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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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Dearly Beloved.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Dearly Beloved.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.

First edition of the author’s classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Ruth with love from Anne May, 1962.” The recipient, Ruth Thompson was a close friend of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s. Thompson was a babysitter and personal secretary for the Lindberghs in the 1940s. Near fine in a veryContinue reading "Dearly Beloved."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-48732

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The Open Street.

Kazin, Alfred

The Open Street.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948.

First edition of Kazin’s short tribute to the streets of Manhattan, a selection from the work in progress that would become A Walker in the City. Small octavo, original quarter cloth over speckled boards, photographic endpapers by Victor Kraft. One of only 1,000 copies privately printed for the author, inscribed by him on the limitationContinue reading "The Open Street."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-96772

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Daniel Deronda.

Eliot, George

Daniel Deronda.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood, 1876.

First edition in the original parts of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavos, four volumes in eight parts in the original wrappers with 4 half-titles and 8 section titles as issued, advertisements to each part with the exception of the final part, slips to the rear ofContinue reading "Daniel Deronda."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96596

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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale.

Melville, Herman

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1851.

First edition, first issue binding, with the circular Harper’s device of Melville’s masterpiece. Octavo, original purple-brown cloth (BAL’s A grain), covers stamped in blind with the publisher’s circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame, original orange-coated endpapers. Of the 2,951 copies printed, 125 were review copies. About 1,500 sold in 11Continue reading "Moby Dick; Or, The Whale."

$65,000.00

Item Number: RRB-99735

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The First Edition of ‘Paradise Lost’.

Pershing, James H

The First Edition of ‘Paradise Lost’.

London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941.

First appearance of Pershing’s work on the different states of the first edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost which appeared in Vol. XXII, No. I. June 1941 issue of Transactions of the Bibliographical Society New Series. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, marbled endpapers, with the original wrappers bound in, illustrated. In fine condition. Rare.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-95340

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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 by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, double gilt ruled, gilt turn ins,Continue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-96034

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The Mottled Lizard.

Huxley, Elspeth

The Mottled Lizard.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1962.

First edition of this sequel to Huxley’s The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-46332

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Lord Jim.

Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.

First edition, second impression of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with toning to the first few pages.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-105421

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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.

Kimmel, Eric A.; Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.

New York : Holiday House, 1989.

First edition of this Caldecott Honor-winning classic. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, To Ann, Eric A. Kimmel.” Additionally signed below by the illustrator “Trina Schart Hyman 1990.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-103993

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Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties.

Isherwood, Christopher

Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties.

London : Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1938.

First edition of Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel about bohemian London in the 1920s. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-104893

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Windfalls: Stories, Poems, and Plays.

O'Casey, Sean

Windfalls: Stories, Poems, and Plays.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1934.

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, “To Dr. J.D. Cummins, (Joe) from his old ___ Sean O’Casey With undiminished affection London Jan. 1935.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-105844

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The Man Without a Country.

Hale, Edward Everett

The Man Without a Country.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1898.

Early printing of Hale’s classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “Charles Wolcott from Mrs. Hubbard with the best wishes of EdwardContinue reading "The Man Without a Country."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-105108

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Journey Into an Antique Land.

Miller, Henry

Journey Into an Antique Land.

Big Sur : Ben Ben Press, 1970.

First edition of Miller’s short illustrated work on a visit to St. Remy in the South of France. 12mo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. One of only 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front panel to his second wife, June Mansfield, “For June, All the best! Henry 1/16/67.”Continue reading "Journey Into an Antique Land."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-95358

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The Ageless Story.

Ford, Lauren

The Ageless Story.

New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939.

Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford’s beloved retelling of the birth of Christ. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. One of only 350 copies, this is number 311. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an original watercolor drawing of a singing angel. In near fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase whichContinue reading "The Ageless Story."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-96512

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The Fixer.

Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susie and Paul with much affection Bern.” The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud (brother of printmakerContinue reading "The Fixer."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-99846

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The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years.

Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years.

New York : Pantheon, 1962-1965.

First American editions of the author’s classic Danzig Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Each work is signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Each are fine in near fine dust jackets. Dog Years is a review copy, with the slip laid in. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A very sharp set.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-48795

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Ethan Frome.

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-99339

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Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

Bellow, Saul

Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

New York : The Viking Press, 1970.

First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-42977

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Ethan Frome.

Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-98455

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Chinese Lanterns.

Seton, Grace Thompson

Chinese Lanterns.

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924.

Early printing of Grace Thompson Seton’s work on Chinese lanterns. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with photographs, many taken by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To S.D. Green with the all good wishes of the author: Grace Thompson Seton. July 20, 1927. ‘Through the Eastern Gates I wandered farContinue reading "Chinese Lanterns."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-96116

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Iron Horse.

Ginsberg, Allen (John Clellon Holmes)

Iron Horse.

Toronto : The Coach House Press, 1972.

First edition of Ginsberg’s beatific visionary poem, an important part of his The Fall of America: Poems of These States sequence. Oblong octavo, original illustrated metallic wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Allen Ginsberg on the half-title page, “a ah gha sa ma ha for John Clellon Homes Salem/Kerouac Mass from Allen Ginsberg 5 AprilContinue reading "Iron Horse."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96567

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The Town and the City.

Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in an excellent price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing and a chip to the extremities. Jacket design by Leo Manso.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-47652

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Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas.

Kipling, Rudyard

Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas.

London : Methuen and Co. and George Newnes, 1899.

Finely bound early printings of Kipling’s collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-96168

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Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Baudelaire, Charles

Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Paris : Club de Livre, 1985.

The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpapers, top edge gilt, with original lithographic illustrations in color in each volume. Each volume is numbered and signed by its respective artist onContinue reading "Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-94702

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