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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.] [Fannie Hurst]

The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

First American 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. From the library of Fannie Hurst with her bookplate to the front pastedown. Fannie Hurst (1885–1968) was a novelist, short story writer, and social activist whoseContinue reading "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-151443

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Christie, Agatha

Cat Among the Pigeons.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1959.

First edition of this classic novel by the Queen of crime. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150695

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Didion, Joan

South and West: From A Notebook.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

First edition of this collection of writings from the acclaimed author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Uncommon signed.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-144137

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Tolstoy, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi]. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole

Anna Karenina.

New York : Thomas J. Crowell & Co, 1886.

First edition in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece with all the points of first issue: sheets bulk to 35 mm, floral patterned endpapers, “13 Astor Place” on title page, no front adverts, and 5 pp. of rear adverts not listing Russian titles. Octavo, original cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel,Continue reading "Anna Karenina."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151442

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1978.

First British edition, early printing of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards, with black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “WithContinue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151318

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Christie, Agatha

The Clocks.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1963.

First edition of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150710

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Kerouac, Jack

Big Sur.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1962.

First edition of Kerouac’s poignant masterpiece of self-reflection. Octavo, original quarter cloth, top stain blue. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. The nicest example we have seen.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151182

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Hersey, John [Cormac McCarthy]

Antonietta.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

First edition of this fictionalized history of a Stradivarius violin named “Antonietta,” created in 1699, Cormac McCarthy’s copy with his name to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. Boldly signed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Both Cormac McCarthy and John Hersey were published by Alfred A. Knopf,Continue reading "Antonietta."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-151409

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Smith, Betty

Maggie-Now.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.

First edition of this unforgettable masterpiece from one of the twentieth century’s greatest talents and author of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Octavo, original half-cloth, title page vignette. Boldly signed by Betty Smith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso. Uncommon signed.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-151439

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Osler, William

The Principles and Practice of Medicine.

Edinburgh & London : Young J. Pentland, 1892.

First British edition of Osler’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original publisher’s three quarter deluxe leather binding with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with charts and graphs. With loose leaves of ”Sir William Osler and the Muniments of the Almshouse at Ewelme” from the Bodleian Library Record laid in. In near fine condition. Rare.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151313

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Kidder, Tracy. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

The Soul of a New Machine.

Boston : Atlantic, Little, Brown and Company, 1981.

First edition of Kidder’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on the title page, “For Jacqueline With Best Wishes Tracy Kidder. “From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with the bookplate from the Sotheby’s 23 – 26 April 1996 sale of the estate of JacquelineContinue reading "The Soul of a New Machine."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151509

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Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 530). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Published on September 21, 1937 with a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit hadContinue reading "The Hobbit."

$275,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150464

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Earhart, Amelia

20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.

Early printing of Earhart’s thrilling account of her experience as a passenger aboard the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air in 1928. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain orange, with 61 illustrations. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rareContinue reading "20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150000

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

A Tract on Monetary Reform.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

First edition, advance review copy of Keynes’ breakthrough work in the field of economics, blind-stamped ‘Presentation copy’ on the title page. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Laid in is an autograph letter stamped ‘British Trade Review 31 Dec 1923’ which reads in part, “Dear Chris: Please let us have 300Continue reading "A Tract on Monetary Reform."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-151322

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Proprietors of Dodsley's Annual Register

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1789-1790, 1793-1801.

London : Printed by J. Wright, 1792 - 1813.

Uniformly bound collection of The Annual Register, a long-established reference work, written and published each year beginning in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke. Octavo, 11 out of 43 original volumes, uniformly bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,Continue reading "The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1789-1790, 1793-1801."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151025

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Wilder, Thornton

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts.

New York : Coward McCann, 1938.

First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by Thornton Wilder on the half-title page with a quotes added, “”A star’s mighty give company.” “Yes…yes, ’tis.” Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have handled.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151489

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Burrough, Bryan and John Helyar

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990.

First edition of this business classic. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, “Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned. John Helyar” and “Bryan Burrough.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. An exceptional inscription.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151721

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Pynchon, Thomas. [Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio]

Vineland.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1990.

First edition of this novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Boldly signed by Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Vineland."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151495

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Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

One Special Summer.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket calligraphy by Joe West.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-151232

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Tennyson, Alfred

Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : Edward Moxon & Co., 1867.

Finely bound example of one of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting of twoContinue reading "Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting]."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151178

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

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. In very good condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151434

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Dershowitz, Alan M.

Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case.

New York : Random House, 1986.

First edition of this detailed legal narrative of the highly publicized trial and appeal of Claus von Bülow, basis for the 1990 film directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close and Ron Silver. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan M. Dershowitz to televisionContinue reading "Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150619

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Hardy, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.

The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. InContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]"

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147339

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Isaacson, Walter

American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.

First edition of this collection of biographical and historical essays. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walter Isaacson on the title page, “To Ed, All the best, Walter Isaacson.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150870

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