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Rawls, Wilson

Where The Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961.

First edition of one of the great classics of children’s literature. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author, “Sincerely Wilson Rawls” on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Reisie Lonette. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have seen.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151894
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Baum, L. Frank

The Tin Woodman of Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co., 1918.

First edition, first printing of the twelfth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. First printing with the publisher’s spine imprint reading “Reilly & Britton”, the following year the publisher’s name was changed to “Reilly & Lee”. Quarto, original publisher’s full red cloth with pictorial label affixed to the front board, spine stampedContinue reading "The Tin Woodman of Oz."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151862
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Baum, L. Frank

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1908.

First edition, first printing of the fourth book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. First printing with the verso of the half-title page listing three Baum titles. Quarto, original publisher’s full light blue cloth, pictorial label with metallic gold background to front board, illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and black, 16 full-color plates withContinue reading "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151861
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Keneally, Thomas

Gossip from the Forest.

London : Collins, 1975.

First edition of this historical novel depicting the armistice negotiations that ended World War I. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Keneally on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-150661
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Baum, L. Frank

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co., c. 1920.

First edition, later printing of the eighth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Later printing with the verso of the half-title page listing Baum titles through Glinda of Oz. Octavo, original publisher’s full medium blue cloth with pictorial label affixed to the front board, all edges stained yellow, spine stamped in blackContinue reading "Tik-Tok of Oz."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151858
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Conrad, Joseph

Laughing Anne.

London : The Morland Press, 1923.

The Vine Books limited edition of this dramatic play about a former Parisian club singer struggling in the South Seas. Octavo, bound in full parchment with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, title page vignette. One of 200 numbered copies, this is number 180. Boldly signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitations page. InContinue reading "Laughing Anne."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-151856
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Toklas, Alice B

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.

London : Michael Joseph, 1954.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, top stain green, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Sir Francis Rose. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear. This work features surrealist artist Brion Gysin’s infamous recipe for hashish fudge, which was expurgated from the first American edition.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151854
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Wiesel, Elie; Preface by Francois Mauriac

La Nuit.

Paris : Les Editions De Minuit, 1958.

First French edition (preceding the first English edition) of the Wiesel’s classic first work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities. Preface by Francois Mauriac. From the library of Abba Eban. Housed in a custom half morocco chemiseContinue reading "La Nuit."

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$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151870
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

What Diantha Did.

New York : Charlton Company, 1910.

First edition of Gilman’s first novel about Diantha Bell, a resourceful young woman who breaks societal norms by turning domestic labor into a professional, profitable business. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition with spotting. From Gilman’s family estate. Rare, especially with noted provenance.

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$6,800.00
Item Number: RRB-151849
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Sassoon, Siegfried

To My Mother.

London : Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1928.

The Ariel Poems edition of the poem “To My Mother” by English war poet Siegfried Sassoon. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated, number 14. The Ariel Poems were a series of small pamphlets published by Faber & Gwynne and then by Faber & Faber, each containing a single poem with an illustrated cover and a colourContinue reading "To My Mother."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-151492
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Baum, L. Frank

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1908.

Rare first edition, second printing of the fourth book in Baum’s Oz series, in the exceptionally rare dust jacket. Quarto, original publisher’s light blue cloth (Bienvenue and Schmidt’s binding C), pictorial label with metallic gold background to front board, illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and black, publisher’s advertisement on half-title verso lists six titles, beginning with The Emerald City ofContinue reading "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151926
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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens in the firstContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-132012
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Baum, L. Frank. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Chicago & New York : Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900.

First edition, first state of text (in Bienvenue & Schmidt’s binding B) of “the first truly enduring American fantasy” (Connolly, 38). Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial light green cloth stamped in red and green, publisher’s imprint to the spine “Geo. M. Hill Co.” stamped in sans-serif type, illustrated by W.W. Denslow with 24 color plates, illustrationsContinue reading "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151921
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Stevens, Wallace

Harmonium.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.

Rare first edition of this landmark Modernist poetry collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth-backed paper-covered patterned boards, paper titles to the spine, top stain red. In very good condition.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-151850
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Heller, Joseph [Richard Benjamin; Paula Prentiss]

Catch-22.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22, directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry, stands as one of the most ambitiously cast Hollywood productions, assembling anContinue reading "Catch-22."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151821
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Blume, Judy

Superfudge.

New York : E.P. Dutton, 1980.

