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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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The Holy Terror.

Wells, H.G

The Holy Terror.

London : Michael Joseph Ltd., 1939.

First British edition of Wells’ dark political satire depicting the rise of an ordinary man into a ruthless dictator, written as a warning against the growing threats of authoritarianism in the years preceding the Second World War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous worksContinue reading "The Holy Terror."

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-151303

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Leaving Before the Rains Come.

Fuller, Alexandra

Leaving Before the Rains Come.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2015.

First edition of the author’s fifth work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-149727

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The Portable Kipling.

Kipling, Rudyard. Introduction by Irving Howe

The Portable Kipling.

New York : The Viking Press, 1982.

Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling. Octavo, original wrappers with the publisher’s date and price inscribed on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-124503

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The Kipling Index.

[Kipling, Rudyard]

The Kipling Index.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

First edition of The Kipling Index. 12mo, bound in cloth covered boards with the original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-136202

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The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.

Le Carre, John

The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.

First edition of le Carré’s classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-146206

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On The Third Day.

Read, Piers Paul

On The Third Day.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1990.

First edition of this thought provoking novel about the nature of faith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally, Remembering our conversations around this book, with best wishes. Piers.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-147640

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The Vodi.

Braine, John

The Vodi.

London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959.

Publisher’s advance proof of the author’s second book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-127835

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Agent Running in the Field.

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.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-151620

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The Main.

Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker]

The Main.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.

First edition of this gritty detective novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Signature to the front free endpaper.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-151575

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National Bands: A Speech by Rudyard Kipling.

Kipling, Rudyard

National Bands: A Speech by Rudyard Kipling.

London 1915.

First edition of this short patriotic speech. Quarto, unpaginated single sheet of stiff white paper folded once. Delivered at the Mansion House on January 27, 1915. In very good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-149769

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Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography.

Burns, Ken; Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan

Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Quarto, original original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-150841

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Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius.

Hopkins, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius.

London : Cecil Palmer, 1930.

First edition of Hopkins’ biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-122049

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In Black and White.

Kipling, Rudyard

In Black and White.

New York : Hurst and Company, n.d..

Rare separate edition of this classic Kipling tale, which first appeared in Soldiers Three. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-123071

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The Five Nations.

Kipling, Rudyard

The Five Nations.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903.

First American edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-121348

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Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling’s Writings for Every Day in the Year.

Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling’s Writings for Every Day in the Year.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

First edition of the Kipling Calendar, containing a Kipling verse for each day of the year. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-122065

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Leda.

Huxley, Aldous

Leda.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1920.

First edition of Huxley’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth and paper spine label. In good condition.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-139026

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The Casual Vacancy.

Rowling, J.K

The Casual Vacancy.

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2012.

First edition of this “positively propulsive read” (Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Jacket illustration by Joel Holland.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-137044

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Salisbury, Mark [Stephen Sondheim]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

London : Titan Books, 2007.

First edition of the in-depth companion volume to the big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother,Continue reading "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-140217

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Officers and Gentlemen.

Waugh, Evelyn

Officers and Gentlemen.

Boston : Little, Brown, 1955.

First American edition. Octavo, original blue boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

$45.00

Item Number: RRB-1948

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Portrait of a Romantic.

Millhauser, Steven

Portrait of a Romantic.

London : Routledge Y Kegan Paul, 1978.

First British edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Steven Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$45.00

Item Number: RRB-61014

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Bear And His Daughters.

Stone, Robert

Bear And His Daughters.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

First edition of this collection of short stories by the National Book-Award winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Stone on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.

$45.00

Item Number: RRB-151069

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Debits and Credits.

Kipling, Rudyard

Debits and Credits.

Toronto : S. B. Gundy, 1926.

First Canadian edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-194552

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Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen.

Ibsen, Henrick. Introduction by H. L. Mencken

Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen.

New York : The Modern Library, .

First Modern Library edition of Ibsen’s collected plays. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughoutContinue reading "Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen."

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-114678

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Provenance.

Raptis, Matthew. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes; Jacket Design by Chip Kidd

Provenance.

Miami : Southeastern Publishing, 2025.

First edition of this work unveiling the extraordinary stories behind seemingly ordinary books. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Jacket design by legendary designer Chip Kidd.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-150057

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