Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full dark green morocco with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands to the spine, mar top edge gilt, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. With all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with “Decided”Continue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)."

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$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127896

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Abish, Walter

Duel Site.

New York : Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970.

First edition of the award winning poet’s first book. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. One of 300 copies, 1 to 0 of which are signed. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.

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$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-128294

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[Dilliard, Annie]

The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard.

: Various Publishers, .

Rare collection of dozens of volumes of poetry from the collection of American author Annie Dillard, each signed or inscribed to her and with her bookplate. Approximately 35 volumes, the collection includes inscribed first editions and early printings of Fred Chappell’s Wild Mountain, Leo Connellan’s First Selected Poems, Karen Connelly’s The Border Surrounds Us, PaulContinue reading "The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard."

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$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-128534

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Wolfe, Tom; Umberto Eco; Don DeLillo; Joyce Carol Oates; Margaret Atwood; John Ashbery; Robert Stone; John Updike; et al

Modern Authors Signed Baseball.

St. Louis : Rawlings, .

Rare Rawlings Official National League baseball signed by over 20 authors including: Peter Dexter (on the sweetspot), Tom Wolfe, Umberto Eco, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, John Ashbery, Robert Stone, John Updike, Paul Auster; Cynthia Ozick; Neil Sheehan; Richard Ford, Peter Gay, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Ann Beattie In near fine condition. HousedContinue reading "Modern Authors Signed Baseball."

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-128460

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943.

First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack L. Warner – Thank you for your courage and for a magnificent picture –Continue reading "The Fountainhead."

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$200,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125425

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London, Jack

The Game.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1905.

First Edition, second issue of London’s tragic boxing tale with the magazine rubberstamp of Metropolitan Magazine Co. to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. In good condition with a child’s drawings to a few pages. Ownership inscriptions.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-128146

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Rawls, Wilson

Summer of the Monkeys.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

First edition of this award-winning novel by the author of Where the Red Fern Grows. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely, Wilson Rawls.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Maughan. Jacket typography by Lewis Friedman.

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$975.00

Item Number: RRB-128142

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Frank, Robert

Les Americains [The Americans].

Paris : Delpire, 1957.

First edition of the photographer’s masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original boards illustrated by Saul Steinberg. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.

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$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127265

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Barzun, Jacques. [William Safire]

A Stroll With William James.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

First edition of Barzun’s intimate biography of “Father of American psychology”, William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Bill, with admiration on many counts. Jacques 22 IV 83.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, andContinue reading "A Stroll With William James."

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$500.00

Item Number: RRB-128020

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Adam, Helen

Turn Again To Me and Other Poems.

New York : Kulchar Foundation, 1977.

First edition of the first book by Adam. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “All good wishes Helen Adam.” In near fine condition.

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127711

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Gardner, John

Role of Honour.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this Bond novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket art by Trevor Scobie.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-127589

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Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel.

New York : The Modern Library, 1934.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Beryl Burk, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Oct. 30, 1935.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127273

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1909.

First edition, second state of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime with C-F on the copyright page. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, paper spine label, frontispiece in blue and white. In very good condition.

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-127097

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The American Claimant.

New York : Charles L. Webster, 1892.

First edition of Twain’s comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. From the library of William Safire withContinue reading "The American Claimant."

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127681

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Twain, Mark

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, third state of the author’s second book with “The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. From theContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127837

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

Micah Clarke: His Statement.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889.

First edition of Doyle’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. In very good condition.

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$450.00

Item Number: RRB-127396

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York : Harper & Brothers, n.d..

Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author,Continue reading "Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven."

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$475.00

Item Number: RRB-127530

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Coetzee, J.M

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.

First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.

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$750.00

Item Number: RRB-129195

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Tolstoy, Leo

What Shall We Do?

London : The Free Age Press, n.d..

The Free Age Press edition of Tolstoy’s critique of social conditions in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-127628

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Sandburg, Carl. [William Safire]

Good Morning America.

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."

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$350.00

Item Number: RRB-127368

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Tolstoy, Leo

Resurrection: A Novel.

London : The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900.

Second edition in English of Tolstoy’s final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Tall octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon.

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127408

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Tolstoy, Leo

Patriotism and Christianity.

London : Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.

First English edition of Tolstoy’s important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. Scarce.

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127590

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Bellow, Saul

Ravelstein.

New York : The Viking Press, 2000.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press ‘compliments of the author’ card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race,Continue reading "Ravelstein."

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$325.00

Item Number: RRB-127950

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Gardner, John

Licence Renewed.

London : Jonathan Cape , 1985.

First edition of John Gardner’s License Renewed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan, using a commissioned watercolor painting by Richard Chopping.

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$75.00

Item Number: RRB-127673

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