DEMON BOX
KESEY, KEN New York: Viking, 1986. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped, dustwrapper. Essays and short stories ranging from reflections on the deaths of Neal Cassady and John Lennon to a lively tall tale for children told by Kesey's grandmother. Great writing from the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.- $20
- $20
NEW YORK PAST AND PRESENT: ITS HISTORY AND LANDMARKS 1524-1939
PHELPS STOKES, I.N. New York: Plantin Press, 1939. A near-fine copy in wraps. This publication was sanctioned by the 1939 World's Fair held in New York. One hundred views of New York City are reproduced and described in detail. There is minute chipping at the spine ends and some tiny light scratches on the front panel, else fine. Compiled by I. N. Phelps Stokes, the expert of New York views who was the author of the famed four-volume Iconography of Manhattan Island.- $20
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IN PATAGONIA
CHATWIN, BRUCE New York: Summit Books, 1977. A near-fine copy in brown and cream binding with a previous owner's name on the front end paper in a near-fine dustwrapper with a tiny closed chip to the front panel of the dustwrapper and another at the bottom of the rear cover, with several inconsequential inner folds to the jacket. Fifth Printing in the original format. Chatwin's first book, which changed the nature of travel writing. Chatwin went on to publish other notable works, including Songlines about the aborigines of Australia. He died from AIDS at 48. A memorial service was held for him in the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Sophia in West London on the same day that a fatwa was announced on Salman Rushdie, a close friend of Chatwin's who was in attendance. Chatwin now resides in the pantheon of great British travel writers. He is buried near the former home of another great travel writer, Patrick Lee Fermor, in Greece.- $30
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THE SAFEGUARD OF THE SEA: A NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN 660-1649
RODGER, N.A.M. New York: Norton, 1998. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy of this important scholarly work. The book's dustwrapper was applied with title slightly off-center, a minor production flaw. The endpapers are maps of the Southern hemisphere. The author, a noted scholar, presents a comprehensive history of British naval action from the campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the Spanish Armada.- $25
- $25
OUT AFTER DARK
LEONARD, HUGH London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. First Edition. A fine copy in black cloth with gilt spine lettering in a fine, pictorial dustwrapper featuring a view of Dublin at nighttime. Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, he wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essays, two autobiographies, three novels and numerous screenplays and teleplays, as well as writing a regular newspaper column. Three of his plays appeared on Broadway: The Au Pair Man (1973), which starred Charles Durning and Julie Harris; Da (1978); and A Life (1980).[8] Of these, Da earned Leonard both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Play. It was made into a film in 1988, starring Martin Sheen and Barnard Hughes, who reprised his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance. This book is a wonderful account of Leonard's early years finding his way into the Irish theatre. It's hilarious and chilling, helping to explain immense later popularity as a playwright. This is a companion to his earlier memoir, Home Before Night.- $20
- $20
DEBRETT’S HANDBOOK (2018 edition)
Wyse, Elizabeth (Editor) London: Debrett's Limited, 2018) A beautiful new copy of the famous British guide to correct form and modern manners. You can't get around upper-class Britain without this famed guide to growing up, engagements, wedding invitations, attending a funeral, table manners and hundreds of other topics (including addressing Charles III. This is a current edition in red boards with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front panel. pp unnumbered and issued without jacket. In the world of guides, this is the premier copy.- $100
- $100
CICERO ON MORAL OBLIGATION
hIGGINBOTHAM, JOHN (INTRODUCTION) London: Faber & Faber, 1967. First edition. A fine copy in blue boards with gilt spine lettering in a near-fine dustwrapper with slight darkening on the jacket, else fine. A new translation by Cicero's De Officiis, with introduction and notes by John Higginbotham. A book of immense importance in the development of education up to the nineteenth century.- $25
- $25