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  • First edition of The Assassin by Liam O'Flaherty, one of 150 copies numbered and signed by the author.
    First edition of The Assassin by Liam O'Flaherty, one of 150 copies numbered and signed by the author.

    O'FLAHERTY, Liam.
    The Assassin. 1928.
    $1,022.00

  • Early Johnson edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, in a lovely contemporary binding.
    Early Johnson edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, in a lovely contemporary binding.

    SHAKESPEARE, William.
    The Plays of William Shakespeare, 1768.
    $3,746.00

  • First edition of Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood.
    First edition of Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
    Down There on a Visit. 1962.
    $35.00

  • First edition of A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, one of 50 large paper copies.
    First edition of A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, one of 50 large paper copies.

    WILDE, Oscar.
    A Woman of No Importance. 1894.
    $12,939.00

  • First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
    First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
    Blood Meridian 1985.
    $7,832.00

  • One of 250 copies of the Dusseldorf Edition of The Works of Heinrich Heine, comprising Germany, Romancero, French Affairs, Letters on the French Stage, Pictures of Travel, Florentine Nights, Book of Songs, New Poems, and Shakespeare, Maidens & Women.
    One of 250 copies of the Dusseldorf Edition of The Works of Heinrich Heine, comprising Germany, Romancero, French Affairs, Letters on the French Stage, Pictures of Travel, Florentine Nights, Book of Songs, New Poems, and Shakespeare, Maidens & Women.

    HEINE, Heinrich; LELAND, Chalres Godfrey (translator).
    The Prose and Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine. [c.1920].
    $3,065.00

  • The Beggar's Opera.
    The Beggar's Opera.

    GAY, John; LYDIS, Mariette (illustrator); HERBERT, A. P. (preface).
    The Beggar's Opera. 1937.
    $239.00

  • First edition of Mr Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow, inscribed by the author to Harold Rosenberg.
    First edition of Mr Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow, inscribed by the author to Harold Rosenberg.

    BELLOW, Saul.
    Mr. Sammler's Planet. 1969.
    $3,405.00

  • First edition of Happy Valley by Patrick White.
    First edition of Happy Valley by Patrick White.

    WHITE, Patrick.
    Happy Valley. 1939.
    $3,405.00

  • A first edition inscribed by the author, Micheal Dibdin, to fellow author, Clive Sinclair, in very good condition.
    A first edition inscribed by the author, Micheal Dibdin, to fellow author, Clive Sinclair, in very good condition.

    DIBDIN, Micheal.
    Dirty Tricks. 1991.
    $171.00

  • First edition of We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, inscribed by the author.

    HELLER, Joseph.
    We Bombed in New Haven. 1968.
    $1,022.00

  • First edition of The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad and Ford M Hueffer.
    First edition of The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad and Ford M Hueffer.

    CONRAD, Joseph & HUEFFER [FORD], Ford M.
    The Inheritors. 1901.
    $681.00

  • First edition of Exhumations by Christopher Isherwood.
    First edition of Exhumations by Christopher Isherwood.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
    Exhumations. 1966.
    $89.00

  • First edition of Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood.
    First edition of Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
    Down There on a Visit. 1962.
    $28.00

  • A very good condition, signed, first edition of the poetry of renowned modernist poet, Basil Bunting.
    A very good condition, signed, first edition of the poetry of renowned modernist poet, Basil Bunting.

    BUNTING, Basil.
    Collected Poems. 1968.
    $511.00

  • A special limited edition, signed by the author, of Wolff's short story, The Other Miller.
    A special limited edition, signed by the author, of Wolff's short story, The Other Miller.

    WOLFF, Tobias.
    The Other Miller. 1986.
    $137.00

  • First edition of The Living and the Dead by Patrick White.
    First edition of The Living and the Dead by Patrick White.

    WHITE, Patrick.
    The Living and the Dead. 1941.
    $3,746.00

  • A charming first edition of poetry signed by both poets, Malcolm Bradbury and Allan Rodway.
    A charming first edition of poetry signed by both poets, Malcolm Bradbury and Allan Rodway.

    RODWAY, Allan; BRADBURY, Malcolm.
    Two Poets. 1966.
    $205.00

  • First edition of Continual Dew by John Betjeman.
    First edition of Continual Dew by John Betjeman.

