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Bronte, Emily.

Wuthering Heights.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848.

Rare first American edition of Emily Brontë’s immortal gothic romance and singular masterpiece, preceding the Boston edition of the same year and published less than five months after the virtually unobtainable English edition. Octavo, original publisher’s ripple-grain cloth, the boards stamped in blind and the spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt. Published by HarperContinue reading "Wuthering Heights."

$16,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152831

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Arendt, Hannah.

The Human Condition.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958.

First edition of Arendt’s penetrating examination of the human condition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Hannah Arendt April 1965.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145631

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Rossner, Judith. [Richard Gere].

Looking For Mr. Goodbar.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

First edition of this harrowing true story, the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is a story of love, power, sex, and death during the sexual revolution of the 1970s, basis for the 1977 film starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Tuesday Weld. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Wish you wellContinue reading "Looking For Mr. Goodbar."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-153019

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Rowling, J.K. [Thomas Taylor].

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London: Bloomsbury, 2001.

The celebration edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed by cover artist Thomas Taylor on the title page with a large originalContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153005

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L'Engle, Madeleine.

Certain Women.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992.

First edition of this ambitious novel, by the Newbery Award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dave Gatti.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-152722

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Lee, Harper.

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

Early printing of one of the most important American novels of the 20th, which went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152770

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Hansberry, Lorraine.

A Raisin In the Sun.

New York: Random House, 1959.

First edition of this groundbreaking play, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by Lorraine Hansberry on the front free endpaper. Early in April 1963, Hansberry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was in and out of University HospitalContinue reading "A Raisin In the Sun."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152786

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Thackeray, William Makepeace.

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.

First edition, first issue of Thackeray’s masterpiece. Octavo, handsomely bound in three-quarters morocco over green cloth boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, illustrated by the author. In very good condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152574

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Rossner, Judith.

Looking For Mr. Goodbar.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Early printing of this harrowing true story, the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is a story of love, power, sex, and death during the sexual revolution of the 1970s, basis for the 1977 film starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Tuesday Weld. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Judith Rossner on the title page. NearContinue reading "Looking For Mr. Goodbar."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-153066

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann’s Lucky Pennies.

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1932.

First edition of the fifteenth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. In very good condition, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-152436

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Ernaux, Annie [Annie Dillard].

A Frozen Woman.

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

First edition in English of this early autobiographical work by the Nobel Prize-winning French writer Annie Ernaux, a fierce account of a spirited girl slowly frozen into the roles of wife and mother. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Annie Dillard, “For Annie, our historyContinue reading "A Frozen Woman."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152459

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1928.

Early printing of the eighth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “With a wish that all your wishes may be ‘Magical Wishes’ Johnny Gruelle, March 1937.” In very goodContinue reading "Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152433

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Marcella Stories.

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1929.

First edition of this beloved installment in the author’s Raggedy Ann series. Quarto, publisher’s original pictorial paper-covered boards, illustrated in color throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and twice signed by Gruelle on the half-title page, “With love and the best of happiness wishes to little Sally Ann, Johnny Gruelle. And dear little Sally Ann, ‘UncleContinue reading "Marcella Stories."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152431

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees.

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1924.

Later printing of this beloved Raggedy Ann tale. Octavo, publisher’s original pictorial paper-covered boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated in color throughout. Contemporary gift inscription to the half-title page. In good condition.

$65.00

Item Number: RRB-152429

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Earhart, Amelia.

20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

First edition of Earhart’s thrilling account of of her experience as a passenger aboard the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air in 1928. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain yellow, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated with 61 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Amelia Earhart on the recto ofContinue reading "20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152318

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Shakespeare, William.

The Works of Shakespeare.

New York: Virtue and Yorston, c. 1873-76.

The Imperial edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Folio, two volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, pictorial vignette stamped in gilt to the front panels, all edges gilt, giltContinue reading "The Works of Shakespeare."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152335

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Goldman, William.

The Princess Bride.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

First edition of the deluxe edition of Goldman’s classic novel, basis for the cult classic directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright and Chris Sarandon. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by William Goldman, Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes and Chris Sarandon. In fine condition. Illustrated by Michael Manomivibul. Rare and desirable,Continue reading "The Princess Bride."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152981

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Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book.

Buffalo, New York: Union Souvenir Co. [Plates printed by] The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early photographic souvenir view book of Palm Beach, Florida. Oblong format, 16 pages, original printed wrappers bound with the publisher’s silk cord, the upper wrapper lettered “Palm Beach, Florida” and mounted with a hand-colored view of a solitary coconut palm at the water’s edge, a small rowboat at rest beyond. The plates record PalmContinue reading "Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152161

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Miller, Henry.

Henry Miller Original Watercolor Painting.

1969.

Rare original watercolor painting by American writer and artist Henry Miller. Signed and dated by the artist, “Henry Miller 8/69.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 31 inches by 27 inches. To read Miller without his watercolors is to miss something essential. The two practices were never separate compartments ofContinue reading "Henry Miller Original Watercolor Painting."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-130551

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Souvenir of The Palm Beaches, Florida.

Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early color lithograph souvenir album of the Palm Beaches, Florida. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers printed in full color, the upper wrapper depicting golfers on the links beneath coconut palms with an inset view captioned “View of the Royal Poinciana and White Hall From West Palm Beach,” titled in bold gilt lettering “Souvenir of TheContinue reading "Souvenir of The Palm Beaches, Florida."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152165

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].

If I Ran the Zoo.

New York: Random House, 1950.

First edition, early printing of Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor book, a beloved tale of a boy’s outlandish imaginary menagerie, the work that introduced the word “nerd” into the English language. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author, with the Redbook Magazine reference on the copyright page and 295/295 price on the dustContinue reading "If I Ran the Zoo."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152131

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McGrath, Amy with Chris Peterson. {Madeleine Albright}.

Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

First edition of McGrath’s adventurous autobiography Honor Bound. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with color photographs of author throughout the years. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “Secretary Albright, Thank you for your service + for your love for our democracy. You remain an inspiration! Live your courage! Amy McGrath 2021.”Continue reading "Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-148448

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Carroll, Lewis [Alice Hargreaves].

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932-1935.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full leather with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece and title page vignette, withContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152054

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Angelou, Maya; Paul Gauguin; Linda Sunshine.

Phenomenal Woman.

New York: Random House, 2000.

First edition of this majestic work of art and poetry. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with paintings by the French Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-146651

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