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It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

New York: Miramax Books, 2006.

Early printing of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Thorn and Edith- Thank you! Enjoy Ned Vizzini NedViz...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-102348

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Herbert, Frank

Children of Dune.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley Medallion edition of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octodecimo, pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-150237

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Smith, Harriet Lummis. Illustrated by Weston Taylor

Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms.

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1924.

First edition of the third book in Smith’s beloved Pollyanna series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Weston Taylor....

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-137089

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Gluck, Louise

The House on Marshland.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1975.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Larry Louise Gluck.” Ne...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-141607

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Lehane, Dennis [Ben Affleck]

Gone Baby Gone.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1998.

First edition of this “chilling novel…an absolutely gripping story” (Chicago Tribune), basis for the film directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan F...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147401

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Machiavelli, Niccolo. Illustrated by Claude Durrens

La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).

: Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles, .

Soixante-Dix-Sept signed limited edition of Machiavelli’s classic comedy, The Mandrake. Folio, loose leaves as issued, illustrated with 12 original lithographs by Claude Durrens, additional suit...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-101228

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Trollope, Anthony

Mr. Scarborough’s Family and An Old Man’s Love.

London: Chatto & Windus; Edinburgh and William Blackwood and Sons, 1883-1884.

Finely bound collection of Trollope’s Mr. Scarborough’s Family and An Old Man’s Love. Octavo, five volumes uniformly bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt tit...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-110623

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Maguire, Gregory

A Lion Among Men.

New York: William Morrow, 2008.

First edition of the third volume in the author’s bestselling Wicked series. Octavo, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Douglas Smith. Lengthily signed by the auth...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-126888

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O'Brien, Tim

Going After Cacciato.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1978.

First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tim O’Brien on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by M.S. Chiang. An...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-136969

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Paterson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1978.

First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth....

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-140766

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Thackeray, William

The Virginians.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59.

First edition of Thackeray’s memorable historical novel. Octavos, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled end...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-92535

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Bellow, Saul

Dangling Man.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-96384

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Henty, George Alfred

A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris.

London: F. V. White & Co, 1895.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-122360

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Murakami, Haruki

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

First edition of Murakami’s heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Oc...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-125609

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.

Washington, D.C: Microcard Editions Books, 1973.

The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-140683

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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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Dickens, Charles

The Pic Nic Papers.

London: Henry Colburn, 1841.

First edition, first issue of this anthology edited by Charles Dickens. Small octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147636

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.

First edition, first printing of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated into English by Kimon Friar; illustrations by Ghika. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscripti...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-149191

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