London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, l. 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, l. 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, l. 26. Presentation Copy, Inscribed. Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed "From the author"..... Read More about An Outcast of the Islands
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September 11, 1894. Edison and the Birth of Film. A letter dating from the birth year of motion picture exhibition, from the inventor of the medium, Edison, to one of the first motion picture distributors and producers, Norman C. Raff, mentioning a third important figure in the history of film..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Edison"), to Norman C. Raff, relating to the early efforts in...
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Box Hill, Dorking, [Surrey]: 21 November 1901. Meredith to Gissing: ‘for you to take your place among our best’. Novelist George Meredith (1828-1909) writes his friend George Gissing (1857-1903), acknowledging his latest book, and asking about Gissing‘s health, reading (in part): “The title of your present abode indicates the open air..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed (“George Meredith”), to George Gissing, thanking him for “the...
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London: Walter Scott, 1894. First edition. Inscribed Presentation Copy. Esther Waters established Moore's reputation as a novelist: 24,000 copies were sold within the year, and many still regard Moore's Zolaesque tale of a servant girl to be his finest and most characteristic novel. Esther Waters, like Moore’s earlier books, was..... Read More about Esther Waters. A Novel
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175 East 78th St., [New York: May 7, 1946]. "The hell with the coin box business …" Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith: "Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("John"), to Burgess Meredith, on Steinbeck's frustrating...
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London: T. Werner Laurie, 1925. First edition, no. 393 of 600 copies signed. Privately printed for subscribers only by the Dunedin Press. Signed by Yeats. The original prospectus, advertising the book for £3.3s, has a correction in ink lowering the limitation from 1000 to 600 copies. Read More about A Vision. An Explanation of Life Founded Upon the Writings of Giraldus and Upon Certain Doctrines...
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New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. Warde, Frederic. First edition, one of 642 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half-title. Read More about The Winding Stair
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