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Gainham, Sarah

The Tiger, Life.

London : Methuen, 1983.

First edition of Gainham’s largely autobiographical final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph courtesy of Popperfoto. Author photograph by H. Redl.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-126537
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Hamsun, Knut

Vagabonds.

New York : Coward-McCann, 1930.

First edition in English of the first novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author’s “August” trilogy—Hamsun’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-122177
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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1909.

First edition 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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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-129139
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Boll, Heinrich

Missing Persons and Other Essays.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To May and Peter, with love, Leila October ’77.” Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Missing Persons and Other Essays."

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122432
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Hemingway, Ernest

Death in the Afternoon.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Ernest Hemingway to the front panel, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-122893
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Henty, George A. [G.A.]

A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XIL of Sweden.

London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1894.

First edition of Henty’s classic historical tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Paul Hardy and a map of Central Europe. In near fine condition.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-122080
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence. (1821-1827).

London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. S. Stacey and a map of the Grecian Archipelago. In very good condition. A desirable Henty title.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122974
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

On the Irrawaddy: A Story of The First Burmese War.

London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1897.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Overend. In good condition.

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$65.00
Item Number: RRB-122334
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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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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-122382
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

The Lost Heir.

London : James Bowden, 1899.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated by Ernest Pater. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Uncommon.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122963
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Fenn, G. Manville. [George Alfred Henty]

George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life.

London : Blackie and Son Limited, 1907.

First edition of Fenn’s biography of highly popular 19th century novelist George Alfred Henty. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with 11 plates including frontispiece portrait of Henty. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. A sharp example of this rare title.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-122474
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Kipling, Rudyard

Abaft the Funnel.

New York : B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909.

First edition, first issue of of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In fine condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-122911
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Rankin, Ian; Alexander McCall Smith; Irvine Welsh. Introduction by J. K. Rowling

One City.

Edinburgh : Polygon, 2005.

First edition of this collection initiated by four of Edinburgh’s most famous authors to benefit One City Trust, a charity committed to tackling social injustice and inequality in Edinburgh. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh on the half-title page. Introduction by J. K. Rowling. Foreword by Rt Hon. LesleyContinue reading "One City."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-125273
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Kipling, Rudyard

From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.

First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-122350
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Spark, Muriel

The Fanfarlo and Other Verse.

Aldington : The Hand and Flower Press, 1952.

First edition, first issue of Spark’s first book of verse, preceding her first novel by five years. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

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$60.00
Item Number: RRB-127039
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Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding R. N. 2 September 1903.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Houghton Library, 1943.

First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter, written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son, John. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies, this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-122437
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Fringes of the Fleet.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.

First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-122463
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Kipling, Rudyard

Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).

Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.

First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling’s letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122384
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Cholmondeley, Mary

Red Pottage.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Scarce in this condition.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-122599
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Wells, H.G

The Works of H.G. Wells Including [The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Etc].

London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1924-27.

One of 20 sets for presentation from an overall edition of 620, this is letter e and Wells has written (Little e), signed by H.G. Wells in volume one, and additionally inscribed by Wells in volume one to his lover Elizabeth von Arnim, “To Little e H.G.” With her bookplate to all but two volumes.Continue reading "The Works of H.G. Wells Including [The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Etc]."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-122895
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Frank, Pat

Alas, Babylon.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959.

First edition of this classic apocalyptic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Pat Frank ’59.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. First editions are exceptionally rare signed, as the author passed away in 1964.

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-122391
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Marbecke, John

A Concordace, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned.

London : Richardus Grafton, 1550.

Rare first edition of the first concordance in English to the Bible. Quarto, bound in full polished calf with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, trimmed and mounted engraved title page. In near fine condition with some leaves supplied and mounted and restoration to the margins. One of the finest and most completeContinue reading "A Concordace, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-122671
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Steinbeck, John

Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature.

New York : The Viking Press, 1962.

First edition of Steinbeck’s Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original wrappres. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For the Waldmanns with pleasure John Steinbeck.” Presented with original mailing envelope. In near fine condition.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-122693
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Vidal, Gore

Kalki.

New York : Random House, 1978.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal For Kit, all love.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency,Continue reading "Kalki."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-126149
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