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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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Putnam, Samuel [Otto N. Frankfurter]

Marvelous Journey: A Survey of Four Centuries of Brazilian Writing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.

First edition of this history of Brazilian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain black. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Otto Frankfurter on the front free endpaper,...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148586

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Webb, James

Fields of Fire: A Novel.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1978.

First edition of “the finest of the Vietnam novels” (Tom Wolfe). Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151970

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Huxley, Elspeth

The Mottled Lizard.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1962.

First edition of this sequel to Huxley’s The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-46332

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Campbell, John Lord

The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

London: John Murray, 1845-69.

Finely bound set of Campbell’s works. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-130459

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Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

London: Printed only for Thomas Hope; sold by him and Sackville Parker, Richard Matthews, and Samuel Trimmer, 1760.

First Hawkins edition of Walton’s classic work. Octavo, original full speckled tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146335

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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, original maroon cloth. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-115693

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Tolstoy, Leo

Patriotism and Christianity.

London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.

First English edition of Tolstoy’s important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. In very good condition with some toning to the s...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146054

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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. Boldly signed by Howard Fast on a page bound-in. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titl...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150338

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Niven, Larry

Ringworld.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.

Paperback original first edition of this classic work, which went on to win the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by Dean Ellis. Presentation copy,...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140443

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

Hard Times. For These Times.

The Boys From Brazil.

The Power of One.

Ian Hamilton’s March.

La Mala Hora.

Rising Sun.

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

Spartacus.

Ararat.

Cat’s Cradle.

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

Roughing It.

Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.

Collected Stories.

Marvelous Journey: A Survey of Four Centuries of Brazilian Writing.

Fields of Fire: A Novel.

The Mottled Lizard.

The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

The Making of a Stockbroker.

Patriotism and Christianity.

Spartacus.

Ringworld.