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    Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne.

    Trollope, Anthony

    Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne.

    London: Smith, Elder & Co.; Longmans, Green and Co.; Chapman and Hall, 1872-1873.

    Finely bound collection of a selection of Trollope’s works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-110674
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    Screening History.

    Vidal, Gore

    Screening History.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.

    First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal For Kit, my only stepmother, all love....
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-126912
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    Snow Crash.

    Stephenson, Neal

    Snow Crash.

    New York: Del Rey, 2022.

    First edition of the 30th anniversary edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-150958
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    J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.

    MacLeish, Archibald

    J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.

    First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Archibald MacLeish on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Title page by Ismar David.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-131799
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    The American Way of Death.

    Mitford, Jessica

    The American Way of Death.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.

    First edition of Mitford’s classic study. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author’s photograph by Seymour Linden. First editions a...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-136027
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    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    Roth, Philip

    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

    First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Philip Roth in the year of publication opposite the title page, “For Crisci – from his...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-61793
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    Merry Tales.

    Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

    Merry Tales.

    New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892.

    First edition, first state with patterned endpapers, without the frontispiece portrait of Twain, and with 7 pages of undated advertisements. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good cond...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-137246
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    My Dog Skip.

    Morris, Willie

    My Dog Skip.

    New York: Random House, 1995.

    First edition of “this classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America… a rich experience all around” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentatio...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-141499
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    Detective Story.

    Kertesz, Imre

    Detective Story.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

    First edition of this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed. Octavo, original ha...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-699
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    The Clocks.

    Christie, Agatha

    The Clocks.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1963.

    First edition of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-149993
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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

    Rowling, J.K

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

    London: Bloomsbury, 2007.

    First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling’s immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-152068
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    The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.

    Llosa, Mario Vargas

    The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

    First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa’s “Touchstone” column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-137075
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    Ordeal By Innocence.

    Christie, Agatha

    Ordeal By Innocence.

    Collins Crime Club: London, 1958.

    First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-149965
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    I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue.

    Krauss, Ruth; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

    I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, .

    First edition of the re-issue of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-137488
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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

    Rowling, J.K

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

    London: Bloomsbury, 2005.

    First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-152069
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    The Tenants.

    Malamud, Bernard

    The Tenants.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

    First edition of Malamud’s sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, “For Minnie and Marshall With affectio...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-112806
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    The Poetical Works of John Milton.

    Milton, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart

    The Poetical Works of John Milton.

    London: Printed For Thomas Tegg, 1842.

    Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges’ compilation of Milton’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within rais...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-122634
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    The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry.

    Wiesel, Elie

    The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.

    First edition of this powerful work by the Nobel Laureate. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Neal Kozodoy. Unc...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-151704
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    Earthly Powers.

    Burgess, Anthony

    Earthly Powers.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.

    First edition of this epic masterpiece by the author of A Clockwork Orange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the f...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-115443
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    Puck of Pook’s Hill.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Puck of Pook’s Hill.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

    The Bombay Edition of Kipling’s collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in s...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-151124
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    Audubon: A Vision.

    Warren, Robert Penn

    Audubon: A Vision.

    New York: Random House, 1969.

    First edition of this original work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Richard Perry all the best Rob...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-146146
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    Don’t Drink the Water.

    Allen, Woody

    Don’t Drink the Water.

    London/ New York: Samuel French, 1967.

    First English edition of Allen’s rapid-fire dialogue. 16mo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Woody Allen on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-149022
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    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    Roth, Philip

    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

    First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Philip Roth opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-125369
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    Voces Populi.

    Anstey, F. [Thomas Anstey Guthrie]

    Voces Populi.

    London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890.

    First edition of Guthrie’s collection of short comedic plays which originally appeared in Punch magazine. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters vellum by Morrell with morocco spine labels...
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    $450.00 Item Number: RRB-112304
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