SCHOOLING
(2001)
First edition, first printing of this coming-of-age novel about an American girl in an English boarding school, praised by Jonathan Lethem and Alice Hoffman, and named "Best Book of the Year" for 2001 by NEWSWEEK.
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THE ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY, ACCORDING TO NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLES
1809
Scarce first edition of this text introducing the basic concepts of astronomy to a young audience, specifically including girls, that used Newton's name as a selling point.
RAVEN
(2007)
Lush manuscript artist's book from the noted calligrapher exploring the mythology, etymology, and poetry of the raven – each page a beautiful swirling of structure and abstraction.
DE LITERATORUM ET EORUM QUI MAGISTRATIBUS
1561
First Paris edition of this pocket-sized medical book, offering advice on exercise, bathing, sleep, a healthy diet, and sex, with several rather telling sections underlined by an early owner.
A STUDY OF TWO PEARS; ETUDE DE DEUX POIRES
2003
First printing of this limited deluxe edition poetic ode to a pair of pears, illustrated in lovingly executed mezzotints – with original copper plate included in the original box.
THE LUCK OF BLIND GULCH
1925
First edition of this popular western, in which a Missouri farmer migrates to California during the gold rush, by a pseudonymous J. Allan Dunn, prolific and genre-crossing king of the early pulps.
SATIN ISLAND
2015
"Special limited first edition," one of 100 copies signed by the author, of the "dizzyingly ambitious" novel (THE TELEGRAPH).
SPRINGER'S PROGRESS
1977
First edition of this "Rabelaisian" novel, in which a "muchly vodka'd novelist" becomes entranced by a woman half his age, from the author of WITTGENSTEIN'S MISTRESS.
NEVER PICK UP HITCH-HIKERS!
1976
Uncorrected proof copy of this stand-alone contemporary crime novel by Peters (Pargeter), best known for her Brother Cadfael historical mysteries.
THE ADVENTURES OF MAUD NOAKES: An Autobiographical Account by the Authoress of the Noakes Report
1961
First edition, review copy, of this New Directions novel famous for its jacket design by Andy Warhol, who modeled the lettering of the title after his mother's.
HISTORY OF A PLEASURE SEEKER: A Novel
2012
First US edition, a story of a hedonist during Europe's Belle Epoque by the South African and British author of THE DROWNING PEOPLE.
THE STONES OF SUMMER
2003
First printing of the Lost Books Club edition (second overall), a long out-of-print modern classic that served as inspiration for the documentary "The Stone Reader."
LIFE OF PI
2001
Advance reading copy of this metaphysical adventure and winner of the Man Booker Prize, adapted by Ang Lee in 2012 into the film of the same name.
THUNDER ON THE LEFT
(1925)
Later Grosset and Dunlap printing of this Jazz Age Morley novel in an uncommon, lovely Art Deco dust jacket.
CASANOVA'S ESCAPE FROM THE LEADS: An Excerpt From the Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt
1929
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
ATONEMENT
(2002)
Signed limited first edition, a pristine copy, of the acclaimed novel, with leaf signed by McEwan as issued by the publisher.
BIG SUR
(1962)
First printing of this classic Beat novel, written on a large continuous scroll over a ten-day period, much the same method Kerouac used when composing ON THE ROAD.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SHOE?
(1997)
Signed limited edition of this sweet little story about a boy and girl playing at being adults – first published in 1955, this is the first time this story appeared with color illustrations.
THE RULES OF THE GAME
(1970)
First edition in English of the script of one of the most-acclaimed films of all time, a satyrical dark comedy about the frivolties of the French bourgeoisie on the eve of WWII.
MY FAIR LADY
(1956)
First printing of the script of the beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical based on Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION.
BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU, OR, PROMETHEUS-5
(1972)
First printing of this script for the rather hallucinatory TV movie based on the works of Kurt Vonnegut.
POWER & MARKET: Government & the Economy
(1977)
Signed second edition of this critique of government interventions in economy by a major figure of the 20th-century libertarian movement.
ART OF HUNGARIAN COOKING
(1954)
First printing of this cookbook illustrated by Golden Age great Willy Pogany, written by his sister Paula about the food of their homeland – the last Pogany work published during his lifetime.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
1908
First US edition of one of Rackham's most acclaimed visual interpretations of a classic text, a great copy with the rare original box.
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
1903
First edition, 2nd printing (as tentatively noted in BAL), of the bucolic classic, a beautiful copy.
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