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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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    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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    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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    The 158-Pound Marriage.

    Irving, John

    The 158-Pound Marriage.

    New York: Random House, 1974.

    First edition of Irving’s third book. Octavo. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Merry Christmas, to Colin’s Teacher, Mr. Gallivan…1...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150632
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    Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

    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 i...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-127097
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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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    Actuelles Chroniques 1944-1948; Actuelles Chroniques 1948-1953; Actuelles, III Chronique Algerienne 1939-1958.

    Camus, Albert

    Actuelles Chroniques 1944-1948; Actuelles Chroniques 1948-1953; Actuelles, III Chronique Algerienne 1939-1958.

    Paris: Gallimard, 1950-1958.

    First editions of all three volumes in Camus’s collected articles and commentaries. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Each volume is fine condition. A rare complete set in exceptional conditi...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-137591
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    The Borgias.

    Dumas, Alexandre

    The Borgias.

    London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911.

    Finely bound edition of Dumas’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-140821
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    Lord Jim.

    Conrad, Joseph

    Lord Jim.

    Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.

    First edition, second impression of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with toning to the first few pages.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-105421
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    Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

    Weegee

    Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

    New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.

    First edition of the famed photographer’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150391
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    Rising Sun.

    Crichton, Michael

    Rising Sun.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

    First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Crichton on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151207
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    Drugstore Cowboy.

    Fogle, James. [Matt Dillon]

    Drugstore Cowboy.

    New York: Delta Fiction/Dell Publishing, 1990.

    First edition of James Fogle’s autobiographical novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by actor Matt Dillon on the half-title page. Illustrated on the covers with stills from...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-152159
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    Mary Poppins Returns.

    Travers, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury]

    Mary Poppins Returns.

    Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.

    First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color p...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-138522
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    Sebastopol. [Sevastopol].

    Tolstoy, Leo

    Sebastopol. [Sevastopol].

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887.

    First American edition of Tolstoy’s Sevastopol Sketches, which formed the basis of many of the episodes in his magnum opus, War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Tolsto...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-123564
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    The Poetical Works of John Milton.

    Milton, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart

    The Poetical Works of John Milton.

    Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1857.

    Finely bound example of this compilation of Milton’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated with engra...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-131221
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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

    Rowling, J.K

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

    London: Bloomsbury, 2005.

    First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-152033
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    My First Book.

    Kipling, Rudyard; Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Bret Harte, Robert Louis Stevenson, et al.

    My First Book.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.

    The New Edition of My First Book with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece. Introductio...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-121438
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    It’s A Battlefield.

    Greene, Graham

    It’s A Battlefield.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.

    First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, bound in three quarters goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the fro...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149696
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    American Gods.

    Gaiman, Neil

    American Gods.

    New York: William Morrow, 2001.

    First edition of Gaiman’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman.” Fine in...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-142201
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