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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.

Scott, John

The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.

London : Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.

First edition of John Scott’s collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very goodContinue reading "The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-137227

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At Bertram’s Hotel.

Christie, Agatha

At Bertram’s Hotel.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1965.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149978

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Il Decamerone.

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Il Decamerone.

Lucca : Giovanni Ghiara, 1761.

Eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Quarto, bound in full flexible red calf with gilt titles to the spine, floral endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio, illustrated with woodcuts and a folding family tree. In very good condition.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-146436

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Stories & Dramas.

Tolstoy, Leo N

Stories & Dramas.

London and Toronto : J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1926.

First edition of this rare collection of thirteen of Tolstoy’s short stories including The Dream and The Nihilist; the publisher’s retained copy with their ‘File Copy’ label to front pastedown and perforated stamp to endpaper and title page. Translated form the Russian by Mrs. Lydia Turin, Mrs. H. M. Lucas and C. J. Hogarth. InContinue reading "Stories & Dramas."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-123449

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Transition: A Sentimental Story of One Mind and One Era.

Durant, Will

Transition: A Sentimental Story of One Mind and One Era.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1927.

Early printing of Durant’s classic work on the Great Change. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, ownership name.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-125078

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Money in the Bank.

Wodehouse, P. G

Money in the Bank.

London : Herbert Jenkins, n.d.

First edition of the author’s delightful and entertaining comedic mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-145015

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Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

Heaney, Seamus

Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.

London : Faber & Faber, 2009.

First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-4179

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Until August.

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia [Chip Kidd]

Until August.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

First edition of this extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel in the year of publication, on the title pageContinue reading "Until August."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-149873

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Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].

Kertesz, Imre

Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].

Budapest : Szepirodalmi, 1975.

Second Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-72014

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The Tailor of Panama.

le Carre, John

The Tailor of Panama.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.

First edition of this “tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly inscribed by John le Carre the title page, “For Vicki, with all good things- John le Carre 5 Nov ’96 Harrods.” Fine in a fineContinue reading "The Tailor of Panama."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-149905

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Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.

Hernu, Sandy. [Desmond Llewelyn]

Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.

East Sussex : S. B. Publications, 1999.

Signed limited first edition of Hernu’s pictorial biography of the quintessential gadget master to the world’s best loved Secret Agent, James Bond. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Desmond Llewelyn and Sandy Hernu on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-115097

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Killing Commendatore.

Murakami, Haruki

Killing Commendatore.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

First edition of this “expansive and intricate novel” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-125849

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Looking For Work.

Cheever, Susan [Erica Jong]

Looking For Work.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1979.

First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Burrows with love Susan.” The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famouslyContinue reading "Looking For Work."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-142332

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The Giants.

Le Clezio, J.M.G

The Giants.

New York : Atheneum, 1975.

First American edition of the author’s sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear. Jacket design by Diane Simmard. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-775

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Literary Feuds.

Arthur, Anthony (John Updike)

Literary Feuds.

New York : St. Martins Press, 2002.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “For John Updike, with admiration- Anthony Arthur.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Updike is featured in this volume of feuds.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-5767

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Home and Exile.

Achebe, Chinua

Home and Exile.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Chinua Achebe.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-131982

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Our Village.

Mitford, Mary Russell; illustrations by C. Brock

Our Village.

London : J.M. Dent and Co., 1904.

Octavo, Three quarters green leather over marbled boards. Gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-3008

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Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Kidder, Tracy

Mountains Beyond Mountains.

New York : Random House, 2003.

First edition of this powerful work, which tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Melissa, Tracy Kidder.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "Mountains Beyond Mountains."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147146

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Martha Quest.

Lessing, Doris

Martha Quest.

London : Michael Joseph, 1952.

First edition of the author’s first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown, near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-16012

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One Special Summer.

Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

One Special Summer.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-141411

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The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

Wilson, Edward O. & Robert Haas

The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.

First edition of this “wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-3300

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Lives of the Hunted.

Seton-Thompson, Ernest

Lives of the Hunted.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, with over 200 drawings. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To S.D. Green with best wishes of Ernest Seton-Thompson.” Seton Thompson has added a drawing of a bear paw. In near fine condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-79038

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Master Humphrey’s Clock.

Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.

First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters contemporary morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, frontispiece, illustrated by George Cattermole andContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147633

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Eyeless in Gaza.

Huxley, Aldous

Eyeless in Gaza.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1936.

First edition of Huxley’s classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150147

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