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Markham, Robert. [Kingsley Amis]

Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1968.

First edition of the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming’s 1964 death. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Adams.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-129046
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Lawrence, T. E

Revolt in the Desert.

Garden City : Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.

Early American printing of Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. In very good condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-123444
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Nabokov, Vladimir et al

On Translation.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1959.

First edition of this extensive volume on translators, translating and works of translation. Octavo, original boards, near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-89096
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Philips, Francis Charles

My Little Husband and If Only.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.

Finely bound example Philips’ two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-114507
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Glaude, Jr., Eddie [James Baldwin]

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.

New York : Crown, 2020.

First edition, early printing of this “unparalleled masterpiece of social criticism” (Imani Perry). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Eddie Glaude on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-117519
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Kipling, Rudyard

His Apologies.

Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.

First edition of Kipling’s classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-123048
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Moore, Brian

No Other Life.

London : Bloomsbury, 1993.

First edition of the award-winning novelist’s gripping drama. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally Soames L’Image B S Moore.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black andContinue reading "No Other Life."

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Item Number: RRB-126419
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Wells, H.G

Ann Veronica.

London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.

First British edition of this Edwardian era novel. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles stamped in gilt, along with “Vita sine litteris mors est” written in golden gilt on the front. This translates as “Life without learning is death,” a phrase traditionally attributed to Seneca (Epistle 82). From the collection of British science fictionContinue reading "Ann Veronica."

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Item Number: RRB-150887
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Burgess, Gelett

The Maxims of Methuselah: Being the Advice Given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem’s Coming of Age in Regard to Women.

New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907.

First edition of the humorist’s colorful take on the Battle of the Sexes. Octavo, original half cloth, with illustrations, decorations, and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-119078
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Ford, Richard

The Sportswriter.

New York : Vintage Books, 1986.

First edition of this paperback original as issued. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Elias Kanner with the very warmest wishes. Richard Ford January 8, 1990 NYC.” In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-120536
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Pynchon, Thomas

Mason & Dixon.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1997.

First edition of this “amazing achievement…the novel of our time” (Robert L. McLaughlin). Thick octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original acetate jacket over it. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.

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Item Number: RRB-151750
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Kipling, Rudyard

From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.

First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."

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Item Number: RRB-122350
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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám.

London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.

Special edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the spine, printed on Studio hand-made paper, reprinted from Fitzgerald’s translation published in 1859. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Item Number: RRB-150743
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London, Jack

The Game.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1905.

First Edition, second issue of London’s tragic boxing tale with the magazine rubberstamp of Metropolitan Magazine Co. to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. In good condition with a child’s drawings to a few pages. Ownership inscriptions.

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Item Number: RRB-128146
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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

London : Vintage Books, 2004.

Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-131087
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Shawn, Allen [Charles Strouse]

Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

First edition of this acclaimed portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg by composer and pianist Allen Shawn. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with music stanzas and black-and-white photographs. From the collection of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote theContinue reading "Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey"

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Item Number: RRB-152214
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Padgett, Ron

Great Balls of Fire.

Chicago : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary Cooper Oscar Homosexual” and signed on the title page, “Ron Padgett.” In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-129719
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Kipling, Rudyard

Songs From Books.

Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912.

First edition of this selection of songs from Kipling’s children’s stories. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-121421
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

A March On London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrection.

London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898.

First edition of Henty’s classic historical adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Margetson. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription, bookplate.

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Item Number: RRB-122907
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Viorst, Judith

Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.

First edition of this comical work by the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Laurie Rosenwald. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Helene + Bill with affection + thanks for many years of wonderful break-fasts- Judy.” Fine inContinue reading "Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life."

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Item Number: RRB-142476
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Escape on Venus.

Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.

First edition of the fourth book in the ‘Venus’ series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-145058
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Lowry, Lois

Son.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2012.

First edition of the thrilling conclusion to ‘The Giver’ quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “with best wishes Lois Lowry.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.

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Item Number: RRB-145163
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Ford, Hilary

Felix Walking.

London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.

First edition of the first book published under Youd’s pseudonym Hilary Ford. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-96197
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Benchley, Robert

Benchley-Or Else!

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1947.

First edition of Benchley’s collection of humorous essays. Octavo, original cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Library of Robert B. Gray.” Illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Ben Pinchot.

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Item Number: RRB-141235
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