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To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Boldly sign...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149878

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de Beauvoir, Simone

The Second Sex.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-21090

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Spink, Alfred H

The National Game.

St. Louis, MO: National Game Publishing Co, 1910.

Rare first edition of this cornerstone of baseball history. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt embossed title to the front panel, triple ruled and detailing stamped in blind on...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147838

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Edwards, Jonathan

Two Dissertations, I. Concerning the End For Which God Created the World. II. The Nature of True Virtue.

Boston: S. Kneeland, 1765.

First edition of this important work by Edwards. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition. Rare.

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142014

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1936.

First edition of the economist’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice example in the uncommon dust jacket.

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142399

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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.

New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.

First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets....

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143115

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Thomas, Dylan

In Country Sleep.

New York: New Directions, 1952.

Signed limited edition, one of 100 copies of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of “Do not go gentle into that good night,” published the year before his death, ...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-109248

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DeLillo, Don [Graham Greene]

White Noise.

New York: The Viking Press, 1985.

First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Graham Greene, “For Gra...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143056

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Zorba The Greek.

Athens: Plateia Syntagmatos, 1946.

Rare first Greek edition, preceding all other editions of the author’s classic work, which was the basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, bound in half morocco,...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146502

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.

First edition of Vonnegut’s absurdist satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain green. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front fre...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146918

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Stephenson, Neal

Snow Crash.

New York : Bantam Books, 1992.

First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired gener...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151085

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Ferrari, Enzo; Foreword by Stirling Moss

The Enzo Ferrari Story. [with] Enzo Ferrari Signed Postcard.

New York: MacMillan, 1964.

First edition of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Enzo Ferrari in his customary purple ink on a Ferrari postcard featuring Gilles Villeneuve on...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-20091

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Joyce, James; Henri Matisse

Ulysses.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, widely recognized as the first illustrated edition. Large quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial brown cloth, with 26 ill...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151736

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Knight, Frank H

Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Knight’s classic treatise, published the same year as the first but without the publication year to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, printer’s device to the title p...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140654

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Du Bois, W.E.B

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

First edition of the first of Du Bois’ three autobiographies. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Exceptionally rare, with only...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136790

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Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.

First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original d...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-1254

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Molière. [Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste]

Oeuvres de Moliere. Nouvelle Edition.

Paris: [Pierre Prault], 1734.

First edition, first issue of one of the greatest French illustrated books of the first half of the eighteenth century. First issue with “Comteese” in vol. VI, p. 360, line 12. Quarto, six...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130224

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

London: Cassell, 1947.

First British edition of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151403

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Edwards, Jonathan

A History of the Work of Redemption.

Edinburgh:, 1774.

Rare first edition of this work by the famed philosopher and theologian. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf. In very good condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Rare with only one ap...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141701

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Potter, Beatrix

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.

London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1905.

The earliest known first edition, presentation copy of Potter’s popular children’s story. Octavo, original boards with embossed titles and pictorial cover label, pictorial endpapers, illus...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135913

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Illuminated Astrological Sign Symbol Painting Collection.

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Rare collection of illuminated paintings depicting the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Quarto, bound in full calf with gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels with fl...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-199552

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]

The Seven Lady Godivas.

New York: Random House, 1939.

First edition, first printing of this classic Dr. Seuss title. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page,...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-104001

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McCarthy, Cormac

Outer Dark.

New York: Random House, 1968.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142349

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Smythe, William R. [Richard P. Feynman]

Static and Dynamic Electricity.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950.

Richard Feynman’s copy of Smythe’s central work on static and dynamic electricity. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with mathematic equations and diagrams. Signed in ink by Feynman on t...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145207

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