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The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982).

New York: Random House, 1982.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Kit all love Gore Vidal.” The recipient, Katherine...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-125211

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Wilder, Thornton

The Ides of March.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948.

First edition of this classic work of historical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Mrs. Chapman with t...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-132599

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

London: John Murray, 1966.

First edition of the author’s travelogue companion piece to Mani. Octavo, original cloth, a map, and illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jac...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150828

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Brown, Ivor [H.G. Wells]

First edition of Ivor Brown’s early critical biography of H.G. Wells, offering contemporary assessment of the author’s life and literary influence. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, photograph o...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-151160

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Hardy, Thomas

Jude the Obscure.

London: Osgood, McIlvane and Co, 1896.

First edition, early printing of the last completed novel by Hardy. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, m...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-148577

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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

London: Penguin Press, 1982.

First paperback edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken Hubner with best w...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-129678

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Kerouac, Jack

Vanity of Duluoz.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.

First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-132201

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Tarkington, Booth

Monsieur Beaucaire.

New York: McClure, Philips, 1900.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “A...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-137803

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Lindbergh, Charles A

We.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.

First edition of Lindbergh’s definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-112449

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Stone, Oliver

Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.

New York: Hyperion, 1995.

First edition of the screenplay which was the basis for the work by the legendary director. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In fine condition. E...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-133168

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Listen! The Wind.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles A. Lindbergh. With a lengthy autograph note entirely in the hand of Anne...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-133595

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Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

A Place Called Freedom.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995.

First edition of Follett’s New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Erica & Ken,...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-142627

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Roth, Philip

The Ghost Writer.

New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1979.

First edition of the author’s first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sig...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-12037

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Clarke, Arthur C

3001: The Final Odyssey.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.

First British edition of the fourth and final book in the author’s acclaimed Odyssey Series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the title page. Fine in a ne...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-151630

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

What Is Man?

London: Watts & Co, 1910.

First trade edition of this uncommon Twain title. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of leading Twain authority and publisher John Gerber with his bookplate to the pastedown. Gerber served as he...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-137544

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Cruikshank, George

George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots.

London: David Bogue, 1853.

First edition of this retelling of the classic French fairy tale. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco by W.J. Mansell with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within rais...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-148885

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Du Bois, W.E.B

The Quest of the Silver Fleece.

Chicago: McClurg, 1911.

First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-118769

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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.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-122599

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Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

London: William Heinemann LTD, 1938.

First British edition of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, bound in half goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titl...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149699

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Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

Bright Day.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.

First edition of Priestley’s profound take on nostalgia and social commentary. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149019

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Malamud, Bernard

Rembrandt’s Hat.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

First edition of this collection of short stories by the author of The Natural. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susie and Paul...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-100043

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Wells, H.G

All Aboard for Ararat.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1940.

First edition of the last of Wells’ utopian novels. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with hi...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149249

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Tartt, Donna

The Goldfinch.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.

First edition of the bestselling author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “especially...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-141045

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Stanton, Stephen B. [William T. Sherman]

The Fourth in the Furnace.

New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.

First edition of this poetical book of philosophy; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original black cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. Ownership...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-145982

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

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982).

The Ides of March.

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

H.G. Wells.

Jude the Obscure.

Dusklands.

Vanity of Duluoz.

Monsieur Beaucaire.

We.

Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.

Listen! The Wind.

A Place Called Freedom.

The Ghost Writer.

3001: The Final Odyssey.

What Is Man?

George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots.

The Quest of the Silver Fleece.

Red Pottage.

Brighton Rock.

Bright Day.

Rembrandt’s Hat.

All Aboard for Ararat.

The Goldfinch.

The Fourth in the Furnace.