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    Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante.

    Fowler, Gene

    Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1951.

    First edition of Gene Folwer’s warm and entertaining story of Jimmy  “Schnozzola” Durante, from the library of Barrett C. Kiesling. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Jimmy Durant...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-65019
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    All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.

    Moss, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy

    All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.

    London: William Kember , 1963.

    First edition of the racing legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Peter, I hope tha...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-138822
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    A Rumor of War.

    Caputo, Philip

    A Rumor of War.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

    Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this classic work which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called “heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at wa...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-140064
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    Leaving the Atocha Station.

    Lerner, Ben

    Leaving the Atocha Station.

    London: Granta, 2012.

    First hardcover edition of the Lerner’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Lerner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-63022
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    The Seasons’ Difference.

    Buechner, Frederick

    The Seasons’ Difference.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.

    First edition of Frederick Buechner’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author on the front free endpaper, “This was the most ins...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-92504
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    Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

    Pissarides, Christopher A

    Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

    First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-62031
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    North of Boston.

    Frost, Robert

    North of Boston.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1914.

    Later printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original half-cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-148618
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    Within the Gates.

    O'Casey, Sean

    Within the Gates.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.

    First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Se...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-106738
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    A House For Mr. Biswas

    Naipaul, V.S

    A House For Mr. Biswas

    New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.

    First edition of the Everyman’s Library of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-2188
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    The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

    Trilling, Lionel

    The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1950.

    First edition of one of the influential works of criticism published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-22071
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    More Die of Heartbreak.

    Bellow, Saul

    More Die of Heartbreak.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-3138
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    A Stroll With William James.

    Barzun, Jacques. [William Safire]

    A Stroll With William James.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

    First edition of Barzun’s intimate biography of “Father of American psychology”, William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publi...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-128020
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    The Dean’s December.

    Bellow, Saul

    The Dean’s December.

    New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

    Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-182
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    Crosstown.

    Levitt, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose

    Crosstown.

    New York: Powerhouse, 2001.

    First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on t...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-808
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    Soul Mountain.

    Xingjian, Gao

    Soul Mountain.

    New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

    First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-138016
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    Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.

    Morris, James [Jan]

    Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.

    London: Faber & Faber, 1968.

    First British edition of the author’s second volume in the acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-3164
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    Jackdaws.

    Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

    Jackdaws.

    New York: Dutton, 2001.

    Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author o...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-142632
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    The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.

    Stern, Philip M

    The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.

    First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Joa...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-143398
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    Countdown.

    Borman, Frank

    Countdown.

    New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.

    First edition, second printing of the astronaut’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bo...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-144619
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    What Happened to Me.

    Pickett, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett]

    What Happened to Me.

    New York: Brentano's, 1917.

    First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 1...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-145582
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    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Fletcher, Colin

    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.

    First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the ha...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-74000
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    A First Family of Tasajara.

    Harte, Bret

    A First Family of Tasajara.

    London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.

    First edition of Harte’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “with the best New...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-96090
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    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    London: William Heinemann, 1950.

    First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149027
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    L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

    Bellow, Saul

    L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

    Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.

    First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-185
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