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book LE SAGE, Alain Rene. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886.

First edition of Van Laun's translation. Presentation copy, inscribed by Van Laun on the half-title of volume I: "J. Knight Esq./with the kind regards/of Henri van Laun." $300
book LEWIS, Alfred Henry. Wolfville. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1897].

First edition of this work, the author’s first book, and the first in a series of works consisting of tales told by old cowboys. $200
book LOCKHART, J. G. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1851.
$175
book MALAMUD, Bernard. God's Grace. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1982].

Signed limited first edition. Number 189 of only 300 copies signed by the author. $100
book MANZONI, Alessandro. I Promessi Spossi (The Betrothed). Verona: The Limited Editions Club, 1951.

One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the engraver and the printer. This being copy no. 540. $75
book MARTEL, Yann. Self. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [1996].

First edition. Signed by the author on the title-page. $375
book MATHERS, Powys; MARDRUS, Dr J. C. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. [London]: The Folio Society, 1958.

First edition thus. $125
book MATTHIESSEN, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord. New York: Random House, [1965].

First edition. $135
book MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. The Razor’s Edge. New York: Doubleday and Doran, 1944.

First edition, one of 750 copies signed by Maugham, this being copy number 197. This edition precedes the English editions of the same year. $2,500
book MAUPASSANT, Guy de. A Woman's Life [Une Vie]. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952.

One of 1,500 numbered copies. This being copy no. 540. $75
book MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851.

First American edition (preceded by the British edition by a month), one of 3,000 copies printed. $32,000
book MEREDITH, George. The Shaving of Shagpat. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955.

One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1403. $50
book MEREDITH, George. The Egoist. London: Chapman and Hall, 1895.

A New Edition. $175
book MICHAELS, Anne. Fugitive Pieces. [Toronto]: McClelland and Stewart, Inc., [1996].

True first edition, paperback original. This edition precedes the American and British editions by a year. $115
book MONTAIGNE, [Michel de]. Essays of Montaigne. [Hillsborough, California]: The L-D Allen Press, 1948.

First edition thus. One of 200 copies designed, printed, and hand-illuminated by Lewis & Dorothy Allen at the L-D Allen Press. $175
book NAYLOR, Gloria. The Women of Brewster Place. New York: The Viking Press, [1982].

Uncorrected Proof Copy of her first book. Inscribed to “George” on the half-title, who is one of the dedicatees as listed on the dedication page (“And George, who applauded loudest in his heart.”): “To George -/This book came from you/over a lot of miles +/took me back many years./All the best -/Gloria Naylor.” $500
book ORWELL, George. Complete Novels: Burmese Days; A Clergyman's Daughter; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; Coming Up for Air; Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: The Folio Society, 2001.

First edition thus. $175
book PELECANOS, George. A Firing Offense. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992].

First edition. $125
book PETRONIUS. The Satyricon of Petronius. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1964.

One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 723. $50
book PROUST, Marcel. In Search of Lost Time. London: The Folio Society, 2000.

First edition thus. $200

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