Terence Conran on London.
London: Conran Octopus Ltd, 2000.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original boards. Signed by Terence Conran on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-5373
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Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]; edited by Clara Svendsen
Isak Dinesen: A Memorial.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of this tribute to the life of the brilliant Danish writer Karen Blixen, a collection of essays from her friends compiled by her secretary and companion Clara Svendsen. Octavo, original...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-145708
Jason Giambi Signed Sports Illustrated.
New York: Time Inc., March 25, 2002.
Original March 25, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated signed by first baseman and designated hitter Jason Giambi. Octavo, original wrappers depicting Giambi on the front cover in his New York Yankees un...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150827
The Mystic Masseur.
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1959.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Robert Micklewright....
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150736
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. [Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum]
Pirates in Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931.
Early printing of Thompson’s eleventh fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s world of Oz. Octavo, original cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-145098
Perry on Tennis: Expert Advice for All on Lawn Tennis.
London: Hutchinson & Co, [1936].
First edition of this instructional work on tennis by legend Fred Perry. Octavo, original publisher’s teal cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-151418
The Absent-Minded Beggar.
England and The United States: The Daily Mail Publishing Co, 1899.
First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling’s poem The Absent-Minded Beggar, a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto, original wrappers, six pages with two pages of facsimile s...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149578
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978.
First edition of the author’s classic collection of Christmas carols. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “Tasha Tudor 1986.” Fine in a n...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-144081
10 Patitos De Goma.
China: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.
First Spanish language edition of 10 Patitos De Goma. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author “Quack for Dr. J. Robert Dopin...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149051
Bollier, David [Madeleine Albright]
The Rise of Netpolitik: How the Internet is Changing International Politics and Diplomacy.
Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute, 2003.
First edition of this work on how the internet is transforming global politics and diplomacy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secr...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-147968
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150075
Back.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1946.
First edition of this novel by the author whom V.S. Pritchett called, “belongs to the mad tradition in English literature—Sterne, Carroll, Firbank, and Mrs. Woolf.” Octavo, original publisher’s...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150650
Parts One and Two of The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes.
New York and London: The Macmillan Company/Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904 and 1906.
First editions of Thomas Hardy’s only major dramatic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles. First American edition, first issue of part one. First British edition, second issue of part t...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-148182
A Passover Haggadah.
New York: A Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuter Inc, 1993.
First edition of this traditional Passover text paired with Wiesel’s poetic commentary. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by ill...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-151725
The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1933.
First British edition of Wells’ prophetic science fiction classic. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition with toning and splitting to the front panel hinge.
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149246
The Spy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
First American edition of this historical novel that reimagines the life of the exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari. Boldly signed by Paulo Coelho on the second front free endpaper. Fine in a fine d...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-151607
Disney War.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Early printing of this incredibly enthralling exposé on one of America’s most powerful entertainment companies. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Present...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-147019
Frank Borman Signed Photograph.
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Crew portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. Semi-glossy photograph of Borman wearing a suit and posing next to a model United States spacecraft. Boldly signed by Borman in black felt tip. In near fine co...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-151660
Tales of the Hasidim: The Early Masters.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1956.
Early edition of this seminal work of the Hasidic movement. Octavo, publisher’s original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel vignette of whales stamped in gilt. Very good in a...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149173
![Desperate Remedies. [and] Far from the Madding Crowd.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RRB-148156.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Desperate Remedies. [and] Far from the Madding Crowd.")
Desperate Remedies. [and] Far from the Madding Crowd.
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, .
Alpha Library editions of Thomas Hardy’s famous works. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, top edges gilt. In very good condition.
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-148156
Ketchum, Richard M. [Barbara Bray]
Second Cutting: Letters From The Country.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First edition of this reflective portrait of New England rural life. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and his wife on the half-title page, “For Ruth...
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149214
Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.
First edition of this collection of 19th-century prose retellings and analyses of epic tales from famous Italian poets. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to t...
$150.00
Item Number: RRB-151826
The Kite Trust (A Romance of Wealth).
New York: Kite Trust Publishing Company, 1900.
First limited author’s edition of this novel critiquing wealth and its societal impact. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece with author’s signature facsimile. One...
$150.00
Item Number: RRB-148064
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
