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    Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.

    Hardy, Thomas

    Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.

    Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spin...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-118019
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    Cat Among the Pigeons.

    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.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150695
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    The Third Twin: A Novel.

    Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

    The Third Twin: A Novel.

    New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.

    First edition of Follett’s New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Erica and Ken with love – Ke...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-142322
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    Writings on Music, 1965-2000.

    Reich, Steve; Edited by Paul Hillier

    Writings on Music, 1965-2000.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

    First edition of Reich’s collection of music from 1965-2000. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Peter Happy Birthday! Steve Reich.” Fine in a f...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-2220
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    Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent.

    Hayes, J. Gordon

    Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent.

    London: The Richards Press, 1928.

    First edition of Hayes’ seminal work on Antarctica. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with plates after photographs, charts and maps, many folding. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fo...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-111268
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    Batman: Death by Design.

    Kidd, Chip; Dave Taylor

    Batman: Death by Design.

    Burbank, California: DC Comics, 2012.

    First edition of this graphic novel following the Dark Knight as he investigates a string of deadly “accidents” and architectural sabotage hindering a massive construction renaissance in G...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151986
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    Hesitation Wounds: A Novel.

    Koppelman, Amy. [Joan Didion]

    Hesitation Wounds: A Novel.

    New York: The Overlook Press, 2015.

    First edition of the author’s third book. Octavo, original half cloth. With an autograph note signed by the author tipped in which reads in full, “Dear Ms. Didion, You probably won’t...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-141063
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    Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

    Williams, Tennessee

    Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

    New York: New Directions, 1955.

    First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147041
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    Tisza Tales.

    Schwimmer, Rosika [Eleanor Roosevelt]

    Tisza Tales.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928.

    First edition of this enchanting work of Hungarian folklore. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece wit...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147722
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    Bel-Ami.

    Maupassant, Guy De

    Bel-Ami.

    New York: The Heritage Press, 1968.

    First edition of the Heritage Press edition of this classic work. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. illustrations by Bern...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-142808
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    Prague Orgy.

    Roth, Philip

    Prague Orgy.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.

    First edition of this novella by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lil...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-12005
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    The Known World.

    Jones, Edward P

    The Known World.

    New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

    First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Edward P. Jones...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146333
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    Requiem For A Dream.

    Aronofsky, Darren and Selby, Jr., Hubert Selby [Jared Leto]

    Requiem For A Dream.

    London: Faber and Faber, 2000.

    First edition of the screenplay of this 2000 classic film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, illustrated wrappers. Boldly si...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147710
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    Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly.

    Stowe, Harriet Beecher

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly.

    New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879.

    Early edition of Stowe’s enormously influential work, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements to the versos o...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-148642
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    The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.

    Christie, Agatha

    The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1962.

    First edition of this classic Miss Marple murder mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his r...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149985
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    George Cruikshank’s Omnibus.

    Cruikshank, George

    George Cruikshank’s Omnibus.

    London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842.

    First edition of George Cruikshank‘s Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, tripl...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-133420
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    Which Lie Did I Tell You? More Adventures in the Screen Trade.

    Goldman, William

    Which Lie Did I Tell You? More Adventures in the Screen Trade.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.

    First edition of the sequel to Adventures in the Screen Trade. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Goldman on the half-title page to George Christy, former reviewer an...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-15073
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    The Grey King.

    Cooper, Susan

    The Grey King.

    New York: Atheneum, 1975.

    First edition of the the fourth volume in the author’s acclaimed “Dark Is Rising” series and Newberry award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, ins...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146165
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    Snow.

    Pamuk, Orhan

    Snow.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

    First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (on the title page, rear jacket flap...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-119589
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    The Day’s Work.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Day’s Work.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

    The Bombay edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco over cloth covered b...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151116
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    American Pastoral.

    Roth, Philip

    American Pastoral.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1997.

    First signed limited edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-143164
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    Soul Clap Hands and Sing.

    Marshall, Paule

    Soul Clap Hands and Sing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1961.

    First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, “Paule Marshall Dec. 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-144354
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    Honor Thy Father.

    Talese, Gay

    Honor Thy Father.

    New York: World Publishing, 1971.

    First edition of Talese’s classic true story of the rise and fall of New York’s notorious Bonanno crime family. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed by the...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-63039
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    When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

    Kerr, Judith

    When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

    New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-137100
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