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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print.

Hibi, Yuichi. [Robert Frank]

A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print.

Tuscon, Arizona : Nazarelli Press, 2006.

Signed limited edition of the companion book to Yuichi Hibi’s 2001 documentary on the life and work of Robert Frank. Small octavo, original boards, containing five reproductions of black and white photographs and one original print. One of 500 numbered copies signed on the verso of the original print by Yuichi Hibi, this is numberContinue reading "A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-122098

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Where the Blue Begins.

Morley, Christopher. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Where the Blue Begins.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1922.

First edition of Morley’s classic canine story, wonderfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with four color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. A nice example.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-137414

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Two On A Tower.

Hardy, Thomas

Two On A Tower.

London : Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895.

Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with a map of Wessex to the rear. In very good condition with toning to the endpapers, darkening to the spine, bumping and rubbing to the extremities.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-148175

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The March.

Doctorow, E.L

The March.

New York : Random House, 2005.

First edition of this novel, which won The National Book Critics Circle and Pen/ Faulkner Awards. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Ken Reubens E.L. Doctorow.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Royce M. Becker. Author photograph by Nancy Crampton.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-119781

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Pigs Have Wings.

Wodehouse, P. G

Pigs Have Wings.

London : Herbert Jenkins, 1952.

First edition of Wodehouse’s dreadfully funny novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket with loss to the front panel, rear panel, and spine of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by R.M. Sax.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-145030

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Pack My Bag.

Green, Henry

Pack My Bag.

London : The Hogarth Press, 1952.

First edition, second printing of this self-portrait. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket and a couple of small losses to the crown of the spine and front panel of the dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-150648

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The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

Drury, W. P. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1911.

New edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 7 plates by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-142319

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Bibliography of Oscar Wilde.

Mason, Stuart

Bibliography of Oscar Wilde.

London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd., n.d..

Later printing of Mason’s renowned bibliography of the works of Oscar Wilde. Octavo, bound in full cloth, illustrated. With a note by Robert Ross. In very good condition.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-140208

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The Good Solider: A Tale Of Passion.

Ford, Madox Ford

The Good Solider: A Tale Of Passion.

New York : Vintage Books, 1955.

Later printing of this modernist novel that explores the themes of deception. 18 mo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy inContinue reading "The Good Solider: A Tale Of Passion."

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-149077

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There is a Door.

Coyle, Kathleen

There is a Door.

Paris : Edward W. Titus, 1931.

First signed limited subscriber’s edition of Coyle’s short novella. Octavo, original boards. One of five hundred twenty-five numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 506. Very good in the scarce original glassine which shows chipping and wear.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-96774

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Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.

Kipling, Rudyard

Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

First edition of Kipling’s October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In near fine condition.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-135674

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Imago.

Butler, Octavia E

Imago.

New York : Warner Books, 1989.

First edition of the gripping climax to Butler’s acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-144356

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Livingstone’s Companions.

Gordimer, Nadine

Livingstone’s Companions.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1972.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$80.00

Item Number: RRB-2572

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The Consul’s Fire.

Theroux, Paul

The Consul’s Fire.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Paul Theroux on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities.

$85.00

Item Number: RRB-1126

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A Masque of Reason.

Frost, Robert

A Masque of Reason.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$85.00

Item Number: RRB-136531

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Feats on the Fiord.

Martineau, Harriet. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Feats on the Fiord.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, n.d.

Early printing of Martineau’s classic collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, color pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with eight lithographic plates in color. In very good condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-142418

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Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.

Malamud, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern

Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.

New York : Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.

First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-47544

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Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

London : Saunders and Otley, 1834.

Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-114061

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The Victim.

Bellow, Saul

The Victim.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1947.

First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. A Burgess 99 title.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-33548

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Cartas de Mujeres.

Benavente, Jacinto

Cartas de Mujeres.

Madrid : Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.

Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, patterned endpapers, engraved headpieces throughout. In very good condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-145262

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The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his favorites.

Benchley, Robert

The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his favorites.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.

First edition of these humorous pieces chosen from all of Robert Benchley’s writings. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-148441

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My Son’s Story.

Gordimer, Nadine

My Son’s Story.

Johannesburg : Taurus, 1990.

First South African edition and true first edition. Octavo, blue boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light shelf wear.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-537

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No Hiding Place.

Seabrook, William

No Hiding Place.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-150247

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The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances.

Bergonzi, Bernard [H.G. Wells]

The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1961.

First edition of this later social novel in which Wells examines the divergent lives of two brothers against the backdrop of a changing modern society. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include TheContinue reading "The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances."

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-151706

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