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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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The Stories of Bernard Malamud.

Malamud, Bernard

The Stories of Bernard Malamud.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul Old and dear friends- a long life in friendship Bern.” The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. With aContinue reading "The Stories of Bernard Malamud."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-99856

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Get Home Free.

Clellon Holmes, John

Get Home Free.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.

First edition of Clellon Holmes’ third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Phyllis- all good wishes- John Clellon Holmes.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-10022

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Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition.

Malamud, Bernard

Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.

First edition of Malamud’s fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul Old dear good friends with affection Bern.” The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition."

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-93878

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Idiots First.

Malamud, Bernard

Idiots First.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul Old and good friends Bern.” The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Idiots First."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-10017

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Thais.

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."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-90458

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The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection.

Gardner, Erle Stanley

The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection.

New York : William and Morrow Company, 1950-1957.

First editions, first issues of 39 titles from the Perry Mason Mystery series. Octavos, 39 volumes, original cloth. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands, The Case of the Deadly Toy, and The Case of the Screaming Woman are each inscribed by the author to his secretary with a full page inscription on the front freeContinue reading "The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-90456

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Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

London : George Bell and Sons, 1878.

Finely bound set of Chaucer’s poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In nearContinue reading "Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer."

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-90435

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Henry and Ribsy.

Cleary, Beverly

Henry and Ribsy.

New York : William Morrow & Company, 1954.

First edition of the third book in Cleary’s classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by Lois Darling.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-10007

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The Gift of Acabar.

Mandino, Og and Buddy Kaye

The Gift of Acabar.

Philadelphia and New York : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1978.

First edition of Mandino and Kaye’s enchanting parable. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Mandino on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “With Love Og Mandino 9/28/78.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-90426

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This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.

Faulkner, William

This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.

New York : Equinox, 1932.

First edition of this short poem by William Faulkner. Octavo, original paper wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-90422

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Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939.

First edition of this Official Guide for members of the Tarzan Clans of America, a special division of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan series. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, laid in is a membership application fee and two bookplates from the library of Roy and Dela White. In fine condition. A charming example in exceptional condition.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-90419

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The Ponder Heart.

Welty, Eudora

The Ponder Heart.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954.

First edition and advance review copy of Welty’s third novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Joe Krush. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the publisher’s advance copy slip dated January 7th 1954 laid in. Jacket photograph of Welty by Kay Bell.

$325.00

Item Number: RRB-90417

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The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

Conrad, Joseph

The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

London : William Heinemann, 1921-1927.

Signed limited edition of the complete works of Joseph Conrad, signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation-page of Volume I. Octavo, 20 volumes, finely bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. One of 780 copies signed by Conrad. In near fine condition. AContinue reading "The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-10004

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Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].

Dos Passos, John

Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.

First edition of the second novel in the author’s U.S.A. trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the publisher’s advance copy slip laid in dated March 10th 1932. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-90402

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God’s Grace.

Malamud, Bernard

God’s Grace.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982.

First edition of Malamud’s eighth and final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul Old friends with affection Bern.” The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "God’s Grace."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-100056

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Summa Theologica Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Divinae Voluntatis Interpretis: Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum.

Aquinas, Thomas

Summa Theologica Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Divinae Voluntatis Interpretis: Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum.

Parisiis : Sumptibus Maturini Henault, 1638.

Early printing of Aquinas’ seminal work. Folio, bound in full leather with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut engraving of Aquinas in prayer to the title page. In very good condition with tape repairs to the title page.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-90390

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour andContinue reading "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-99840

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Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.

Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1947.

First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs’ lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sheldon Neubauer, with best wishes Edgar Rice Burroughs.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96784

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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1918.

First edition, first printing of the fifth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series with with “Published, April, 1918” and W. F. Hall on the copyright page. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Gray Best AllContinue reading "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96782

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Jungle Tales of Tarzan.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Jungle Tales of Tarzan.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.

First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs’ second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Near fine inContinue reading "Jungle Tales of Tarzan."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-96781

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Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].

Frank, Anne

Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].

Amsterdam : Contact, 1947.

First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher’s white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Very good in the dust jacket which is in very good condition with some professionalContinue reading "Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank]."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96773

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The Phantom of the Opera.

Leroux, Gaston

The Phantom of the Opera.

New York, Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company , 1911.

First edition with the printer’s imprint “Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N. Y.” at bottom of copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, publishers tissue guard. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne with one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket. The dust jacket designContinue reading "The Phantom of the Opera."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-99560

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The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.

First edition in parts of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present, frontispiece, vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens’ classic work, with some of theContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-96702

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The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

Hueffer, [Ford] Ford Madox

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

London : John Lane Company, 1915.

First edition, first issue without the 16 pp. of advertisements of this literary highspot, one of the great novels of the first half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing and wear to the extremities.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-97211

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