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Travers, P.L. [Lin-Manuel Miranda]

Mary Poppins Returns.

London : A Centum Book, 2018.

First illustrated edition of the sequel to Mary Poppins. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Lin-Manuel Miranda on the front free endpaper. Miranda starred alongside Emily Blunt in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns to the 1964 film Mary Poppins, and stars Emily Blunt asContinue reading "Mary Poppins Returns."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-151046
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Schrader, Paul; Robert De Niro; Martin Scorsese; Mike Watt [Editor]

Taxi Driver.

Colorado Springs : Gauntless Press, 2018.

Signed limited first edition of this screenplay based on the 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver’, including the full shooting script, one of 500 copies. Quarto, original cloth with black and white pictorial onlay, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, silk ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by screenwriter Paul Schrader and Robert De NiroContinue reading "Taxi Driver."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-152039
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Galbraith, Robert [J.K. Rowling]

Cormoran Strike Series: Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Ink Black Heart, The Running Grave.

London : Sphere, 2018-2023.

First editions of the fourth to seventh novels in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J. K. Rowling and published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Octavo, four volumes, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page of each volume, “Robert Galbraith.” With Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. EachContinue reading "Cormoran Strike Series: Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Ink Black Heart, The Running Grave."

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$6,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148833
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Baldwin, James; Schapiro, Steve

The Fire Next Time.

Koln : Taschen, 2019.

First illustrated edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro on the title page.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-150898
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le Carre, John

Agent Running in the Field.

New York : Viking, 2019.

First edition of le Carre’s spy thriller. Octavo, original half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Buckley. Jacket illustrator by Matthew Taylor.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-151620
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Greene, Robert

The Laws of Human Nature.

New York : Penguin Books, 2019.

First paperback edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Robert Greene on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-149790
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Didion, Joan

Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s Library of America: Run River; Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Play It As It Lays; A Book of Common Prayer; The White Album.

New York : Library of America, 2019.

First edition of the definitive collected edition of one of the most original and electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her five iconic books of the 1960s & 70s. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. Calligraphy by Gun Larson.Continue reading "Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s Library of America: Run River; Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Play It As It Lays; A Book of Common Prayer; The White Album."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-141477
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Shem, Samuel

Man’s 4th Best Hospital.

New York : Berkley Books, 2019.

First edition of the sequel to The House of God. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For James Best wishes, Shem.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Colleen Reinhart. Author photograph by Janet Surrey.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-141533
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Whitehead, Colson

The Nickel Boys.

New York : Doubleday, 2019.

Signed limited first edition from the Powell’s series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase with the original booklet laid in. Jacket design by Oliver Munday.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-144172
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Rowling, J.K

The Ickabog.

London : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020.

First edition of this work by Rowling. Octavo, original decorated boards, with illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition. Signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page. With Rowling’s hologram opposite her signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With the original Foyles bookmark and shopping bag. Rare and desirable signed.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-132148
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Galbraith, Robert. [J.K. Rowling]

Troubled Blood: A Strike Novel.

London : Sphere, 2020.

First edition of the fifth novel in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J. K. Rowling and published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Robert Galbraith.” With Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Troubled Blood: A Strike Novel."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151258
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Glaude, Jr., Eddie [James Baldwin]

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.

New York : Crown, 2020.

First edition, early printing of this “unparalleled masterpiece of social criticism” (Imani Perry). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Eddie Glaude on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-117519
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Binet, Laurent

Civilisations.

London : Harvill Secker, 2021.

Signed limited first edition of this alternate-history novel of the Americas and Europe. Octavo, original publishers red boards, all edges red. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 176. Boldly signed by Laurent Binet on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-150628
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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Jim Field

The Christmas Pig.

London : Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021.

First edition of this heartwarming holiday fantasy. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt Christmas decorations to the front and rear panels, illustrated endpapers, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. With Rowling’s official hologram sticker to the verso of the front free endpaper. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Christmas Pig."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-152116
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Stephenson, Neal

Termination Shock.

New York : William Morrow, 2021.

First edition of this speculative science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Owen Corrigan. Author photograph by Brady Hall.

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$30.00
Item Number: RRB-150689
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Murakami, Haruki

Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards by Chip Kidd. Boldly signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and three times by Chip Kidd, on the half-title page, on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Translated by Philip Gabriel. Rare andContinue reading "Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-131851
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Harris, Thomas

The Silence of the Lambs.

United States : Suntup , 2021.

Signed limited first edition of Harris’ third and most famous novel. Octavo, bound in full silk, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Thomas Harris and illustrator Tom Bagshaw. In fine condition. This is a publishers copy, without a number.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-136994
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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. Boldly signed by Caroline Kepnes. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ella Laytham and Greg Mollica. Author photograph by CourtneyContinue reading "You Love Me: A You Novel."

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-145435
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McCarthy, Cormac

The Passenger and Stella Maris.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

First editions of McCarthy’s two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. Octavo, 2 volumes, original boards, original slipcase. Signed by Cormac McCarthy in each volume. AdditionallyContinue reading "The Passenger and Stella Maris."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-14753
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Hurston, Zora Neale; Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr. [Editors]

You Don’t Know Us Negroes: and Other Essays.

New York : Amistad 35/An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022.

First edition of this collection of provocative essays. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Jacket design by Stephen Brayda. Jacket art by Jessica Coppet.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-148334
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London : Bloomsbury, 2022.

First edition of the 25th anniversary 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 illustrated boards, illustrated by Thomas Taylor. Signed four times by jacket illustrator Thomas Taylor, on the half-title page with a drawing ofContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-144071
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McCarthy, Cormac. [Chip Kidd]

The Passenger and Stella Maris Original Publisher’s Presentation Box.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Original publisher’s presentation box designed to house the first editions of McCarthy’s two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger and Stella Maris. Folio, folding cardboard box designed by Chip Kidd. Signed by Chip Kidd on the front panel several months prior to publication, “Chip Kidd 8/’22.” In fine condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-149238
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Dylan, Bob

The Philosophy of Modern Song.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter, destined to be a classic. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the half-title page in person. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph of Little Richard (left), Alis Lesley (center), and Eddie Cochran (right). Bookplate. Rare and desirable signed.

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-152871
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Stephenson, Neal

Snow Crash.

New York : Del Rey, 2022.

First edition of the 30th anniversary edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the titleContinue reading "Snow Crash."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-150958
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