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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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Conrad, Joseph

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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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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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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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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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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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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Wallace, David Foster

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.

First edition of this work which examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. Octavo, original half c...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-145963

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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. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawre...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147964

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.

First edition, later printing of the last of Dickens’ picaresque novels. Octavo, half calf bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within rai...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147694

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Lewis, C.S

The Four Loves.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960.

First edition of this influential theological work in which C. S. Lewis examines the nature of human affection, friendship, eros, and charity, exploring their distinctions and their relation to divine...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-151795

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Saramago, Jose

Death With Interruptions.

Orlando: Harcourt, 2008.

First edition of Saramago’s philosophical page-turner, which hinges on death taking a holiday. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of public...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-138908

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Christie, Agatha

Cat Among the Pigeons.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1959.

First edition of this classic novel by the Queen of crime. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. A very nice example.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-150368

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Bellow, Saul

Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

New York: The Viking Press, 1970.

First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front f...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-131478

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Rare & Classic, American or English Literature Books for Sale Online

A Lion Among Men.

Going After Cacciato.

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

The Virginians.

Dangling Man.

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

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.

Typhoon And Other Stories.

John Creasey Autograph Letter Signed.

The Betrayal.

The Overloaded Ark.

a: A novel by Andy Warhol.

Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.

The Pic Nic Papers.

Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.

The Soldier’s Art.

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

Salvador.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

The Four Loves.

Death With Interruptions.

Cat Among the Pigeons.

Mr. Sammler’s Planet.