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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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Within the Gates.

O'Casey, Sean

Within the Gates.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.

First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Sean O’Casey to his dear friend Joe Cummins, Whose companionship, through hours of eventide, he often misses deeply Chalfont St Gilles 1933.” Near fineContinue reading "Within the Gates."

$550.00

Item Number: RRB-106738

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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1903.

Autograph Centenary edition with a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters contemporary morocco over cloth, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Numerous mounted photogravure illustrations. One of 600 copies. In near fine condition.

$7,000.00

Item Number: RRB-104898

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Signifying Rappers.

Wallace, David Foster & Mark Costello

Signifying Rappers.

New York : Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially signedContinue reading "Signifying Rappers."

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-104837

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The Art of Drowning.

Collins, Billy

The Art of Drowning.

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.

First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy.” The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-104532

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Typhoon And Other Stories.

Conrad, Joseph

Typhoon And Other Stories.

London : William Heinemann, 1903.

First English edition, first printing of this collection of stories, including the thrilling titular novella, “generally thought to inaugurate Conrad’s period of artistic maturity.” Octavo, original Cagle’s binding A with only the top edge trimmed and with 110 mm between “Conrad” and “Heinemann” on the spine, with gilt titles to the spine and front panel.Continue reading "Typhoon And Other Stories."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-104523

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A Burnt-Out Case.

Greene, Graham

A Burnt-Out Case.

London : Heinemann, 1961.

First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-104522

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Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.

Dryden, John

Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.

London : Jacob Tonson, 1700.

First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12,000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer, Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding, tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands. In very good condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-104852

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Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1878.

Finely bound set of Moliere. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in full red morocco, illustrated with plates, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Adolphe Regnier. With the slipcovers in marbled paper. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-104673

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I Go By Sea, I Go By Land.

Travers, P.L

I Go By Sea, I Go By Land.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941.

First edition of this classic work, a fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “K. Jean Bourne, P.L.Continue reading "I Go By Sea, I Go By Land."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-103991

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The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday.

Tagore, Rabindranath. Edited by Ramananda Chatterjee

The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday.

Calcutta : The Golden Book Committee, 1931.

First subscribers’ edition of The Golden Book of Tagore, the elaborate privately produced tribute to the famed poet; signed by Tagore and from the library of Raja Shamraj Rajwant Bahadur. Quarto, original cloth, lettered tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore by Martin Vos signed and dated by Tagore beneath his image, “Rabindranath Tagore Dec. 19,Continue reading "The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-106982

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Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill.

O'Neill, Eugene

Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill.

London : Johnathan Cape, 1929.

First edition of this collection of two of the great playwright’s works including the long theo-philosophical meditation, Lazarus Laughed, which called for more than one hundred actors making up a masked chorus. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt author’s signature to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author onContinue reading "Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-104924

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Miracle in Seville.

Michener, James A

Miracle in Seville.

New York : Random House, 1995.

Signed limited edition by James Michener. Octavo, original cloth. Number 391 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase, still in the original shrinkwrap.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-107453

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A Burnt-Out Case.

Greene, Graham

A Burnt-Out Case.

London : Heinemann, 1961.

First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Anthony Hobson from Graham Greene.” The recipient Anthony Hobson, auctioneer and book collector, was a director at Sotheby’sContinue reading "A Burnt-Out Case."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-102563

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Stamboul Train.

Greene, Graham

Stamboul Train.

London : William Heinemann, 1932.

First edition, first printing with misplaced colon on p. 140 of Greene’s first successful novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately from Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor, known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Inspector Clouseau and The CrownContinue reading "Stamboul Train."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-102754

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Little Wilson and Big God.

Burgess, Anthony [John Updike]

Little Wilson and Big God.

New York : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. John Updike’s copy, with a signed letter from the editor to Updike laid in. In very good condition. From the library of John Upike.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-102117

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

Vizzini, Ned

It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

New York : Miramax Books, 2006.

Early printing of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Thorn and Edith- Thank you! Enjoy Ned Vizzini NedVizzini.com.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Number Seventeen. Jacket illustration by Abigail Smith.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-102348

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Master Humphrey’s Clock.

Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840.

First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, engraved frontispieces, illustrated by George Cattermole andContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96777

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The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda].

Eliot, George

The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda].

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.

Large paper edition of the works of George Eliot, with an autographed signed letter tipped in. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels, raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, elaborately illustrated withContinue reading "The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda]."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-100111

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Blue Juniata: Poems.

Cowley, Malcolm

Blue Juniata: Poems.

New York : Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929.

First edition of this landmark in modern American poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in good condition.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-101445

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Amelia.

Fielding, Henry

Amelia.

New York : White and Stokes, 1882.

Finely bound example of Fielding’s fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marlbed endpapers. In near fine condition.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-101438

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Altneuland.

Herzl, Theodor

Altneuland.

Leipzig : Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902.

Second edition of Herzl‘s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-101406

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Poems on Slavery.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Poems on Slavery.

Cambridge : John Owen, 1842.

First edition of Longfellow’s collection of poems published in support of the United States anti-slavery efforts. Small octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco by Bradstreet’s with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, inner dentelles. Presentation copy, inscribed by Longfellow on the half-title page, “Rev. R. C. Waterston from the Author.” The recipient, ReverendContinue reading "Poems on Slavery."

$9,200.00

Item Number: RRB-101568

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The Cup and The Falcon.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

The Cup and The Falcon.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1884.

First edition of this collection of two Tennyson plays. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Frederick & Jane Locker from Tennyson.” Tennyson has also inscribed seven lines of verse from the original manuscript of The Cup on pages 80 and 81, insertedContinue reading "The Cup and The Falcon."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-100620

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A Scanner Darkly.

Dick, Philip K

A Scanner Darkly.

New York : Doubleday and Company, 1977.

First edition of one of the author’s best-known works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by the Quays. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-101745

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