BLOOD MERIDIAN, INSCRIBED BY CORMAC MCCARTHY
MCCARTHY, Cormac. Blood Meridian. New York, 1985.
First edition of McCarthy’s mythic vision of the American West, inscribed by him on the title page, "For G— V— with best wishes Cormac McCarthy." $35,000.
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KNIGHT'S OLD ENGLAND, SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED
KNIGHT, Charles. Old England. London, 1845. Two volumes in one.
First edition of this compendium of English antiquities, "regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal and popular," richly illustrated with 24 full-page folio chromolithographs and upwards of two thousand wood engravings, handsomely bound. $1400.
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"MISFORTUNES WERE HEAPING THEMSELVES UPON THE AUTHOR"
SCOTT, Walter. Woodstock; Or, the Cavalier. Edinburgh, 1826. Three volumes.
First edition of Scott's tale set during the English Civil War, dealing with the escape of Charles II in 1652, during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, and Charles II's final triumphant entry into London in 1660. $1100.
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