Kipling, Rudyard
Under the Deodars.
New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1890.
First authorized Lovell edition of Kipling’s Under the Deodars. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-123799
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Irving, John
Until I Find You.
New York : Random House, 2005.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Dana and Cheryl with my admiration and affection John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Royce M. Becker. Author photograph by Jane Sobel Klonsky. Tattoo art by Henk Schiffmacher.
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Item Number: RRB-136964
Coetzee, J.M
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews.
Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays and interviews by the Nobel Prize winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-1497
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.
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Item Number: RRB-149142
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.
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Item Number: RRB-151347
James, Henry
The Portrait of a Lady.
New York : The Heritage Press, 1967.
The Heritage Press edition of the most accomplished work of fiction during James’ apprentice years. 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, title page vignette, with color illustrations throughout. In near fine condition with sunning to the spine.Continue reading "The Portrait of a Lady."
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Item Number: RRB-148861
Petrarca, M. Francesco [Petrarch]
Some Sonnets and Songs of the Divine Poet M. Francesco Petrarca.
Shaftsbury : High House Press, 1926.
First High House Press limited edition of this collection of poems made in Laura’s lifetime. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the front panel. One of 105 numbered copies, this is number 76. In very good condition, bookplate. Translated into English by William J. Ibbett.
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Item Number: RRB-149479
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanoton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.
Hartford, Conn. : Hartford Publishing Co, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Harriet Beecher Stowe to the front panel, illustrated with 18 tissue-guarded steel portraits including frontispiece portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Second state with the title page corrected to “Douglass.” InContinue reading "Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanoton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher."
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Item Number: RRB-146452
Schlesser, Thomas
Mona’s Eyes.
New York : Europa Editions, 2025.
First edition of this international bestselling debut novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with a fold-out dust jacket depicting all 52 masterpieces. Boldly signed by Thomas Schlesser on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle. Jacket design by Ginevra Rapisardi. Author photograph by Pascal Ito.
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Item Number: RRB-149241
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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Item Number: RRB-145032
McNeil, Morris [Morris S. Musselman] and apparently Ernest Hemingway
Hokum: A Play in Three Acts.
Wellesley Hills : The Sans Souci Press, 1978.
First edition, first printing of what is rumored to be Hemingway’s first book, from the original typescript dated 1921 (which precedes the publication of Three Stories and Ten Poems in 1923) and published for the first time in 1978. Octavo, original off-white buckram, antique green endpapers, title page in green and black. One of 73Continue reading "Hokum: A Play in Three Acts."
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Item Number: RRB-120983
Flanagan, Thomas
The End of the Hunt.
New York : Dutton, 1994.
First edition of the final novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Pr. Hillary Thimmand – a fellow student and teacher – of Ireland and of Irish history With the good wishes of Tom Flanagan April 1995.” Fine inContinue reading "The End of the Hunt."
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Item Number: RRB-151183
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel; Edith Grossman
Living To Tell the Tale.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Edith Grossman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.
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Item Number: RRB-133748
Pinter, Harold
Original The Caretaker Playbill.
London : Proscenium Publications, 1991.
Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker performed at the Alhambra Theatre. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rehearsal photographs by Ivan Kynci. Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-88116
Roth, Philip
The Human Stain.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition, second printing of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
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Item Number: RRB-150374
Jones, James
Some Came Running.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957.
First edition of the author’s major second novel about an aspiring Army veteran writer. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Jacket design by Greta Franzen. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-147568
Conrad, Joseph
The Rover.
New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.
First American edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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Item Number: RRB-147454
Marchmont, Frederick; Isaac, George, and Robert Cruikshank
The Three Cruikshanks: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Describing More Than 500 Works.
London : W.T. Spencer, 1897.
First limited edition of this biographical catalogue that documents the prolific artistic output of Isaac Cruikshank, his sons George and Isaac Robert, and their collaborations. Octavo, bound in half modern morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrated with three plates and four facsimile illustrations. OneContinue reading "The Three Cruikshanks: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Describing More Than 500 Works."
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Item Number: RRB-148886
Keneally, Thomas
Gossip from the Forest.
London : Collins, 1975.
First edition of this historical novel depicting the armistice negotiations that ended World War I. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Keneally on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
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Item Number: RRB-150661
Roth, Philip
The Breast.
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-1625
![The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RRB-147346.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]")
Hardy, Thomas
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]
New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1895].
The Thin Paper Edition of Books by Thomas Hardy. Duodecimo, six volumes bound in the original publisher’s sheepskin with gilt titles and elaborate botanical tooling to the spines, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, book plate to the front pastedown of ‘Jude theContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]"
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Item Number: RRB-147346
Johnson, Samuel
The Works of Samuel Johnson.
London : Henry G. Bohn, 1850.
Finely bound edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson toContinue reading "The Works of Samuel Johnson."
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Item Number: RRB-141081
Wolfe, Tom
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To the Michaels Charlotte Simmons c’est Moi! Tom Wolfe.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
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Item Number: RRB-143989
Kadare, Ismail
The General of the Dead Army.
New York : Grossman, 1972.
First American edition of the author’s classic first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth, top stain black. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by McKean, Kleeger.
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Item Number: RRB-152111
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanoton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.
Biography and Autobiography
$275.00
RRB-146452
The Three Cruikshanks: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Describing More Than 500 Works.
Art and Architecture
$250.00
RRB-148886
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native.]
Fine Bindings and Sets
$250.00
RRB-147346
