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A Masque of Reason.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin.” Near fine in a near fi...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-97478

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Naipaul, V.S

A House For Mr. Biswas

New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.

First edition of the Everyman’s Library of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-2188

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Trilling, Lionel

The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

New York: The Viking Press, 1950.

First edition of one of the influential works of criticism published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To...

$550.00 Item Number: RRB-22071

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O'Casey, Sean

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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Asch, Sholem

East River: A Novel of New York.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, “For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes S...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-143629

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Rodgers, Richard; Oscar Hammerstein; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

The Sound of Music: A New Musical Play.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Meyer Wagman. An exceptional example.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-147915

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939.

First edition of this Official Guide for members of the Tarzan Clans of America, a special division of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan series. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, laid in is a memb...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-90419

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Herbert, Frank

The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley Medallion edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-150258

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Wilde, Oscar

Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts.

Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1932.

First edition of Ricketts’ recollections of Wilde, published posthumously with a design reminiscent of the Vale Press. “The only Nonesuch book linked in a personal way with the private pre...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-139784

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Baldwin, James; Schapiro, Steve

The Fire Next Time.

Koln: Taschen, 2019.

First illustrated edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduc...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-150898

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Sign of the Four.

New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, n.d.

Later printing of the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Conan Doyle. In very good condition.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-135247

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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. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Ja...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-138165

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

A Masque of Reason.

A House For Mr. Biswas

The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

Within the Gates.

North of Boston.

The Mayor of Casterbridge.

East River: A Novel of New York.

The Sound of Music: A New Musical Play.

Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts.

The Fire Next Time.

The Sign of the Four.

The Green House.

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.