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William Gibson Neuromancer — signed limited #306 of 375, Phantasia Press 1986, slipcase
William Gibson
NEUROMANCER
Phantasia Press
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
#306/375 in Slipcase

1986

$4,500.00

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Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test — Taschen Art Edition B #123 — gallery/hero shot: book in slipcase with Lawrence Schiller signed print #23/100
Tom Wolfe
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
LIMITED ART EDITION 1 of 100
Signed Original by Lawrence Schiller
Brand New and Sealed

TASCHEN

$2,500.00

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<center> Arthur Rackham <br><i> The Romance of KING ARTHUR and His Knights of the Round Table </i><br> SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION 348 of only 500 <br><i> Bound in Full Gilt Vellum </i><br> MacMillan <p> 1917 </center>
Arthur Rackham
The Romance of KING ARTHUR and His Knights of the Round Table
SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION 348 of only 500
Bound in Full Gilt Vellum
MacMillan

1917

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Charles Paul De Kock Works complete 25 volume limited edition set 362 of 1000 fine leather bindings Boston Quinby 1902-1904
Charles De Kock
WORKS
#362 of 1000 Limited Edition Set
25 FINE LEATHER BINDINGS

1902 1903 1904

$1,700.00

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Bernard Quaritch Sette of Odd Volumes, complete collection of bound limited-edition fragments gallery with signature
Bernard Quaritch SIGNED
Sette of Odd Volumes
FINE FULL LEATHER
ZAEHNSDORF Binding

1880

$1,500.00

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Spine and cover Iain M. Banks The Player of Games signed limited first edition 166 of 201 Culture series 1988
Iain M. Banks
THE PLAYER OF GAMES
SIGNED Limited First Edition #166 of 201
Macmillan

1988

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Rudolf Von Ems Weltchronik World Chronicle 1982 fine full leather binding limited 524 of 980 illuminated
Der Stricker + Rudolf Von Ems
CHARLEMAGNE / Karl der Grosse
Weltchronik or WORLD CHRONICLE
Manuscript 302
FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING

Limited #524 of 980 Beautifully ILLUMINATED
1982

$1,400.00

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Edward Fitzgerald 1930 Willy Pogany signed limited edition 240 of 500 Thomas Crowell front cover
Edward Fitzgerald
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Willy Pogany SIGNED x3
Limited Edition #240/500

1930

$1,300.00

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Title page focus TRAGOEDIAE SELECTAE Aeschyli Sophoclis Euripidis duplici interpretatione Latina Henricum Stephanus Geneva 1567
1567
TRAGOEDIAE SELECTAE
Aeschylus + Sophocles + Euripides
Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis

Henricum Stephanus - Henri Estienne

$975.00

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The Ingoldsby Legends — Arthur Rackham illus., signed limited #370 of 560, J.M. Dent 1907, gallery view
Thomas Ingoldsby + Arthur Rackham
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION 370 of only 560
Bound in Full Gilt Vellum

JM Dent 1907

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Front cover Jack London A Thousand Deaths The Black Cat Magazine first edition May 1899 Boston
Jack London
A Thousand Deaths
THE BLACK CAT Magazine
Rare First Edition

May 1899

$900.00

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Spines Robert Surtees Works 7 volumes gilt leather 1890 BUMPUS bindings
Robert Surtees
WORKS
7 Gilt Leather Binding Set
Hand Colored Plates
Signed BUMPUS Bindings

1890

$800.00

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Arthur Conan Doyle Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes first appearances 6 volumes 1891 1892 1893
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strand Magazine
SHERLOCK HOLMES
First Appearances
6 Volumes

George Newnes 1891 1892 1893

$750.00

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Walter Scott Poetical Works complete 12 volume fine bindings set 1854 Adam Charles Black Edinburgh engravings
Walter Scott
WORKS
1854

12 Fine Bindings SET
ENGRAVINGS

$750.00

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Ken Kesey Demon Box & Sometimes A Great Notion — signed with original art, Viking 1986 & Penguin 1988, group view
Ken Kesey
DEMON BOX
& Sometimes A Great Notion
SIGNED with ORIGINAL ART
Viking First Edition

