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Lowry, Lois

Gathering Blue.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

First edition of this work by the Newbury Award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “With best wishes Lois Lowry.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathy Black.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-139213
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Huxley, Aldous

Eyeless in Gaza.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1936.

First edition of Huxley’s classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. An exceptional example.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-138804
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Huxley, Aldous

Leda.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1920.

First edition of Huxley’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth and paper spine label. In good condition.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-139026
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Fleming, Ian

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1962.

First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-138826
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Guerber, Hélène Adeline

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.

London : George G. Harrap & Company, 1909.

First edition of one of the author’s most enduring works. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant emerald green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece, illustrated. In good condition.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-138991
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Dickens, Charles

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

London : Chapman & Hall, 1870.

First edition, bound from the original parts of Dickens’ final novel. Octavo, original bound in full calf,  gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of dickens and additional engraved title, 12 wood-engraved plates. In near fineContinue reading "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."

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$925.00
Item Number: RRB-131055
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Kazan, Elia

America America.

New York : Stein and Day, 1962.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To June Elia Kazan” and below by actor Stathis Giallelis. Introduction by S.N. Behrman. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by AbramContinue reading "America America."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-138692
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Rand, Ayn

Night of January 16th.

New York and Cleveland : The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Wendy – Cordially – Ayn Rand 11/13/68.” Very good in a very good dust jacketContinue reading "Night of January 16th."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-138949
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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.

Toronto : James Campbell & Son, [1871].

Rare unauthorized edition of Twain’s witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good condition. Rare.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-137267
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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.

New York : Boni and Liveright, 1919.

First edition of Twain’s classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-137388
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Marias, Javier

Tu rostro mañana: 1 Fiebre y lanza.

Madrid : Alfaguara, 2002.

First Spanish edition and true first of the first novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-138042
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Powers, J.F

The Presence of Grace.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1956.

First edition of this classic collection of stories by the National Book Award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Lehmann from a proud old contributor to New Writing and the London Magazine – J.F. Powers.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Presence of Grace."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-138075
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Travers, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury]

Mary Poppins Returns.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.

First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sellsContinue reading "Mary Poppins Returns."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-138522
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Gordimer, Nadine

Occasion for Loving.

New York : The Viking Press, 1963.

First American edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-114599
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Hojarasca.

Bogota : Ediciones- S.L.B., 1955.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. In very good condition. A very sharp example.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-138058
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Wallace, David Foster

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 piece of the original painting, “signed on verso with the artist’s fingerprint.” Fine in a fine slipcase.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-138151
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : George Routledge & Sons, 1877.

Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene, illustrated. InContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting]."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-138812
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Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1878.

Finely bound new edition of the historical essays of Macaulay. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind,Continue reading "Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-138519
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Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens]

The Writings of Mark Twain.

Hartford, Connecticut : The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.

The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano’s  with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with many full-page illustrations, including etchings,Continue reading "The Writings of Mark Twain."

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-138944
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Goldsmith, Oliver

The Vicar of Wakefield.

London : J.M. Dent & Co, 1904.

First Series of English Idylls Deluxe vellum edition of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, original publisher’s full cream vellum elaborately decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece and pictorial title page, illustrated with twenty-five color illustrations by C.E. Brock. In near fineContinue reading "The Vicar of Wakefield."

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-138984
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Jerome, Jerome K

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).

Bristol : J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.

First edition, second state of Jerome’s humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with ’11 Quay Street’ (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-138348
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Rowson, Susanna Haswell

The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact.

Hartford : Printed by John Babcock, 1801.

Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, bound in one quarter contemporary leather over paper-covered boards. In good condition. Period ownership inscription, “Mary More Her Book Bought in the year 1802 Price 2/0 If this Book you Chance to Borrow and it should get lost it would fill myContinue reading "The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-138507
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Silverstein, Shel

Uncle Shelby’s Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

First edition of the first children’s book which started Silverstein’s incomparable career. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed on the half-title page by the author who has added a drawing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. We have never seen another signed example.

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-138198
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Faulkner, William

Unvanquished.

New York : Random House, 1938.

First edition of this novel which tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Edward Shenton. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.

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$1,350.00
Item Number: RRB-138572
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