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The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators.

London: Charles Daly, 1838.

New edition of George Sale’s important translation of the Koran, the first to translate directly from the Arabic into English. Octavo, original cloth with titles in gilt on the spine, frontispiece wit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147826

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Lewis, C.S

Rehabilitations and Other Essays.

London: Oxford University Press, 1939.

First edition of one of Lewis’ earliest and most substantial books of essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge black. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-131228

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Cummings, E. E

[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.

First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming’s cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 cop...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-136284

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Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

Les Trois Mousquetaires.

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1921.

Finely bound example of Dumas’ classic work in the original French. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter crimson crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six comp...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-145243

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Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

Early edition of Dickens’s classic second novel. Octavo, bound in full calf, full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to t...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147626

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Sample, Tim; Introduction by Stephen King

The New Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner.

Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1996.

First printing of the second edition. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed by Tim Sample on the title page. Additionally signed by Stephen King, who wrote the introduction to this volume. I...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-19022

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Rawls, Wilson

Summer of the Monkeys.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

First edition of this award-winning novel by the author of Where the Red Fern Grows. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely, Wilson Rawls....

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-128142

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Brautigan, Richard

Trout Fishing in America.

New York: A Delta Book/ Dell Publishing, 1967.

First edition of this work “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times). Octavo, ori...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-133793

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Hersey, John

The Wall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Harold Merry ‘We are involved in the struggle of Hu...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140379

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Bernstein, Peter. L

The Price of Prosperity.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.

First edition of the Wall Street legend’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Paul- Best wishes for much prosper...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-511

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Il Corbaccio. [The Crow].

Paris: Federigo Morello, 1569.

Rare sixteenth century edition of this literary work in the original Italian. Duodecimo, original full vellum. In near fine condition with light splitting to the front interior hinge.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-146435

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Wouk, Herman

Marjorie Morningstar.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-110555

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Dickens, Charles

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.

First edition from the original parts Dickens’ final novel, with them bound in the rear. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, frontispiece portrait of dickens, 12 wood-engra...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-133997

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Powers, J.F

Morte D’Urban.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962.

Review copy of the first edition of the author’s masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.F. Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Slip laid in fr...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-137471

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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

Johannesburg: Raven Press, 1974.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-224

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Starr, Ringo & Harry Nilsson

Son of Dracula.

: Blackwood Music, 1974.

First edition of this original work. Quarter, original wrappers. Signed and dated by Ringo Starr on the front panel, “Love Ringo 05.” In near fine condition.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-3245

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Jarrell, Randall; Illustrated by Burkert, Nancy Burkert

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.

First edition of this classic illustrated retelling of the tale from the Brothers Grimm. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by the illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-titl...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-108773

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Murakami, Haruki

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006.

First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Ki...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-122387

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Dickens, Charles

Little Dorrit.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, “William” for “Frederick” on page 317 line 27, B2 ins...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-149676

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano’s, frontispi...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-144546

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Huxley, Aldous

Proper Studies.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1927.

Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth over marbled boards. One of 260 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-146277

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Wilder, Thornton

Heaven’s My Destination.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.

First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstoc...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-43869

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Ovid; Hans Erni [Engraver]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1958.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutc...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148535

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Byron, Lord George Gordon

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy. In Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy of Dante, a Poem.

London: John Murray, 1821.

First edition, first issue of Byron’s posthumously published tragedy with the Doge’s speech on p. 151 that begins “What crimes ?” Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-120688

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