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    The Soldier’s Art.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-145148
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    The Pic Nic Papers.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147636
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    Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149191
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    Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-145963
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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. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawre...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147964
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    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147694
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    The Four Loves.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151795
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    Death With Interruptions.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-138908
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    The Flower Drum Song.

    Lee, Chin Yang

    The Flower Drum Song.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.

    First edition of Chin Yang Lee’s best known work which inspired both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and 1961 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-96009
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    Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev: An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason.

    Lifar, Serge. Translated by

    Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev: An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason.

    New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970.

    First edition of Serge Lifar’s intimate, revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-115204
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    The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind.

    Wells, H.G

    The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

    First Macmillan’s Empire Library edition of Wells’ prophetic novel predicting the arrival of atomic weaponry. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt and botani...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149400
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    House of Hatred.

    Bayley, Victor

    House of Hatred.

    London: Robert Hale Limited, 1935.

    First edition of this novel of adventure set in Calcutta and the North-West Frontier along the borders of China and Russia. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Laid in are tw...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-122434
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    Wind, Sand and Stars.

    Saint-Exupery, Antoine de

    Wind, Sand and Stars.

    New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939.

    First edition of Saint-Exupery’s philosophical memoir of flight. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Decorations in color by John O’Hara Cosgrave II. Translated from the French by...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150722
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    The Old Man and the Sea First Publication in Life Magazine.

    Hemingway, Ernest

    The Old Man and the Sea First Publication in Life Magazine.

    New York: Time-Life Publications, 1952.

    September 1, 1952 Life magazine volume 33, number 9 with a black and white portrait of Ernest Hemingway on the cover. The issue presented for the first time and in full Hemingway’s new novel The...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149119
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    The Phantom Tollbooth.

    Juster, Norton and Jules Feiffer

    The Phantom Tollbooth.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

    Fiftieth Anniversary edition, later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed Norton Juster on the t...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149786
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    A Rumor of War.

    Caputo, Philip

    A Rumor of War.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

    First edition, early printing of Caputo’s unsparing Vietnam memoir, which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called “heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-152007
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    The Mudfog Papers, Etc.

    Dickens, Charles

    The Mudfog Papers, Etc.

    London: Richard Bentley And Son, 1880.

    First edition of Charles Dickens’ anthology about a parody of a fictional society. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, detailing stamped in black and gilt...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147623
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    Gringos.

    Portis, Charles

    Gringos.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

    First edition of this novel by the author of True Grit “an engine of pure delight” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fron...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150568
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    The Conservationist.

    Gordimer, Nadine

    The Conservationist.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In very good condition.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-540
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    Bread Givers.

    Yezierska, Anzia

    Bread Givers.

    Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.

    First edition of the author’s classic novel of Jewish immigrants. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-82178
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    The Sea-Wolf.

    London, Jack

    The Sea-Wolf.

    New York: The Heritage Press, 1961.

    The Heritage Press edition of London’s famous and enduring fifth novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-148725
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    Einstein’s Dreams.

    Lightman, Alan

    Einstein’s Dreams.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.

    First edition of this fictional, philosophical novel where a young Albert Einstein imagines 35 different, fantastical worlds, each with a unique perception of time. Duodecimo, original publisher...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151488
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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

    Rowling, J.K

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

    London : Bloomsbury, 2003.

    First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket with light toning to the text block. Jacket design by Jaso...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-152070
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    The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 33. April 1908 to September 1908.

    [Mayo, Winifred]

    The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 33. April 1908 to September 1908.

    London: The Idler Magazine, 1908.

    First edition of Vol. 33 of The Idler, containing the first appearance of Winifred Mayo’s Prison Experiences of a Suffragette. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over pebbled boards, illustr...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-135904
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