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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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
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
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
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley’s experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, origi...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-140889
Towards Zero.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1944.
First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-144302
Kazantakis, Nikos; Translated by Carl Wildman
Zorba the Greek.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First American edition of the witty novel that served as inspiration for the 1964 film of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145474
I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Joe Cummins, w...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-108016
Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.
First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Carolyn with love from Ev...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-146276
A Good Man in Africa.
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Annette, with all good wishes from the...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-124801
Beatty, Scott [Christopher Nolan; Christian Bale]
Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation.
New York: D.C. Comics, 2005.
First edition of the comic movie adaptation. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by director Christopher Nolan and Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale o...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151368
Glasgow, Ellen [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
Virginia.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.
First edition of this socially groundbreaking novel; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of the titular character...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145595
Roald Dahl Autograph Letter Signed.
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Autograph letter signed by the great children’s storyteller Roald Dahl. One page, handwritten letter to American writer and Playboy editor Ray Russell, responding to an inquiry soliciting contri...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-148769
The Sum of All Fears.
New York: G.P. Putnams's Sons, 1991.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 2002 film starring Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Clancy and Academy Award-winning actor Ben Affleck on t...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150298
Puzo, Mario [Francis Ford Coppola]
The Godfather.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.
Finely bound edition of Puzo’s definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, boldly signed by director Francis Ford Coppola. Octavo, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly si...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150897
The David Foster Wallace Reader.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace’s work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one p...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-138151
![The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RRB-142194.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].")
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Bell and Daldy, 1857.
Finely bound collection of the collected poetical works of Thomas Gray decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles to t...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-142194
The Complete Works of George Farquhar.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930.
The Nonesuch Press limited edition of this comprehensive collection of the plays and writings of Irish dramatist George Farquhar. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-148782
Main Street.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
First edition, first printing of Lewis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151686
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional examp...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-144482
Swarthout, Glendon; [Connie Francis and Dolores Hart]
Where the Boys Are.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of the author’s classic novel, the basis for the 1960 comedy film of the same name which popularized the ‘spring break’ pilgrimage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Octavo,...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-148701
Isak Dinesen Autograph Note Signed.
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Rare autograph note signed by the author of Out of Africa, Karen Blixen with her pen name, Isak Dinesen. Accomplished on Cosmopolitan Club stationery in ink, the note reads in full, “With my bes...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150782
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Will Pogany
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d..
Elaborately bound example of Pogany’s finely illustrated Rubaiyat. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Banytun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments with...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-129800
Blake, Michael [Kevin Costner]
Dances with Wolves.
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988.
First edition of this classic novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film starring Kevin Costner. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, all edges stained yellow. Boldly signed by Michael Blake and...
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151587
