Service with a Smile.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1962.
First edition of Wodehouse’s witty and endearing mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-145022
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Smeeton, Miles; Foreword by Nevil Shute
Once is Enough.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959.
First edition of this “unique among books of maritime adventure” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookpla...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-112199
On the Razzle.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-128103
Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millennium.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of Schorr’s insightful analysis of of modern history. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To the Safires with...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-128073
A Judgement in Stone.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hannah Shaviv. Author’s photograph by Jerry Bauer.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-131487
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translate...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-1922
A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
New York: Crown Forum, 2019.
First edition of this riveting work by the Supreme Court Justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neil Gorsuch on a Supreme Court Historical Society bookplate. Fine in a fine dust jacket...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-148246
Redemption.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.
First edition of this sequel to Leon Uris’ epic novel Trinity. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “For P...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-148325
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-110499
[Lenin, Vladimir; John Maynard Keynes] [J.M.]
The 2nd Congress of the Communist International: As Reported and Interpreted by the Official Newspapers of Soviet Russia.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920.
First edition in English of this report on the Second Congress of the Communist International. Octavo, original wrappers, from Petrograd and Moscow July 19 – August 7, 1920. Containing Vladimir...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-150717
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman; John Rothchild
Voice of the River.
Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition, early printing of this autobiography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, detailing her life as a pioneering environmentalist, journalist, and feminist who championed the protection of the Flor...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-151257
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-5715
Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.
First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling’s letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, or...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122384
Visions of Gerard.
New York: Farrar, Staus and Company, 1963.
First edition of this classic Beat novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated with drawings by James Spanfeller.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-131677
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club, 1973.
First edition of Agatha Christie’s Postern of Fate, the final novel published during her lifetime and the last appearance of her beloved detective duo Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Octavo, original pu...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-151304
Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and Its Vicinity, With Their Generic and Specific Characters, Principal Synonyms, Descriptions, Places of Growth, and Time of Flowering, and Occasional Remarks.
Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824.
Enlarged and second edition of Bigelow’s authoritative work on the flora of Boston and its vicinity. Octavo, original boards, rebacked, greatly enlarged and with a significant glossary of botani...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-137356
The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson , 1909.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Quarto, original cloth. Edited by S.O. Howes. Near fine in the uncommon original dust jacket.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-141348
Colom, Joan Juan und Camilo Jose Cela
Izas, Rabizas Y Colipoterras.
Barcelona: Editorial Lumen, 1964.
First edition of this classic photobook of Barcelona’s underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighborhood of Raval. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated thro...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-146047
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume’s career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-144301
The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition of this “sharp, nuanced, enlightening reflection on how America should confront its authentic legacy of racism . . . A sharp, nuanced yet stylish analysis” (The Philadelphia...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-120633
In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence. (1821-1827).
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. S. Stacey and a map of the...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122974
Buchwald, Art. [William Safire]
We’ll Laugh Again.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page, “Aug 22,...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-127932
Amorous Fiammetta.
London: The Mandrake Press, 1929.
First edition of the first psychological novel in Western literature, reprinted from the original English edition translated by Bartholomew Young in 1587. Quarto, full green vellum with gilt titles to...
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-146439
The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, About the First Day of January, 1863.
Milwaukee: Published by Strickland & Co., 1863.
First edition of the Civil War memoir of Alfred L. Castleman, Surgeon of the Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. A nice example.
$200.00
Item Number: RRB-132705
