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[Channing, Carol]

Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Signed Life Magazine.

New York : Life Magazine, 1964.

April 3, 1964 issue of Life Magazine signed by legendary musical actress Carol Channing. Folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by Channing on the front cover which features a photograph of her performing in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!, “XXX Carol Channing.” In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-124841
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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. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.

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Item Number: RRB-150459
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Eaton, Shirley; Foreword by Roger Moore

Shirley Eaton’s Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems.

Tennessee : Concept Productions, 2006.

First edition of this diary by the famed actress of James Bond’s Goldfinger. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “Best wishes Shirley Eaton Enjoy.” In fine condition. Foreword by Roger Moore.

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Item Number: RRB-123244
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Masters, Edgar Lee

Lee: A Dramatic Poem.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1926.

First edition of Masters’ play about Robert E. Lee at the dawn of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For William W. Pineos with the compliments of Edgar Lee Masters December 3 – 1928.” In very goodContinue reading "Lee: A Dramatic Poem."

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Item Number: RRB-96232
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Wells, H.G

The Passionate Friends.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1913.

First edition of this novel, which was the first introduction of Wells’ notion of an “open conspiracy” of individuals to achieve a world state through an “open conspiracy against potentates and prejudices and all the separating powers of darkness.” Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with titles stamped in gilt and botanical detailing stamped in blind.Continue reading "The Passionate Friends."

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Item Number: RRB-149399
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Forester, C.S

Single Handed.

New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First American edition of this classic maritime adventure novel that showcases themes of duty, resilience, and individual impact during wartime. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth, top stain blue. Near fine in a good dust jacket, losses to the front panel and spine, bookplate and inscription to the front pastedown.

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Item Number: RRB-151158
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Wodehouse, P. G

Piccadilly Jim.

London : Herbert Jenkins, n.d.

Later printing of Wodehouse’s lively comedy novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.

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Kipling, Rudyard

Some Notes on a Bill.

Little Rock : The Incunabula Bookshop, 1920.

Limited edition of this poem, originally printed in the magazine “The Author”, London, July 1, 1891 . Octavo, original publisher’s gray wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number 73. In near fine condition with light toning and creasing to the top right corner.

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Item Number: RRB-149195
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Kipling, Rudyard

Actions and Reactions.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909.

First British edition of Kipling’s Actions and Reactions. Octavo, original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription.

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Item Number: RRB-124551
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Lowry, Robert

Casualty.

New York : New Directions, 1946.

First edition of Lowry’s powerful story about a WWII Photo Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Robert Levine Good friend to the Little Man Robert Lowry.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Peter Martin.

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Item Number: RRB-115068
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DeLillo, Don

Cosmopolis.

New York : Scribners, 2003.

First edition of DeLillo’s thirteenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Don Delillo on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fullbrook III.

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Item Number: RRB-68031
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Yourcenar, Marguerite

The Abyss.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976.

First English edition of the author’s evocative Prix Femina award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the French by Grace Frick in collaboration with the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by James Campus. Jacket illustration by Eric Fraser. Small name toContinue reading "The Abyss."

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Item Number: RRB-126394
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Wells, H.G

Marriage.

London : W. Collins Sons & Co. LTD., 1923.

Early edition of Wells’ twentieth novel. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth stamped in black. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the sameContinue reading "Marriage."

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Item Number: RRB-151433
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Frank, Pat

Hold Back the Night.

Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1952.

First edition of this classic account of The Korean War. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-139414
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Our Charley, and What to Do With Him.

Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1858.

First edition of this classic novella by the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 12mo, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-142502
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Robinson, Marilynne

The Givenness of Things: Essays.

New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015.

First edition of this collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Strick and Williams.

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Item Number: RRB-12057
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Nabokov, Vladimir

The Eye.

New York : Phaedra, 1965.

First edition of this novel by the author of Lolita. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

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Item Number: RRB-117561
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Sondheim, Stephen

Look, I Made a Hat. The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

First edition of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards with the author’s name stamped in blind to the front panel, with 195 photographs and illustrated throughout. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

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Item Number: RRB-150305
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Wells, H.G

The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine.

London : Methuen & Co., 1902.

First edition of this whimsical tale about the mermaid Miranda. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into theContinue reading "The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine."

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Item Number: RRB-151010
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Markham, Robert. [Kingsley Amis]

Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1968.

First edition of the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming’s 1964 death. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Adams.

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Item Number: RRB-129046
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Lawrence, T. E

Revolt in the Desert.

Garden City : Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.

Early American printing of Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-123444
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Nabokov, Vladimir et al

On Translation.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1959.

First edition of this extensive volume on translators, translating and works of translation. Octavo, original boards, near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-89096
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Philips, Francis Charles

My Little Husband and If Only.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.

Finely bound example Philips’ two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-114507
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Glaude, Jr., Eddie [James Baldwin]

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.

New York : Crown, 2020.

First edition, early printing of this “unparalleled masterpiece of social criticism” (Imani Perry). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Eddie Glaude on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-117519
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