Nabokov, Vladimir
The Eye.
New York : Phaedra, 1965.
First edition of this short novel by the author of Lolita. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.
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Item Number: RRB-144481
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O'Neill, Eugene
The Emperor Jones.
Cincinnati : Stewart Kidd, 1921.
First separate edition of the play that established O’Neill as a successful playwright. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-118107
Wharton, Edith
The Descent of Man and Other Stories.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of this early collection of Wharton’s short stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, woodcut border to the title page, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-110354
Shaw, George Bernard [John Steinbeck]
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.
New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936.
Early printing of one of Shaw’s major works. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations from the play as presented by Katharine Cornell courtesy of Vandamm Studio. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villainsContinue reading "Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue."
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Item Number: RRB-114807
Kingsley, Charles
Two Years Ago.
Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."
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Item Number: RRB-151104
Oz, Amos
Touch the Water Touch the Wind.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich : New York, 1973.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
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Item Number: RRB-5679
Allen, Woody
The Floating Light Bulb.
New York : Random House, 1982.
First edition of this comedic play that explores the complexities of relationships. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-148911
Frayn, Michael
The Trick Of It.
London : Viking, 1989.
First edition of of Frayn’s reverential novel. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally with best wishes from Michael Frayn 15 August 1989.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black andContinue reading "The Trick Of It."
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Item Number: RRB-119338
Updike, John
Memories of the Ford Administration.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
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Item Number: RRB-133586
Voltaire. [Arouet, François-Marie]
L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.
Paris : Librairie d'Amateurs, n.d.
The Libraire d’Amateurs edition of Voltaire’s satirical novella. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a customContinue reading "L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767."
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Item Number: RRB-137212
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Maracot Deep.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929.
First edition of Conan Doyle’s seminal collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-137525
Shepard, Sam
Five Plays: Chicago; Icarus’s Mother; Red Cross; Fourteen Hundred Thousand. Melodrama Play. Shepard, Sam.
Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Patrick Sullivan from photographs by Hope Wurmfeld.
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Item Number: RRB-141325
Reeve, Philip
Infernal Devices.
London : Scholastic Press, 2005.
First edition of the third novel in Reeve’s award-winning Mortal Engines quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Frankland.
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Item Number: RRB-126739
Huxley, Aldous
Time Must Have A Stop.
New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1944.
First edition of Huxley’s complex and powerful novel, preceding the first English edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
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Item Number: RRB-138400
Gores, Joe
Hammett.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.
First edition of this cult classic detective novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Joe Gores on the title page beneath his name. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
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Item Number: RRB-148830
Kipling, Rudyard; Max Beerbohm; Lloyd Osbourne; Charles Sarka; Carolyn Wells; et al
The Metropolitan Magazine, September 1904.
New York : The Metropolitan Magazine Company, 1904.
The September 1904 issue of The Metropolitan Magazine which includes Rudyard Kipling’s most popular short story Mrs. Bathurst. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-122140
Henty, George Alfred
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83).
London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Gordon Browne. In very good condition. Uncommon.
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Item Number: RRB-122382
Flagg, Fannie
A Redbird Christmas.
New York : Random House, 2004.
First edition of this enchanting Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Sweet Marilyn Perry- Much Love Fannie Flagg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Aleta Rafton.
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Item Number: RRB-118788
Schulz, Charles M
Christmas Is Together-Time.
London : Paul Hamlyn, 1966.
First British edition of this early work by the creator of Peanuts. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-152142
Blum, Daniel [Alan Schneider]
Theatre World: Season 1962-1963.
Philadelphia : Chilton Books, 1963.
First edition of the 1962-1963 volume of Daniel Blum’s annual pictorial record of the American theater. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated throughout with photographs. From the library of director Alan Schneider, with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper, “Alan Schneider New York November 1963.” The volume documents the 1962-1963 Broadway season, in whichContinue reading "Theatre World: Season 1962-1963."
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Item Number: RRB-152244
Schnitzler, Arthur
Casanova’s Homecoming.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1947.
First edition of of Schnitzler’s famous novella. Quarto, original boards. In near fine condition. Numbered 96 of 1499 examples. Artwork by Rockwell Kent.
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Item Number: RRB-137532
Wilbur, Homer. [James Russell Lowell].
Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers.
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
Sixth edition of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most influential book of 1848. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-139745
Batchelor, Denzil
This My Son.
London : Collins, 1954.
First edition of Batchelor’s moving story exploring the pathos of childhood. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With love from Denzil Batchelor.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-101441
Holroyd, Michael
Unreceived Opinions: Thoughts on Writers and Writing.
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
First edition of the award-winning biographer’s collection of literary essays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally with love M Holroyd.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraitsContinue reading "Unreceived Opinions: Thoughts on Writers and Writing."
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Item Number: RRB-126853
L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.
Fine Bindings and Sets
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RRB-137212
Five Plays: Chicago; Icarus’s Mother; Red Cross; Fourteen Hundred Thousand. Melodrama Play. Shepard, Sam.
First Edition
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RRB-141325
Unreceived Opinions: Thoughts on Writers and Writing.
Biography and Autobiography
$125.00
RRB-126853
