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Within the Gates.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.

First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Se...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-106738

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Frost, Robert

North of Boston.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1914.

Later printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original half-cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-148618

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Hardy, Thomas

The Heritage Press edition of Thomas Hardy’s tenth published novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters modern morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartment...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-151173

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Lerner, Ben

Leaving the Atocha Station.

London: Granta, 2012.

First hardcover edition of the Lerner’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Lerner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-63022

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Buechner, Frederick

The Seasons’ Difference.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.

First edition of Frederick Buechner’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author on the front free endpaper, “This was the most ins...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-92504

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Greene, Graham

The Heart of the Matter.

New York: The Viking Press, 1948.

Limited edition, one of 750 examples given to friends of the publisher of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-132711

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Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

Jackdaws.

New York: Dutton, 2001.

Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author o...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-142632

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Blume, Judy

Just as Long as We’re Together.

New York: Orchard Books, 1987.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Jessica Love, Judy B...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-144145

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Claudius Claudianus; Nicolaas Heinsius; L'Ancien Pieter Burman

Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.

Amstelaedami: Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1760.

Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-2821

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

The Green House.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To John Mario Vargas Llosa.” Near fine in...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-144690

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Vidal, Gore

Dark Green, Bright Red.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.

First edition of this “[w]ell-written work” (Kirkus). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Valerie from Gore, June 1954.” The reci...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-126599

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West, Rebecca

The Fountain Overflows.

New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-145967

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Powell, Anthony

At Lady Molly’s.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957.

First edition of this classic work in the author’s ‘Dance to the Music of Time’ series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed i...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-145804

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Anspacher, Louis K

Anspacher

New York: Brentano's, 1904.

Rare signed limited edition of the author’s adaptation of the great chivalric romance. Octavo, original boards. One of one hundred copies printed on Imperial Japanese vellum, this is number 93....

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-115508

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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front p...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-149046

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Remington, Frederic

Pony Tracks.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.

First edition of Remington’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. How...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-125652

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Wilde, Oscar

Impressions of America.

Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906.

First edition of Wilde’s report on his lecture tour throughout America in 1882. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers. One of fifty numbered copies, this is number 24. Very good with the majorit...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-140212

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Malamud, Bernard

A New Life.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

First edition of Malamud’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, “For Min and Marshall, In appreciation...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-119682

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Schenkkan, Robert

The Kentucky Cycle.

New York: Plume Books, 1993.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Adrienne Rogers, ‘R...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-144531

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Seton, Grace Thompson

Chinese Lanterns.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924.

Early printing of Grace Thompson Seton’s work on Chinese lanterns. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with photographs, many taken by the author. Inscribed by the author on the fron...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-96116

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Asimov, Isaac

Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

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

First edition of Asimov’s wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asim...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-142352

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Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

London: William Heinemann, 1950.

First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-149027

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Baker, Dorothy

Young Man with a Horn.

Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.

First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernande...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-140685

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Hardy, Thomas; Clare Leighton [Illustrator]

The Return of the Native.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929.

Macmillan signed limited edition of Hardy’s sixth published novel. Octavo, bound in half vellum over boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, with black and white woodcut ill...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-148848

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

Within the Gates.

North of Boston.

The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Leaving the Atocha Station.

The Seasons’ Difference.

The Heart of the Matter.

Jackdaws.

Just as Long as We’re Together.

Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.

The Green House.

Dark Green, Bright Red.

The Fountain Overflows.

At Lady Molly’s.

Anspacher

Miracle On 34th Street.

Pony Tracks.

Impressions of America.

A New Life.

The Kentucky Cycle.

Chinese Lanterns.

Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

Young Man with a Horn.

The Return of the Native.