First edition of this beloved children’s novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Hi Howard! It was fun to have Thanksgiving dinner with you. Love, Judy Blume Nov/1980.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Roy Doty. RareContinue reading "Superfudge."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151844
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Frost, Robert

A Further Range.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a handwritten poem, “It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling. Robert Frost WashingtonContinue reading "A Further Range."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151924
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O'Brien, Robert C. [Robert Leslie Conly]

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.

New York : Atheneum, 1971.

First edition of this Newbery Medal-winning children’s fantasy novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles and a small mouse stamped in purple, title page vignette, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Sue Glazer with gratitude respect and affection Robert C. O’Brien.” Fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh."

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151840
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Cruikshank, Isaac Robert

The Lady and the Saints: In Three Cantos.

London : Edward Bull, 1839.

First edition of this poetic narrative. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with ten black and white vignettes by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. In near fine condition. Designed by Isaac Robert Cruikshank.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-148889
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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1876.

First edition, first printing, mixed state of the apotheosis of American boyhood. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition with half-title and frontispiece on the same leaf, with 1875 on the copyright page and 1876 on the title page, and with the 10-point type to the word “THE”Continue reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-119453
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Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

London 1859.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Sunday, Seventeenth July, 1859, on Gad’s Hill Place stationery, with a small pressed flower on the lower left hand corner. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter discusses the printing of Tale of Two Cities in monthly parts in hisContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed."

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151833
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Webb, James

Fields of Fire: A Novel.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1978.

First edition of “the finest of the Vietnam novels” (Tom Wolfe). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “November 2020 And for Michael – ‘That used to be me. But it isn’t anymore.’ Jim Webb.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hal Siegel.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-151830
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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For my friend Jo, Leonard January 1957.”Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

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$14,000.00
Item Number: RRB-107435
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Hunt, Leigh

Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1846.

First edition of this collection of 19th-century prose retellings and analyses of epic tales from famous Italian poets. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, triple ruling and floral designs stamped in blind to the front and rear panels. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-151826
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

London : Bloomsbury, 2005.

First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-152069
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

London : Bloomsbury, 2007.

First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling’s immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-152068
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Sanderson, Brandon

Mistborn Trilogy: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages.

New York : Tor, 2006.

First editions of Sanderson’s epic fantasy introduction to the Cosmere. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with maps. Each volume is near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Jacket art by Jon Foster. An exceptional set.

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-151824
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Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A very sharp example.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Hawthorne Signed Document.

Port of Liverpool 1854.

Rare original Naval “Oath of the Master and Mate” document signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Printed “Consul’s Certificate” accomplished in manuscript and signed in ink “Nathaniel Hawthorne Consul,” one page, dated 20 February 1854, with wafer seal. The Scarlet Letter author Nathaniel Hawthorne served as consul to the U.S. in Liverpool, England, from 1853-57. The appointment ofContinue reading "Nathaniel Hawthorne Signed Document."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151822
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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.

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$40.00
Item Number: RRB-152141
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Flagg, Fannie. [Philip Roth]

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

New York : Random House, 1987.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on to fellow writer and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth on the half-title page, “For Philip – Much Love – Fannie Flagg.” Roth and Flagg spent their careers writing about the same thing from opposite corners of theContinue reading "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151781
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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.

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$40.00
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McCarthy, Cormac

All the Pretty Horses.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the first novel in McCarthy’s acclaimed Border Trilogy and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and additionally by legendary designer Chip Kidd in the year of publication on the front panel. Kidd would later designContinue reading "All the Pretty Horses."

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150014
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Stephenson, Neal

Snow Crash.

New York : Bantam Books, 1992.

First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raisedContinue reading "Snow Crash."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151811
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Kerouac, Jack

The Dharma Bums.

New York : The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Founded overContinue reading "The Dharma Bums."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-151810
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Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Autograph Envelope Signed.

July 3, 1866.

Autograph envelope signed by famed English novelist Charles Dickens. The envelope measures 2.75 inches by 4.75 inches, addressed in the hand of Dickens to the actor Drinkwater Meadows Esquire, Prairie Cottage, Barnes Green, Barnes, SW with Dickens‘ signature at lower left. Postmark London July 3, 1866. The recipient, Drinkwater Meadows, a well-regarded actor, played roles in several theatrical adaptations of Dickens‘ works, includingContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Envelope Signed."

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$2,600.00
Item Number: RRB-151901
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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed.

1920.

Rare typed letter signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Dated July 20th 1920 on Kipling’s Bateman’s, Burwash, Sussex letterhead, the letter reads: Dear Sir, I am in receipt of you letter of July 13th. asking me to give you a date to speak at Christ’s Hospital some time during the term from Sept 14th.Continue reading "Rudyard Kipling Typed Letter Signed."

