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First US edition of this comedic novel that follows the exploits of a TV panel show host and his (mis)adventures in love.
First US edition of this comedic novel that follows the exploits of a TV panel show host and his (mis)adventures in love.
First US edition of Austen's third published novel, centering on the comedic neighborhood drama caused by the amateur production of a play, with the specter of the slave trade hovering beneath the plot.
Uncorrected proof copy of this story of a British Gonzo journalist's quest to clear his name after becoming a suspect in a series of grisly murders of public figures.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Limited fine press first edition of Bell's brief sketch of her sister's early years, written for the Memoir Club after Woolf's death.
First edition, first state, of this landmark work in the history of biography, an engaging and humanizing account of the great critic, lexicographer, and author of the Georgian era.
Handsome complete seven-volume set of Smith & Elder's New Editions of the novels and poems of the Brontë sisters, with Gaskell's Life of Elizabeth Brontë.
First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.
First UK edition of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Scarce first printing of this grim tale of Red, a miner in pre-WWII England whose longing for more out of life breaks him – in a stylish Art Deco dust jacket.
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
First edition, first printing, of this retelling of GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT primarily through the perspective of a woman, the witch Vivian.
First edition of Christopher's collected early SF stories, in the vivid and uncommonly well preserved dust jacket by Eric Mudge-Marriott.
Scarce first US edition of this ghost adventure by the pseudonymous writing team of Adelaide Manning, formerly of the War Office, and her neighbor, British intelligence officer Cyril Coles.
Lovely Victorian edition in pictorial cloth of this popular comedic poem, executed in reverse order — caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew the illustrations before William Combe wrote the text.
First edition of this nautical-psychological journal, in which the antihero travels far and wide in pursuit of anonymity.
Complete set of first printings of all 21 books in the Sharpe series, each volume signed on the title page by Cornwell.
Uncommon edition of "Parson's Pleasure," a satisfying short story of a dishonest antiques dealer too clever for himself, from Dahl's KISS KISS collection.
First edition of Dahl's collected World War II-era stories about flying, drawn from his own experiences as a wing commander in Royal Air Force.
Beautifully bound first edition of Zotti's annotated DIVINE COMEDY, primarily designed for British women learning Italian and dedicated by the editor to three aristocratic women patrons.
First printing of these Lear-esque nonsense limericks incongruously paired with woodcuts from Dodd's Specimens of Early Early Wood Engraving, much in the manner of contemporary internet memes beloved by the very online medievalists of our times.
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, with the first volume a second edition and the second volume a first edition.
Remarkably beautiful first issue of the first edition in book form of OLIVER TWIST, with the rare suppressed "Fireside" plate.