Gordimer, Nadine
Livingstone’s Companions.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1972.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-2572
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Coetzee, J.M
The Master of Petersburg.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-2515
Selected by Coetzee, J.M
African Road: New Writing from Southern Africa 2006.
Claremont, SA : Spearhead/ New Africa Books, 2006.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page, who selected these stories.
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Item Number: RRB-2478
Coetzee, J.M
The Humanities in Africa/ Die Geisteswissenschaften in Afrika.
Munchen : Carl Friedrich von Siemans Stiftung, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-2479
Stoppard, Tom
The Real Inspector Hound.
London : Faber & Faber, 1968.
First edition of this work by the legendary playwright. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Very good in wrappers.
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Item Number: RRB-2376
Updike, John
Rabbit Redux.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
First edition of the author’s second book in his acclaimed Rabbit series. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his neighbor, “For Jane Field John Updike”. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-2286
Kazantzakis, Nikos
Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
Athens : Pyrsos, 1938.
First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece. Folio, brown cloth. One of 277 copies signed by Nikos Kazantzakis, this is number 109. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-2209
Dickens, Charles
Autographed Letter Signed Charles Dickens (ALS).
: 6/12/2015, 1852.
Two page autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens, addressed to attorney James Thomson. Tastefully matted and framed. “Tavistock House Saturday Evening Twelfth June 1852. My Dear Sir I am very glad that all is going on so well- very glad also, that there is no difference between us in reference to the request of ourContinue reading "Autographed Letter Signed Charles Dickens (ALS)."
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Item Number: RRB-2184
Bellow, Saul
Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow high school classmate, “For Abel Savitsky for old times sake (Tuley gym!) Saul.” In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-2038
Miller, Arthur
The Creation of the World and Other Business.
New York : Viking Press, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-2010
Bellow, Saul
Dangling Man.
New York : Vanguard, 1944.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-1962
Gordimer, Nadine
Burger’s Daughter.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1964
Waugh, Evelyn
Officers and Gentlemen.
Boston : Little, Brown, 1955.
First American edition. Octavo, original blue boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1948
Fuentes, Carlos
Terra Nostra.
New York : Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
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Item Number: RRB-1922
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
Vargas Llosa, Mario; Edited and translated by John King
Making Waves: Essays.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-1736
Yates, Richard
Cold Spring Harbor.
New York : Delacorte Press, 1986.
First Edition of the author’s last novel. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1701
Roth, Philip
The Breast.
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-1625
Vargas Llosa, Mario
The Green House.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First British edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine crown.
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Item Number: RRB-1573
Le Clezio, J.M.G
Desert.
Boston : A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.
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Item Number: RRB-1555
Coetzee, J.M
Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews.
Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays and interviews by the Nobel Prize winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-1497
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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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Item Number: RRB-1503
Coetzee, J.M
What Is Realism.
Bennington, VT : Bennington College Chapbooks, 1997.
First edition of this essay by J.M. Coetzee. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Coetzee. Fine in wrappers.
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Item Number: RRB-1366
Saramago, Jose
A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas.
Lisboa : Ed. Futura, 1973.
First edition of this early collection of essays by the future Nobel Prize- winning author. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed and dated by Jose Saramago.
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Item Number: RRB-1334
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