Bellow, Saul
The Victim.
New York : The Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original black cloth. An excellent example in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-88346
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Palgrave, Francis T
The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of Four Centuries.
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1889.
First trade edition of Palgrave’s treasury of the lyrical poems of the finest English poets. Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-stamped half vellum, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. In near find condition. Ownership inscription.
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Item Number: RRB-111084
Eastman, P.D
Are You My Mother?
New York : Random House, 1960.
First edition, early printing of P.D. Eastman’s beloved classic, one of the most cherished titles in Random House’s Beginner Books series. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by the author throughout. Early printing with 195/195 price code on jacket flap and only 24 titles listed on jacket rear. In very good condition with some toning andContinue reading "Are You My Mother?"
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Item Number: RRB-152163
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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Item Number: RRB-145038
Coetzee, J.M
In the Heart of the Country.
London : Secker and Warburg, 1977.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-145914
Bentley, Edmund C
Trent’s Last Case.
London : Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [c. 1913].
First edition of Bentley’s groundbreaking detective novel, “one of the three best detective stories ever written” (Agatha Christie). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece in color. In very good condition. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
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Item Number: RRB-137405
Fowles, John
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1971.
Early printing of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
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Item Number: RRB-144337
Millhauser, Steven
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of wear. Jacket design by Alice and Martin Provensen.
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Item Number: RRB-885
Jerrold, Blanchard. [George Cruikshank]
The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs.
New York : Scribner and Welford, 1882.
First American edition of the definitive biography of famed illustrator and satirist George Cruikshank. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three-quarters early morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-148378
Chosen and Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.
London : Oxford University Press, 1966.
Finely bound edition of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918, the new edition. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918."
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Item Number: RRB-148873
Nabokov, Vladimir
Nikolai Gogol.
London : Editions Poetry London, 1947.
First British edition of Nabokov’s criticism of the work of Russian literary master Nikolai Gogol. Octavo, original cloth. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gogol. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-118463
Buchan, John
The Courts of the Morning.
London : Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1929.
First edition of this classic adventure thriller. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, illustrated with a map. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-150851
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. [Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton]
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus.
New York : Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1928.
Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton and Leonard C. Smithers. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with eight full page plates, rebacked. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 170. From the library of Oliver Craus Safir with his ownership signature and, subsequently hisContinue reading "The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus."
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Item Number: RRB-128056
Irving, John
A Widow for One Year.
New York : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken With my appreciation John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
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Item Number: RRB-137631
Stevenson, Robert Louis
The Master of Ballantrae.
New York : The Heritage Press, 1965.
The Heritage Press edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark historical romance. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, illustarted with color lithographs. In fine condition. Introduction by G.B. Stern. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Ward was a pioneeringContinue reading "The Master of Ballantrae."
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Item Number: RRB-148794
Kipling, Rudyard
The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney.
New York : Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.
First edition of Kipling’s classic short story which first appeared in Harper’s Short Stories in September 1890. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth. In fine condition. House in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
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Item Number: RRB-121608
Coetzee, J.M
Diary of a Bad Year.
Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2007.
First Australian edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Chong.
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Item Number: RRB-131086
Perelman, S.J
The Beauty Part.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1963.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of this marvelous play in two acts. Thin quarto, original wrappers and comb binding. In very good condition with a spot of toning to the front and rear panel, an inscription to the top edge of the front panel, a miniscule closed tear to the fore edge ofContinue reading "The Beauty Part."
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Item Number: RRB-146913
France, Anatole. Translated by Robert B. Douglas. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape
Thais.
New York : John Lane, 1926.
First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France’s novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape. InContinue reading "Thais."
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Item Number: RRB-90458
![Return of the Native. [and] The Woodlanders.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RRB-148157.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Return of the Native. [and] The Woodlanders.")
Hardy, Thomas
Return of the Native. [and] The Woodlanders.
Chicago and New York : Rand, McNally & Company, .
Early editions of Thomas Hardy’s famous sixth and eleventh published novels. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles, top edges gilt, frontispieces, with black and white illustrations. In very good condition with light toning, signature to the front pastedown of Return of the Native.
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Item Number: RRB-148157
Buchan, John
A Prince of the Captivity.
London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.
First edition of this complex novel set during the aftermath of World War I. Octavo, bound in three-quarters leather over pictorial boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-149265
Haig, Matt
A Boy Called Christmas.
London : Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
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Item Number: RRB-125921
Nabokov, Vladimir
The Gift.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963.
First edition of the “the most original, unusual and interesting piece of prose writing of Russian emigre writing” (Simon Karlinsky). Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Michael Scammell.
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Item Number: RRB-139302
Thomas, Keith
Religion and the Decline of Magic.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Diane Large.
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Item Number: RRB-144493
The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of Four Centuries.
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RRB-111084
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