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One Fine Day.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971.

First edition of this classic work, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1972. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author with a drawing of a fox on the half-title page, “With...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143374

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Schulberg, Budd

First edition of this collection of short stories, including the story Your Arkansas Traveler, which was the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-75877

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Durrell, Lawrence [Charles Norden]

Panic Spring.

New York: Covici Friede, 1937.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Heil Anthony, from Larry Durrell, ‘old hat...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150921

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Toklas, Alice B

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, top stain green, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Sir Francis Rose. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear. This...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151854

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Crichton, Michael

Sphere.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of Crichton’s sixth book, a sci-fi psychological thriller about a team of scientists who discover a massive, ancient spacecraft resting on the Pacific Ocean floor, basis for the fi...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152979

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Donleavy, J.P

A Fairy Tale of New York.

New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.

First edition of this funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence in the year of publication, “Century Club (wh...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-3966

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

La Guerra del Fin del Mundo [The War of The End of The World].

Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 1981.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus in the original Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. In very good condition. Cover design by...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145391

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Warren, Robert Penn

World Enough and Time.

New York: Random House, 1950.

First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the “richest of [Warren’s] novels” (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142272

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Lefevre, Edwin

The Making of a Stockbroker.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.

First edition of this classic Wall Street narrative. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt rul...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146015

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Dickens, Charles

Hard Times. For These Times.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ attack on the living conditions of England’s mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and too...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148215

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Levin, Ira

The Boys From Brazil.

New York: Random House, 1976.

First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth w...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148684

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Churchill, Winston S

Ian Hamilton’s March.

London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spi...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-129329

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Courtenay, Bryce

The Power of One.

London: William Heinemann, 1989.

First British edition of the Courtenay’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Bryce Courtenay 22/3/89....

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147199

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Mala Hora.

Madrid: Propiedad Literaria Reservada, 1962.

First edition of this work written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition with some light rubbing and wear.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-48742

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Crichton, Michael

Rising Sun.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Crichton in the year of publication on the front free endpape...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151596

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Baum, L. Frank

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., c. 1920.

First edition, later printing of the eighth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Later printing with the verso of the half-title page listing Baum titles through Glinda of Oz. Octavo, orig...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151858

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Greene, Graham

Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

London: William Bodley, 1984.

First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Tucker with love from Gra...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-137597

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Fast, Howard

Spartacus.

New York: Published by the Author, 1951.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author bound-in, “For Jerry Mayro Gratefully Howard Fast.” Octavo, bo...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149899

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Gluck, Louise

Ararat.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the hal...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-124951

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000.

The Easton Press Collector’s edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s full gilt-decorated leather, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Bo...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152080

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Roughing It.

Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1872.

First edition, mixed state of Twain’s first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad, lacking the word ‘he’ on page 242 but with...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-127994

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Irving, John [Peter Matthiessen]

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to author and fellow National Book Award-winning noveli...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-4658

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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 &...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-141135

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Bowles, Paul

Collected Stories.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979.

Signed limited edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Bowles. In fine condition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Housed in a custom half morocco...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142140

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Rare & Classic, American or English Literature Books for Sale Online

One Fine Day.

Some Faces In the Crowd.

Panic Spring.

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.

Sphere.

A Fairy Tale of New York.

La Guerra del Fin del Mundo [The War of The End of The World].

World Enough and Time.

The Making of a Stockbroker.

Hard Times. For These Times.

The Boys From Brazil.

Ian Hamilton’s March.

The Power of One.

La Mala Hora.

Rising Sun.

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

Spartacus.

Ararat.

Cat’s Cradle.

Roughing It.

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.

Collected Stories.