Skinner, B.F
Walden Two.
New York : The Macmillan Company, 1948.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by F.G. Kuttner.
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Item Number: RRB-133228
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Maugham, W. Somerset
Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.
London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1933.
First edition of Maugham’s final play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The author’s last play for Elsie Tritton W. Somerset Maugham.” The recipient, Elsie Tritton, was a noted collector and friend of Maugham‘s who introduced him to Alan Searle. A younger man from the London slum areaContinue reading "Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts."
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Item Number: RRB-133056
Stone, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber [play]; Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce [Starring]
Evita.
New York : Warner Brothers, 1996.
First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film, boldly signed by Oliver Stone, based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was in turn based on Rice and Webber’s 1976 concept album, following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimateContinue reading "Evita."
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Item Number: RRB-133217
Scott, Paul
The Corrida at San Feliu.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Paul Scott’s rich, multi-layered novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
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Item Number: RRB-138733
Oliver, Mary
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems.
New York : Harcourt Brace, 1994.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steven Cooley.
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Item Number: RRB-103332
Silverstein, Shel
The Missing Piece.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition, early printing of this classic work by Silverstein. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mother of Nancy With Love Shel Silverstein” Silverstein has added a large drawing of the missing piece. Near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, ownership inscription to theContinue reading "The Missing Piece."
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Item Number: RRB-134292
Gluck, Louise
The Triumph of Achilles.
New York : The Ecco Press, 1985.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work, her most anthologized. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Louise Glück on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-137436
Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner
The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.
Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1878.
Early printing of Twain and Dudley’s satirical work on greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America which has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled,Continue reading "The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day."
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Item Number: RRB-127448
Bach, Richard
Biplane.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.
First edition of the author’s classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John! Happy Flying, always Richard Bach.” Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Uncommon signed.
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Item Number: RRB-133181
Tolkien, J.R.R
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London : George Allen and Unwin, 1966.
Finely bound set of each title comprising the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panels, folding maps. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. The first printing of the second, revised, edition (with “Second Edition 1966” on theContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."
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Item Number: RRB-133131
Sondheim, Stephen [Annie Dillard]
The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Look, I Made a Hat.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First editions of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page to fellow writer Annie Dillard, “For Annie Best Wishes from Stephen Sondheim.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Annie Dillard.
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Item Number: RRB-133175
Galbraith, Robert. [J.K. Rowling]
The Silkworm.
London : Sphere, 2014.
First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.
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Item Number: RRB-137033
Durrell, Gerald
The Overloaded Ark.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bill English. Uncommon signed.
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Item Number: RRB-131079
Higgins, Colin. [Cat Stevens]
Harold and Maude.
Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971.
First edition of the classic 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Colin Higgins [on the front free endpaper] and singer-songwriter Cat Stevens [on the front pastedown]. The music in Harold and Maude was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. He had beenContinue reading "Harold and Maude."
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Item Number: RRB-133160
[Disney, Walt]
Walt Disney’s Bambi: Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1941.
First edition of this storybook version of Disney’s classic. Slim folio, original pictorial paper boards, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
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Item Number: RRB-133151
Kierkegaard, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie
Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.
London : The C. W. Daniel Company, Ltd., 1940.
First English edition of the elaboration and conclusion of Kierkegaard’s important existential discourses of 1847. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Danish by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example of this rare work.
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Item Number: RRB-133137
Joyce, James
Finnegans Wake.
New York : The Viking Press, 1939.
First American edition, one of 6000 copies printed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. A very sharp example.
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Item Number: RRB-133129
Kipling, Rudyard
Kim.
London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example.
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Item Number: RRB-135312
Faust, Irvin [Richard Benjamin]
The Steagle.
New York : Random House, 1966.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Benjamin on the title page, who starred in the 1971 film bearing the same name. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Martin Associates.
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Item Number: RRB-133107
Snyder, Gary
Turtle Island.
New York : New Directions, 1974.
First edition of the legendary poet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Fred and Edie- All in the same web- Gary.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket woodcut by Michael Corr; design by Gertrude Huston.
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Item Number: RRB-135234
Salten, Felix
Bambi’s Children: The Story of a Forest Family.
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1939.
First edition of this classic work, the sequel to Bambi. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Erna Pinner. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Charles Felix Salten.” The recipient, Charles Austin Perry, was an Episcopal clergyman and longtime Provost of the Washington National Cathedral. Near fine in a very goodContinue reading "Bambi’s Children: The Story of a Forest Family."
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Item Number: RRB-131302
Yogananda, Paramhansa
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York : The Philosophical Library, 2005.
Reprint of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-135452
Paterson, Katherine
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York : Thomas Crowell, 1977.
First edition of the author’s first Newbery-Award winning classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For ___ ____- ‘Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open.’ Katherine Paterson 9/3/22 *From the movie script by David Paterson.” Fine in a nearContinue reading "Bridge To Terabithia."
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Item Number: RRB-135413
Stein, Joseph, Book by, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York : Crown Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the title page, “For Candy: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket drawing by Tom Morrow. An exceptional signed example.
Read more$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-131388
Stone, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber [play]; Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce [Starring]
Evita.
$1,500.00
RRB-133217
Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner
The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.
$750.00
RRB-127448
Tolkien, J.R.R
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
$15,000.00
RRB-133131
Sondheim, Stephen [Annie Dillard]
The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Look, I Made a Hat.
$3,500.00
RRB-133175
Kierkegaard, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie
Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.
$1,250.00
RRB-133137
Stein, Joseph, Book by, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Fiddler on the Roof.
$1,750.00
RRB-131388