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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

New York : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken With my appreciation John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-137631
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Winfrey, Oprah; Danny Glover; Thandiwe Newton; Kimberly Elise. [Toni Morrison]

Journey to Beloved.

New York : Hyperion, 1998.

First edition of Oprah Winfrey’s emotional account of playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who must come to terms with a haunting past in Jonathan Demme’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quarto, original illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Ken Regan. Presentation copy, inscribed on the second freeContinue reading "Journey to Beloved."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-135044
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Zagajewski, Adam

Another Beauty.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.

First edition of the author’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the following line from this work, which reads, “We find comfort only in another beauty, in others music Adam Zagajewski.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by ClareContinue reading "Another Beauty."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-84787
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

London : Bloomsbury, 1998.

First edition, early printing of the second novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cliff Wright.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-150472
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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-230
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Winn, Marie

Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1998.

First edition of this “engaging work…Dr. Zhivago with feathers” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Anne and Reed, who were there at the Hawk Bench when it all began, with warmest regards, Marie Winn 7/11/98.”Continue reading "Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-148001
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Diamond, John

C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…

London : Vermilion, 1998.

First edition of Diamond’s story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-141524
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Updike, John [Erica Jong]

Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of the third installment in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s Bech series. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph postcard and typed letter signed by Updike to Erica Jong laid in. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexualityContinue reading "Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-143620
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Pullman, Philip

The Tiger in the Well.

London : Scholastic, 1999.

Early printing of Philip Pullman’s third book in his Sally Lockhart Quartet. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Best Wishes to Eileen, Philip Pullman Sept. 99.” In near fine condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-88118
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

New York : Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 1999.

First American edition, early printing of the second book in Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Mary Grandpré. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Thea (yet again!) J.K. Rowling.” Very good in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Mary Grandpré. Jacket designContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149252
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Blume, Judy

Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories By Censored Writers.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.

First edition of this collection of censored writings. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor in the year of publication on the title page, “To Lorrie Love, Judy Blume Sept. 1999.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lily Malcolm.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-144168
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Heaney, Seamus

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.

London : Faber and Faber, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-142996
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London : Bloomsbury, 1999.

First deluxe edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original original cloth, all edges gilt, cover illustration by Thomas Taylor. Signed by the illustrator Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter on the dedicationContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-144093
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Lee, Harper

To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York : HarperCollins, 1999.

First edition, first printing of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-147849
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le Carre, John

Single & Single.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.

First edition of this “exciting spy story” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-146442
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Bowden, Mark

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.

First edition, early printing of the award-winning journalist’s account of the U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, adapted into the 2001 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Grant, Best Wishes, Mark Bowden.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.Continue reading "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-146263
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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.

New York : Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1999-2007.

First American editions, mixed printings of six of the seven volumes in the Harry Potter series, excluding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Octavo, original half cloth, six volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-151478
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Leonard, Elmore

Be Cool.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Elmore Leonard on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the front panel, on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photograph by Douglas Brooker.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-151996
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Leonard, Elmore

Be Cool.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Elmore Leonard and inscribed on the dedication page by the book’s dedicatees, “for Hannah with all the best from Barbara Keith Tibbles, John Tibbles, Doug Tibbles and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on theContinue reading "Be Cool."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148374
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Hernu, Sandy. [Desmond Llewelyn]

Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.

East Sussex : S. B. Publications, 1999.

Signed limited first edition of Hernu’s pictorial biography of the quintessential gadget master to the world’s best loved Secret Agent, James Bond. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Desmond Llewelyn and Sandy Hernu on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-115097
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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 the half-title page “Thomas McGuane Montana 1999.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gray. Author photograph by Kurt Markus.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-150713
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Updike, John

More Matter: Essays and Criticism.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Peter Vermilze matters to be consumed in small tasty bites Merry Christmas John Updike 12/25/99.” UpdikeContinue reading "More Matter: Essays and Criticism."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-3569
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Saramago, Jose

Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].

Lisbon : Caminho, 1999.

First edition of the author’s Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-1503
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Pullman, Philip. Illustrated by Peter Bailey

I Was A Rat! …or The Scarlet Slippers.

London : Doubleday, 1999.

First edition of Pullman’s classic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Peter Bailey. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Eileen – greetings! Philip Pullman.” In fine condition.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-114586
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