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Koolhaas, Rem

Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2

New York : Taschen, 2001.

First editions of both volumes 1 and 2. Quarto, original flexboards, illustrated throughout. Both volumes are signed by Rem Koolhaas. Essays by Rem Koolhaas, Tae-Wook Cha, Chuihua Judy Chung, Jutiki Gunter, Daniel Herman, Hiromi Hosoya, Jeffrey Inaba, Sze Tsung Leong, Kiwa Matsushita, John McMorrough, Juan Palop-Casado, Markus Schaefer, Tran Vinh, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Louise Wyman.Continue reading "Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2"

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-742
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Karsten, Karl

Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application to Practical Business and to Stock Market Operations.

New York : Greenberg, 1931.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$6,800.00
Item Number: RRB-4387
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McPhee, John

The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, “For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-2544
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Hubbard, L. Ron

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy.

New York : Hermitage Press, 1950.

First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by L. Ron Hubbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a single short tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed.

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1785
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Irwin, Wallace

Nautical Lays of a Landsman.

New York : Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1904.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Illustrated with plates by Peter Newell.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-657
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

A Time To Keep Silence.

London : John Murray, 1957.

First edition of the author’s third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Mary Anna with love from Paddy 2.6.88.” The recipient, Mary Anna Marten (with her bookplate to the inside gutter), was the daughter ofContinue reading "A Time To Keep Silence."

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$1,150.00
Item Number: RRB-2641
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

New York : New York Review of Books, 2006.

First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-54
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Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1958.

First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of theContinue reading "A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-3413
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Stewart, Rory

The Prince of the Marshes And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq.

New York : Harcourt, 2006.

First edition of Stewart’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Rory Stewart on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-3491
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Parkman, Francis

The California and Oregon Trail.

New York : George P. Putnam, 1849.

First edition, first printing of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley. This is the scarce first issue in cloth, with ad leaf preceding the frontispiece. Publisher’s catalogue in the rear and binding with PARKMAN set in sans-serifContinue reading "The California and Oregon Trail."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-2720
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West, Rebecca

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.

London : Macmillan, 1941.

First editions of Rebecca West’s masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to theContinue reading "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937."

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$5,800.00
Item Number: RRB-1495
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Dicke, B.H

The Bush Speaks.

Pietermaritzburg : Shuter & Shooter, 1937.

Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the spine.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-433
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Barlow, Arthur

Kivet of the Bush.

Bloemfontein : A. C. White, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. A very good copy in a near fine bright dust jacket.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-309
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Surtees, Robert Smith; Illustrations by John Leech & H.K. Browne

The Works of Surtees. . . : Ask Mamma; Handley Cross; Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Romford’s Hounds.

London : Bradbury Agnew & Company, .

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as the title page. Illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. In near fine condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-3225
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Seeger, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz

The Incompleat Folksinger.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1972.

First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Robert! Pete Seeger.” Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-2166
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Wilson, Edward O. & Robert Haas

The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.

First edition of this “wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-3300
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Watson, James D. & Andrew Berry [Edward O. Wilson]

DNA: The Secret of Life.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by James Watson, Andrew Berry and also signed by scientist Edward O. Wilson on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-2632
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Stott, John R.W

Basic Christianity.

Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2008.

First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott’s classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For ____ with best wishes from John Stott.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-2246
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Kaplan, Mordecai M

A New Zionism.

New York : Herzyl Press, 1959.

Second enlarged edition. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily Inscribed by Mordecai Kaplan to a noted Zionist on the half-title page. In near fine condition.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-679
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Levi-Strauss, Claude

The World on the Wane.

New York : Criterion Books, 1961.

First American edition of Levi-Strauss’ experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear to the extremities. Translated from the French by John Russell.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-802
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Heaney, Seamus

Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

London : Faber & Faber, 2009.

First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-4179
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Collins, Billy

Questions About Angels: Poems.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First edition of Collins’ fourth collection of published poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Laurence and Mary Rockefeller with best wishes Billy Collins 1996.” The recipients, Laurence Rockefeller were prominent an American philanthropist, financier, and major conservationist and member of the Rockefeller Family. Mary, too,Continue reading "Questions About Angels: Poems."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-3889
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Hall, Donald

Seasons At Eagle Pond.

New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1987.

First edition of Hall’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Betsy seasonally! with pleasure Donald Hall 18 September 1987.” Fine in a near fine slipcase. Illustrations by Thomas W. Nason.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-587
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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela during his treason trial in 1958. Signed by both Nelson Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). The photograph measures 11 inches by 14 inches. Matted and framed.

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-4513
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Klein, William

New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.

Milano : Feltrinelli Editore, 1956.

First edition of one of the most celebrated of the photographic books of the second half of the 20th century. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Signed “Happy New York William Klein.” The pamphlet bookmark is also signed by Klein, as well. An excellent example in the original dust jacket with a few small closedContinue reading "New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3724
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Penn, Irving

Still Life.

New York : Bullfinch Press, 2001.

First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-4324
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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela in his law office in 1952. Signed by both Nelson Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). The photograph was taken at Chancellor House, which is where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo openedContinue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-4512
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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela, Dr. Moroka, and Yusuf Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign Trial of 1952. Signed by both Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 19Continue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4054
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Robert Frank

Lines of My Hands.

Tokyo : Yugensha, 1972.

