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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...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-116178

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Fleming, Ian

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-150445

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Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

London: Heinemann, 1938.

First edition of Greene’s chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slip...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-7206

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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.

First British edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten.

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-91456

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Faulkner, William

Unvanquished.

New York: Random House, 1938.

First edition of this novel which tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Edward Shenton. Fine in a near fine dust jack...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-138572

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Edited by William Oldys

Biographia Britannica: Or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished In Great Britain and Ireland, From the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed an Manuscript, and Digested in a Manner of Mr. Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary.

London: Printed for W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Osborne, et al, 1747.

First edition of the Biographia Britannica. Folio, 7 volumes bound in contemporary full calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised ban...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-114752

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Saramago, Jose

Baltasar and Blimunda.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First British edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Doris Jose Sara...

$1,300.00 Item Number: RRB-140898

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Wallace, David Foster & Mark Costello

The Missouri Review : Signifying Rappers, Volume XIII, Number 2.

New York: Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition. The first article is 20 page essay from David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello on Rap music,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-4117

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Mosley, Nicholas

Accident.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Nicholas Mosley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear. Jacket design by J...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-1409

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Wilson, Edward O. & Robert H. MacArthur

The Theory of Island Biogeography.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-133504

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Védrine, Hubert [Madeleine Albright]

Hubert Védrine French Foreign Policy Collection.

: Fayard; Brookings Institution Press, 1996-2021.

Collection of nine works from the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Hubert Védrine, from the library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The works include: Les Mondes de Francois Mit...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147905

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MacArthur, Douglas

Douglas MacArthur Signed Photograph.

:, 1948.

Rare signed photograph of General Douglas MacArthur in uniform. Boldly signed “Douglas MacArthur Tokyo 1948.” The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148405

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Baker, Samuel White

Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail Khedive of Egypt.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1847.

First edition of Baker’s classic work documenting his journeys to the Nile. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, six compartmen...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-96200

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Smith, Adam [George Goodman]

Paper Money.

New York: Summit Books, 1981.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “Fr Shecters-san! Thank...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-112445

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Vanderbilt, William K

Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.

New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.

First edition of Vanderbilt’s account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143551

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Wells, H.G

The Peace of the World.

London: The Daily Chronicle, 1915.

First edition of Wells’ early First World War political tract examining the causes of modern conflict and arguing for new forms of international cooperation and organization as the foundation for last...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151328

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1949.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispie...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147244

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Mailer, Norman

The Naked and the Dead.

London: Allan Wingate, 1949.

First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-833

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Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book.

Buffalo, New York: Union Souvenir Co. [Plates printed by] The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early photographic souvenir view book of Palm Beach, Florida. Oblong format, 16 pages, original printed wrappers bound with the publisher’s silk cord, the upper wrapper lettered “Palm...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-152161

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Warren, Patricia Nell

The Front Runner.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.

First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpa...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-87690

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Keller, Helen

We Bereaved.

New York: Leslie Fulenwider, Inc, 1929.

First edition of this small book of wisdom by Helen Keller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs Warren Monk, whose sweet...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138074

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Reagan, Ronald; Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon.

:, 1981.

Rare photograph of American Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon gathered at the White House before departing for Anwar Sadat’s funeral in 1981. Anwar Sadat (19...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148495

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Hazzard, Shirley

The Transit of Venus.

New York: The Viking Press, 1980.

First edition of “one of the great English-language novels of the twentieth century” (The Paris Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140429

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Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1859.

First edition, second issue of one of the greatest and most enduring of Victorian literary works, with the imprint of Bradbury and Evans to the verso of title. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139723

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