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Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

London : Secker and Warburg, 1962.

The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-560
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Gordimer, Nadine

Selected Stories.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1975.

First British edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-552
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Gordimer, Nadine

The Conservationist.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1974.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In very good condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-540
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Gordimer, Nadine

July’s People.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1981.

First edition of one of the author’s most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-543
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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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Gordimer, Nadine

A Soldier’s Embrace.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1980.

First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-539
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Cain, James M

Serenade.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, “To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944”. Bookplate of the recipient on the front freeContinue reading "Serenade."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-305
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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-230
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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling to the extremities.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-224
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Coetzee, J.M

White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.

South Africa : Radix, 1988.

First South African edition, which precedes the American edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-217
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Coetzee, J.M

Boyhood.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.

First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-222
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Coetzee, J.M

Elizabeth Costello.

London : Secker & Warburg, 2003.

First British Edition. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-212
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Bellow, Saul

Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

New York : The Viking Press, 1970.

First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-184
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Bellow, Saul

L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

Paris : Libraire Plon, 1954.

First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-185
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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : Viking, 2003.

First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow’s third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow “For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow.” Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engageContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-188
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Bellow, Saul

Mosby’s Memoirs and other Stories.

New York : Viking Press, 1968.

First edition of the author’s first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows very light rubbing to the black dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.

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$425.00
Item Number: RRB-180
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Bellow, Saul

The Dean’s December.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-182
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Bellow, Saul

Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.

: Bennington College, 1987.

First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-178
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Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of this “thoughtful and elegant novel” (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-159
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Heaney, Seamus

Door Into The Dark.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1969.

First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-151
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Vargos Llosa, Mario

A Fish In The Water: A Memoir.

New York : : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-112
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Cornwell, Bernard

Sharpe’s Company. Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Badajoz, January to April 1812.

London : Collins, 1982.

First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, “With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell.”

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1812
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Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.

First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1254
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Paterson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

New York : Thomas Crowell, 1978.

First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-4088
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