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    The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter.

    Bierce, Ambrose

    The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1967.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this gothic novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, g...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148686
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    The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.

    Holmes, Oliver Wendell

    The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.

    Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858.

    First edition of the first book in the the series that gained Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. international fame. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and four gilt rings to the spine a...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-119502
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    Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People.

    [Rackham, Arthur]

    Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People.

    London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1899.

    Finley bound collection in book form of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine, featuring Arthur “Rackham’s 1st printed colour plate” (Riall, p. 212), Up a Tree, used as the fr...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-142843
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    The Yearling.

    Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

    The Yearling.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.

    First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-53043
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    This Vicious Circle: The Story of the Algonquin Round Table.

    Harriman Case, Margaret

    This Vicious Circle: The Story of the Algonquin Round Table.

    New York: Rinehart & Co. Inc, 1951.

    First edition of the lively entertaining work of Harriman. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Illustrated by A...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-149023
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    From Early Life.

    Cooper, William

    From Early Life.

    London: Macmillan, 1990.

    First edition of Cooper’s collection of early recollections. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication to Sally Soames...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-124537
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    Dangling Man.

    Bellow, Saul

    Dangling Man.

    London: John Lehmann, 1946.

    First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of wear. Jacket design by Rob...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-190
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    The Claverings.

    Trollope, Anthony

    The Claverings.

    London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1867.

    First edition of this work by Trollope. Octavo, two volumes, bound in half leather. In very good condition. With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-110699
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    Turn Again To Me and Other Poems.

    Adam, Helen

    Turn Again To Me and Other Poems.

    New York: Kulchar Foundation, 1977.

    First edition of the first book by Adam. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “All good wishes Helen Adam.” In near fine condition.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-127711
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    Paddington At Work.

    Bond, Michael

    Paddington At Work.

    London: Collins, 1966.

    First edition of this early title in the author’s beloved Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Boldly signed by Michael Bond on the front free endpaper. Near...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-152995
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    Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime.

    Dunning, John

    Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime.

    New York: Scribner, 2001.

    The Binder’s Copy of the author’s manuscript signed limited edition of John Dunning’s classic work, with two pages of the original typed manuscript tipped in and inscribed by the aut...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-142781
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    The Ticket That Exploded.

    Burroughs, William S

    The Ticket That Exploded.

    London: The Olympia Press, 1962.

    First edition, first printing. Octavo, original green wrappers. Signed by William Burroughs on the title page. In fine condition. A superior example.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-5719
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    Two Editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat.

    Boynton, Henry Walcott

    Two Editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat.

    Chicago/ New York: Herbert S. Stone/ Duffield, 1901, 1907.

    Both the first and second editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-75645
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    Christos.

    Kazantzakis, Nikos

    Christos.

    Athens:, 1938.

    First edition of this early work by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-112627
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    Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America.

    Copland, Aaron

    Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America.

    New York: Whittlesey House, 1941.

    Early printing of the composer’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Harold Moran Aaron Copland April 1944...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-116734
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    The Wall.

    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 in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Dr. Edgar Potts -with...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-139270
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    Invitation to a Beheading.

    Nabokov, Vladimir. [Dmitri Nabokov]

    Invitation to a Beheading.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.

    First edition of this “wonderful tour de force” (Gilbert Highet). Octavo, original half cloth, red topstain. Boldly signed by the translator Dmitri Nabokov on the title page. Fine in a ver...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-152989
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    Ethan Frome.

    Wharton, Edith

    Ethan Frome.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

    First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-138597
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    A Handful Of Dust.

    Waugh, Evelyn

    A Handful Of Dust.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1934.

    First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-39786
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    Mademoiselle de Maupin.

    Gautier, Théophile; André Dugo [Illustrator]

    Mademoiselle de Maupin.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Gautier’s retelling of the infamous legend of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148550
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    The Dream Keeper.

    Hughes, Langston

    The Dream Keeper.

    New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.

    First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Helen Sewell. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Helen Sewell. First editions are uncomm...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-125808
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    Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

    Coupland, Douglas

    Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

    New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.

    First edition of the author’s groundbreaking first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the half-title page, who has added a large drawing of hi...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-128422
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    A Further Range.

    Frost, Robert

    A Further Range.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

    First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fron...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-147533
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    Black Ivory.

    Collins, Norman

    Black Ivory.

    London: Collins, 1948.

    First edition of this historical novel of Britain’s imperial past. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge g...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148875
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