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    The Drums of The Fore and Aft.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Drums of The Fore and Aft.

    London : F. Tennyson Neely, 1899.

    First Neely’s Booklet Library edition of Kipling’s classic military tale. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-120480
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    The Lightning Time.

    Maguire, Gregory

    The Lightning Time.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978.

    First edition of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “June 1979 for Valera, with best wi...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150508
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    Vietnam Inc.

    Griffith, Philip Jones; Foreword by Noam Chomsky

    Vietnam Inc.

    New York: Phaidon Press, 2001.

    First edition of the re-release of classic photojournalist work. Folio, original black boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Noa...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-125511
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    Biplane.

    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....
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133181
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    The Croquet Player.

    Wells, H.G

    The Croquet Player.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1937.

    First American edition of this classic ghost story by the “father of science fiction.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. H...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-139227
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    My Michael.

    Oz, Amos

    My Michael.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

    First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket art...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-72955
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    In the Clearing.

    Frost, Robert

    In the Clearing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.

    First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelan...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-134582
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    Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.

    Wilbur, Homer. [James Russell Lowell]

    Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.

    Cambridge: Published by George Nichols: 1848/Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.

    First edition, first issue of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-139428
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    Gerald’s Game.

    King, Stephen

    Gerald’s Game.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1992.

    First edition of this suspense novel by King. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146328
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    Love is Hell.

    Groening, Matt

    Love is Hell.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.

    Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, origi...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146535
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    The Five Nations.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Five Nations.

    London: Methuen and Co, 1903.

    First edition, one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. In near fine condition.
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-110468
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    Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty.

    Dickens, Charles

    Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1841.

    First edition of Charles Dickens’ fifth novel. Royal octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within rai...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-147726
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    Salvador.

    Didion, Joan

    Salvador.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.

    First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Rat...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-142686
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    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

    Waugh, Evelyn

    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by Evelyn Waugh declining a speaking engagement. Octavo, one page on Easton Court Hotel letterhead. The letter reads in full, “Oct. 15th Dear Sir, My thanks for your lett...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-148505
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    The Diamond Smugglers.

    Fleming, Ian

    The Diamond Smugglers.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.

    First edition of the thrilling true story behind one of the greatest spy operations in history. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, illustrated. In fine co...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-140882
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    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    Bellow, Saul

    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1970.

    First edition of the author’s third National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Alderman and Lois Sto...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-1786
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    Now We Are Six.

    Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard

    Now We Are Six.

    London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.

    First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustr...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-143951
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    The Valley of Bones.

    Powell, Anthony

    The Valley of Bones.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1964.

    First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half mor...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-144231
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    The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.

    Highet, Gilbert [Raymond Chandler]

    The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.

    New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1949.

    First Oxford University Press edition of this classic Western literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpape...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149035
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    Song of Robin Hood.

    Burton, Virginia Lee; Selected and Edited by Anne Malcolmson; Music Arranged by Grace Castagnetta

    Song of Robin Hood.

    Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1947.

    First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation, inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton, “Greetings to the ‘Caner’ from Virginia Lee Burton....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-641
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    Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion.

    Heschel, Abraham Joshua

    Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion.

    Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951.

    First edition of this modern classic of Jewish theology. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. Jacket designed by Marshall Lee.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-78342
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    Memory of a Large Christmas.

    Smith, Lillian; Illustrated by Constance McMillan

    Memory of a Large Christmas.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1962.

    First edition of this “beautifully written book which should be read by families at Christmas time as Dickens’ Christmas Carol used to be” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, o...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-100543
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    The Member of the Wedding.

    McCullers, Carson

    The Member of the Wedding.

    New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946.

    First edition of McCullers’ classic coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl’s fascination with her brother’s wedding, which has been compared to The Catcher in the Rye a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149748
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    My Father Mark Twain.

    Clemens, Clara. [Samuel L. Clemens]

    My Father Mark Twain.

    New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.

    First edition of this memoir by Mark Twain’s daughter. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double ruling and a vignette of Mark Twain stamped in blind to the...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150110
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