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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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Russell, Bertrand

Marriage and Morals.

New York : Horace Liveright, 1929.

First edition of this work by Russell, in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his publisher, “To Horace Liveright from Bertrand Russell with love & admiration.” The recipient, Horace Liveright was an American publisher and stage producer. WithContinue reading "Marriage and Morals."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-54042

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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Symphonies I-VI.

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Quarto, 6 volumes. Bound in full red morocco, gilt titles, gilt ruling to the spine, front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Mixed early editions. Rare and desirable.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-51080

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Falconer, William

The Poetical Works: With a Fore-Edge Painting of a British Flagged Frigate. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : William Pickering, 1836.

Octavo, bound in straight-grain full green morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt. With a fore-edge painting of a British-flagged three-masted frigate, sails full, with land on the horizon.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-52023

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Gorky, Maxim

The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man.

New York : B. W. Huebsch, 1918.

First American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Maxim Gorky on the front free endpaper in both English and Cyrillic. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Seltzer. Books signed and inscribed by Gorky are uncommon.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-51082

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Lessing, Doris

The Diaries Of Jane Somers.

London : Michael Joseph, 1984.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Kay.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-50071

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Dylan, Bob

Tarantula.

Madison, Wisconsin : Wimp Press, c. 1966.

First pirated edition of Dylan’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Bob Dylan in a contemporary hand on the title page. One of the earliest pirated editions of Dylan’s novel, taken from the Macmillan 1966 proofs after production was delayed, pre-dating the 1971 trade edition. In very good condition. Housed in aContinue reading "Tarantula."

$14,500.00

Item Number: RRB-60050

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Wright, Richard

Le Transfuge.

Paris : Gallimard, 1955.

First edition of this work by the author of Native Son. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. With the rare wrap-around band laid in to the front free endpaper. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jack with all my best wishes Richard Wright Feb. 7, 1956 Paris.” In near fine condition,Continue reading "Le Transfuge."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-50003

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Kertesz, Imre

Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].

Budapest : Szepirodalmi, 1975.

Second Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-72014

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Bond, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum

Paddington Marches On.

London : Collins, 1964.

First edition of the sixth book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-48011

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Gary, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor)

The Roots of Heaven.

London : Michael Joseph, 1958.

First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France’s Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote the screenplay for the 1958 film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-47063

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Grogan, Emmett

Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1972.

First edition of “the best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground” (Dennis Hopper). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page “Emmett Grogan N.Y.C. 6/73.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Dust jacket design by Larry Rivers.Continue reading "Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-47007

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Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim.

London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.

First edition of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. A near fine example with some wear to the extremities and the endpapers ever so slightly browned. First printing with the first issue points including the misprints “anyrate” p. 77, l. 5, “cure” (instead of “cured”) p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, the omissionContinue reading "Lord Jim."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-45003

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Chatwin, Bruce

In Patagonia.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1977.

First edition of author’s most well-known work and one of the great travel books of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece map and 4 black and white photographic plates. Signed by Bruce Chatwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. AContinue reading "In Patagonia."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-44025

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1948.

First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Alan Paton November 2, 1948.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear. Laid into this copy is an original bookmark for the screening of theContinue reading "Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-44024

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Rhinehart, Luke [George Cockcroft]

The Dice Man.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1971.

First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the half title page, “For Peter From a friend you should cherish, and from me. Luke Rhinehart.” With Matthiessen’s bookplate. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket designContinue reading "The Dice Man."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-44008

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Glazer, Nathan

From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2007.

First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-44001

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

First American edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Alan Paton Johannesburg May 27, 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-43091

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

Robert Louis Stevenson Autographed Signed Letter.

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One page autographed signed letter from Robert Louis Stevenson to his biographer, Louise Imogen Guiney. Matted and framed with a portrait of Stevenson. The letter reads, “Dear Miss Guiney I have waited long upon the muse, for I thought your song should be answered in kind. But I must wait no longer, and the versesContinue reading "Robert Louis Stevenson Autographed Signed Letter."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-43055

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Mac Liammoir, Michael; Preface by Orson Welles

Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello.

London : Methuen, 1952.

First edition of this work on the film Othello. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Welles as Othello. Association copy, inscribed by Orson Welles and with a painting (self-portrait) done by him across the front endpaper and the front pastedown of a self-portrait of Welles in black, purple and yellow paint and is inscribed “For LennieContinue reading "Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-43050

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Coetzee, J.M.] Jean-Pierre Durix

Commonwealth: Essays and Studies, J.M. Coetzee, Waiting For the Barbarians.

Dijon, France : Editions Universitaires De Dijon, 1992.

First edition of this collection of essays regarding the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic Waiting For the Barbarians. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “To J.M. Coetzee with much admiration for his imaginative powers. Jean-Pierre Durix 25 October 1999.” In fine condition. From the library of J.M. Coetzee.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-43010

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Dylan, Bob; Joan Baez; Jack Elliott; The Greenbriar Boys; The New Lost City Ramblers; Peggy Seeger; Introduction by Pete Seeger

Young Folk Song Book.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1963.

First edition of this collection of songs from the 1960’s folk music scene. Quarto, original cloth, with 112 pages with photographs. Signed by Bob Dylan in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Features photos and tabulature of music by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Jack Elliott, The Greenbriar Boys, The New Lost City RamblersContinue reading "Young Folk Song Book."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-43008

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DeLillo, Don

Cosmopolis.

New York : Scribners, 2003.

First edition of DeLillo’s thirteenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Don Delillo on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fullbrook III.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-68031

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Yezierska, Anzia

Hungry Hearts.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Anzia Yezierska’s rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears to the extremities. Rare signed and especially so in the original dust jacket.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-42019

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Yezierska, Anzia

Bread Givers: A Novel.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.

First edition of the author’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-42014

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