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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.

New York : The Modern Library, 2001.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Marion Ettlinger. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Uncommon signed.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140497
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Chesterton, G.K

The Innocence of Father Brown.

London : Cassell and Company, 1913.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather and gilt bookplate to the pastedown.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-150906
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Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150905
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Hemingway, Ernest. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York : Limited Editions Club, 1990.

First Limited Editions Club limited edition of Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, signed by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Oblong quarto, bound in one quarter morocco over cloth-covered boards, illustrated with five photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt printed from the original negatives by Eisenstaedt in 1952 for the Life Magazine featuring the iconic image of Hemingway on the cover.Continue reading "The Old Man and the Sea."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-132702
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Christie, Agatha

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1976.

First edition of this Christie classic. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-149972
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London, Jack

White Fang.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1906.

First edition of London’s beloved novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with white and gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull. With usual cancel title page. BAL notes that the cancel page occurs printed on either wove or on laid paper (the rest of the text sheets are allContinue reading "White Fang."

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$3,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149996
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Christie, Agatha

Sparkling Cyanide.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1945.

First edition of this classic mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-149995
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Christie, Agatha

The Hound of Death and Other Stories.

London : Odhams Press Limited, 1933.

First edition of this collection of short stories, which includes the classic Witness for the Prosecution which was adapted to the 1957 film starring Marlene Dietrich. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-149994
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Christie, Agatha

They Do It With Mirrors.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1952.

First edition of this classic Miss Marple mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, chipping to the spine of the dust jacket, and the top right corner of the front free endpaper clipped. From the library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather andContinue reading "They Do It With Mirrors."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149988
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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.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-149978
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Franzen, Jonathan

Freedom.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, boards. Boldly signed by Jonathan Franzen on the title page and additionally signed by jacket designer Charlotte Strick on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-150173
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Berger, Thomas. [Dustin Hoffman]

Little Big Man.

New York : The Dial Press, 1964.

First edition of Berger’s acclaimed award-winning novel that was adapted to the screen in the 1970 film starring Dustin Hoffman. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Inscribed by Thomas Berger on the half-title page and additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Dustin Hoffman below Berger’s inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable.

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-150934
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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field]

Forrest Gump.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rearContinue reading "Forrest Gump."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150933
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Carr, Lucien [Helen Weaver] [Jack Kerouac]

Lucien Carr Autograph Letter Signed to Helen Weaver.

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Autograph letter signed by American journalist and editor Lucien Carr. One page, handwritten to Jack Kerouac’s former girlfriend Helen Weaver on a yellow legal pad page and dated “Sept. 04”, regarding the signing of Kerouac books. The letter reads in full, “Dear Slugger: Enjoyed your book. First half made me weepy. Second half beyond myContinue reading "Lucien Carr Autograph Letter Signed to Helen Weaver."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149953
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Nabokov, Vladimir [Elizabeth Bishop]

Lolita.

Paris : The Olympia Press, 1955.

First edition, association copy of Nabokov’s masterpiece, from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Elizabeth Bishop. First issue with the price of 900 francs on the rear panel of each volume. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green wrappers. In near fine condition with light rubbing, some toning to the extremities. Bishop and Nabokov both gainedContinue reading "Lolita."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-104529
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Parker, Dorothy

Not So Deep as a Well: The Collected Poems of Dorothy Parker.

New York : The Viking Press, 1936.

First edition of the collected poems of Dorothy Parker. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-148062
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Swinnerton, Frank. [Raymond Chandler]

The Cats and Rosemary.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1950.

First edition of Swinnerton’s keen observation to present a nuanced portrayal of human nature, delving into emotional complexities, personal growth, and societal expectations. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with unique black and white illustrations. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la CostaContinue reading "The Cats and Rosemary."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-149026
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Cohen, Leonard; Irving Layton

Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems.

New York : Alan Brilliant, 1958.

First edition of this anthology of Canadian poetry. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, four issues of poetry, number two. Boldly signed and dated by Leonard Cohen on the title page, “Leonard Cohen 2002.” This is an early appearance of Cohen in an anthology at the age of 24, and features Cohen’s poems, “The Cuckold’s Song” andContinue reading "Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149947
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Haggard, H. Rider

King Solomon’s Mines.

London : Cassel & Company, 1885.

First edition, third issue of Haggard’s immensely popular Victorian adventure novel the first great “Lost World” action-adventure, a precursor to Indiana Jones. Octavo, original cloth, folding map of the route to King Solomon’s mines. Association copy, signed by the author opposite the half-title page with an additional note inscribed to his sister, Ella Green, pastedContinue reading "King Solomon’s Mines."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-118637
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Oliver, Mary

No Voyage and Other Poems.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.

First American edition of the poet’s scarce first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author photograph by Molly Malone Cook. Rare and desirable signed.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-140676
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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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Webb, Charles. [Dustin Hoffman; Katharine Ross; William Daniels]

The Graduate: A Novel of Today’s Youth, Unlike Any You Have Read.

New York : The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1963.

First edition of the “brilliant… sardonic, ludicrously funny” (The New York Times) story of an aimless college graduate in 1960s America that inspired of the iconic 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Anne Bancroft and William Daniels. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Charles Webb and Academy Award-winning actor Dustin Hoffman (Benjamin Braddock) onContinue reading "The Graduate: A Novel of Today’s Youth, Unlike Any You Have Read."

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$12,800.00
Item Number: RRB-150939
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Laurents, Arthur; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins

West Side Story: A Musical.

New York : Random House, 1958.

First edition of this classic musical. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein on the half-title page and inscribed by Stephen Sondheim on the front free endpaper. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by theContinue reading "West Side Story: A Musical."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148050
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Coelho, Paulo [Annie Dillard]

The Alchemist.

