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Andromeda and Other Poems.

London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.

First edition of this collection centered on the Greek myth of Andromeda’s rescue from a sea monster by Perseus. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-151106

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Roth, Philip

Operation Shylock: A Confession.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-158

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Stevengraph Bookmark “A Dear Friend’s Wish.”

:, c. 1876.

Rare Stevengraph bookmark of the poem “A Dear Friend’s Wish.” Jacquard-woven from silk with “A Dear Friend’s Wish” in decorative letters at the top, three stanzas o...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-151882

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Vidal, Gore

Duluth.

New York : Random House, 1983.

First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Kit – all love – Gore Vidal.” The...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-126272

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Morrison’s Strangers Guide and Etiquette, For Washington City and Its Vicinity.

Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862.

Fifth edition of Morrison’s classic American etiquette guide. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the front panel. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings,...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-127990

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Betjeman, John; David Gentleman

The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.

London: John Murray, 1995.

First edition of this humorous collection of intimate poems, illustrated with charming watercolors by one of England’s most familiar artists. Medium octavo, original boards, illustrated througho...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-147100

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Conrad, Joseph

The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.

London: Methuen & Company, 1906.

First British edition of Conrad’s first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-55033

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Barnes, Julian

Metroland.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.

First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-127617

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Socci, P.B. (Ingrid Bergman)

Ingrid Bergman Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.

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Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. Signed by Ingrid Bergman. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-89643

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Carroll, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser

Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.

First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-140106

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Wodehouse, P. G

Money in the Bank.

London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d.

First edition of the author’s delightful and entertaining comedic mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-145015

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Lessing, Doris

Martha Quest.

London: Michael Joseph, 1952.

First edition of the author’s first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown, near fine in a very g...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-16012

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Bush, George H.W

George H.W. Bush Typed Letter Signed.

:, 1967.

Rare early typed letter signed by George H.W. Bush while he served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 7th congressional district from 1967 to 1971. One page, on Congress of the United States...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-151816

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Mankiw, N. Gregory; Alan Blinder

Monetary Policy.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fi...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-81229

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Cisneros, Sandra

The House on Mango Street.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First hardcover edition of this modern classic of Chicano literature. Duodecimo, original purple cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, mark to the topstain. Jacket painting by Nivia G...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-146874

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Ormiston, Harry [Editor]

This Week in the Palm Beaches.

West Palm Beach: Florida News Bureau, 1926.

Rare first edition of this weekly illustrated magazine on Palm Beach social life. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, black-and-white illustrations, issue February 15, 1976. In very good condition.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-152146

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Dalton, Charles

The Waterloo Roll Call.

London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.

First edition of Dalton’s account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, il...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-137101

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The Limited Editions Club

Bibliography: Of The Fine Books Published By The Limited Editions Club 1929 – 1985.

New York City: The Limited Editions Club, 1985.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this compilation of every book The Limited Editions Club had published from 1929 – 1985. Folio, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards w...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148594

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Hughes, Langston

Something in Common and Other Stories.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1963.

First edition, advance reading copy of this collection of thirty-seven of Hughes’ tales, eleven of them appearing in book form for the first time. Octavo, paperback issue, original pictorial wra...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-139752

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Morrison, Toni

A Mercy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

First edition of “one of Morrison’s most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust j...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-151545

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McElroy, Joseph

Hind’s Kidnap.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.

First edition of this “distinguished work of the imagination” (J. G. Farrell). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Spanfeller. Uncommon in...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-140026

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Jacobs, Jane

Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.

New York: Random House, 1993.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “I hope you enjoy this, Barbara Fryrear, Sincerely, Jane Jacobs Dal...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-145777

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Houston, Charles S. & Robert Bates

K2: The Savage Mountain.

London: Collins, 1955.

First edition of Charles Houston and Robert Bates’ K2: The Savage Mountain. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Charles Houston and Robert H. Bates on the title page. Also laid in is a short...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-645

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Welty, Eudora

The Ponder Heart.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954.

First edition and advance review copy of Welty’s third novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Joe Krush. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the publisher’...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-90417

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