20th Century Literature

109 Items
  • Larry McMurtry's first edition of The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming
    Ian Fleming
    $600.00
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    New York: Macmillan, 1958 First printing of the first American edition. Larry McMurtry’s ownership signature in pencil on the first free endpaper; therefore, an association...
  • A first edition of The Double Helix together with a photograph signed by James Watson
    James D. Watson
    $1,500.00
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    New York: Antheneum, 1968 First edition, first printing. Together with a photograph of Watson in his laboratory, signed by him in black felt tip. A...
  • The Enemy Within
    Robert F. Kennedy
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    New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960 First edition. First printing. Presentation copy, inscribed on the first free endpaper: “To Senator Saltonstall / with the best...
  • The Evil Eye
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    $3,000.00
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    Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1915 First edition. Fitzgerald’s second work for the Princeton University Triangle Club. A bit of foxing and creasing to the...
  • The Green Hills of Earth
    Robert Heinlein
    $500.00
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    Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951 First edition. A near fine copy, but for a few tiny pinholes at the corners of the front board, as well...
  • The Handmaid's Tale
    Margaret Atwood
    $2,500.00
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    London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Mike - best wishes - Margaret Atwood." A...
  • The Inner Game of Tennis
    W. Timothy Gallwey
    $120.00
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    New York: Random House, 1974 First edition. First printing, with the complete number line on the copyright page. Sight bumping to the boards, and a...
  • The Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul
    Douglas Adams
    $300.00
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    London: William Heinemann, 1988 First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Michael / Douglas Adams." A very small remainder...
  • The Magus
    John Fowles
    $320.00
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    Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1965 First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. The jacket showing very slight edgewear,...
  • The Manchurian Candidate
    Richard Condon
    $375.00
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    New York: McGraw Hill, 1959 First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket with $4.50 on the front flap....
  • The Martian Chronicles
    Ray Bradbury
    $5,000.00
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    New York: Doubleday, 1950 First edition. A remarkable early association copy,  inscribed on the first free endpaper:  “FOR / BEA - / WITH SPECIAL /...
  • The Master and Margarita
    Mikhail Bulgakov
    $700.00
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    New York: Grove Press, 1967 First American edition. The first appearance of The Master & Margarita in the United States, preceding the Harper and Row...
  • The Moonshine War
    Elmore Leonard
    $1,900.00
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    New York: Doubleday, 1969  First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page: “For Richard Widmark, / hoping we’ll meet later on - / Elmore...
  • The Neverending Story
    Michael Ende
    $370.00
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    New York: Doubleday, 1983 First American edition, first printing. With Ralph Manheim’s translation from the original German. A fine, unread copy. A very faint smudge...
  • The Night Manager
    John le Carré
    $120.00
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    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 First edition. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket.
  • The Paper Chase
    John Jay Osborn, Jr.
    $400.00
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    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971 First edition. First printing. A near fine copy in a very good or better unclipped dust jacket, just with a...