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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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Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938.

First American edition, preceding the British edition by one month of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-98352

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Mann, Thomas

Death in Venice.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.

First edition of this translation of Mann’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dedicated to Mr. Carl Lammle by T...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140382

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Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

The Worst Journey in the World.

London: Constable & Company, 1922.

First edition of this classic memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition, with one of the very rare dust jackets. Octavo, two volumes, original half white cloth, gray paper boards. Near fine...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-108912

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Peace! James Baldwin....

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129331

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McCullers, Carson [Henry Miller, George Seferis]

Reflections In A Golden Eye.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For George Seferiades Cordially yours and good lu...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127428

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Watson, James D

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.

New York: Atheneum, 1968.

First edition of Watson’s ground breaking work regarding the discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Octavo, or...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-99462

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1903.

The Autograph Centenary edition of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of 600 numbered copies containing a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, pub...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138934

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Lewis Carroll [Charles. L. Dodgson]; Illustrated by Salvador Dali

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

New York: Maecenas Press & Random House, 1969.

Limited illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s classic, signed by and with twelve illustrations by Salvador Dali. Folio, loose portfolio as issued in original brown silk...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147228

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Gibran, Kahlil

Kahlil Gibran Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1928.

Rare autograph letter signed by the author of The Prophet Kahlil Gibran on his letterhead, which reads, “March 25 1928 My dear Mrs. Scribner, I regret very much that I shall not be able to dine...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144143

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Roth, Philip

Goodbye, Columbus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. From the colle...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151200

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Monroe, James

Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.

Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.

First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition. Rare.

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131707

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Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Signed Inaugural Address.

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Rare Souvenir Edition of Life Magazine’s Inaugural Spectacle commemorating the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117063

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Wells, H.G. [George Bernard Shaw]

The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

First edition, first issue of Wells’ prophetic novel predicting the arrival of atomic weaponry with the publisher listed as Macmillan and Co. Limited (as opposed to Ltd.), 8 pages of advertiseme...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109903

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full dark green morocco with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands to the spine, mar top edge gilt, with 174 illus...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127896

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Faulkner, William

The Hamlet, The Town, and The Mansion [The Snopes Trilogy].

New York: Random House, 1940-1959.

A complete set of the limited signed first edition of Faulkner’s acclaimed Snopes Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by William Faulkner. Each are in near fine to fine condit...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109883

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Faulkner, William

The Town.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, first state with the 5/57 at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “11 Nov 57...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125095

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King, Stephen

Carrie.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974.

First edition of the novel that launched King’s career, with ‘First Edition’ stated on the copyright page and ‘P6’ in the gutter of page 199. Octavo, original maroon clot...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147126

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The Torah: Pentateuch, Five Megillot, and Haftorot.

Amsterdam: Caspar Steen, 1702.

Rare 18th century Danish printing of the Hebrew Bible printed in Hebrew with Yiddish paraphrase. Quarto, two volumes bound in one in contemporary full brown calf, remnants of the original clasps, reba...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146336

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O'Brien, Robert C. [Robert Leslie Conly]

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.

New York: Atheneum, 1971.

First edition of this Newbery Medal-winning children’s fantasy novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles and a small mouse stamped in purple, title page vignette, illustrated t...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151840

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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151791

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson [Including Treasure Island; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Kidnapped].

Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable for Longmans, Green and Company, 1894.

Edinburgh edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, often considered the finest edition of Stevenson due to the paper quality used. Octavo, complete set, 34 volumes, bound in full contemporary...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-25015

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Baldwin, James

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.

New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968.

Rare uncorrected galley proof of Baldwin’s fourth novel. Square quarto, original spiral bound wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, “Peace James Baldwin.” In very good co...

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140823

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von Mises, Ludwig

The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality.

Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1956.

First edition of this powerful work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$9,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140667

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