20th Century Literature

103 Items
  • Foucault's Pendulum
    Umberto Eco
    $400.00
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    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 First edition (first US trade edition). Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Michael Kandell / from / Umberto."  A fine...
  • A signed and inscribed first edition of Four Plays by Emily Mann
    Emily Mann
    $70.00
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    New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1997.  The softcover first edition of Emily Mann's Four Plays, inscribed by the author in the year of publication. A near fine copy, appearing...
  • God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom”
    William F. Buckley, Jr
    $1,400.00
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    Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951 First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper: “For Mr. S T Salvage, / with...
  • Grimms' Other Tales
    William Hansen
    $450.00
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    London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1956 Limited to a print run of 500 copies, the present being #313. Some residue from bookplate removal on the...
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    J.K. Rowling
    $3,400.00
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    London: Bloomsbury, 1998 First edition. First printing. A slight lean to the spine. Mild foxing to the outer text block edges. Brief gift inscription on the...
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    J.K. Rowling
    $200.00
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    New York: Scholastic Press, 1999 First edition. First printing. The slightest lean to the spine. A bit of foxing to the outer text block, but...
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    J.K. Rowling
    $3,800.00
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    London: Bloomsbury, 2000 First edition. First printing. Signed by the author on the dedication page. An exceptional copy, fine in a fine dust jacket. From...
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
    J.K. Rowling
    $2,800.00
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    New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998  First edition. First printing, in the unclipped, first issue dust jacket. A very good to...
  • Hiroshima
    John Hersey
    $370.00
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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946 First edition in book form, originally appearing as an entire issue of the New Yorker. First printing, with the...
  • Hopscotch
    Julio Cortázar
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    New York: Pantheon Books, 1966 First American edition, translated by Gregory Rabassa. First printing. A very good or better copy in the unclipped dust jacket,...
  • How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
    Umberto Eco
    $450.00
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    New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1994. First Edition. Advance review copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. A fine, unread copy, in a fine dust jacket with...
  • Il pendolo di Foucault
    Umberto Eco
    $800.00
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    Milan: Bompiani, 1988 First edition. First printing. Signed and inscribed by Eco on the first free endpaper. A very good to near fine copy. Unread, internally...
  • In Our Time
    Ernest Hemingway
    $4,700.00
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    New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930 First edition thus, first printing. A fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Faint foxing to the...
  • Infinite Jest
    David Foster Wallace
    $3,500.00
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    Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996 First edition, “Special Galleys” uncorrected advance proof.  Signed by the author on the front flyleaf, dated 9/95, and additionally inscribed...
  • Interview with the Vampire
    Anne Rice
    $320.00
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    New York: Knopf, 1976 First edition. First printing. A near fine, clean copy. The red topstain unfaded. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket, showing creasing...
  • James and the Giant Peach
    Roald Dahl
    $8,000.00
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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 First edition. First issue, with the colophon stating “"Bound by H. Wolff, New York.” Inscribed by Dahl on the first...