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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 294 pages. Published in 2008. The author's second novel. One of Aleksandar Hemon's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Aleksandar Hemon's "The Lazarus Project". His remarkable conflation of Past and Present, fact and fiction. As such, the novel is brilliantly interspersed with archival photographs from the Chicago Historical Society and contemporary images by Velibor Bozovic, mirroring the photographs that one of the characters, a war photographer named Rora (pronounced like "war"), always carries with him. "Hemon is as much a writer of the senses as of the intellect. He can be very funny: The novel is full of jokes and linguistic riffs that justify comparisons to Nabokov. Beauty and violence, in Hemon's universe, are far from mutually exclusive. Indeed, he seems determined not to let his readers escape the experience of war as a personal affront and a personal transformation" (David Leavitt). "She would one day die, and so would Rora, and so would I. They were me. We lived the same life: We would vanish into the same death. We were like everybody else, because there was nobody like us" (Aleksandar Hemon). An absolute "must-have" title for Aleksandar Hemon collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "11/02/08 Aleksandar Hemon". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It also comes with a copy of the elongated Souvenir Program, "The Chicago Heartland Prize", which was awarded to Hemon for "The Lazarus Project" and to Garry Wills for "What The Gospels Meant" on November 2, 2008. The Program is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the cover by both prize-winning authors. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and post-publication dated copy (with Signed Souvenir Material) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed set thus. Finalist of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for "Nowhere Man". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2004. Finalist of the National Book Award in 2008 for "The Lazarus Project". One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEKSANDAR HEMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1594489882. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Rare copies (in slipcase) signed by both authors! Living the Good Life has been signed and inscribed by the Nearings with Helen writing her name and Scott finishing on ffep, "Wishing - - - a long & good life Helen and Scott Nearing 2 July, 1955". Man's Search for the Good Life has been signed and inscribed by Scott Nearing on ffep, "Good wishes & good cheer to - - - Scott Nearing July 2, 1955". Bindings tight; interiors clean; slight age toning to end papers. Paper-covered boards in nice shape with small ink spots on each rear board. Slip case is poor - worn all around with disconnect along upper front edge. Man's Search for the Good Life is an analysis of the difficulties and dangers which beset the western world and suggestions for alternatives by an avowed pacifist and advocate for living simply. 146pp., including index. In Living the Good Life, Helen and Scott Nearing tell of the first 20 years of their homesteading in Vermont and share keys to keeping in good health. 209pp., including index. Signed by Author(s).

First editions, each signed by Christo; 4 vols, 4to; numerous illustrations, some in colour, light age-toning to leaves; publisher's printed and pictorial wrappers, slight edge-wear, minor soiling, otherwise a very good set. A set of four first edition Christo books, each signed by Christo in ink on the title page or half-title.

Loose Newspapers in a Box. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 10 kind of Newspapers in a grey box, all in wonderful condition in the white cardboard post box. 1st edition limited to 750 sets containing all ten of Parr's 16p supplements on British Cities with about 20 photos in each; Manchester, Brighton (2 X), Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle, Cambridge and Leeds. SIGNED and dedicated by Martin Parr on the inside of the grey box; To Williem from Martin Parr 2009. Size: 280 x 360 x 50 Mm. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Green Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition / First Printing. Edge and corner worn, lightly scuffed and scratched, binding is loose but intact, former owner's name in ink on the ffep of the Report and at the top of the Index of Plates, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed cover of the plates is stained, overall a clean used copy of this very rare report and set of appendicies. Very very scarce and hard-to-find! Volume I contains 459 pages including many tables and diagrams and 9 fold-out maps. Volume 2 is a portfolio containing 89 fold-out diagrams and charts. Wonderfully well-preserved! Extremely rare! Both volumes are contained by dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the front covers and spine. "The Joint Board of Engineers appointed by the Governments of the United States and Canada presents herein its report on the improvement of the St. Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal, and on related questions referred to it by the two countries." Each volume is signed by James H. Brace Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Signed by Author(s).