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Wasserstein, Wendy

Bachelor Girls.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Karen Davis Best- Wendy Wasserstein.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Laurie Rosenwald.

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Item Number: RRB-150191
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Kipling, Rudyard

“Thy Servant A Dog” Told by Boots.

Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930.

First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-121841
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Heller, Joseph

Good As Gold.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1982.

The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this work by the author of Catch – 22. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated.Continue reading "Good As Gold."

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-151632
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Christopher, John

The World in Winter.

London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962.

First edition of the author’s post-apocalyptic work in which an new Ice Age descends on England. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stein.

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Item Number: RRB-96196
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Benchley, Robert

The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his favorites.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.

First edition of these humorous pieces chosen from all of Robert Benchley’s writings. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-148441
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Gordimer, Nadine

My Son’s Story.

Johannesburg : Taurus, 1990.

First South African edition and true first edition. Octavo, blue boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light shelf wear.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-537
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Seabrook, William

No Hiding Place.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-150247
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Bergonzi, Bernard [H.G. Wells]

The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1961.

First edition of this later social novel in which Wells examines the divergent lives of two brothers against the backdrop of a changing modern society. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include TheContinue reading "The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances."

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Item Number: RRB-151706
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Powers, Richard

The Gold Bug Variations.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First Edition of the author’s third and breakthrough novel. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear.

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Item Number: RRB-1749
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Smith, Dodie

The New Moon with the Old.

London : Heinemann, 1963.

First edition of the author’s charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, lacking free endpaper. Jacket design by Peter Ward.

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Item Number: RRB-151818
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James, P.D

Death of an Expert Witness.

London : Faber and Faber, 1977.

First edition of this mystery by the author of A Mind to Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Terry Trott. Photograph of the author by Jerry Bauer.

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Item Number: RRB-147305
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Nabokov, Vladimir. Introduction by Conrad Brenner

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.

Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, 1959.

First edition of the reissue of Nabokov’s first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example.

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Item Number: RRB-89025
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Goldman, William

Tinsel.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1979.

First edition, second printing of Goldman’s novel regarding Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by William Goldman opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Huebner.

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Item Number: RRB-81342
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Martineau, Harriet. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Feats on the Fiord.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, n.d.

Early printing of Martineau’s classic collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, color pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with eight lithographic plates in color. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-142418
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Malamud, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern

Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.

New York : Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.

First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-47544
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Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

London : Saunders and Otley, 1834.

Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-114061
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Benavente, Jacinto

Cartas de Mujeres.

Madrid : Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.

Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, patterned endpapers, engraved headpieces throughout. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-145262
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Bellow, Saul

The Victim.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1947.

First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. A Burgess 99 title.

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Item Number: RRB-33548
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Frost, Robert

A Masque of Reason.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$85.00
Item Number: RRB-136531
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Theroux, Paul

The Consul’s Fire.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Paul Theroux on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities.

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$85.00
Item Number: RRB-1126
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Mason, Stuart

Bibliography of Oscar Wilde.

London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd., n.d..

Later printing of Mason’s renowned bibliography of the works of Oscar Wilde. Octavo, bound in full cloth, illustrated. With a note by Robert Ross. In very good condition.

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$80.00
Item Number: RRB-140208
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Ford, Madox Ford

The Good Solider: A Tale Of Passion.

New York : Vintage Books, 1955.

Later printing of this modernist novel that explores the themes of deception. 18 mo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy inContinue reading "The Good Solider: A Tale Of Passion."

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$80.00
Item Number: RRB-149077
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Kipling, Rudyard

Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

First edition of Kipling’s October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In near fine condition.

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$80.00
Item Number: RRB-135674
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Coyle, Kathleen

There is a Door.

Paris : Edward W. Titus, 1931.

First signed limited subscriber’s edition of Coyle’s short novella. Octavo, original boards. One of five hundred twenty-five numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 506. Very good in the scarce original glassine which shows chipping and wear.

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Item Number: RRB-96774
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