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CHARLES AGVENT has been buying and selling rare books, manuscripts, and autographs in a variety of fields since 1987. We have books from the 15th to the 21st century and feature a stock strong in Signed Books & Autographs, Literary First Editions, Presidential material, African-American Literature & History, and Fine Press & Illustrated Books. In addition, we carry the largest inventory of Limited Edition Club books and ephemera in the world. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and adhere to their high ethical standards.

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Not the rather common Book Club edition which also states "First Printing." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "for -----:/Have a good life. Cheers,/Richard Yates/feb. 22, 1986." Books inscribed by this master of short fiction are not terribly common. Small, faint dampstain to heel of dustwrapper spine.

A GOOD SCHOOL
YATES, Richard
New York: Delacorte, (1978). Not the rather common Book Club edition which also states "First Printing." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the.. more
Price: $1,000.00

Folio (11" x 14-3/4") complete with 10 individual parts in decorated wraps and glassine housed in the original decorated publisher's folder with silk ties. The French text is accompanied by 100 hand-colored pochoir plates with the front and rear covers of each of the 10 parts also in pochoir. Covered in this, one of the more desirable volumes in the series, are costumes of China, Japan, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India, Greece, Rome, and the Orient. The detailed illustrations depict full costumes as well as component parts including hats, jewelry, etc. A lovely presentation and valuable reference.

L'HISTOIRE DU COSTUME FEMININ MONDIAL DE L'AN 5318 AVANT J.C. A NOS JOURS
GIAFFERRI, Paul Louis de
Paris: Editions Nilsson, [1922-23]. Folio (11" x 14-3/4") complete with 10 individual parts in decorated wraps and glassine housed in the original decorated publisher's.. more
Price: $500.00

Original half dark blue morocco and marbled paper boards. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving, one half-page wood engraving, and 15 wood-engraved vignettes by Eric Ravillious. Copy #158 of 212 printed on Arnold's handmade paper and signed by the author.

THE HANSOM CAB AND THE PIGEONS. BEING RANDOM REFLECTIONS UPON THE SILVER JUBILEE OF KING GEORGE V
(RAVILIOUS, Eric) STRONG, L.A.G
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. Original half dark blue morocco and marbled paper boards. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving, one half-page wood engraving, and.. more
Price: $850.00

Bound in full navy Kivar, an imitation leather, with gilt decoration and lettering. Includes Carter's 23-page lecture along with an introduction and two short tributes as well as 15 photographs from the event. SIGNED by the former President as "J. Carter" on the front endpaper. An uncommon book.

NEGOTIATION: THE ALTERNATIVE TO HOSTILITY. THE CARL VINSON MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES. INAUGURAL LECTURE
CARTER, Jimmy
(Macon, GA): Mercer University Press, (1984). Bound in full navy Kivar, an imitation leather, with gilt decoration and lettering. Includes Carter's 23-page lecture along with an.. more
Price: $600.00

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