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Critics blasted Twain’s dark, brilliant Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
from the moment of publication, vilifying the book for its “coarseness”
and “blood-curdling humor.” Nonetheless, it emerged as arguably the
defining novel of American literature, prompting Hemingway to declare:
“All modern writing comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best
book we’ve had. There was nothing before.
There has been nothing since.”
Published in 1885, Huck was a labor of
love and frustration that had taken Twain
eight years, and he was devastated that
its introduction failed to elicit the same
enthusiasm as his beloved Tom Sawyer.
We offer a beautiful, custom-boxed first
edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn for $18,000.
Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1958. First edition of the adventures of the
free-spirited Holly Golightly. $3800.
Alex Haley Roots
1976. First edition, warmly inscribed by
Haley. $1100.
William Blake
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
1859. “It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times.” First edition, first issue, of
one of Dickens’ most enduring works, finely
bound in calf-gilt. $7500.
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
1839. “Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright…” First
edition set in type (preceded only by the
virtually unobtainable first edition) of the
visionary poet’s most famous work. $15,000.
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea
1952. “Man is not made for defeat.” First
edition of Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel. $3500.
Lord Byron Hebrew Melodies
“A Book Of Mine Where A Sound Heart And
A Deformed Conscience Come Into Collision
And Conscience Suffers Defeat.”
1815. “She walks in beauty, like the night…”
First edition, first issue, of Byron’s eloquent
lyrics, an exceptional uncut copy in original
wrappers. $3500.
1967. Tenth-anniversary edition, one of
2000 copies signed by Rand. $4800.
J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
1951. First edition of Salinger’s first
book, in first-issue dust jacket. $15,500.
Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses
1992. First edition of the first novel in
the acclaimed “Border Trilogy,” signed by
McCarthy. Winner of the National Book
Award. $4200.
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
1899. Scarce first edition of Wilde’s last and
greatest play, one of only 1000 copies printed,
in original cloth. $4800.
1944. “I was ravished with the beauty of the
world.” Signed limited first edition, one of
750 copies signed by Maugham. $4000.
Charles Dickens Little Dorrit
John Steinbeck East of Eden
1857. “A wonderfully rich novel.” First
edition in book form, first issue, handsomely
bound in calf-gilt. $1500.
1881. “The best book for young folks that was
ever written” (Harriet Beecher Stowe). First
American edition, first issue. A beautiful copy
in original cloth-gilt. $3000.
Virginia Woolf A Room of One’s Own
1929. “A woman must have money and a
room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
One of 492 copies signed by Woolf in her
characteristic purple ink. $15,000.
Isak Dinesen Out of Africa 1938.
First American edition of Dinesen’s famous
account of her experiences in Africa. $1200.
F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise
1920. “So gentlemen, consider all the
cocktails mentioned in this book drunk by
me as a toast…” First edition, third printing
(issued the same month as the first), of
Fitzgerald’s first novel, one of 500 copies
with the tipped-in “Author’s Apology” boldly
signed by him. $16,000.
J. D. Salinger Franny and Zooey
1961. First edition. $950.
Walt Whitman Complete Poems and Prose
1855-1888. “From my heart to your heart.”
First edition of the first collected edition of
Whitman’s works, one of only 600 copies
signed by him. $9200.
Ian Fleming From Russia, With Love
1957. First edition. President Kennedy counted
this book among his ten favorite. $7500.
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1916. “To forge in the smithy of my soul
the uncreated conscience of my race.” First
edition of Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness
classic—a defining work in the emergence
of the modern novel. $9300.
W. Somerset Maugham The Razor’s Edge
Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper
1952. Signed limited first edition of
Steinbeck’s modern rendition of the Cain
and Abel story, one of 1500 copies signed
by him. $4500.
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