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Collins, Norman Keith [Sailor Jerry]; Donald Edward Hardy [Editor]

American Tattoo Master: In His Own Words.

Honolulu: Hardy Marks Publications, 1994.

First edition of this significant archival work of the life, philosophy, and artistic practice of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, cartographic endpapers...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148815

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Madame Wellington [Oei Hui-lan]

No Feast Lasts Forever.

New York: Quadrangle , 1975.

First edition of the autobiography of the First Lady of China. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “I have the good fortune to be a frie...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144114

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Garbo, Greta

Greta Garbo Signed Check.

:, March 26, 1963.

Rare signed check from Greta Garbo, with typed recipient, amount and date, boldly signed by Greta Garbo. The entire piece measures 2.75 inches by 6.25 inches.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-119763

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Lee, Ang and James Schamus. [Sigourney Weaver]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film Including the Complete Screenplay.

New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.

First edition of the book companion to the epic Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by director Ang Lee on the front free endpaper, “To...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-123591

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Dickens, Charles

First edition in book form of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in original cloth. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-131468

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Hogan, Ben

Power Golf.

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1948.

First edition of this classic “how to golf” book by one of golf’s greatest players. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151798

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Chandler, Raymond

Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.

:, 1957.

Rare autograph postcards signed by Raymond Chandler to his secretary Jean Fracasse and her son Vincent. Duodecimo, two postcards of Palm Springs, California, dated 21 November 1957. Chandler and Vince...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147854

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.] [John Neville Keynes]

The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1919.

First British edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Insc...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151337

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Pierce, J.E and Walter B. Gibson, editors. [Houdini, Harry]

The Magic World.

Philadelphia: The Magic World Publishing Co, 1917-1924.

Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World, the early 20th century periodical ‘Devoted to the Interests of Magicians, Ventriloquists, Illusionists, and Others of the Allied Art...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132590

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Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.

:, c. 1920.

Early 20th Century French Empire Doré bronze inkwell featuring prominently a large bronze eagle flanked by two bronze inkwells on clawed feet. Sited on a green marble base atop two bronze winged lions...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-90475

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Wallace, David Foster

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146279

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Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

New York: Pantheon, 1962.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised ban...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-3796

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Macmillan, 1978.

Finely bound edition of both volumes of The Jungle Book, with an exceptional fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gil...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-139448

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Maris, Roger; Jim Ogle

Roger Maris At Bat.

New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.

First edition of this baseball legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by Roger Maris and inscribed by co-author Jim Ogle on the front free endpaper. Very good...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150487

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Leeser, Issac

Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1836.

Rare first edition of one of the ‘major builders of American Judaism’, Isaac Leeser’s Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Octavo, volume I, bound in full morocco. In very good condition with some tonin...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146838

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Mailer, Norman

The Naked and the Dead.

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948.

First edition of the author’s first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to journalist Joe Haas, “For Joe Haas i...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4625

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Shakespeare, William

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.

Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1825.

Finely bound example of the collected dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 12mo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to th...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142618

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Durrell, Lawrence

Clea.

London: Faber & Faber , 1960.

First edition of the author’s final novel in his classic Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpa...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151667

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Morrison, Toni

Beloved.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Debra Toni Morr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132605

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Kovic, Ron

“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting.

:, 2013.

Rare original large format acrylic painting signed by Vietnam War Veteran and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter Ron Kovic. On thick Aquarell watercolor paper, the painting is signed three times...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135265

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Brokaw, Tom [Gerald R. Ford]

The Greatest Generation.

New York: Random House, 1998.

First edition of this instant classic and runaway bestseller that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148406

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Davies, Valentine

Miracle On 34th. Street.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143561

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Brandt, Charles [Al Pacino]

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.

Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2004.

First edition of “the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all” (Steven Van Zandt), basis for the 2019 Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147472

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Berg, Paul and Maxine Singer

Genes & Genomes: A Changing Perspective.

Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1991.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by Paul Berg to fellow Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, “To Francis, For our admiration of all your contributions to this field. All the be...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-14043

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

American Tattoo Master: In His Own Words.

No Feast Lasts Forever.

Greta Garbo Signed Check.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film Including the Complete Screenplay.

Dombey and Son.

Power Golf.

Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

The Magic World.

Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

The Tin Drum.

The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Fore-edge Painting].

Roger Maris At Bat.

Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

The Naked and the Dead.

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.

Clea.

Beloved.

“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting.

The Greatest Generation.

Miracle On 34th. Street.

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.

Genes & Genomes: A Changing Perspective.