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$1,500.00
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Fleming, Ian

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Signed limited edition of the eleventh Bond novel, the only Bond title issued as a signed limited edition. Octavo, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, color frontispiece portrait of Fleming by Amherst Villiers. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 122. In fineContinue reading "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151806
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Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich. [Leo]

The Complete Works of Count Leo Tolstoy.

Boston : Dana Estes & Company Publishers, 1905.

The Edition de Luxe of the complete works of Leo Tolstoy, limited to one thousand numbered copies. Octavo, 28 volumes bound in full elaborately decorated marbled levant morocco with gilt titles, tooling, and three red morocco floral inlays to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling, botanical gilt scrolling andContinue reading "The Complete Works of Count Leo Tolstoy."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151804
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Milne, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard

The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924-1928.

First editions, first issues of each work in Milne’s wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. When We Were Very Young is a first issue with page ix unnumbered. Winnie-The-Pooh, cartographic endpapers, first issue dust jacket with light toning andContinue reading "The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151777
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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

First American edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. BoldlyContinue reading "Midnight’s Children."

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$2,500.00
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Hurston, Zora Neale

Novels and Stories: Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses Man of the Mountain, Seraph on the Suwanee, and Selected Stories.

New York : Library of America, 1995.

First edition of the Library of America compilations of the works fiction of Zora Neale Hurston. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "Novels and Stories: Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses Man of the Mountain, Seraph on the Suwanee, and Selected Stories."

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$1,250.00
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Dylan, Bob

Bob Dylan Lyrics: 1962-2001.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004.

First edition of this collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s lyrics from 1962-2001, which contain his finest. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the second free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Geoff Gans. Jacket photograph by Jerry Schatzberg. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "Bob Dylan Lyrics: 1962-2001."

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151797
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Frank, Anne. [Elie Wiesel]

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952.

First edition, early printing of “one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war” (Eleanor Roosevelt). Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Boldly signed by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel on the half-title page. Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. Translated from the Dutch by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. The parallels between Frank and Wiesel are striking.Continue reading "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151753
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Kerr, Judith

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

London : Collins, 1968.

First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children’s book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151775
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Lewis, C.S

The Four Loves.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1960.

First edition of this influential theological work in which C. S. Lewis examines the nature of human affection, friendship, eros, and charity, exploring their distinctions and their relation to divine love. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. A nice example.

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$650.00
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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Housed in a custom half moroccoContinue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151791
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Thompson, Ruth Plumly. [Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum]

Pirates in Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931.

Early printing of Thompson’s eleventh fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s world of Oz. Octavo, original cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In good condition, signature to the ownership page.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-145098
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Cruikshank, George; Laman Blanchard [Editor]

George Cruikshank’s Omnibus.

London : Tilt and Bogue, 1842.

First edition of George Cruikshank‘s Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Wood of London with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an engravedContinue reading "George Cruikshank’s Omnibus."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-148380
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Stoppard, Tom. [Gary Oldman]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

London : Faber & Faber, 1967.

First paperback edition (issued simultaneously in hardback) of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman on the front free endpaper. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is the sole directorial effort of Sir Tom Stoppard, who adapted his own celebrated 1966 absurdist play for the screen, reasoning, asContinue reading "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-151743
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Coelho, Paulo

The Alchemist.

San Francisco : Harper Collins, 1993.

First edition in English of Coelho’s classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Henry, love is the guide and the road, Paulo Coelho.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michele Wetherbee. Translated by AlanContinue reading "The Alchemist."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151792
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott [Jackson R. Bryer]

F. Scott Fitzgerald. Novels and Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, The Beautiful and Damned, and Tales of the Jazz Age.

New York : The Library of America, 2000.

First edition of the Library of America compilations of the works fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald from 1920-1922. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, pictorial endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. Signed by Jackson R. Bryer on the colophon. Bryer is a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and the co-founder and president ofContinue reading "F. Scott Fitzgerald. Novels and Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, The Beautiful and Damned, and Tales of the Jazz Age."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-151939
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Dix, Maurice B

Emily Coulton Dies.

London : Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1936.

First edition of this tale of poison. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nina Miller Davidson. Scarce in the rare original dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-151755
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Snyder, Gary

Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems.

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2009.

First edition, second printing of the 50th anniversary edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen. Accompanied by an autograph note initialed by the author on their personalized stationery laid in.

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George Gershwin. Libretto by DuBose Heyward. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian

Porgy and Bess.

New York : Random House, 1935.

Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess, number 55 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Folio, original full red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-98943
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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Jim Field

The Christmas Pig.

London : Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021.

