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    The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.

    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. Octav...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-127448
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    Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die.

    Moore, Roger

    Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die.

    London: Pan Books, 1973.

    First British edition of Moore’s diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roger Moore on the title page. In near fine condit...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133641
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    Unvanquished.

    Faulkner, William

    Unvanquished.

    New York: Random House, 1938.

    First edition of this novel which tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris. Octavo, original cloth, top stained red, illustrated by Edward Shenton. Near fine in...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147394
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    Down There On a Visit.

    Isherwood, Christopher

    Down There On a Visit.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

    First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-110673
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    Geography and Plays.

    Stein, Gertrude

    Geography and Plays.

    Boston: The Four Seas Company Publishers, 1922.

    First edition of this work by the author of The Autobiography of Alice Toklas. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Joanna Graham f...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-118469
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke.

    Brooke, Rupert

    The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke.

    London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919.

    The Medici Society limited edition collection of Rupert Brooke’s classic poems. Octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, wood...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148850
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    When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession.

    Yalom, Irvin D

    When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession.

    New York: Basic Books, 1992.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Linda with best wishes Irvin D. Yalom.” Near fine in a f...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-140974
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    Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].

    White, Henry Kirke

    Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].

    Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co, 1844.

    Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White. 12mo, finely bound in full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Whit...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-142137
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    The Judgement Seat.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    The Judgement Seat.

    London: The Centaur Press, 1934.

    Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150525
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    The Three Faces of Eve.

    Thigpen, Corbett H.; Hervey M. Cleckley

    The Three Faces of Eve.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957.

    Early printing of this work, basis for the 1957 Academy Award-winning film starring Joanne Woodward. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by both authors on the front f...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-129711
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    Down There On a Visit.

    Isherwood, Christopher

    Down There On a Visit.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

    First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-104119
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    The Bone People.

    Hulme, Keri

    The Bone People.

    Wellington: Spiral, 1983.

    First New Zealand edition (and true first) of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-112441
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