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Harris, Frank. [Ernest Hemingway]

Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions.

New York : Printed and Published by the Author, 1918.

First edition of Shaw’s appreciation of Wilde. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership name and address to the pastedown of each volume, “Ernest Hemingway Windemere Walloon Lake Michigan” and additional ownership name to volume one, “Hemingway.” Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois,Continue reading "Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141864

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Beerbohm, Max. [Ernest Hemingway]

And Even Now.

London : William Heinemann, 1921.

Second printing of Beerbohm’s critically praised book of essays, from the collection of Ernest Hemingway with his ownership signature, and later that of his first wife Hadley. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth and paper spine label. From the personal collection of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper, “Ernest M. Hemingway”Continue reading "And Even Now."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141576

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Crane, Stephen. Irving Bacheller, Post Wheeler, John Langdon Heaton

The Lanthorn Book: Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o’ the Lanthorn.

New York : 126 William Street, 1898.

Signed limited edition, this is number 47. Quarter, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen Crane at the conclusion of his contribution, The Wise Men. Also signed by the other contributors. While it was the intention of the club to have each contributor sign his piece, Crane did not sign all 125 examples, as he diedContinue reading "The Lanthorn Book: Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o’ the Lanthorn."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-141808

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Webster, Daniel

The Works of Daniel Webster.

Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851.

The subscriber’s edition of the works of Daniel Webster, signed by Webster in the first volume. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in original cloth, frontispiece, and one other plate. In near fine condition.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-141456

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Shem, Samuel

Man’s 4th Best Hospital.

New York : Berkley Books, 2019.

First edition of the sequel to The House of God. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For James Best wishes, Shem.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Colleen Reinhart. Author photograph by Janet Surrey.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-141533

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DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black

The Spiderwick Chronicles Complete Set [The Field Guide, The Seeing Stone, Lucinda’s Secret, The Ironwood Tree, The Wrath of Mulgarath; The Care and Feeding of Sprites; Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You; The Spiderwick Chronicles: Notebook for Fantastical Observations].

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003-2009.

First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed series, basis for the 2008 film starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker and Sarah Bolger, with Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen, and Martin Short in voice roles. Octavo, 5 volumes, original illustrated boards. Each volume is signed by each author on the title page. In fine condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-141589

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Wilder, Thornton

Heaven’s My Destination.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.

First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. With an autographed postcard from Thornton Wilder laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-140196

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Sample, Tim; Introduction by Stephen King

The New Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner.

Camden, Maine : Down East Books, 1996.

First printing of the second edition. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed by Tim Sample on the title page. Additionally signed by Stephen King, who wrote the introduction to this volume. In very good condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-19022

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Bierce, Ambrose

The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays.

San Francisco : A.M. Robertson , 1909.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Quarto, original cloth. Edited by S.O. Howes. Near fine in the uncommon original dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-141348

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Wolfe, Tom

Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, sketches by the author. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-141279

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McCarthy, Cormac

Child of God.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1975.

First British edition of the author’s classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graham Palfrey-Rogers. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141383

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King, Stephen

Stephen King Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror”, boldly signed by him. Placed on cardstock. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11 inches.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141286

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Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]

Out of Africa.

New York : Random House, 1938.

First American edition of the author’s masterpiece, a lyrical meditation of the years she lived in Kenya. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptionalContinue reading "Out of Africa."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-141302

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Lewis, C.S

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1956.

First edition of Lewis’ final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the frontContinue reading "Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-141307

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Harris, Thomas

Red Dragon.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.

First edition of Harris’ second novel. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece by William Blake. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Toby and Mille with my thanks for their hospitality and friendship Thomas Harris Oct. 21, 1981.” The recipients were close personal friends of Harris, whoseContinue reading "Red Dragon."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141310

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Brown, Joe David [Ryan O'Neal]

Addie Pray.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1971.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1973 film Paper Moon starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Ryan O’Neal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Hane. First editions are uncommon.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-141312

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Hall, Radclyffe

The Well of Loneliness.

New York : Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929.

Signed limited edition of this classic work, one of only 225 copies. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, frontispiece to volume one. Signed by Radclyffe Hall. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-141326

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Beagle, Peter S

The Last Unicorn.

New York : The Viking Press, 1968.

First edition of Beagle’s classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Larry Peter S.Continue reading "The Last Unicorn."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141515

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Shepard, Sam

Five Plays: Chicago; Icarus’s Mother; Red Cross; Fourteen Hundred Thousand. Melodrama Play. Shepard, Sam.

Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Patrick Sullivan from photographs by Hope Wurmfeld.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-141325

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Heaney, Seamus

Poets from the North of Ireland.

1979 : Blackstaff Press, Belfast.

First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Edited by Frank Ormsby.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-141441

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Porter, Eleanor H. [Hayley Mills]

Pollyanna.

Boston : L.C. Page & Company, 1913.

First edition of Eleanor H. Porter’s classic of children’s literature. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Inscribed by actress Hayley Mills. Mills starred in the 1960 movie adaptation Pollyanna, alongside Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. TheContinue reading "Pollyanna."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-138834

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858.

Finely bound example of the Critical and Historical Essays of Lord Macaulay. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbledContinue reading "Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-114644

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De Madariaga, Salvador

Essays with a Purpose.

London : Hollis & Carter, 1954.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$20.00

Item Number: RRB-141323

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Wells, H.G

Love and Mr. Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924.

Early Scribner’s reprint of one of Wells’ first fictional writings outside the science fiction genre. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown. Surplus deaccession stamp from the Library of Congress.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-141534

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