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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-150713

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-138374

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-81054

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-76345

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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.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-135334

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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,...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-142738

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-147425

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-114561

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Gallico, Paul

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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-150238

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-146047

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-106538

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-122432

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Halberstam, David

The Next Century.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “For Sandy and Virginia wit...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-144104

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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...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-145431

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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

The Lost Heir.

London: James Bowden, 1899.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated by Ernest Pater. In near fine condition. Bookplate....

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-122963

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Enright, D. J

Selected Poems 1990.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.

First edition of this collection containing many of Enright’s finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, “For Sally So...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-124389

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Updike, John

A Month of Sundays.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to his neighbors Ken and Jane Field. A very sharp copy of Updike’s seventh novel.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-3600

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le Carre, John

Our Game.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

First edition, second printing of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-146510

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Ullmann, Liv [Erica Jong]

Choices.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.

First edition of Liv Ullmann’s quietly and beautifully written autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publica...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-142818

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Kepnes, Caroline

You Love Me: A You Novel.

New York: Random House, 2021.

First edition of the third book in the best-selling ‘You’ series, which spawned the popular Netflix show by the same name starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. Octavo, original half cloth...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-145435

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Boorstin, Daniel J

The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.

New York: The Modern Library, 1995.

First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Bernstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket....

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-68963

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Nichols, Beverley

Cats’ A.B.C.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First British edition of this charming children’s book about the lives, personalities, and quirks of cats. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-147943

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Gaiman, Neil and Roger Avary

Beowulf: The Script Book.

San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.

First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodrig...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-116056

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Rare & Classic, American or English Literature Books for Sale Online

Some Horses.

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

English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.

The Dwarfs.

Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples.

Resistance: A Novel.

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

The Love Machine.

The Snow Goose.

Izas, Rabizas Y Colipoterras.

Deception.

Missing Persons and Other Essays.

The Next Century.

The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

The Lost Heir.

Selected Poems 1990.

A Month of Sundays.

Our Game.

Choices.

You Love Me: A You Novel.

The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.

Cats’ A.B.C.

Beowulf: The Script Book.