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Wyndham, Francis

The Other Garden.

New York : Moyer Bell Limited, 1987.

First edition of Wyndham’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rolland from Francis.” The recipient was the well-known bibliophile Rolland Comstock. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.

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Item Number: RRB-107839
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Simon, Andre L

Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice). A Satyre Acted on Friday the eleventh day of June, in the yeare 1602 by the then Lords of the Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Council.

Peekskill : Printed by Crosby Gaige, 1937.

First edition of Andre L. Simon’s retelling of a day in the life of the Lords of the Star Chamber. Octavo, original boards, engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Signed by the author at the conclusion of his introduction. Very good in the rare original glassine.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-115807
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Smith, Thorne

The Bishop’s Jaegers.

Garden City : Sun Dial Press, 1932.

First Sun Dial Press edition of Smith’s  wildly hilarious comic romp, preceded by the first edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in the same year. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by Roese. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-109968
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Absent-Minded Beggar.

England and The United States : The Daily Mail Publishing Co, 1899.

First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling’s poem The Absent-Minded Beggar, a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto, original wrappers, six pages with two pages of facsimile stanzas, cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of SydneyContinue reading "The Absent-Minded Beggar."

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-149578
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Updike, John

Seek My Face.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

First edition of this “brief novel of deep feeling” (Time). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by ChipContinue reading "Seek My Face."

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-123401
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Herder, Johann Gottfried

Herder’s Ausgewahlte Dichtungen.

Stuttgart : J. G. Gotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1874.

Rare 19th century printing of Herder’s selected poems. Small octavo, original cloth. Text in German. In good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-128406
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Updike, John

Rabbit, Run.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.

First edition, second printing of the first book in the Rabbit quartet. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth, stamp of number 23 to the top of the textblock and “Library Copy” to the bottom. Boldly signed by John Updike on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and soiling. JacketContinue reading "Rabbit, Run."

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Item Number: RRB-151385
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

No One Writes to the Colonel.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1971.

First English edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora. Translated by J.S. Bernstein.

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Item Number: RRB-136357
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Gordimer, Nadine

Occasion for Loving.

New York : The Viking Press, 1963.

First American edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English.

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Item Number: RRB-114599
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Meriwether, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin

Daddy Was A Number Runner.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.

First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem” (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by BobContinue reading "Daddy Was A Number Runner."

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Item Number: RRB-145875
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom

Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.

New York : Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.

First edition of Edith Grossman’s definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.

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Item Number: RRB-145074
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Harrison, W.H

The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside.

London : Published by R. Ackermann, 1831.

First edition of Harrison’s popular Christmas miscellany. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated with fifty black and white engravings. In very good condition with some rubbing. Illustrated from designs by Thomas Rowlandson.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-148881
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Kepnes, Caroline

You: A Novel.

New York : Atria/Emily Bestseller Books, 2014.

First edition of the first 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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Natalie C. Sousa. Author photograph by Katheen Szmit.

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Item Number: RRB-146059
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

The Lost Heir.

London : James Bowden, 1899.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated by Ernest Pater. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Uncommon.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122963
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Enright, D. J

Selected Poems 1990.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.

First edition of this collection containing many of Enright’s finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, “For Sally Soames (& cameras) – Dennis Enright.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "Selected Poems 1990."

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Item Number: RRB-124389
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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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Item Number: RRB-150628
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Shreve, Anita

Resistance: A Novel.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1995.

First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot’s Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “March 28, 1995 For Ken, with thanks for your help in a different battle front Anita Shreve.” The recipient, American litigator Kenneth DavidContinue reading "Resistance: A Novel."

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Item Number: RRB-142738
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Cline, Ernest

The Importance of Being Ernest.

Austin, TX : Write Bloody Press, 2013.

First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Ernest Cline on the title page. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-12020
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Southern, Terry

The Magic Christian.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of one of the funniest, cruelest, and most savagely revealing books about American life ever written, hailed as Southern’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Pene du Bois.

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Item Number: RRB-148030
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Reeve, Philip

Predator’s Gold.

London : Scholastic Press, 2003.

First edition of the second volume in Philip Reeve’s award-winning Mortal Engines Quartet. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by David Frankland.

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Item Number: RRB-152137
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Colom, Joan Juan und Camilo Jose Cela

Izas, Rabizas Y Colipoterras.

Barcelona : Editorial Lumen, 1964.

First edition of this classic photobook of Barcelona’s underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighborhood of Raval. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Text by Nobel Prize-prize winning writer José Camilo Cela. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-146047
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Gaiman, Neil and Roger Avary

Beowulf: The Script Book.

San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2007.

First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.

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Item Number: RRB-116056
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Halberstam, David

The Next Century.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “For Sandy and Virginia with love David Jan 1991.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.

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Item Number: RRB-144104
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Wilder, Thornton

The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

New York : Coward-McCann, Inc, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Wilder photographed by Doris Ulmann. One of seven-hundred and seventy-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 726. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-145431
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