1986 + 1988

$700.00

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Epictetus, Golden Sayings, Crossley trans., Macmillan 1920 — three-quarter view, fine full mottled calf by Rivière, polychrome onlays: raised "EPICTETUS" title, oil lamp with flame, scroll and book, gilt spine lettering
Hastings Crossley
EPICTETUS
Fine Full Calf Tooled Binding by RIVIERE

1920

$650.00

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Elbert Hubbard, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Roycrofters 1906, signed limited edition #50 of 103, Arts and Crafts half calf binding
Elbert Hubbard + W.W. Denslow
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
SIGNED + LIMITED #50 of 103
Arts and Crafts Leather Binding
Imperial Japan Vellum

1906

$600.00

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William Gibson Burning Chrome — signed first edition, Arbor House 1986, gallery view
William Gibson
BURNING CHROME
First Edition SIGNED
Arbor House

1986

$550.00

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Robert Burns The Poetical Works circa 1890 finely bound Albion Edition. London Frederick Warne and Co. Beautiful Victorian poetry collection. Rare collectible Burns complete works.
ROBERT BURNS
Poetical Works
Finely Bound ALBION Edition

1890

$550.00

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Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service — Pan X350 first edition 1964 — front cover, snow scene with gold ring and blood spatters, gallery/hero shot on white
Ian Fleming

JAMES BOND On Her Majesty's Secret Service First PAN X350 Edition Paperback
Rare First Printing 60 cents
1964

$500.00

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David Mitchell Cloud Atlas — signed first edition first printing, Sceptre 2004, with belly band, gallery view
David Mitchell
CLOUD ATLAS
First Edition SIGNED
Sceptre

2004

$500.00

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Maurice Hewlett The Forest Lovers 1898 first edition with two signed letters gallery
Maurice Hewlett
The Forest Lovers
First Edition
with 2 ASL SIGNED LETTERS by Hewlett
Macmillan

1898

$450.00

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Margaret Armour The Fall of the Nibelungs — MacDougall illustrations, J.M. Dent 1897, gallery view
Margaret Armour
THE FALL OF THE NIBELUNGS
MacDougall Arts & Crafts Illustrations
J.M. Dent Aldine House

1897

$450.00

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Greek Dramas 1900 Aldine Edition fine leather gilt Bayntun binding Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes
GREEK DRAMAS
Fine Leather Gilt Binding
BAYNTUN
AEschylus Sophocles Euripedes
Aldine Edition

1900

$450.00

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John Milton Poetical Works 1908 1909 Aldine Edition 2 volume set Bumpus vellum bindings George Bell and Sons London
JOHN MILTON
Poetical Works
BUMPUS VELLUM BINDINGS

2 Volume Set

$450.00

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Mark Twain THE WRITINGS complete 25 volume set Author's National Edition Harper Brothers P.F. Collier 1920
Mark Twain
THE WRITINGS

25 VOLUMES

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gallery signature and cover Mark Twain 1601 Barry Moser signed wood engraving Lazarus edition limited 4 of 200
Mark Twain + Barry Moser
1601 : Conversation in the Time of the Tudors
Wood Engraving SIGNED by Moser
'Lazarus edition'
Limited Edition #4 of only 200

1978

$400.00

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind — signed first American edition, Penguin Press 2004, gallery view
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
First Edition SIGNED in Dustjacket
Penguin Press

2004

$375.00

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Isaac Asimov The Asimov Chronicles Dark Harvest 1989 deluxe signed limited edition Fifty Years front cover and spine angled science fiction
Isaac Asimov
THE ASIMOV CHRONICLES
Deluxe Signed Limited Edition

Dark Harvest 1989

$375.00

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Charles & Mary Lamb Tales From Shakspeare — full gilt vellum, Anning Bell illus., Freemantle 1899, gallery view
Shakespeare - Charles Lamb
Tales From Shakspeare
Full GILT VELLUM BINDING
Robert Anning Bell Illustrations

