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[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE.]
Jane Eyre.
By Currer Bell. Printed in double
columns.Tall 8vo, original brown printed wrappers, uncut, spine rubbed with portions lost
but largely intact, edge creasing, deckle edges with usual chips, small area of rodent damage
at bottom edge of front wrapper.
NewYork: Harper & Brothers, 1848
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
;
an excellent survival. Scarce on the market; AE (i.e. Rare Book Hub)
records only three copies appearing at auction since 1997.With the advertisements following Smith’s
state (a), and lacking theWebster’s ad at the end. Smith, Bronte, pp.41-45.
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(BOOKS INTO FILM.)
Group of 4 First Editions.
8vo, publisher’s cloth;
unclipped dust jackets; overall condition near fine to fine, additional notes below.
NewYork, vd
[500/750]
O’Hara, John. A Rage to Live. Light creases to top edges and one corner of jacket. 1949 *
LeMay, Alan. The Searchers. Minor restoration to spine panel tips and corners. 1954 *
Burdick, Eugene and Wheeler, Harvey. Fail-Safe. 1962 * Gallico, Paul. The Poseidon
Adventure. Ownership signature. 1969.The film versions herein, in reverse order: a 1970s dis-
aster epic classic; a Cold War highspot; the best Western ever filmed; and the inimitable
Suzanne Pleshette.
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BRADBURY, RAY.
The Golden Apples of the Sun * S is for Space.
Together,
2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jackets, small chip to head of second title, mild ton-
ing; bookplate to each, pen inscription to the latter.
FIRST EDITIONS
.
NewYork: Doubleday, 1953; 1966
[250/350]
WITH
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Amazing Stories. Volume 18, Number 3. Original pictorial wrappers, creased, tape
mends, edgewear. First appearance of Bradbury’s short story I, Rocket. Chicago: May, 1944.
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