Literature Archives

The Fixer.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

First edition, early printing of the author’s fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Bernard Malamud on the h...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-140811

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Perry, Sarah

First edition of this modern classic, basis for the miniseries starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Sarah Perry on the title page. Near fine in a near fi...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-142273

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Briggs, Raymond

Gentleman Jim.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980.

First edition of Briggs’ somber look into the daily struggles of the working class. Folio, original illustrated boards. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Raymond...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-92540

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Coetzee, J.M

Life & Times of Michael K.

South Africa: Ravan Press, 1983.

First edition of the author’s first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Some bleedthrough on the bottom pages, near fine in a near fine...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-100092

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.

First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-140264

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]; Caroline B. Le Row

English As She Is Taught.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887.

First edition of this humorous essay on hilarious answers from school children’s examination questions. With a commentary by Mark Twain. Duodecimo, original cloth with titles stamped in black, t...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-150660

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Le Carre, John. [David Cornwell]

John le Carre Signed Postcard.

Wien: Boomerang Cards, .

Austrian postcard signed by great spy novelist John le Carre. Featuring a black and white photograph of Le Carre, the postcard measures 5.75 by 4 inches. In near fine condition.

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-131490

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Blume, Judy

Fudge-A-Mania.

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990.

First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Linda Love, Judy Bl...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-144223

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Goldman, William

Soldier in the Rain.

New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1960.

First edition of this novel which concerns the friendship between an Army Master Sergeant and a young country bumpkin buck sergeant. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman on the tit...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-78036

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Powers, J.F

The Presence of Grace.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1956.

First edition of this classic collection of stories by the National Book Award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-138075

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Hughes, Richard

A High Wind in Jamaica.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1929.

First edition of the author’s classic novel, one of Modern Library’s 100 greatest novels of the 20th century and an inspiration for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Octavo, origi...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-149293

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Gladwell, Malcolm

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.

First edition, early printing of Gladwell’s debut work which seeks to explain and describe the “mysterious” sociological changes that mark everyday life. Octavo, original boards. Pre...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-137489

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Prévost, Antoine François. [The Abbe Prévost D'Exiles]

The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1935.

First edition thus of Helen Wadell’s translation of the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d’un homme de qualité which was adapted into the famous opera in four acts compose...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-147343

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Frost, Robert

A Way Out: A One Act Play.

New York: The Harbor Press, 1929.

Signed limited edition and first separate edition of this one act play by Frost. Octavo, original half cloth. One of four hundred and eighty-five numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at the conclusi...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-137808

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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling t...

$375.00 Item Number: RRB-139736

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Di Donato, Pietro

Christ in Concrete.

New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.

First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust j...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-1871

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Cisneros, Sandra

The House on Mango Street.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First hardcover edition of this modern classic of Chicano literature. Duodecimo, original purple cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, mark to the topstain. Jacket painting by Nivia G...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-146874

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Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)

Vie de Moliere.

Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp, 1772.

Early edition of Voltaire’s biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo, bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, p...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-95126

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Williams, Kit

Masquerade.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.

First edition of this bestelling interactive picture book that had sparked a real life treasure hunt. Imperial octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout by the author. In near fine.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-147950

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Wells, H.G

The New America: The New World.

London: The Cresset Press, 1935.

First British edition of this sociopolitical commentary of the United States during the interwar period. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with toning...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-149250

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Hughes, Langston

Something in Common and Other Stories.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1963.

First edition, advance reading copy of this collection of thirty-seven of Hughes’ tales, eleven of them appearing in book form for the first time. Octavo, paperback issue, original pictorial wra...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-139752

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Irving, John

The Cider House Rules.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Scott Reynolds. Boldly signed by John Irvin...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-117269

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Buchan, John

Mr. Standfast.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.

First edition of this classic WWI spy thriller novel, the third to follow Richard Hannay. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-150846

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Paz, Octavio

A Draft of Shadows.

New York: A New Directions Book, 1979.

Early printing of this collection of poems published in English and Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow writer Sergio Muñoz Bata, “...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-133278

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

The Fixer.

The Essex Serpent.

Gentleman Jim.

Life & Times of Michael K.

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

English As She Is Taught.

John le Carre Signed Postcard.

Fudge-A-Mania.

Soldier in the Rain.

The Presence of Grace.

A High Wind in Jamaica.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.

A Way Out: A One Act Play.

Two Years Ago.

Christ in Concrete.

The House on Mango Street.

Vie de Moliere.

Masquerade.

The New America: The New World.

Something in Common and Other Stories.

The Cider House Rules.

Mr. Standfast.

A Draft of Shadows.