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Life and Energy.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.

First edition of Asimov’s work on the chemistry of life processes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by A...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-142652

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Nabokov, Vladimir

Laughter in the Dark.

Indianapolis/ New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938.

First edition of this classic early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151015

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Thorp, Roderick

First edition of this novel, basis for the classic film Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compart...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150385

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Dahl, Roald

Dirty Beasts.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.

First edition of this book collection of poems about mischievous and mysterious animals. Quarto, original boards, illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the f...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146248

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Muir, John

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.

First edition, first issue of Muir’s autobiography of his youth with the biting criticism of his neighbor’s treatment of his son on p. 217: “…none was bold enough or kind enoug...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-126377

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.

First edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history, illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces, numerous steel engravings, facsimiles and 43 ma...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146691

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Brooks, Terry

The Sword of Shannara.

New York: Random House, 1977.

First edition of this epic fantasy novel. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic frontispiece. Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148242

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Borman, Frank

Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.

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Oversized satin finish color photograph of the iconic ‘Earthrise‘ image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman in silver felt tip,...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149749

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Mark Twain; [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.

First English edition, preceding the first American edition, of “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius). Octavo, original decorativ...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146372

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph of Mother Teresa; signed by her. Glossy color photograph of Mother Teresa seated next to a Cardinal and several sisters of the Missionaries of Charity. Boldly signed by her, “God...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146736

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old.

Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1875.

First edition, first issue of Twain’s classic collection of short stories with the footnote on page 119 repeated on page 120 and the erratum inserted on page 299 denying Mark Twain’s autho...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150673

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments wi...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147628

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[Prince, Marie]

1940s Westover Schoolgirl Scrapbook.

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Rare scrapbook from the collection of Marie Prince, documenting her tenure at The Westover preparatory school for girls in the early 1940s. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, the scrapbook conta...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-116294

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Morrison, Toni

Sula.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dan Sieber Toni Morrison.” N...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138064

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Brautigan, Richard

A Confederate General from Big Sur.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964.

First edition of Brautigan’s first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, Richard Brautigan January 22, 1964.” Review slips of examples...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-125842

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Douglass, Frederick

Frederick Douglass Document Signed.

:, April 13, 1883.

Rare quit claim deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” three pages, partially-printed, 8.5 x 14 inche...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151555

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Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.

First edition of this deeply moving book, a father’s memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146071

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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...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138949

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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Peace Tim O’Brien.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141468

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Collins, Michael [Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong]

Michael Collins Signed Buzz Aldrin Moon Footprint Oversized Photograph.

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Oversized photograph of the first sign of mankind’s exploration to the moon. Glossy color oversized photograph of Buzz Aldrin’s footprint on the lunar surface. Boldly signed in black felt...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146610

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Houghton, Claude; Pierre Boulle; Alec Guinness; Jack Hawkins

The Bridge on the River Kwai: The Story of the Film.

England: Moore & Matthes Ltd., 1957.

Original brochure celebrating the David Lean war film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ with the story of the film by Claude Houghton, based on the screenplay written by Pierre Boulle. Real wood...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147872

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Woolf, Virginia

The Voyage Out.

London: Duckworth, 1927.

Early printing of Woolf’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has been restored. Uncommon in the original jacket.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-129080

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Johnson, Samuel

A Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, In the Year 1774.

London: Printed for Robert Jennings, 1816.

First edition of Samuel Johnson’s diary of a trip to Wales in July-August of 1774, which was later incorporated into various editions of Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’. Octavo, or...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147758

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Austen, Jane

The Works of Jane Austen.

London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1927.

The Georgian edition of the works of Jane Austen. Octavo, five volumes bound in three quarter contemporary calf by Riviere & Son with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149351

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

Life and Energy.

Laughter in the Dark.

Nothing Last Forever.

Dirty Beasts.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

The Sword of Shannara.

Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

1940s Westover Schoolgirl Scrapbook.

Sula.

A Confederate General from Big Sur.

Frederick Douglass Document Signed.

Death Be Not Proud.

Night of January 16th.

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

Michael Collins Signed Buzz Aldrin Moon Footprint Oversized Photograph.

The Bridge on the River Kwai: The Story of the Film.

The Voyage Out.

A Diary of a Journey Into North Wales, In the Year 1774.

The Works of Jane Austen.