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Anatoli Boukreev Signed FIrst Edition of “The Climb”

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Exceedingly scarce copy of The Climb, signed by Russian climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev the week his book was released, and...

 


Connie Willis Signed Rare First Edition “Doomsday Book”

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This rare true first edition, first printing had an extremely small print run, believed to be between 800-2,000 copies. This...

 


Tennessee Williams Signed First Edition “Knightly Quest”

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Signed first edition of Tennessee Williams's The Knightly Quest and Other Stories (New Directions, 1966), featuring "Cavalier of Death," the...

 


Michael Cunningham Signed First Edition “The Hours”

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Signed First Edition, First Printing of the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Effusively inscribed to one...

 


Frank Harris Signed First Edition of “Oscar Wilde: His Life & Confessions” by Alfred Douglas

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First Edition, First Printing of Frank Harris's 1918 two-volume biography Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, with an Introduction by...

 


Oscar Wilde “For the Love of the King: A Burmese Masque”

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A lovely Limited First Edition of Oscar Wilde's For the Love of the King: A Burmese Masque, published in 1922. Methuen...

 


The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas Signed First Edition

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The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas. First edition, first printing. Martin Secker, 1929. 8vo, dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered...

 


Andy Weir Signed “The Martian” Limited Edition

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Among the publishing and theatrical entertainment phenomena of 2015 will surely be the release of Andy Weir's masterful book, The...

 


Gore Vidal Signed First Edition – The City and the Pillar

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SIGNED FIRST EDITION of Gore Vidal's landmark work, The City and the Pillar. Second printing in very good condition. The...

 


Rare Hidden Fore-Edge Painting

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An exceedingly rare and one-of-a-kind "fore-edge painting" on an attractive 1929 edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's Victorian novel Vanity Fair,...

 
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