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    Poems.

    Terry, Madame Sybil

    Poems.

    Tampa: Florida Grower Press, 1947.

    First edition of this collection of sacred, romantic, and household poems. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Rare.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-145569
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    Sonny Boy: A Memoir.

    Pacino, Al

    Sonny Boy: A Memoir.

    New York : Penguin Press, 2024.

    First edition of the autobiography of one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with ph...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148278
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    The White Plague.

    Herbert, Frank

    The White Plague.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.

    Signed limited first edition of this classic novel which explores madness and revenge on a global scale. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert. Fine in a fine slipcase.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147682
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    The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

    Ullman, James Ramsey

    The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

    Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958.

    First edition of this masterwork of biographical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. One of 350 presentation copies signed by James Ramsey Ullman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-115744
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    The Second Jungle Book.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Second Jungle Book.

    London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.

    First edition of Kipling’s Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated....
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-119977
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    The Day’s Work.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Day’s Work.

    Toronto: George N. Morang, 1898.

    Rare unauthorized Canadian edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo, original wrappers. According to Stua...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-119005
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    Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.

    Baldwin, James

    Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1961.

    First edition of Baldwin’s second major book of essays, featuring his powerful analyses of the politics of race and his controversial three-part essay on Richard Wright. Octavo, original half cl...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-151062
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    The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

    Wilde, Oscar. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

    London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1925.

    First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies, this is number 16. Fine in the rare orig...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-139325
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    Collected Poems.

    Sackville-West, Vita

    Collected Poems.

    London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1933.

    First edition of Sackville-West’s collected poems including “The Land” and “Sissinghurst” (which was dedicated to Virginia Woolf), as well as 28 new poems published here...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-142371
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    The Wind in the Willows.

    Grahame, Kenneth

    The Wind in the Willows.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.

    First American edition of Grahame’s beloved children’s novel which preceded the English edition by only four days, with Scribner’s seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original publis...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-143829
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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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    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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