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Rand, Ayn.

Night of January 16th.

New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Wendy – Cordially – Ayn Rand 11/13/68.” Very good in a very good dust jacketContinue reading "Night of January 16th."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-138949

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Wray, Fay.

On the Other Hand: A Life Story.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.

First edition of the definitive autobiography of the Hollywood starlet. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with numerous photographs. Signed by Fay Wray on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-137379

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Jessel, George. Foreword by Ben Hecht.

Elegy in Manhattan.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961.

First edition of the author’s acclaimed collection of Broadway memoirs. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To one I highly regard Barney Beller Best Wishes George Jessel 5/61.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-137351

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].

Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.

Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].

Rare unauthorized edition of Twain’s witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good condition. Rare.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-137267

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.

First edition of Twain’s classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-137388

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Rossiter, Clinton.

The American Presidency.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Aunt Lille with much love Clint July 7, 1956.” In near fine condition. Books signed and inscribed by Rossiter are rare as he passed away suddenly in 1970.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-138089

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Marias, Javier.

Tu rostro mañana: 1 Fiebre y lanza.

Madrid: Alfaguara, 2002.

First Spanish edition and true first of the first novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-138042

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Powers, J.F.

The Presence of Grace.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1956.

First edition of this classic collection of stories by the National Book Award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Lehmann from a proud old contributor to New Writing and the London Magazine – J.F. Powers.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Presence of Grace."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-138075

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Heckman, James J. and Alan Krueger.

Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.

First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers with respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-138139

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Parks, Rosa.

Rosa Parks: My Story.

New York: Dial Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of Parks’ autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “11/21/94 Rosa Parks.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst. Written with Jim Haskins.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-138034

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Travers, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury].

Mary Poppins Returns.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.

First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sellsContinue reading "Mary Poppins Returns."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-138522

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Adams, John Truslow.

The Epic of America.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.

Early printing of the work which introduced the term “American dream” into the lexicon and the “single best volume of American history” (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Dr. D. B. Hardenbergh with sincere gratitude from James Truslow Adams. 9a and 9. It wasContinue reading "The Epic of America."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-138046

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Gordimer, Nadine.

Occasion for Loving.

New York: The Viking Press, 1963.

First American edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-114599

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.

La Hojarasca.

Bogota: Ediciones- S.L.B., 1955.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. In very good condition. A very sharp example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-138058

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Wallace, David Foster.

The David Foster Wallace Reader.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace’s work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one piece of the original painting, “signed on verso with the artist’s fingerprint.” Fine in a fine slipcase.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-138151

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1877.

Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene, illustrated. InContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting]."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-138812

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1878.

Finely bound new edition of the historical essays of Macaulay. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind,Continue reading "Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-138519

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].

The Writings of Mark Twain.

Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.

The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano’s with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with many full-page illustrations, including etchings,Continue reading "The Writings of Mark Twain."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-138944

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Fromkin, David.

Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First edition of this “enormously impressive book” (The Weekly Standard). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and 1 map. Boldly signed by David Fromkin. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney. Jacket photograph by Gavin Bond.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-138439

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Goldsmith, Oliver.

The Vicar of Wakefield.

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1904.

First Series of English Idylls Deluxe vellum edition of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, original publisher’s full cream vellum elaborately decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece and pictorial title page, illustrated with twenty-five color illustrations by C.E. Brock. In near fineContinue reading "The Vicar of Wakefield."

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-138984

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Jerome, Jerome K.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).

Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.

First edition, second state of Jerome’s humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with ’11 Quay Street’ (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-138348

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Bocuse, Paul.

Bocuse A La Carte.

London: Aurum Press, 1987.

First edition. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Pour Lyn avec ma sympathique Paul Bocuse 3 Giullet 1990.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Colette Rossant.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-139625

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Rowson, Susanna Haswell.

The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact.

Hartford: Printed by John Babcock, 1801.

Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, bound in one quarter contemporary leather over paper-covered boards. In good condition. Period ownership inscription, “Mary More Her Book Bought in the year 1802 Price 2/0 If this Book you Chance to Borrow and it should get lost it would fill myContinue reading "The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-138507

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Silverstein, Shel.

Uncle Shelby’s Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

First edition of the first children’s book which started Silverstein’s incomparable career. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed on the half-title page by the author who has added a drawing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. We have never seen another signed example.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-138198

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