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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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[Bernstein, Leonard]. Compiled by Jack Gottlieb

Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works. Celebrating His 60th Birthday August 25, 1978.

: Amberson Enterprises, Inc. Publisher, 1978.

First edition of Gottlieb’s complete catalogue of Leonard Bernstein’s works of music, writing, and film. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb’s personal copy with his ownership signature to the title page. Gottlieb worked for Bernstein for more that thirty years, first as his assistant and later as his editor, preparingContinue reading "Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works. Celebrating His 60th Birthday August 25, 1978."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-135237

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Harris, Thomas

The Silence of the Lambs.

United States : Suntup , 2021.

Signed limited first edition of Harris’ third and most famous novel. Octavo, bound in full silk, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Thomas Harris and illustrator Tom Bagshaw. In fine condition. This is a publishers copy, without a number.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-136994

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Morley, Christopher. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Where the Blue Begins.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1922.

First edition of Morley’s classic canine story, wonderfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with four color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. A nice example.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-137414

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Scott, Sir Walter

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.

The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Decorated with a fore-edge painting. In near fine condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-136573

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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 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 144. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Small bookplate designed byContinue reading "[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930]."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-136284

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Listen! The Wind.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles A. Lindbergh. With a lengthy autograph note entirely in the hand of Anne Morrow Lindbergh which reads, “From Marcel & Elise ‘Love is to the soul what the would is to the body – an increase,Continue reading "Listen! The Wind."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-133595

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First edition of Louise Gluck's FIrstborn; Inscribed by Her

Gluck, Louise

Firstborn.

New York : New American Library, 1968.

First edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck.” In fine condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-138218

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Huxley, Aldous

Eyeless In Gaza.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1927.

Signed limited edition of what is considered by many to be Huxley’s definitive work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Number 85 of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-136196

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Browning, Robert

Men and Women.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1855.

First edition of one of Browning’s finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-136291

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1948.

First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A very sharp example.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-136106

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King, Stephen

The Plant. The Opening Segment of an Ongoing Work and Part Two.

Bangor, Maine : Philtrum Press, 1982-1983.

First editions of the first two parts of King’s rare unfinished epistolary novel. Octavo, original saddle-sewn olive green wrappers with folding flaps stamped and lettered in black, each part is one of 200 numbered copies printed at the Stinehour Press and designed by Michael Alpert: Part One, No. 147; Part Two, No. 138. Presentation copies,Continue reading "The Plant. The Opening Segment of an Ongoing Work and Part Two."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-136499

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Mitchell, Margaret

Gone With the Wind.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1936.

First edition of Margaret Mitchell’s masterpiece which remains one of the fastest selling novels in the history of American publishing, with 50,000 copies sold in a single day. Octavo, original cloth. First printing, with “Published May 1936” on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Association copy, signed by eleven members of DavidContinue reading "Gone With the Wind."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-136276

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Kerouac, Jack

On The Road.

New York : The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition of Kerouac’s classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English. With the original New York Times article for On the Road laid in. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A sharp example.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-136101

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn. : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition, first state of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’ with the first state frontispieceContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-136080

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DeMille, Cecil B. [Fortunino Matania]

Cecil DeMille Signed Letter Archive.

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Rare archive of typed letters signed by legendary American film producer and star Cecil B. DeMille to Italian artist Fortunino Matania discussing paintings commissioned to assist in the set design of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments. The archive contains 10 typed letters signed by DeMille dated July 24 1952 to November 18 1957 onContinue reading "Cecil DeMille Signed Letter Archive."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-131466

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Lawrence, D.H

Sons and Lovers.

London : Duckworth and Co, 1913.

First edition, first state of Lawrence’s first important novel and today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as his finest achievement. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-136001

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Signed Limited First edition of Louise Gluck's FIrstborn

Gluck, Louise

Firstborn.

Oxford : Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-136043

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Montgomery, L. M

Anne of the Island.

Boston : The Page Company, 1915.

First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16Continue reading "Anne of the Island."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-135042

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Sondheim, Stephen; Burt Shevelove

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

New York : Dodd, Mead, 1963.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Kurt Rowley, with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated with a drawing by Hirschfeld and photographs.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-136038

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Kovic, Ron

Born on the Fourth of July.

New York : McGraw-Hill, 1976.

First edition of this classic book, basis for the 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “11/26/76 Mary Thank you for being so nice to me and my family Love Ron and Peace.” Near fine in a very good price-clippedContinue reading "Born on the Fourth of July."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-138131

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Mitford, Jessica

The American Way of Death.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1963.

First edition of Mitford’s classic study. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author’s photograph by Seymour Linden. First editions are uncommon.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-136027

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Kerouac, Jack; Drawings by Larry Rivers

Lonesome Traveler.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth, drawings by Larry Rivers. Boldly signed by Jack Kerouac on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed, this is the first example we have seen.

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-114572

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Le Carre, John

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.

First British edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by author on the title page, “with best wishes John le Carre” and by the author’s father, “and much love from his father Ronnie July 1974.” Ronald Cornwell was the father of le Carre andContinue reading "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-136011

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McCann, Colum

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel.

New York : Random House, 2009.

First edition of the author’s classic work, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on both the half and title pages, “For Bettyann and Ed With the very best of Irish wishes- and with thanks!! Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves ofContinue reading "Let the Great World Spin: A Novel."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-136604

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