1899

$350.00

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gallery collage Clive Cussler Blue Gold 2000 first limited edition 126 signed by Cussler and NUMA
Clive Cussler
BLUE GOLD A Novel From the NUMA Files
FIRST LIMITED EDITION #126
Signed by Cussler and NUMA

2000

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Mark Twain Roughing It 1872 first edition American Publishing Company Hartford Connecticut front cover Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
ROUGHING IT
1872

1st EDITION

$350.00

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J.M. Barrie Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham illustrated 1910 Hodder Stoughton London front cover and binding
J.M. Barrie
PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON
Arthur Rackham Illustrated

1910

$300.00

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Willy Pogany original signed etching Parsifal Legend of the Holy Grail 1912 Harrap London limited edition
WILLY POGANY
Original SIGNED Etching

for ' PARSIFAL '
$300.00

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Front covers with spines angled to the right together Francis Palgrave Golden Treasury First Second Series 1904 1905 Macmillan London poetry
Francis Palgrave
THE GOLDEN TREASURY

1904

$300.00

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Works complete 10 volume set Edinburgh David Douglas 1890-1901 collectible
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Works
10 volume set

1890

$300.00

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China Miéville The Tain — signed limited first edition #44 of 400, PS Publishing 2002, gallery view
China Mieville
THE TAIN
First Edition
PS SIGNED & LIMITED #44/400

2002

$275.00

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William T. Vollmann The Rainbow Stories — signed inscribed first edition, Andre Deutsch 1989, gallery view
William Vollmann
The Rainbow Stories
SIGNED First Edition
Andre Deutsch

1989

$275.00

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Robert Bell Art and Song 1895 fine BUMPUS leather binding steel engravings
Robert Bell
ART and SONG
A Series of of Highly Finished Steel Engravings
Poe / Milton / Shakespeare etc
Fine BUMPUS Leather Binding

1895

$275.00

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Hubert Selby Jr. Last Exit to Brooklyn — first edition, Grove Press 1964, gallery view
Hubert Selby Jr.
LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN
First Edition
Grove Press

1964

$250.00

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William S. Burroughs Cities of the Red Night — inscribed signed dated first edition, Holt 1981, gallery view
William S. Burroughs
Cities of the Red Night
FIRST EDITION SIGNED
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Inscribed Signed and Dated by Burroughs

1981

$250.00

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The Prince 1954 full gilt leather in slipcase Niccolo Machiavelli LEC 1211
Niccolo Machiavelli
THE PRINCE
Limited Editions Club LEC #1211 of 1500
FULL GILT LEATHER in Slipcase

1954

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To Russia With Fries 1997 George Cohon Mikhail Gorbachev carved wood leather presentation box McDonald's special edition
George Cohon + Mikhail Gorbachev
To Russia With Fries
1997 Special Edition in
Carved Wood and Leather Presentation Box

McDonald's

$250.00

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Spines Works of William Shakspeare Charles Knight 3 volume leather set George Routledge 1890 engravings
Charles Knight
WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
3 Volume Leather Set
FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS

1880

$250.00

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Dr. Frankenstein Nino Carbe fine plate 1932 Mary Shelley Illustrated Editions Co New York
Mary Shelley
FRANKENSTEIN
or the Modern Prometheus
NINO CARBE Illustrations

1932

$250.00

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Francis Bacon Essays 1706 London H. Clark front cover with spine angled Councils Civil Moral Good Evil Wisdom Ancients
FRANCIS BACON
Essays Good and Evil
1706

$250.00

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Robert Louis Stevenson Works complete 10 volume set Balmoral Edition 1930 New York Standard Classics
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Works
10 volume set

1930

$250.00

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Stephen Graham Tramping With A Poet In The Rockies — first edition in rare dustjacket, Macmillan 1922, gallery view
Stephen Graham + Vachel Lindsay
Tramping With A Poet In The ROCKIES
First Edition with RARE DUSTJACKET
Vernon Hill Illustrations

Macmillan 1922

$225.00

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