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Hemingway, Ernest. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990.

First Limited Editions Club limited edition of Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, signed by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Oblong quarto, bound in one quarter morocco over cloth-cove...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132702

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Wilson, Edward O

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.

First edition of Wilson’s classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Helen Vait...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122579

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Griffiths, Philip Jones [Noam Chomsky]

Vietnam, Inc.

New York: Collier Books, 1971.

First edition of Philip Jones Griffith’s first book. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky, who in a later edition contributed an introduction to this vo...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146352

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Stone, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber [play]; Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce [Starring]

First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film, boldly signed by Oliver Stone, based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was in turn based on Rice and...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133217

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[Alcott, Louisa May; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Harriet Beecher Stowe]

Souvenir of Eminent Poets and American Authors Series I & II.

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Rare collection of albumen silver print portraits of eminent 19th century poets and American authors. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial covers, bound with the original ribbons. Including the p...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134524

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Huxley, Elspeth

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959.

First edition of Huxley’s autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father’s coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-110441

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Lewis, Edna and Evangeline Peterson

The Edna Lewis Cookbook.

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.

First edition of Lewis’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. First editions are scarce.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149610

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Ben-Gurion, David

David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.

:, March 12, 1966.

Copy of David Ben-Gurion’s undelivered speech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Unable to attend, Ben-Gurion sent the text of the speech, which was then published by the C...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145288

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Allende, Isabel

The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

First edition of each work in the author’s classic House of Spirits trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To ____ ____...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147493

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Grandier, Lydia Landon; Constantine Hassalevris [Photographer] [Raymond Chandler]

Souvenir de Ballet.

San Diego, CA: Hester & Smith, Inc, 1947.

First edition of this photographic compilation showcasing the artistry of ballet. Imperial octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs by Const...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147870

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Byron, George Gordon [Lord]

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: John Murray, 1850.

Finely bound edition of the complete poetical works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces t...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135627

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Goldsmith, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury

The Vicar of Wakefield.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.

Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six co...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139375

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Frost, Robert

A Further Range.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to h...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-114778

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Balfour, Arthur James

Nationality and Home Rule.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1913.

First edition of this work by the British Prime Minister and issuer of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Octavo, bound in full tan russia by Harrods Ltd., original printed wrappers bound in, marbled en...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116882

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Stegner, Wallace

Angle of Repose.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To John with best wishes Wallace Steg...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-118652

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Bean, Alan; Edgar Mitchell; Charlie Duke

Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph signed by moonwalkers Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke. Satin finish photograph of a lunar bootprint on the moon. Boldly signed by Bean in blue felt tip at the top left corn...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150544

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Bojaxhiu, Mary Teresa [Mother Teresa]; Terence Cardinal Cooke; [Pope John Paul II]

Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke Signed ‘Visit of Pope John Paul II’ New York Times Front Page Souvenir.

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Souvenir printing of The New York Times October 3, 1979 front page commemorating Pope John Paul II’s visit to New York, signed by Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke. One page, featuring a...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146993

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Harriet Beecher Stowe Carte-de-Visite and Signed Card.

New York: E & H.T. Anthony, .

Rare original carte-de-visite of the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, accompanied by a small notecard inscribed by her, “Truly yours HB Stowe.” In near fine condition. The carte-de-visit...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131409

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Lamont, Archibald

South Africa in Mars.

London: Grant Richards LTD, 1923.

First edition of this satirical science fiction novel. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147982

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Rombauer, Irma S.; Marion Rombauer Becker

The Joy of Cooking.

Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1952.

First edition of the 1952 edition of Rombauer’s classic work. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated by Ginnie Hofmann. Boldly signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “Mo...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147706

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Kipling, Rudyard. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake

The Jungle Books.

London: Macmillan, c. 1960.

Finely bound edition of both volumes of Kipling’s Jungle Books. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-in...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148237

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Reid, Aileen [I.M. Pei]

I.M. Pei.

New Jersey: Crescent, 1995.

First edition of this work on the famed Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed I.M. Pei on the title page (he closed it before his signature d...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138044

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Koolhaas, Rem

Elements of Architecture.

: Taschen, 2018.

First edition of this destined to be classic by the award-winning architect. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Rem Koolhaas on the title page. In fine condi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150068

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Wallace, David Foster

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays.

New York: Little Brown & Company, 2005.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Yoori Kim. Jacket p...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-42776

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

The Old Man and the Sea.

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Vietnam, Inc.

Evita.

Souvenir of Eminent Poets and American Authors Series I & II.

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.

The Edna Lewis Cookbook.

David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.

The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia.

Souvenir de Ballet.

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

The Vicar of Wakefield.

A Further Range.

Nationality and Home Rule.

Angle of Repose.

Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph.

Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke Signed ‘Visit of Pope John Paul II’ New York Times Front Page Souvenir.

Harriet Beecher Stowe Carte-de-Visite and Signed Card.

South Africa in Mars.

The Joy of Cooking.

The Jungle Books.

I.M. Pei.

Elements of Architecture.

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays.