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The Five Nations.

London: Methuen and Co, 1903.

Large paper edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Large octavo, original quarter parchment over paper-covered boards. One of 200 copies on handmade paper. In fine condition. Housed in...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-120150

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Lethem, Jonathan

Gun, with Occasional Music.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994.

First edition of the author’s first novel which won The Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, ins...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-123214

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Buchan, John

First edition of this gripping adventure novel, the second to include Dickson McCunn. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt b...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-150775

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Shaara, Michael

The Broken Place.

New York: The New American Library, 1968.

First edition of the author’s first novel, preceding his Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Killer Angels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endp...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-138681

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Jong, Erica

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993.

First edition of Jong’s appreciation of the life and legacy of Henry Miller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication to her...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-142504

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Grossman, David. [Sally Soames]

The Smile of the Lamb.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991.

First edition in English of David Grossman’s debut novel The Smile of the Lamb. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Sally Soames on the half-t...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-152263

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Tartt, Donna

The Little Friend.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

First edition of this work “destined to become a special kind of classic” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-140777

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Whitehead, Colson

The Nickel Boys.

New York: Doubleday, 2019.

Signed limited first edition from the Powell’s series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase with...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-144172

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Stanton, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Collected Poems.

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1930.

First edition of this collection of poems; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownershi...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-145986

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Greene, Robert

The Laws of Human Nature.

New York: Viking, 2018.

First edition, later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Greene on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-150340

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Byron, Lord George Gordon and Samuel Rogers

Lara, A Tale. Jacqueline, A Tale.

London: Printed for John Murray, 1814.

First edition of Byron’s tragic narrative poem, Lara, published in conjunction with Samuel Rogers’ Jacqueline. Octavo, original boards with paper spine label. Bookplate and three generatio...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-120644

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Rice, Anne

Lasher.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the second book in the author’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the front free endpaper and additionally signed t...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-151288

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Marshall, Paule

Triangular Road: A Memoir.

New York: Basic Civitas Book, 2008.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the famed author’s insightful memoir. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Paule Marshall on the the title page. In near...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-129301

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Didion, Joan

After Henry.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition of this collection of eleven essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the colophon page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-151447

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Roth, Philip

I Married A Communist.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-132747

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Tolstoy, Leo

What Is Art?

London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

First edition of this work by the Russian master. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Tolstoy. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the half-title page. Translated by A. Maude.

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-133803

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Lawrence, D.H. With a Reminiscence by David Garnett

Love Among The Haystacks & Other Pieces.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930.

First edition of this collection of four of Lawrence’s short stories, posthumously published by close friend David Garnett. Octavo, original publisher’s half buckram over bright yellow boa...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-143228

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Orwell, George

Animal Farm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.

Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jack...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-147916

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Malamud, Bernard

The Stories of Bernard Malamud.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul Old and dear friends- a long l...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-99856

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Irving, John

The Hotel New Hampshire.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.

First edition of the author’s fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For John & Maggie...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-150633

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Ellis, Bret Easton

The Shards.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

First edition of this New York Times bestselling thriller from the author of American Psycho. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Signed by the author on the second free endpaper, “Br...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-151153

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Herrick, Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.

London: The Cresset Press Ltd, 1928.

The Cresset Press limited edition of Herrick’s collected poems. Octavo, four volumes bound in full publisher’s parchment with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispieces and dec...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-148572

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Saramago, Jose

Stone Raft.

New York: Harcourt, 1995.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s third book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-140682

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

The War of The End of The World.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A pamphlet from Gergetown University for a symposium...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-148333

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

The Five Nations.

Gun, with Occasional Music.

Castle Gay.

The Broken Place.

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller.

The Smile of the Lamb.

The Little Friend.

The Nickel Boys.

Collected Poems.

The Laws of Human Nature.

Lara, A Tale. Jacqueline, A Tale.

Lasher.

Triangular Road: A Memoir.

After Henry.

I Married A Communist.

What Is Art?

Love Among The Haystacks & Other Pieces.

Animal Farm.

The Stories of Bernard Malamud.

The Hotel New Hampshire.

The Shards.

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick.

Stone Raft.

The War of The End of The World.