First edition of this heartwarming holiday fantasy. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt Christmas decorations to the front and rear panels, illustrated endpapers, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. With Rowling’s official hologram sticker to the verso of the front free endpaper. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Christmas Pig."

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$4,000.00
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Foster, Alan Dean

Lost on Paradise.

Ashland, OR : Black Stone Publishing, 2026.

Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “For Matthew – With every good wish – Alan Dean Foster 4/26.” In fine condition. Cover andContinue reading "Lost on Paradise."

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$200.00
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[Kerouac, Jack]

1964 Columbia Review.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1964.

Rare May 1964 issue of Columbia Review, personally owned by Columbia University alum and Beatnik writer, Jack Kerouac. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, volume XLIV number 2, illustrated, with the original U.S. retail price of $1 listed on the inside of the front cover. Featuring poetry, short stories, essays, and cartoons from majority Columbia University contributors.Continue reading "1964 Columbia Review."

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$1,800.00
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Roth, Philip

American Pastoral.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page and additionally by legendary designer Milton Glaser on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Rare and desirable.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-151796
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Walker, Alice

The Color Purple.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

First edition of Walker’s classic third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Alice Walker on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds.

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Tagore, Rabindranath

Stray Birds.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1916.

First edition of this classic collection of 320 poems by Tagore. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece in color by Willy Pogany, gilt decorative borders to each page. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the originalContinue reading "Stray Birds."

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$6,500.00
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Translated by Tobias Smollet

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.

Philadelphia : Published for Birch and Small, 1811.

Scarce first separate American edition of Cervantes’ classic novel. Duodecimo, four volumes bound in full contemporary mottled calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spines. Smollett’s English translation was first published in America in Philadelphia in John Conrad & Co.’s Select Novels series in 1803 (Vols. X-XIII), this is the first separate edition publishedContinue reading "The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote."

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$7,500.00
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Sebold, Alice

The Lovely Bones.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2002.

First edition of this New York Times bestselling author’s debut novel. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Alice Sebold on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Yoori Kim; on the front panel and the rear jacket flap of this unforgettable jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by YooriContinue reading "The Lovely Bones."

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$475.00
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Verne, Jules

The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds.

London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875.

First edition in English in book form of the first volume of Verne’s Mysterious Island trilogy, preceding the Scribner Armstrong’s first American edition. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by Verne and dated the year he published “Two Years’ Vacation” his SouthContinue reading "The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds."

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$12,900.00
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Walker, Alice

The Color Purple.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

First edition of tenth anniversary edition of Walker’s third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Alice Walker on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Jacket illustration by Joan Eda.

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$375.00
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Fonda, Peter; Dennis Hopper; Terry Southern

Easy Rider.

New York : Signet, 1969.

First edition of the complete script, with a selection of black white and color stills, interviews and articles. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. Lengthily inscribed by Dennis Hopper on the verso of the front cover, “To the best of the best internal view I’ve ever had That’s the best man…Love Thanks and Hate IndifferenceContinue reading "Easy Rider."

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$2,000.00
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Becker, Jurek [Robin Williams]

Jacob the Liar.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

First edition of this powerful work, basis for the 1999 film starring Robin Williams. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Academy-Award winning actor Robin Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Translated by Melvin Kornfeld. Rare and desirable signed.

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Heller, Joseph

Catch-22.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Alan Arkin, Bob Newhart, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22, directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry, stands as one of the most ambitiously castContinue reading "Catch-22."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151737
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Joyce, James; Henri Matisse

Ulysses.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, widely recognized as the first illustrated edition. Large quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial brown cloth, with 26 illustrations. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,476. Boldly signed by Henri Matisse in pencil on the colophon page at the rear. In near fine condition.Continue reading "Ulysses."

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$9,500.00
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[Lely, Gilbert; Alberto Giacometti]

La Folie Tristan.

Paris : Jean Hugues, 1959.

Definitive limited edition of this 12th-century Anglo-Norman poem about the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in three-quarters bordeaux morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. OneContinue reading "La Folie Tristan."

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$8,800.00
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Steinbeck, John

The Moon Is Down.

New York : The Viking Press, 1942.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. The first edition has a large period between “talk” and “this” on page 112, line 11. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Moon Is Down."

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$1,250.00
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Jordan, Robert

The Eye of the World.

New York : A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1990.

First edition of the first book in the acclaimed Wheel of Time series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with two maps. Boldly signed by Robert Jordan on the title page. This is the hybrid issue, one of a small number of wrappered copies that were rebound by the publishers into boards after theContinue reading "The Eye of the World."

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Item Number: RRB-151377
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