Wilhelm, Peter
The Nobel Prize.
Stockholm : Teknowledge, 1983.
First edition of Wilhelm’s work on the history of the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-123152
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le Carre, John
A Delicate Truth.
New York : Viking, 2013.
First American edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Buckley and Kulick.
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Item Number: RRB-151135
Kipling, Rudyard
Rudyard Kipling in New England.
Brattleboro : The Book Cellar, 1951.
Revised edition of Howard Rice’s Rudyard Kipling in New England. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-123411
Macmunn, Sir George [Rudyard Kipling]
Kipling’s Women.
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., n.d..
First edition of the former President of the Kipling Society’s study of the women portrayed in Kipling’s song and story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and central gilt emblem to the front panel. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-135257
Scott, Paul
The Corrida at San Feliu.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Paul Scott’s rich, multi-layered novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
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Item Number: RRB-138733
Jacobs, Jane
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life.
New York : Random House, 1984.
First edition of this eye-opening analysis of economics. Octavo, original red publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-146415
Benedictus, David
The Fourth of June.
London : Anthony Blond, 1962.
First edition of Benedictus’ first novel. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
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Item Number: RRB-121643
Lynn, Kenneth S
Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor.
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1959.
First edition of Lynn’s work examining the literary artistry of the legendary American writer. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Allan Seide.
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Item Number: RRB-139811
Wheatley, Dennis
The Rape of Venice.
London : Hutchinson & Co., 1959.
First edition of the sixth book in the best-selling author’s Roger Brook espionage series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sax.
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Item Number: RRB-128105
Dos Passos, John
Chosen Country.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.
First edition of this work by Dos Passos. Octavo, original cloth. Advanced review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Samuel H. Bryant.
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Item Number: RRB-101669
Stern, Howard
Private Parts.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this bestselling autobiography by radio host Howard Stern. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with caricature and facsimile signature to the front panel, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photographs by Timothy White.
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Item Number: RRB-151336
Guth, Dorothy Lobrano [E.B. White]
Letters of E.B. White.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition of this collection of letters from beloved children’s author E.B. White. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Collected and edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
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Item Number: RRB-148628
Brown, Kenneth
The Medchester Club.
New York : The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of the author’s collection of hunting reminiscences and tales of horsemanship. Octavo, original cloth with labels to the spine and front panel lettered in gilt, illustrated by Smithson Broadhead. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 814. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-116384
Kipling, Rudyard
Two Forewords.
Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935.
First edition of this collection of two letters written by Kipling to Frank Nelson and Nelson Doubleday. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled boards. One of 950 copies. Fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-123463
Nichols, John
A Ghost in the Music.
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.
First edition of Nichols’ fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Nichols on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Neil Stuart.
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Item Number: RRB-95882
Richards, Vincent "Vinnie"
Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards.
New York : Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co, .
First edition pamphlet of tennis pro “Vinnie” Richards demonstrating his renowned tennis serve, drive, volley, slice, and racket grip. Stapled pamphlet opening vertically with sequential halftones and filmstrip border. Photo portrait of Vinnie Richards on the cover holding tennis rackets and trophy, published by Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company with advertisements for their tennis balls,Continue reading "Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards."
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Item Number: RRB-81264
Wells, H.G
Apropos of Dolores.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1938.
First British edition of Wells’ satirical novella examining modern relationships, social conventions, and romantic idealism through the reflective and often ironic perspective of its narrator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Apropos of Dolores."
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Item Number: RRB-151300
Maugham, W. Somerset
Our Betters.
London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1924.
Later printing of this incredible comedy in three acts. Octodecimo, original red cloth. In very good condition. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
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Item Number: RRB-145200
MacMunn, Sir George. [Rudyard Kipling]
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London : Robert Hale Limited, 1938.
New and revised edition of MacMunn’s biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-122047
Pullman, Philip
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London : Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman’s first children’s novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Greetings to Eileen – Philip Pullman.” Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Illustrations by Patrice Aggs. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-88117
Kipling, Rudyard
Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.
Berlin-Charlottenburg : Bita Deutsches Berlagshaus, n.d..
Rare German edition of Kipling’s collected Puck stories. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth, illustrated by H.R. Millar. Translated into German by E. Rosenbach. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-123493
Kipling, Rudyard
The Art of Rudyard Kipling.
London : Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959.
First edition of Tompkins’ work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.
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Item Number: RRB-135772
Rivera, Mark with Mike Poncy. Foreword by Ringo Starr
Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig.
Dallas, Texas : Matt Holt Books, 2023.
First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Mark Rivera on the half-title page with a modern peace sign. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brigid Pearson.
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Item Number: RRB-151801
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander [Solzhenitzyn]
Lenin In Zurich.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.
First edition of Solzhenitsyn’s account of Russian revolutionary history. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Translated from the Russian by H.T. Willetts.
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Item Number: RRB-147489
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life.
Economics and Finance
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RRB-146415
Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.
Children's Books
$40.00
RRB-123493
