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Justice.

London: Methuen & Co, 1919.

First British edition of this broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. Octavo, stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and i...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-150552

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Lowry, Lois

Gathering Blue.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

First edition of this work by the Newbury Award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “With best wishes Lois Lowry.” Fine in a near fine dust ja...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-139213

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Pelecanos, George

Nick’s Trip: A Nick Stefanos Mystery.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Pelecanos on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. Jack...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-144169

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Stone, Robert

Outerbridge Reach.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1992.

First edition of Stone’s fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Sally recalling a lovely, morning in London – wi...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-123971

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Gray, Alasdair. [Sally Soames]

Something Leather.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1990.

First edition of Alasdair Gray’s sensational novel. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sally from Alasdair...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-124163

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Sartre, Jean-Paul

Le Mur. [The Wall].

Paris: Gallimard, 1939.

Limited edition of Sartre’s 1939 short story collection, containing one of his greatest existentialist works of fiction, The Wall. Octavo, original boards. One of 1,000 numbered copies, this is...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-137275

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Sartre, Jean-Paul

Existentialism.

New York: The Philosophical Library, 1947.

First edition of the philosopher’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. An exceptional example.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-144092

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Camus, Albert

The Fall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.

Early printing of the first American edition of Camus’ last complete work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Translated by Justin O’Brien. Near fine in a near fine dust jack...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-150926

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

New York: Pantheon, 1955.

First edition, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by George W. Thompson.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-138202

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Kazantzakis, Nikos. Translated by Peter A. Bien

Zorba The Greek.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Early printing of of this new translation of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by translator Peter Bien with the opening li...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-141461

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Lardner Jr., Ring

The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1966.

Paperback edition of Ring Lardner Jr.’s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. The recipient, Vera Caspary was a novelist, most well known for Laura, which was scripte...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-125577

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The Bandit of Hell’s Bend.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1925.

First edition of the ‘Tarzan’ novelist’s Western classic. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece by Modest Stein. In good condition.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-145066

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Art of Fiction.

London: J. A. Allen & Co, 1926.

First separate edition, first issue of this report issued on the occasion of Kipling’s acceptance of the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine conditi...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-120430

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Reiss, Johanna

The Upstairs Room.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972.

First edition, early printing of this poignant autobiographical novel that recounts the author’s experiences as a Jewish child. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on th...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-149806

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.

First edition of Twain’s classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-137388

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Tesnohlidek, Rudolf. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

The Cunning Little Vixen.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985.

First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek’s classic Czech tale, translated into English and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Presentation copy, ins...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-140351

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Seven Seas.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896.

First American edition of this collection of Kipling’s poetry, published October 30, 1896, the same day as the English edition. Octavo, original publisher’s elaborately decorated cloth, top edge...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-121694

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Talbott, Hudson

We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1987.

First edition of this classic children’s novel. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial cloth with gilt dinosaurs to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly sig...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-150874

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Roth, Philip

The Great American Novel.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-151347

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Miller, Arthur

The Creation of the World and Other Business.

New York: Viking Press, 1973.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-2010

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Henty, George A. [G.A.]; Manville Fenn; John A. Higginson

Through Fire and Storm: Stories of Adventure and Peril.

London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1898.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition. B...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-122993

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

New York: Random House, 1946.

Early printing of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-149142

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Wolfe, Tom

A Man In Full.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.

First edition of this “masterpiece” (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Fine in a fine jacket. Jacket art by Danie...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-135024

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Jong, Erica

Fear of Flying.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

First edition of the author’s controversial, gound-breaking second-wave feminist classic which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original cloth, red endpapers. Presentation copy...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-141273

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