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Morton, Andrew [Monica Lewinsky; Steve Snider]

Monica’s Story.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.

First edition of Andrew Morton’s authorized biography of Monica Lewinsky, published in 1999 at the height of the scandal that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Octavo, original p...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-152257

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Phillpotts, Eden [Whitaker Wright]

Children of the Mist: A Novel.

London: A. D. Innes & Company, 1898.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by f...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-137170

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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York: Viking, 2003.

First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow’s third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow “For __...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-188

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Orwell, George

Animal Farm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.

First American edition of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good d...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-145465

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Dos Passos, John

Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.

First edition of the second novel in the author’s U.S.A. trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the publisher’s advance copy slip laid in dated March 10th 1932. Near fin...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-90402

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Eckert, Allan W

The Frontiersmen: A Narrative.

Ashland, Kentucky: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001.

First edition of the re-issue of Eckert’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ed- With warmest good wishes! Allan E...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-149902

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Moore, Thomas

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860.

Finely bound example of Moore’s famous romance. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling and gilt scroll borders...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138643

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Kennedy, William

Ironweed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1983.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Boldly signed William Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, offsetting t...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140796

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Kundera, Milan

Ignorance.

London: Faber & Faber, 2002.

First edition in English of Kundera’s “most successful [novel] since The Unbearable Lightness of Being” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Milan Kundera...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-68944

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Egan, Pierce

Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life, Who have acquired Notoriety from their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field.

London: Printed For Sherwood, Jones, and Co, 1825.

First edition with colored plates of Egan’s classic collection of sporting anecdotes. Octavo, bound in full red straight grain morocco by Lloyd with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147752

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Dahl, Roald

Switch Bitch.

London: Michael Joseph, 1974.

First British edition of this collection of Dahl’s short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Ann Love Roald Dahl....

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-129604

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Wilde, Oscar

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.

[London]: Privately Printed, 1904.

First separate edition of Wilde’s classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140581

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Green, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg]

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

First edition, early printing of the author’s semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page using her pseudonym and real name, ...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147081

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Wells, H.G

The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1904.

First edition of Wells’ satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and c...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-95220

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Dumas, Alexandre (Alexander)

Henri III et sa Cour.

Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.

Rare first edition of Dumas’ first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition wit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-87497

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Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline’s Rescue.

London: Andre Deutsch/Derek Verscholyle, 1957.

First British edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-114234

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le Carre, John

The Looking-Glass War.

London: Heinemann, 1965.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in the original price-clipped dust jacket with some light fading to the spine.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-121349

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling First Appearance Collection: The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion.

Boston: The Youth's Companion, 1898.

Rare collection of Kipling first appearances including the first appearance of The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion. Quarto. Housed in a custom fol...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-123595

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Goldoni, Carlo

Delle Commedie Del Signor Carlo Goldoni Avvocato Veneto. Pere servire di continuazione al Nuovo Teatro Comico Del Medesimo Autore.

Bologna: A. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1762-1765.

Rare eighteenth century Italian printing of Goldoni’s Commedie. Octavo, two volumes bound in full vellum. In good condition. A rare printing published during Goldoni’s lifetime.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-129022

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Brown, Joe David [Ryan O'Neal]

Addie Pray.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1973 film Paper Moon starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Ryan O’Neal on the front free endpaper...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-141312

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Warren, Robert Penn

You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition of the collected poems of Robert Penn warren written in the years 1957 to 1960. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to poet and editor Wil...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-143956

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Stoppard, Tom

The Real Inspector Hound.

London: Faber & Faber, 1968.

First edition of this work by the legendary playwright. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Very good in wrappers.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-2376

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Auchincloss, Louis; Beeson, Jack; Calisher, Hortense; Huxtable, Ada Louise; Kahn, Wolf; Lewis, R.W.B.; Lippold, Richard; Mailer, Norman; Ozick, Cynthia; Schlensinger, Arthur, Jr.; Edited by John Updike

A Century of Arts and Letters.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by a...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-145842

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