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  • A limited edition copy of The Uncollected Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Uncollected Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Two Uncollected Poems. 1980.
    $443.00

  • A limited edition copy of Two Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Two Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Two Poems. 1980.
    $205.00

  • A lovely limited edition copy of Million Dollar Month by Sylvia Plath.
    A lovely limited edition copy of Million Dollar Month by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Million Dollar Month. 1971.
    $239.00

  • A limited edition copy of The Magic Mirror by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Magic Mirror by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    The Magic Mirror. 1989.
    $239.00

  • A wonderfully bound, limited edition copy of Lyonnesse by Sylvia Plath.
    A wonderfully bound, limited edition copy of Lyonnesse by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Lyonnesse. 1971.
    $511.00

  • A limited edition copy of The Green Rock by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Green Rock by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    The Green Rock. 1982.
    $239.00

  • A limited edition copy of Fiesta Melons by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Fiesta Melons by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Fiesta Melons. 1971.
    $613.00

  • A limited first edition copy of A Day in June by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited first edition copy of A Day in June by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    A Day in June. 1981.
    $375.00

  • A beautiful limited edition copy of Crystal Gazer and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A beautiful limited edition copy of Crystal Gazer and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Crystal Gazer and Other Poems. 1971.
    $613.00

  • A limited edition copy of Child by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Child by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia
    Child. 1971.
    $205.00

  • A lovely copy of American Poetry Now by the Oxford University Press, edited by Sylvia Plath.
    A lovely copy of American Poetry Now by the Oxford University Press, edited by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia (editor).
    American Poetry Now. [1961].
    $307.00

  • <em>Winner Take Nothing</em>, a 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including <em>A Clean, Well Lighted Place</em>, which James Joyce called 'one of the best short stories ever written'.
    <em>Winner Take Nothing</em>, a 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including <em>A Clean, Well Lighted Place</em>, which James Joyce called 'one of the best short stories ever written'.

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    Winner Take Nothing. 1933.
    $1,328.00

  • First edition of Marina by T.S. Eliot, one of 400 large-paper copies, signed by the author.
    First edition of Marina by T.S. Eliot, one of 400 large-paper copies, signed by the author.

    ELIOT, T.S.
    Marina. 1930.
    $1,022.00

  • First English edition of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, one of 460 copies handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf
    First English edition of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, one of 460 copies handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf

    ELIOT, T.S.
    The Waste Land. 1923.
    $20,429.00

  • A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1
    A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1

    FAULKNER, William.
    New Orleans Sketches. 1958.
    $171.00

  • A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1
    A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1

    FAULKNER, William.
    The Wishing Tree. 1964.
    $205.00

  • A superb copy of Light in August by William Faulkner, first issue with 'Jefferson' for 'Mottstown' on p340, line 1.
    A superb copy of Light in August by William Faulkner, first issue with 'Jefferson' for 'Mottstown' on p340, line 1.

    FAULKNER, William.
    Light in August. 1932.
    $4,427.00

  • <em>Death in the Afternoon </em>is Ernest Hemingway's exploration of professional bullfighting, a spectacle he saw more as a heroic, tragic ceremony than as a sport.
    <em>Death in the Afternoon </em>is Ernest Hemingway's exploration of professional bullfighting, a spectacle he saw more as a heroic, tragic ceremony than as a sport.

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    Death in the Afternoon. 1932.
    $886.00

  • First edition of this profusely illustrated reproduction
    First edition of this profusely illustrated reproduction

    FITZGERALD, Edward (translator)
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam c.1910.
    $1,022.00

  • A first edition of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, finely bound in green morocco gilt
    A first edition of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, finely bound in green morocco gilt

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
    The Beautiful and Damned. 1922.
    $3,405.00

  • First edition of Hali by G.V. Desani, with a foreword by T.S. Eliot and E.M. Forster.
    First edition of Hali by G.V. Desani, with a foreword by T.S. Eliot and E.M. Forster.

    [ELIOT, T.S. & FORSTER, E.M.]; DESANI, G.V.
    Hali: A Play. 1949.
    $130.00

  • First edition of The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T.S. Eliot.
    First edition of The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T.S. Eliot.

    ELIOT, T.S.
    The Cultivation of Christmas Trees. 1956.
    $171.00

  • First edition of A Tree of Night by Truman Capote, the author's second book.
    First edition of A Tree of Night by Truman Capote, the author's second book.

    CAPOTE, Truman.
    A Tree of Night 1949.
    $443.00

  • Other Voices, Other Rooms.
    Other Voices, Other Rooms.

    CAPOTE, Truman.
    Other Voices, Other Rooms. 1948.
    $2,043.00

  • The first English translation of this poem by Jami by Fitzgerald printed in London in 1856.
    The first English translation of this poem by Jami by Fitzgerald printed in London in 1856.

    JAMI; FITZGERALD, Edward (translator).
    Salman and Absal: 1856.
    $2,724.00

  • Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.
    Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.

    LEWIS, Wyndham (editor); POUND, Ezra; ELIOT, T.S. [et al.].
    Blast [and] Blast: War Issue (all published). 1914 & 1915.
    $11,577.00

  • A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1
    A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1

    FAULKNER, William.
    These Thirteen. Stories. 1931.
    $3,065.00

  • First edition of Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by T.S. Eliot.
    First edition of Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by T.S. Eliot.

    [ELIOT, T.S.]
    Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry. 1917 [i.e. 1918].
    $681.00

  • First edition collection of short stories and vignettes that marked the American debut of Ernest Hemingway and brought him fame. In scarce dust jacket<br /><br />
    First edition collection of short stories and vignettes that marked the American debut of Ernest Hemingway and brought him fame. In scarce dust jacket<br /><br />

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    In Our Time. 1925.
    $21,450.00

  • A publisher's presentation copy of the first edition of A Book of Princeton Verson II, including work by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
    A publisher's presentation copy of the first edition of A Book of Princeton Verson II, including work by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott (contributor) et al.
    A Book of Princeton Verse II. 1919.
    $1,450.00

  • First UK edition of Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner, finely bound.
    First UK edition of Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner, finely bound.

    FAULKNER, William.
    Absalom, Absalom. 1936.
    $1,703.00

  • Typescript report on John F. Kennedy's 1951 Congressional trip to Israel, with JFK's autograph annotation to upper margin.
    Typescript report on John F. Kennedy's 1951 Congressional trip to Israel, with JFK's autograph annotation to upper margin.

    [KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald].
    Typescript with annotations on his trip to Israel. 1951.
    $4,767.00

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