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The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. In fine c...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-37658

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Phillips, Scott

The Ice Harvest.

Tuscon: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000.

First edition and publisher’s presentation copy of Phillip’s debut novel. Octavo, bound in the original quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket and i...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-101301

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Roth, Philip

Deception.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.

First edition of this “extraordinary, elegant novel” (Fay Weldon, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jack...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-144392

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Aptheker, Herbert

Afro American History: The Modern Era. A Pioneering Chronicle of the Black People in Twentieth-Century America.

New York: The Citadel Press, 1971.

First edition of the prolific American Marxist historian’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jan 1972 For Mrs. J...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-134261

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Greene, Graham

It’s A Battlefield.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.

First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-119772

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Johnson, Merle [Compiler]

A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910.

First limited edition of this list of first editions in book form and of first printings in periodicals. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with paper titles to the spine, top edge gilt. One of...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-150732

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Updike, John

Rabbit At Rest.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1990.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-147057

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Gordimer, Nadine

Selected Stories.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.

First British edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-552

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Coetzee, J.M

The Humanities in Africa/ Die Geisteswissenschaften in Afrika.

Munchen: Carl Friedrich von Siemans Stiftung, 2001.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In near fine condition.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-2479

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Michener, James A

Miracle in Seville.

New York: Random House, 1995.

Signed limited edition by James Michener. Octavo, original cloth. Number 391 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase, still in the original shrinkwrap.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-107453

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Albee, Edward. [Alan Schneider]

First edition of Albee’s late play. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of the director Alan Schneider with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Schneider directed the play’s Broad...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-152183

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Bush, Jeb and Brian Yablonski

Profiles in Character.

Miami: Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.

First edition of Jeb Bush’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-85632

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Webb, James

I Heard My Country Calling.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

First edition of the moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Lee with best wishes JWebb.” Fine in a near...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-141516

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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London: A.C. Fifield, 1919.

Finely bound example of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-109527

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Studies in History, Economics and Public Law. Volume LXIV.

New York: Columbia University, 1915.

First edition of the sixty-fourth volume in Columbia University’s long-running academic series. Thick octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, triple ru...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-151338

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Porter, Eliot; Wallace Stegner; Page Stegner [Peter Mathiessen]

American Places.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.

First edition of collection of musings and photographs of the American landscape, depicting all aspects of American life from the Rocky Mountains to the state of Maine. Square quarto, original publish...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-151565

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Krone, Julie

Julie Krone Signed 1993 Post Parade.

New York: Racing Today Publishing Inc, 1993.

August 1993 issue of Post Parade signed by American jockey and Belmont Stakes winner, Julie Krone. Octavo, original wrappers with a portrait of Krone on the front panel, illustrated with advertisement...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-152115

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Chichester, Francis

Alone Across The Atlantic.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1961.

First edition of this work by the famed explorer. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. Am...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-112552

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Douglas, Norman

Nerinda.

Florence: G. Orioli, 1929.

Signed limited edition of this work, one of 475 numbered copies, this is number 272. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-121677

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Kipling, Rudyard

Puck of Pook’s Hill.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1906.

First Tauchnitz edition of Kipling’s collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-125313

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Tiger, Lionel

Men in Groups.

New York: Random House, 1969.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Lionel Tiger on the front free endpaper.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-2709

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Rodgers, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein

Me and Juliet.

New York: Random House, 1953.

First edition of the book companion to the sixth stage collaboration between Rodgers and Hammerstein. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Fred Fehl. Near fine in a near fine dust j...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-137268

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Ellis, Joseph J

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition, later printing of this National Book Award winning biography of Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-148602

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.

The Ice Harvest.

Deception.

Afro American History: The Modern Era. A Pioneering Chronicle of the Black People in Twentieth-Century America.

It’s A Battlefield.

A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

Rabbit At Rest.

Selected Stories.

The Humanities in Africa/ Die Geisteswissenschaften in Afrika.

Miracle in Seville.

The Lady From Dubuque.

Profiles in Character.

I Heard My Country Calling.

The Way of All Flesh.

Studies in History, Economics and Public Law. Volume LXIV.

American Places.

Julie Krone Signed 1993 Post Parade.

Alone Across The Atlantic.

Nerinda.

Puck of Pook’s Hill.

Men in Groups.

Me and Juliet.

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson.