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Dickens, Charles.

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles and gilt pictorial vignettes to the spines, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi and 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank. With the 36-page undated publisher’s catalogue bound-in at the end ofContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-121730

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Goldbeck, Sedrick Arlington.

I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere.

Bronx, NY: The Bird Press, 1996.

First edition of the poet’s collection of sonnets. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “1996 to Gary, Regards Sedrick A. Goldbeck.” In fine condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-115382

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Rare first edition in Spanish of Cien Anos De Soledad; inscribed by Garbiel Garcia Marquez.

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.

Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page, “Para Pablo, conversando en el parque Gabriel Garcia Marquez ’95.” In near fine condition with a touch of rubbingContinue reading "Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude]."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-115638

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Thomson, James.

The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson.

London: Henry Frowde, 1908.

The Oxford edition of Thomson’s complete poetical works. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-122647

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Norris, Frank.

Tower in the West.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957.

First edition of the author’s Harper Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Number 110 of a limited presentation edition signed by the author on the colophon. In very good condition.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-115647

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Roosevelt, Eleanor.

India and the Awakening East.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-115782

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Kipling, Rudyard.

The Brushwood Boy.

New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.

First separate American edition of Kipling children’s classic. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Orson Lowell, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-121634

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Heilbroner, Robert L.

The Worldly Philosophers.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.

First edition of this bestselling classic, which has went on to sell more than 4 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Aline – Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy. Fondly Bob HeilbronerContinue reading "The Worldly Philosophers."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-115615

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Heller, Joseph .

We Bombed In New Haven.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

First edition of Heller’s classic first play. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bob Thomas To help complete your collection of one of my favorite authors. Joe Heller 3/7/80 N.Y.C.” The recipient, Bob Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated PressContinue reading "We Bombed In New Haven."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-115898

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Lifar, Serge. Translated by.

Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev: An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason.

New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970.

First edition of Serge Lifar’s intimate, revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-115204

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Graves, Robert.

Beyond Giving, The Green Sailed Vessel, Timeless Meeting, and At The Gate.

London: Privately Printed at the Stellar Press, 1969-1974.

Signed limited editions of four volumes of Graves’ collected verse, written between 1969 and 1974. Octavo, four volumes, original stiff paper wrappers. Each volume is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Robert Graves. In near fine condition. An attractive collection.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-115104

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Anspacher, Louis K.

Anspacher

New York: Brentano's, 1904.

Rare signed limited edition of the author’s adaptation of the great chivalric romance. Octavo, original boards. One of one hundred copies printed on Imperial Japanese vellum, this is number 93. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Henry Seligman, with the cordial greetings of Louis K. Anspacher.” In veryContinue reading "Anspacher"

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-115508

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Churchill, Winston S.; Randolph Churchill.

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London: George G. Harrap, 1938.

First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill’s son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the front free endpaper, “Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill.” In near fine condition.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-115632

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Kazantzakis, Nikos.

Tertsines.

Athens: Konstantinidis and Michalas Press, 1960.

First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-117523

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Kipling, Rudyard.

The Five Nations.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903.

First American edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-121348

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Wharton, Edith.

Ethan Frome.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

$1,350.00

Item Number: RRB-116178

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Ullman, James Ramsey.

The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958.

First edition of this masterwork of biographical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. One of 350 presentation copies signed by James Ramsey Ullman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Jacket design by George Salter.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-115744

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Bernstein, Peter.

Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.

First edition of this classic collection of early Bernstein writings. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the author’s sister, “For Aline – With all my love – Peter.” The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, anContinue reading "Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-115722

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Klein, William.

New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo.

Various Places: 1956-1964.

First editions of each of the photographers famed city books. Tall quarto, 4 volumes. Each are signed by William Klein, with the caption booklet of New York signed as well. Very good to near fine books in original dust jackets showing some light rubbing and wear. A very sharp set of these volumes.

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-115672

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Blumenthal, Joseph, [Robert Frost].

Robert Frost and His Printers.

Autin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985.

First edition of this work on Frost’s relationships with his printers. Large octavo, original cloth, illustrated. One of 1000 copies printed at the letterpress of A. Colish with plates made and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Typography by Joseph Blumenthal. Fine in a fine slipcase.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-121466

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Lowry, Robert.

Casualty.

New York: New Directions, 1946.

First edition of Lowry’s powerful story about a WWII Photo Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Robert Levine Good friend to the Little Man Robert Lowry.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Peter Martin.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-115068

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Grant, Ulysses S.

Report of Lieut. General U.S. Grant of the Armies of the United States. 1864-1865.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865.

Rare Civil War era report cover inscribed by Ulysses S. Grant as Lieutenant General of the United States Army. One page report cover, inscribed by Grant, “Wm E. Dodge, Esq., New York, N.Y. U.S. Grant Lt. Gen.” Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General of the United States Army on March , 1864, a rankContinue reading "Report of Lieut. General U.S. Grant of the Armies of the United States. 1864-1865."

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-114672

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Burgess, Anthony.

Earthly Powers.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.

First edition of this epic masterpiece by the author of A Clockwork Orange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jose Matos, A man in search of a magician Anthony Burgess.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacketContinue reading "Earthly Powers."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-115443

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Rombauer, Irma S.

The Joy of Cooking.

Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941.

Early printing of Irma S. Rombauer’s culinary classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Joe with all good wishes most cordially Irma S. Rombauer.” In very good condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-115098

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