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The Oldest Inhabitant. A Comedy -
Eden Phillpotts
1934 - The Macmillan Company, New York - First American Edition
A fine first edition in fine dust jacket.
A plot based in a small Devonshire village, and centred around one of it’s oldest residents, a sly old scamp and about whom his oldest friend says “a artfully and more utterly devious and downy old man than he is don’t draw breath”...
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1934 - The Macmillan Company, New York - First American Edition
A fine first edition in fine dust jacket.A plot based in a small Devonshire village, and centred around one of it’s oldest residents, a sly old scamp and about whom his oldest friend says “a artfully and more utterly devious and downy old man than he is don’t draw breath”...
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Johnson Over Jordan - The Play. And All About It (An Essay) -
J. B. Priestley
1939 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
‘J.B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century. And it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius’ – Dame Judi Dench
A smartly bound copy of J.B. Priestley’s ‘adventure in theatre’, Johnson Over Jordan – the story of ‘everyman’ Robert Johnson who attempts to make sense of a life half lived – was the play he considered his finest and most ambitious achievement. Also features an essay by Priestly on the writing of the play and its origins, and the critical reception of the stage production.
Illustrated with 8 full page black and white photographic plates of the original 1939 stage production, which starred Ralph Richardson and featured a musical score by Benjamin Britten.
With a black and white photographic portrait of the playwright tipped in to front endpaper and the front panel of the original dust jacket laid in.
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1939 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
‘J.B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century. And it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his genius’ – Dame Judi DenchA smartly bound copy of J.B. Priestley’s ‘adventure in theatre’, Johnson Over Jordan – the story of ‘everyman’ Robert Johnson who attempts to make sense of a life half lived – was the play he considered his finest and most ambitious achievement. Also features an essay by Priestly on the writing of the play and its origins, and the critical reception of the stage production.
Illustrated with 8 full page black and white photographic plates of the original 1939 stage production, which starred Ralph Richardson and featured a musical score by Benjamin Britten.
With a black and white photographic portrait of the playwright tipped in to front endpaper and the front panel of the original dust jacket laid in.
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Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set - 7 volumes -
J. K. Rowling
1999-2007 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.
Presented here is a complete and fine and stunning seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe editions, superior to the trade editions, being larger, with quality cloth and gilt lettered covers, the artwork inlaid to the upper panels, silk bookmarks, and all edges finished in gilt.
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1999-2007 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.Presented here is a complete and fine and stunning seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe editions, superior to the trade editions, being larger, with quality cloth and gilt lettered covers, the artwork inlaid to the upper panels, silk bookmarks, and all edges finished in gilt.
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Franny and Zooey -
J.D. Salinger
1961 - Little, Boston - First Edition
A fine first edition of Salinger’s third book. Two stories about the Glass family, which originally appeared in the New Yorker, following on from ‘Raise High the Roof Beam’ [1959].
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1961 - Little, Boston - First Edition
A fine first edition of Salinger’s third book. Two stories about the Glass family, which originally appeared in the New Yorker, following on from ‘Raise High the Roof Beam’ [1959].
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction -
J.D. Salinger
1959 - Little Brown, Boston - First Edition, First Issue, without the dedication leaf, as called for
‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters’ is written with a dazzling, almost showy, technical brilliance. Its dialogue is expert, its satirical comedy amusing, its style fluid and graceful. There can be no question that J. D. Salinger is a finished literary craftsman. What he sets out to do he does with consummate skill.’ - New York Times
First edition, first state, of this collection of stories about the Glass Family, in beautiful condition, and scarce as such..
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1959 - Little Brown, Boston - First Edition, First Issue, without the dedication leaf, as called for
‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters’ is written with a dazzling, almost showy, technical brilliance. Its dialogue is expert, its satirical comedy amusing, its style fluid and graceful. There can be no question that J. D. Salinger is a finished literary craftsman. What he sets out to do he does with consummate skill.’ - New York Times First edition, first state, of this collection of stories about the Glass Family, in beautiful condition, and scarce as such..
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -
Muriel Spark
1961 - Macmillan and Co Ltd, London - First Edition in book form
‘To me, education is a leading out of what is already there in a pupil’s soul.’
A superbly fine first edition of Spark’s internationally acclaimed masterwork, hailed by Time magazine as one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century. The story of the inimitable Jean Brodie, and the six young girls she not merely educates, but mentors in everything from art and the classics, to love, travel, and even fascism.
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1961 - Macmillan and Co Ltd, London - First Edition in book form
‘To me, education is a leading out of what is already there in a pupil’s soul.’A superbly fine first edition of Spark’s internationally acclaimed masterwork, hailed by Time magazine as one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century. The story of the inimitable Jean Brodie, and the six young girls she not merely educates, but mentors in everything from art and the classics, to love, travel, and even fascism.
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The Grapes of Wrath -
John Steinbeck
1939 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition
‘They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency.’
A sharp bright and unrestored first edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression.
‘You got to have patience. Why, Tom, us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people, we go on.’
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1939 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition
‘They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency.’ A sharp bright and unrestored first edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression.
‘You got to have patience. Why, Tom, us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people, we go on.’
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The Wolf Woman. A Novel. -
Arthur Stringer
1928 - The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis - First Edition
The story of Dynamite Mary, brought up in the wild in Northern America and introduced into the metropolis of New York.
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1928 - The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis - First Edition
The story of Dynamite Mary, brought up in the wild in Northern America and introduced into the metropolis of New York.
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Price HK$ 800