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    On the Razzle.

    Stoppard, Tom

    On the Razzle.

    London: Faber and Faber, 1982.

    First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-128103
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    Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.

    Bellow, Saul

    Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.

    : Bennington College, 1987.

    First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-178
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    French Leave.

    Wodehouse, P. G

    French Leave.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

    First edition of Wodehouse’s light-hearted and witty mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Shore. Photograph of the a...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-145016
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    The War Chief.

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice

    The War Chief.

    Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927.

    First edition of the first book in the ‘Apache’ series. Octavo, original orange cloth. In very good condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper.
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-145112
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    The Magic Christian.

    Southern, Terry

    The Magic Christian.

    New York: Random House, 1960.

    First edition of one of the funniest, cruelest, and most savagely revealing books about American life ever written, hailed as Southern’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-148030
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    Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance.

    Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

    Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance.

    New York: Sheldon & Company, n.d.

    First edition, second issue of Twain’s third book with the Ball, Black, & Co. advertisement on verso of the title page (BAL 3326). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-138264
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    The Spirit of the Place.

    Shem, Samuel

    The Spirit of the Place.

    Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.

    First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Boldly...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-142499
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    Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets.

    Eighner, Lars

    Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets.

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

    Early printing of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Lars Eighner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Martha Grenon.
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-132109
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    Limits and Renewals.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Limits and Renewals.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.

    First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket wh...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-135404
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    The Importance of Being Ernest.

    Cline, Ernest

    The Importance of Being Ernest.

    Austin, TX: Write Bloody Press, 2013.

    First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Ernest Cline on the title page. In fine condition.
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-12020
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    The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.

    Wells, H.G

    The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.

    London: William Heinemann, 1930.

    First edition of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. In near fine condition. From the collection of British science fiction au...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-149398
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    Some Horses.

    McGuane, Thomas

    Some Horses.

    New York : The Lyons Press, 1999.

    First edition of this American West literary collection of essays. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white sketches. Boldly signed in the year of publication on...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-150713
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    English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.

    James, Henry

    English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.

    London: Macmillan an Co, 1879.

    First British edition of James’ classic biographical study of his great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne. Octavo, original scarlet cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing. Edited by John...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-81054
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    The Dwarfs.

    Pinter, Harold

    The Dwarfs.

    London: Faber & Faber, 1990.

    First edition of this “fascinating work . . . possessing extraordinary power. Masterful” (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-76345
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    The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.

    Hayley, William

    The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.

    London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.

    Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley’s popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the f...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-138374
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    I Am Charlotte Simmons.

    Wolfe, Tom [Madeleine Albright]

    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, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Ma...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-147425
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    The Love Machine.

    Susan, Jacqueline

    The Love Machine.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.

    First edition of this work by the author of Valley of the Dolls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Winifred Apt Best Wishes...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-114561
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    Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples.

    Norman, Howard

    Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1990.

    First edition of this spellbinding collection of tales of the far North. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Angela Skouras.
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-135334
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    Resistance: A Novel.

    Shreve, Anita

    Resistance: A Novel.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.

    First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot’s Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication,...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-142738
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    The Snow Goose.

    Gallico, Paul

    The Snow Goose.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.

    First edition, early printing of this classic story, the moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk. Octavo, original cloth...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-150238
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    Izas, Rabizas Y Colipoterras.

    Colom, Joan Juan und Camilo Jose Cela

    Izas, Rabizas Y Colipoterras.

    Barcelona: Editorial Lumen, 1964.

    First edition of this classic photobook of Barcelona’s underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighborhood of Raval. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated thro...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-146047
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    Deception.

    Roth, Philip

    Deception.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.

    First edition of this “extraordinary, elegant novel” (Fay Weldon, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. J...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-106538
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    Missing Persons and Other Essays.

    Boll, Heinrich

    Missing Persons and Other Essays.

    New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.

    First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free e...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-122432
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    The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

    Wilder, Thornton

    The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

    New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1928.

    Signed limited first edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontisp...
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    $200.00 Item Number: RRB-145431
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