also 26 lettered and signed copies and an
unspecified number of trade hardcover copies. Fine in clear mylar
dustwrapper, as issued. (#011449) $100.00
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Price reduced: Was $250, Now $200
7. BRODKEY, Harold. FIRST LOVE AND OTHER SORROWS. New York: The Dial
Press, (1957). First Edition. Author's first book, SIGNED by him on the
title page. Close to Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with slight
edgewear. (#015123) $200.00
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Price reduced: Was $175, Now $125
8. BROWN, Larry. BILLY RAY'S FARM. Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1997.
First Edition. Illustrated with 2 engravings by Barry Moser. One of 250
numbered copies SIGNED by Brown and Moser of an edition of 297. Fine.
(#000246) $125.00
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Price reduced: Was $300, Now $200
9. CABLE, George W. LOVERS OF LOUISIANA (TO-DAY). New York: Scribner,
1918. First Edition. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. BAL 2385.
INSCRIBED to "My dear Mrs. Baker: /Here let you and Louise and Lucy/and
me and these lovers, all, join/hands. Ever--/Yours truly" & SIGNED by
the author in Northampton in 1919. A desirable copy of Cable's last book
inscribed to a friend of his daughter, Lucy. Mrs. Charles Baker's
cousin, Everett Wheeler, married Alice Gilman, daughter of Cable's
friend and the first president of Johns Hopkins, Daniel Gilman. Front
hinge cracked but tight. Spine sunned and a little frayed; fore-edge of
cloth discolored and worn. Good copy with fine inscription. (#006041)
$200.00
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