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A Personal Record.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1919.

First British edition, early printing of this autobiographical work of Joseph Conrad with first edition ‘Author’s Note’. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-147551

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Steinbeck, John

The Moon Is Down.

New York: The Viking Press, 1942.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. The first edition has a large period between “talk” and “this” on page 112, line 11...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-148828

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Foster Wallace, David

Oblivion: Stories.

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 2004.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice.

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-121399

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Hughes, Langston and William Grant Still

Troubled Island. An Opera in Three Acts.

New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1949.

First edition of the first grand opera composed by an African American to be produced by a major company. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. In very good co...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-140395

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Powell, Anthony

Hearing Secret Harmonies.

London: Heinemann, 1975.

First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a cust...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-143067

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-147726

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-142686

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-148505

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-140882

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-1786

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-143951

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-72955

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-134582

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-139428

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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.

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-146328

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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...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-146535

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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.

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-110468

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Creasey, John [John Ball]

John Creasey Autograph Letter Signed.

Bodenham:, August 9, 1967.

Autograph letter signed by English author John Creasey to American novelist John Ball with a review of the film based on Ball’s first ‘Virgil Tibbs’ novel. One page on Cunard Line R....

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-145578

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Conrad, Joseph

Typhoon And Other Stories.

London: William Heinemann, 1903.

First English edition, first printing of this collection of stories, including the thrilling titular novella, “generally thought to inaugurate Conrad’s period of artistic maturity.” Octavo, original C...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-104523

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Bellow, Saul

Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow high school classmate, “For Abel Savitsky for old times s...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-2038

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Pinter, Harold

The Betrayal.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1978.

First edition of one of Pinter’s major works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-89088

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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...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-131079

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Warhol, Andy

a: A novel by Andy Warhol.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.

First edition of Warhol’s first novel, an experimental collection of four word-for-word transcriptions of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine between 1965 and 1967. Octavo, original cloth. Near...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-137201

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Powell, Anthony

The Soldier’s Art.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1966.

First edition of the eighth novel in the ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ series and second volume in the ‘War’ trilogy. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine pric...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-145148

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