    BETJEMAN, John.
    Continual Dew. 1937.
    $341.00

  • A very good inscribed first edition of Howard Jacobson's hilarious campus novel, Coming from Behind, inscribed to Clive James.
    A very good inscribed first edition of Howard Jacobson's hilarious campus novel, Coming from Behind, inscribed to Clive James.

    JACOBSON, Howard.
    Coming from Behind. 1983.
    $205.00

  • 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

  • A very good first edition of Frank Norman's debut memoir, Bang to Rights, with an introduction by Raymond Chandler.
    A very good first edition of Frank Norman's debut memoir, Bang to Rights, with an introduction by Raymond Chandler.

    NORMAN, Frank.
    Bang to Rights. 1958.
    $171.00

  • An outstanding rare colonial first edition of Christie's ninth Poirot novel, Lord Edgware Dies, one of the scarcest of the author's titles from this period.
    An outstanding rare colonial first edition of Christie's ninth Poirot novel, Lord Edgware Dies, one of the scarcest of the author's titles from this period.

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    Lord Edgware Dies. 1933.
    $51,073.00

  • A fascinating first edition of Mitchel's poetry coupled with illustrations by Ralph Steadman, signed by the illustrator.
    A fascinating first edition of Mitchel's poetry coupled with illustrations by Ralph Steadman, signed by the illustrator.

    STEADMAN, Ralph [illustrator] - MITCHELL, Adrian.
    For Beauty Douglas. 1982.
    $171.00

  • Limited edition of The Lake Isle of Innisfree by Willaim Butler Yeats, one of 450 copies.
    Limited edition of The Lake Isle of Innisfree by Willaim Butler Yeats, one of 450 copies.

    YEATS, William Butler.
    The Lake Isle of Innisfree. 1924.
    $647.00

  • First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.
    First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.

    MULDOON, Paul.
    Knowing My Place. 1971.
    $5,108.00

  • First American edition, second English issue of The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.
    First American edition, second English issue of The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.

    WOOLF, Virginia.
    The Voyage Out. 1927.
    $6,810.00

  • A very good first edition of Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize winning Irish bildungsroman.
    A very good first edition of Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize winning Irish bildungsroman.

    DOYLE, Roddy.
    Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. 1993.
    $171.00

  • A very good first edition of the first book in the hilarious Samuel Marchbanks trilogy.
    A very good first edition of the first book in the hilarious Samuel Marchbanks trilogy.

    DAVIES, Robertson.
    The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks. 1947.
    $171.00

  • The signed limited edition of Stevenson's essays, including his musings on love and marriage.
    The signed limited edition of Stevenson's essays, including his musings on love and marriage.

    STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
    Virginibus Puerisque 1887.
    $171.00

  • A beautifully printed first edition of one of the most significant poets of the Beat generation and the San Francisco Renaissance.
    A beautifully printed first edition of one of the most significant poets of the Beat generation and the San Francisco Renaissance.

    LAMANTIA, Philip.
    Ekstasis. 1959.
    $171.00

  • A first edition, signed by the author and addressed to his British editor, Francis Wyndham, of Mailer's first poetry collection.
    A first edition, signed by the author and addressed to his British editor, Francis Wyndham, of Mailer's first poetry collection.

    MAILER, Norman.
    Deaths For The Ladies 1962.
    $171.00

  • A first edition of Norman Mailer's second novel in very good condition.
    A first edition of Norman Mailer's second novel in very good condition.

    MAILER, Norman.
    Barbary Shore. 1951.
    $171.00

  • A very good copy of the third and final edition of Dransfield's countercultural poetry.
    A very good copy of the third and final edition of Dransfield's countercultural poetry.

    DRANSFIELD, Michael.
    Drug Poems. 1972.
    $171.00

  • A handsome first edition of Mathews' second novel published in collaboration with the Paris Review.
    A handsome first edition of Mathews' second novel published in collaboration with the Paris Review.

    MATHEWS, Harry.
    Tlooth. 1966.
    $171.00

  • A charming limited edition of Macbeth's first poetry collection, printed in Oxford while he was an undergraduate.
    A charming limited edition of Macbeth's first poetry collection, printed in Oxford while he was an undergraduate.

    MACBETH, George.
    A Form of Words. 1954.
    $171.00

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