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Dickens, Charles

Bleak House.

London : Bradbury Evans, 1853.

First edition of this Dickens’ classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved title page and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. In very good condition.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-141572
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Johnson, Samuel

The Works of Samuel Johnson.

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1850.

Finely bound edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson toContinue reading "The Works of Samuel Johnson."

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-141081
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Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1843-48.

Complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a second edition in brown cloth with red and blue title-page dated 1843, ‘Stave One’ and correctedContinue reading "The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-141205
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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Peace Tim O’Brien.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-141468
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Simon, Neil

The Sunshine Boys.

New York : Random House, 1973.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Benjamin starred in the 1975 film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, with George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben. Fine in a near fine price-clippedContinue reading "The Sunshine Boys."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-141462
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McCarthy, Cormac

The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.

Hopewell, NJ : The Ecco Press, 1994.

Signed limited first edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original cloth. Additionally signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the signature page as follows, “It’s actually Mike Tyson on the cover! Chip Kidd.” Additionally signed by Kidd on the slipcase. The designer is referring to the frontContinue reading "The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140772
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Stoppard, Tom

Rock ‘n’ Roll.

New York : Faber & Faber, 2006.

First edition of “one of the great political plays in the English language (John Peter). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by AKA.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-141491
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Morrison, Toni

Sula.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-141498
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Morris, Willie

My Dog Skip.

New York : Random House, 1995.

First edition of “this classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America… a rich experience all around” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To John, Warm wishes to a fellow dog-lover in Michigan 6/17/95.”Continue reading "My Dog Skip."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-141499
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Jong, Erica

Fear of Flying.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

First edition of the author’s controversial, gound-breaking second-wave feminist classic which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original cloth, red endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Katherine Kasten – from Erica Jong October 1973.” Near fine in a very good dust jacketContinue reading "Fear of Flying."

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-141273
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe

The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

London : Edward Moxon, 1854.

Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-141208
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Hall, Oakley

Warlock.

New York : The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this classic of American West literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jim Dunham with best wishes Oakley Hall UCI 89.” The recipient, Jim Dunham was a historian and friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Warlock."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-140967
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Farina, Richard

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.

New York : Random House, 1966.

First edition of the author and songwriter’s first novel, warmly praised by his friend Thomas Pynchon; the only novel published in Fariña’s lifetime, as he tragically died in a motorcycle accident two days after its publication. Octavo, original half green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “G – Recognize anyContinue reading "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141590
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Koppelman, Amy. [Joan Didion]

Hesitation Wounds: A Novel.

New York : The Overlook Press, 2015.

First edition of the author’s third book. Octavo, original half cloth. With an autograph note signed by the author tipped in which reads in full, “Dear Ms. Didion, You probably won’t remember me – about fifteen years ago I dropped off my MFA thesis and asked you if I was a real writer. You respondedContinue reading "Hesitation Wounds: A Novel."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-141063
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Beaton, Cecil

Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

First edition of Beaton’s Fair Lady, a witty compilation of his personal diary entries recorded while managing the costume and set design of the 1957 Warner Brothers film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Elaine and Arthur Cohen my favoriteContinue reading "Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-141409
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. [Solzhentizyn]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1963.

First edition in English, preceding the first British edition, of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Anne Roberts A. Solzhenitsyn Dec. 2004.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by the Duquesnes. Jacket photograph by Sovfoto. Translated byContinue reading "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich."

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$9,200.00
Item Number: RRB-140674
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Kipling, Rudyard

Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co, 1910.

Signed limited edition of the collected verse of Rudyard Kipling, beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with nine mounted color plates. One of one hundred andContinue reading "Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-141581
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Tennyson, Alfred

The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1884.

Finely bound example of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full contemporary polished emerald green calf prize-binding, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Presentation inscription.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-141528
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Hurston, Zora Neale [Edited by Alice Walker]

I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.

New York : The Feminist Press, 1979.

First edition of this classic collection of work, edited by Alice Walker. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To David Levin Peace Alice Walker 12-79.” Edited by Alice Walker. Introduction by Mary Helen Washington. In near fine condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-141434
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DeLillo, Don

Running Dog.

New York 1978.

First edition of “the best Vietnam novel to appear so far, bearing some relationship to Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers and some to V. S. Naipaul’s Guerrillas (Houston Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Brian Light Best ever Don DeLillo.” Fine in a fine dustContinue reading "Running Dog."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-141423
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Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

One Special Summer.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-141411
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Buckley, Gail Lumet

The Hornes: An American Family.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Joan + John – With best wishes – Gail June, 1986.” The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950sContinue reading "The Hornes: An American Family."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-141137
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Arnold, Katie. [Joan Didion]

Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.

New York : A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2001.

First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Joan – Thank you for being so generous & kind. Your support has made all the difference. Lots of love, Katie 2/19/01.” The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation inContinue reading "Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-141135
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Carle, Eric

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Cleveland : World Publishing, 1969.

First edition, first printing of Carle’s most recognizable work (with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board). Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket price-clipped dust jacket.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140979
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