Limited first edition of Frank’s memorable autobiography in photographs, one of only 500 examples. Folio, original black cloth, slipcase with mounted cover photograph, original shipping carton. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Frank. In fine condition, with the shipping carton in fine condition.

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-2706
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Klich, Kent; Essay by Herta Muller

Children of Ceaucescu.

New York : Umbrage, 2001.

First edition of the photographer’s powerful collection of images taken after the reign of the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceaucescu. The aftermath is sobering, the pictures telling. Essay by Nobel Prize-winning author, Herta Muller. Signed and dated by the photographer, Kent Klich and also signed by Herta Muller. In fine condition, without a dust jacket asContinue reading "Children of Ceaucescu."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-1590
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Mandela, Nelson; Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela’s 1994 return to Robben Island with Mandela looking through the bars in deep contemplation. Boldly signed by both Nelson Mandela and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg, who has  signed on the bottom right panel and signed and stamped the verso. Schadeberg’s image was voted as one of the 50 mostContinue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-979
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Richter, Gerhard

Atlas.

Munich : Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989.

Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989. First edition of one of the most revealing collections of the photographic work of Gerhard Richter. Folio, original cloth. Signed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Gerhard Richter 14.10.89.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-1000
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Penn, Irving; Alexander Liberman

Moments Preserved.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1960.

First edition of this classic work. Large quarto, original beige cloth, original pictorial slipcase. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Irving Penn, “For Babs and John with affectionate greetings from an old friend I.P.” Fine in a fine near dust jacket, slipcase is in near fine condition. Includes the original brown paper covering from Simon andContinue reading "Moments Preserved."

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$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-968
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Levitt, Helen; Essay by Agee, James

A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an Essay by James Agee.

New York : The Viking Press, 1965.

First edition of Levitt and Agee’s classic collaboration. Oblong quarto, original black cloth, illustrated with 50 black-and-white photogravures. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. Essay by James Agee.

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$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-807
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Klarsfeld, Serge

French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial.

New York : New York University Press, 1996.

First edition of this memorial to the French children of the Holocaust with over 2,500 photographic images of the children. Thick quarto, original illustrated boards. Warmly inscribed by Serge Klarsfeld. Edited by Susan Cohen, Howard M. Epstein and Serge Klarsfeld. Translated by Glorianne Depondt and Howard M. Epstein. In fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-732
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Goldblatt, David

South Africa: The Structure of Things Then.

New York : Monacelli Press, 1998.

First edition of this photographic record of a range of structures built during the Era of ‘Baasskap’ (1652-1990) which gave expression to the forces shaping South African society. Introductory text by the David Goldblatt. Large square quarto, original boards. Signed by David Goldblatt. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-531
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Reich, Steve; Edited by Paul Hillier

Writings on Music, 1965-2000.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

First edition of Reich’s collection of music from 1965-2000. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Peter Happy Birthday! Steve Reich.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Paul Hillier.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-2220
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Adams, John] Thomas May

The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.

New Jersey : Amadeus Press, 2006.

First edition of this compilation of writings by the famed composer. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the composer John Adams on the title page.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-1298
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Babbitt, Milton; Edited by Stephen Dembski & Joseph N. Straus

Words About Music.

Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the Babbitt, “For _____ ______, With warmest greetings, from Milton Babbitt P.S. how ty Rot-partitione!” Edited by Stephen Dembski and Joseph N. Straus. A very nice inscription.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-1279
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Pinter, Harold

The Birthday Party.

London : Methuen & Co, 1960.

First edition of Pinter’s modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-3718
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Bellow, Saul

Herzog.

New York : The Viking Press, 1964.

First edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to John Nef and his wife, “To John Nef and Mrs. Nef with very good wishes Saul Bellow.” TheContinue reading "Herzog."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-3538
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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT, 1954.” The recipient was a student of Bellow’s at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket, Jacket designContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4244
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Donleavy, J.P

A Fairy Tale of New York.

New York : Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.

First edition of this funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence in the year of publication, “Century Club (where the action is) August 14, 1973 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the spineContinue reading "A Fairy Tale of New York."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-3966
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Kazantzakis, Nikos [Kazantzaki]

Zorba The Greek.

London : John Lehman, 1952.

First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of the author’s most popular novel. basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis. From the library of Odysseas Elytis, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1979. Fine in a fine dust jacket. TranslatedContinue reading "Zorba The Greek."

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$17,500.00
Item Number: RRB-138764
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Greene, Graham

The Heart of the Matter.

New York : The Viking Press, 1948.

First American edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Bob Goldstein from Graham Greene Nothing under $200,000.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Edgard Cirlin. Housed in a custom half moroccoContinue reading "The Heart of the Matter."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3736
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Naipaul, V.S

Miguel Street.

London : Andre Deutsch, 1959.

First edition of Naipaul’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the crown. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-3544
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Kubrick, Stanley & Anthony Burgess

Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.

New York : Abelard-Schuman, 1972.

First edition of the book recreation of Stanley Kubrick’s epic film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ dystopian masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kubrick, “To Mark Best wishes Stanley Kubrick.” Additionally signed by Anthony Burgess on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears.Continue reading "Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-3062
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Levi, Primo

Se Non Ora, Quando? [If Not Now, When?].

Torino : Einaudi, 1982.

First Italian edition and true first of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. folded map. Boldly signed by Primo Levi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-2872
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