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    The Nun’s Story.

    Hulme, Kathryn

    The Nun’s Story.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.

    First edition, early printing of Hulme’s best-selling novel, basis for the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front f...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-95304
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    Bloodchild: and Other Stories

    Butler, Octavia E

    Bloodchild: and Other Stories

    New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

    First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine d...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148326
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    How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

    Alvarez, Julia

    How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.

    First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, “May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-108779
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    Le Disciple.

    Bourget, Paul

    Le Disciple.

    Paris: Collection Française, 1925.

    Limited Collection Française edition of Bourget’s most notable work. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised g...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-115687
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    The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

    Lardner Jr., Ring

    The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

    New York: Cameron & Kahn, 1954.

    First American edition of Ring Lardner Jr.’s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ring Lardner on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-123524
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    My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”

    Gaskell, Elizabeth. [Mrs. Gaskell]

    My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”

    London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1861.

    First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-125281
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    Young Hearts Crying.

    Yates, Richard

    Young Hearts Crying.

    New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1984.

    First edition, early printing of this classic work by “one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century” (Robert Stone). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation c...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-139289
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    All Things Bright and Beautiful.

    Herriot, James

    All Things Bright and Beautiful.

    London`: Michael Joseph, 1976.

    First edition of this classic, the sequel to All Creatures Great and Small. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Bob and Nancy with best wish...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-144243
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    Gateway.

    Pohl, Frederik

    Gateway.

    New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977.

    First edition of the master of science fiction’s suspenseful mystery adventure. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susan- Frede...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148090
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    Tess of the d’Urbervilles. [and] The Woodlanders. [and] The Well-Beloved.

    Hardy, Thomas

    Tess of the d’Urbervilles. [and] The Woodlanders. [and] The Well-Beloved.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, c. 1904-1905.

    Finely bound editions of Thomas Hardy’s famous works. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispieces, with black and white illustrations in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and a...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148159
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    A Woman’s Life.

    Maupassant, Henri René Albert Guy de

    A Woman’s Life.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952.

    The Limited Editions Club limited edition of Guy de Maupassant’s first full-length novel. Royal octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles an...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148551
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    The Man Without a Country.

    Hale, Edward Everett

    The Man Without a Country.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.

    Early printing of Hale’s classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings in...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-112426
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    Love and War in the Apennines.

    Newby, Eric

    Love and War in the Apennines.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1971.

    First edition of this classic World War II memoir. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed by Eric Newby on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150069
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    The Untouchables.

    Albert, Marvin [Kevin Costner]

    The Untouchables.

    New York: Ivy Books, 1987.

    First edition of this crime thriller, basis for the film bearing the same name. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, all edges stained yellow. Boldy signed by the Academy Award-winning act...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150119
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    Antique Valentine Collection Album.

    Antique Valentine Collection Album.

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    Folio scrapbook containing a collection of Valentines printed in the early 1900s. Quarto, original boards with gilt central floral motif. From the collection of Marilyn Cox. In very good condition.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-116024
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    The Feast of the Goat.

    Vargas Llosa, Mario

    The Feast of the Goat.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

    Advanced reader’s copy of the first edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150982
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    Poems, Dialogues In Verse, and Epigrams: In Two Volumes.

    Landor, Walter Savage

    Poems, Dialogues In Verse, and Epigrams: In Two Volumes.

    London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1909.

    Fourth edition of this classic collection of poetry. Octavo, two volumes, tissue-guarded frontispieces. Typed poem titled “The Tryst” by Katharine Lee Bates and signed by her laid in on th...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148207
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    The James Bond Dossier.

    Amis, Kingsley

    The James Bond Dossier.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.

    First edition of Amis’ critical analysis of the James Bond novels. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jan Pienkowski based on the famous trompe l’oeil pai...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-144348
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    Soldier Tales.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Soldier Tales.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.

    First edition of Kipling’s collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-96105
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    The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

    Herbert, Frank

    The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

    New York: Ace Books, 1977.

    First mass market edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, all edges stained orange. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150263
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    Travesìa del Horizonte.

    Marias, Javier

    Travesìa del Horizonte.

    Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.

    First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-3368
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    Far from the Madding Crowd. [and] The WoodLanders. [and] Two on a Tower.

    Hardy, Thomas

    Far from the Madding Crowd. [and] The WoodLanders. [and] Two on a Tower.

    New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, .

    Finely bound editions of Hardy’s classic novels filled with themes of love and social constraints. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles, top edges gilt. In very good condition. Owne...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-149977
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    My Name Is Red.

    Pamuk, Orhan

    My Name Is Red.

    New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

    First edition of this “fabulously rich novel, highly compelling” (The Independent). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Orhan Pamuk and three times by dust jacket designer Chip K...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150513
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    Zuckerman Unbound.

    Roth, Philip

    Zuckerman Unbound.

    Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: New York, 1981.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-88047
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