BAUMAN RARE BOOKS 34 “When You Play A Game Of Thrones You Win Or Die” 48MARTIN, George R.R. A Game of Thrones. WITH: A Clash of Kings. WITH: A Storm of Swords. WITH: A Feast for Crows. WITH: A Dance with Dragons. New York, 1996-2011. Five volumes. Thick octavo, original half black, blue, red, gray paper boards, dust jackets. $1800 First editions of the first five novels in Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire”—“one of the best fantasy series ever written.” Publication of the first five books in George R.R. Martin’s brilliantly conceived series A Song of Ice and Fire earned him the title of “the American Tolkien” (Time Magazine). Basis for the HBO series. Slight soiling to front board of Storm of Swords and Feast for Crows, otherwise fine; all dust jackets either fine or very nearly so. “Our Mission, Comrades, Is To Avoid Detection” 49CLANCY, Tom. The Hunt for Red October. Annapolis, 1984. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket. $1500 First edition of Clancy’s “breathlessly exciting” first novel (Washington Post). Clancy’s first novel became a surprise best-seller and one of President Reagan’s favorite books. Clancy based the book on interviews with intelligence officers and extensive research in publicly available sources; however, in 1985, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Jr. told the author, “If you were a naval officer, I would have you courtmartialed because of all the classified information in your book” (New York Times). Book fine, dust jacket with light rubbing to extremities, two tape repairs to verso. An extremely good copy. “The Triwizard Tournament Will Be Taking Place At Hogwarts This Year” 50ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London, 2000. Octavo, original paper boards, dust jacket. $5800 First edition of the fourth book in the extraordinarily popular awardwinning Harry Potter series, signed by Rowling on the dedications page. “The emergence of each of the remaining books in the series of seven deserves to become a major annual event. Rowling creates a complete and perfect story” (The Times). With a “golden ticket” to a signing event at Hatchards in London laid in. A fine copy.
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