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Hebrew Melodies.

London: John Murray, 1815.

First edition of Byron’s book of poetry written at the request of the Hon. D. Kinnaird. Octavo, bound in half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-120805

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Byron, Lord

The Works of the Right Hon. Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Printed for John Murray, 1815.

Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt title and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt tur...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-134016

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Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1859.

First edition, second issue of one of the greatest and most enduring of Victorian literary works, with the imprint of Bradbury and Evans to the verso of title. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139723

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Pressfield, Steven [Matt Damon]

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1995.

First edition, early printing of one of the greatest golf novels of the 20th century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “Shalom Steven Pressfield.”...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-144822

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Lane, Edward William; Edited by Edward Stanley Poole [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, In England, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1865.

Second volume of the new edition of Lane’s annotated translation of The Arabian Nights, edited by his nephew; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, bou...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145597

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Camus, Albert

L’Exil et Le Royaume.

Paris: Gallimard, 1947.

First edition of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a des...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146462

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Irving, Washington; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Rip Van Winkle.

London: William Heinemann, 1905.

Rackham edition of this classic story. Royal octavo, bound in full red morocco by Henry Sotheran with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148360

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage.

New York: The Modern Library, c. 1939.

Modern Library edition of Maugham’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Vincent Starett in an economical mood Chicago 11...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150081

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall and Bradbury Evans, 1858.

Rare finely bound Library Edition of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and elab...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-119937

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Traver, Robert [John D. Voelker]

Anatomy of a Murder.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959.

First book club edition of this classic work, basis for the film produced and directed by Otto Preminger, starring James Stewart and Lee Remick. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150824

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Plath, Sylvia

The Bell Jar.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.

First American edition of Sylvia Plath’s only novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pen-and-ink drawings by Plath. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Near in a near fine price-...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151942

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Dickens, Charles

The Uncommercial Traveller.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ classic collection of personal vignettes. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Tout, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-135109

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed.

:, September 2, 1907.

Rare autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to R. G. Von Berg. One page on Bateman’s Burwash Etchingham letterhead, the letter reads in full, “Sep. 2 1907 Dear Sir: In reply to your...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146537

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Vonnegut, Kurt [David Hayman]

Kurt Vonnegut Signed Photograph.

:, 1974.

Rare original photograph of award-winning author Kurt Vonnegut. Black and white photograph of Vonnegut smiling with a cigarette in hand. Inscribed below the portrait in the margin, “Love to Davi...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148737

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Kazan, Elia

America America.

New York: Stein and Day, 1962.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To June El...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138692

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Marias, Javier

Los Dominios del Lobo.

Barcelona: Edhasa, 1971.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-994

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Surtees, Robert Smith; Illustrations by John Leech & H.K. Browne

The Works of Surtees. . . : Ask Mamma; Handley Cross; Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Romford’s Hounds.

London: Bradbury Agnew & Company, .

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-3225

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Shay, Don and Jody Duncan [Michael Crichton and Chip Kidd]

The Making of Jurassic Park: An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.

First edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by legendary designer Chip Kidd with a large original drawing of the iconic dust...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147541

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Williams, John

Nothing But The Night.

Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.

First edition of the re-issue of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, “For Bob an...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-122674

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Kipling, Rudyard; Lewis Carroll; Norman Gale; Mary E. Manners et al

Tommy and Other Poems For Recitation.

London: James Clarke & Co., 1895.

First edition of this humorous collection of poems for recitation including Rudyard Kipling’s Tommy and Lewis Carroll’s The Walrus and the Carpenter. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers....

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-123443

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Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

Advance Review Copy of the first edition of Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. many of his works. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143084

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Louÿs, Pierre

Chefs d’oeuvre de Pierre Louÿs: Aphrodite, Aventures du Roi Pausole, Chansons de Bilitis, Psyche, Poems Libres, La Femme et Le Pantin.

Paris: Les Editions de l'Ibis, 1972-73.

Deluxe limited Ibis edition of the works of Pierre Louÿs. Quartos, 6 volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elabo...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-94692

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Lincoln, Jackson Steward. Introduction by C. G. Seligman

The Dream in Primitive Cultures.

London: The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the author’s doctorate thesis on the theory and function of dreams in primitive cultures. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with toning to th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-115384

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