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First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page: For Richard Widmark, / hoping we ll meet later on - / Elmore Leonard / Sep 1969. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Widmark starred in the novel s film adaptation the following year, playing the role of Dr. Emmett Taulbee. Although Leonard expresses hope with this presentation that he and Widmark might work together again, The Moonshine Wars would be their only collaboration. A very significant copy, having been inscribed by the author to an acclaimed actor with a prominent role in the film adaptation.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886
First edition - the first English hardcover edition, in the original salmon cloth. The bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon, the 19th Century American novelist and playwright, on the front pastedown. A very good copy, only with a bit of rubbing to the cloth. Slightly worn edges, and bumps to the extremities of the spine. A crack to the front hinge and the binding a bit shaken, but otherwise a solid and essentially intact volume. The contents fine throughout but for foxing and slight adhesive residue to the first free endpaper, as well a bit of damp stain to the top right corners of pages 73-76. A very handsome example overall of this often fragile volume, the present with interesting provenance. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Laid in is a newspaper clipping from 1887, advertising the very first stage performance of the story. A cornerstone of gothic horror, and one of the most recognizable works in English literature. Jekyll and Hyde is the archetype of tales… Read More

First printing. Signed by the author on the first free endpaper. A fine copy, in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. The very slightest edge wear to the jacket, a bit of sunning and a tiny closed tear to the spine at the crown. A beautiful copy of the famed spy thriller, increasingly scarce signed. The first novel of the Bourne series, adapted to film most recently in 2002. Laid is in a bookmark from the signing event at the time, for the First Edition Circle at Kroch s & Brentano s in Chicago.