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Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work. An Attempt at Appreciation.

London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.

Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood’s homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-135217

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Miller, Arthur

Death of A Salesman.

New York: The Viking Press, 1998.

First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Jo...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-147809

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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...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-151303

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Flanagan, Thomas

The End of the Hunt.

New York: Dutton, 1994.

First edition of the final novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-104779

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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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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....

$45.00 Item Number: RRB-151069

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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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Mamet, David

3 Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

First edition of this work about the necessity of drama to make sense of ourselves and our world. Duodecimo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-148348

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Art of Rudyard Kipling.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959.

First edition of Tompkins’ work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-135772

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Wells, H.G

The Invisible Man, The Secret Places of the Heart, and God the Invisible King.

London: Odhams Press Limited, c. 1930.

Odhams Press Limited edition of Wells’ classic work of scientific romance, presented here alongside his later psychological and philosophical writings. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth, ruling a...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-151468

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Irving, Laurence

Henry Irving: The Actor and His World.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952.

First edition of the author’s major biography of his grandfather, Henry Irving. Octavo, original boards, frontispiece portrait of Henry Irving in color by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Near fine in a ve...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-115678

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Knopf, Alfred A

The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.

First trade edition of this commemorative volume that showcases the publishing house’s first decade. Octavo, publisher’s original half-cloth over marbled boards, top stain black, Borzoi Bo...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-149170

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Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]

Last Tales.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper with loss and closed tears to the spine and ext...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-145706

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Angelou, Maya; Paul Gauguin; Linda Sunshine

Phenomenal Woman.

New York: Random House, 2000.

First edition of this majestic work of art and poetry. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with paintings by the French Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Fine in a fine...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-146651

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Calverley, Charles Stuart

Verses and Translations.

Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1862.

First edition of Calverley’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Ownership inscription. Rare.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-124130

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Wyndham, Francis

Mrs Henderson.

New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1985.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Jane Human.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-152135

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Baker, Carlos [Ernest Hemingway]

Hemingway: The Writer as Artist.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952.

First edition of this work on Ernest Hemingway. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. In fine condition.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-149326

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Kipling, Rudyard

Actions and Reactions.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909.

Macmillan’s Colonial Library edition of Kipling’s Actions and Reactions, intended for circulation only in India and The British Colonies. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-121490

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Kipling, Rudyard

Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.

Berlin-Charlottenburg: Bita Deutsches Berlagshaus, n.d..

Rare German edition of Kipling’s collected Puck stories. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth, illustrated by H.R. Millar. Translated into German by E. Rosenbach. In near fine cond...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-123493

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Pinter, Harold

Tea Party and Other Plays.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1967.

First edition of these three mid-1960s plays by Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter. Duodecimo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-152141

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Bishop, Michael

The Quickening.

Eugene, OR: Pulphouse, 1991.

First separate edition of this Nebula Award-winning novelette. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Cover illustration by George Barr.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-144173

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Cary, Joyce

A Fearful Joy.

London: Michael Joseph Limited, n.d..

Publisher’s advance proof and retained file copy of the author’s fine historical novel. Octavo, original wrappers. The publisher’s retained file copy with their stamp to the title pa...

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-127443

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MacMunn, George. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.

London: Robert Hale & Company, 1937.

First edition of MacMunn’s homage to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-135157

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Pritchett, V.S

Blind Love and Other Stories.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.

First edition of Pritchett’s collection of humorous short stories. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.

$40.00 Item Number: RRB-120358

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