San Francisco : Harper Collins, 1993.

First edition in English of Coelho’s classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Annie, follow your dreams! Paulo Coelho.” The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard, has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well asContinue reading "The Alchemist."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149942
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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves

The Midnight Palace.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2011.

Signed limited first edition of Zafón’s second young-adult novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 958. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Neal Murren.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-145038
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Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird.

New York : Harper Collins, 2010.

First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Harper Lee on the front free endpaper, “With best wishes, Harper Lee.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Shirley Smith.

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-149938
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Translated by George Sale

The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators.

London : Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734.

First edition of George Sale’s important translation of the Koran, the first to translate the original text directly from the Arabic into English. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco spine label within five raised bands, folding engraved map with inset view of Mecca, engraved folding plate with plan and view of Mecca, 3Continue reading "The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators."

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$6,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145520
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Dahl, Roald

Kiss Kiss.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles E. Skaggs.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149904
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Dahl, Roald

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, first issue with the six line colophon on the last page. First-issue dust jacket, without the ISBN number on the rear panel. Octavo, original red cloth. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150946
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Wodehouse, P. G

French Leave.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition of Wodehouse’s light-hearted and witty mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Shore. Photograph of the author by William Cole.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-145016
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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves

The Watcher in the Shadows.

London : Orion Children's Books, 2013.

Exclusive signed first edition of the third novel for younger readers from the author of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’. Octavo, original cloth. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page with the publisher’s embossed limitation stamp, this is number 82. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. CoverContinue reading "The Watcher in the Shadows."

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-145032
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Wolfe, Thomas [Cormac McCarthy]

From Death To Morning.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.

First edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow author Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. McCarthy has been widely praised as not only a disciple of Faulkner, but his literary heir. Both authors’ biblically influenced prose formed the basis of a largeContinue reading "From Death To Morning."

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145621
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Ovid

Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands.

Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

First English edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses with Picart’s illustrations. Folio, two volumes in one, bound in full in early mottled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, engraved title vignette. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece, 130Continue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149005
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Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

London : William Heinemann, 1950.

First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: “Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California OCT 13 1949.” Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-centuryContinue reading "The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III."

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-149027
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Baldwin, James; Malcolm X; Martin Luther King, Jr; Kenneth B. Clark

The Negro Protest.

Boston : The Beacon Press, 1963.

First edition of this collection of interviews done by Kenneth B. Clark. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel. With a talk with Kenneth B. Clark and with a note about the interviewsContinue reading "The Negro Protest."

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149928
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Lewis, Sinclair

Elmer Gantry.

New York : Harcourt Brace, 1927.

First edition, second issue of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s controversial bestseller and basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips and wear.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-150877
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Conrad, Joseph

Last Essays.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.

First edition of this posthumous collection of twenty essays. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece facsimile of “The Last Words That Conrad Wrote.” Near fine in the original dust jacket with the portrait of Conrad and large ad for Kipling’s works to the verso.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-147542
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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse.

London : Bernard Quaritch, 1879.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full green crushed morocco with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt borders with red inlay flowers to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149925
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.

London : Printed for J. Bew, 1783.

Rare first edition in English of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, 2 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calfskin over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels. In very good condition, signatures to the front pastedowns.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149924
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Dixon, Thomas [William Tecumseh Sherman]

The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1913.

First edition of this historical romance, the first of three novels on Southern heroes; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with six images designed by J. N. Marchand including a frontispiece of a war scene from the book. Inscribed by the author to Philemon T. Sherman on an “Author’s AutographContinue reading "The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-145953
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Vittorini, Elio; Introduction by Ernest Hemingway

In Sicily.

Pennsylvania : New Directions, 1949.

First edition of this seminal work of Italian literature. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Translated by Wilfrid David.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-148442
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Benchley, Robert

The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his favorites.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.

First edition of these humorous pieces chosen from all of Robert Benchley’s writings. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-148441
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Fitzgerald, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1910.

Exceptionally rare bound in jewelled binding, set with 37 jewels by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Quarto, reproduced from a manuscript illuminated by F. Sangorski  G. & Sutcliffe, with miniatures after E. Geddes, original red straight-grained morocco, upper cover with central sunken oval green morocco panel and a Peacock with light green, blue, white, and brown moroccoContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

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$125,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150950
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Ginsberg, Allen

Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960.

San Francisco : City Lights Books, 1965.

Fourth edition of this significant collection of poems—including the title piece, part lamentation for his mother, part protest of American society. Duodecimo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Gerry Davis in thanks for clarity of Pat photo is a reality kick coast to coast –Continue reading "Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-148780
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Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of the Jack Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jack Kerouac To Judge Eno- belated Thanks for driving me home in your Buick in ’32, and for your friendship to my father-.” The recipient, Judge Eno was the father of Kerouac’sContinue reading "The Town and the City."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-139281
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Havel, Vaclav

Das Gartenfest, Die Benachrichtigung.

Berlin : Rowohlt, 1989.

First edition of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel on the title page with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-141284
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Havel, Vaclav

Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels.

Frankfurt : Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1989.

Early printing of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-141282
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Landor, Walter Savage

Poems, Dialogues In Verse, and Epigrams: In Two Volumes.

London : J. M. Dent & Co, 1909.

Fourth edition of this classic collection of poetry. Octavo, two volumes, tissue-guarded frontispieces. Typed poem titled “The Tryst” by Katharine Lee Bates and signed by her laid in on the front free endpaper, with her ownership signature and plates to the front pastedowns. Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) was an American poet, professor, and writer bestContinue reading "Poems, Dialogues In Verse, and Epigrams: In Two Volumes."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148207
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