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Bronte, Charlotte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte

The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters.

London: John Murray, 1920-1926.

The Haworth edition of the works of the sisters Bronte. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments wi...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143434

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Yates, Richard

Revolutionary Road.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Yates on the front free endpaper, “For Jim Brady With best wishes a...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2784

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Hemingway, Ernest. [John Steinbeck]

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.

First edition, second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology, containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145913

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Hoyle, William [Ian Fleming]

Hoyle’s Hymns and Songs: For Temperance Societies & Bands of Hope.

London: S.W. Partridge and Co./National Temperance Publication, c. 1890.

Early edition of this collection of hymns, inscribed by legendary creator of 007 Ian Fleming. Octavo, bound in the original full black morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150873

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Baum, L. Frank

The Emerald City of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1910.

First edition, second printing of the sixth book in Baum’s cherished Oz series in the exceptionally rare original dust jacket. Quarto, original publisher’s emerald green cloth (binding B)...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151927

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Steinbeck, John

East of Eden.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952.

First British edition of Steinbeck’s epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page. From the library of actor Do...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148006

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Miller, Henry

Tropic of Capricorn.

Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939.

First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-110655

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Grisham, John

A Time To Kill: Novel of Retribution.

New York: Wynwood Press, 1989.

First edition of Grisham’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author before publication on the half-title page, “To Jim Brantley – I hope you...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151362

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Woolf, Virginia

Kew Gardens.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1927.

Signed limited edition, number 172 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Quarto, original illustrated paper boards, text printed within woodcut borders desig...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143769

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Larsen, Nella

Quicksand.

New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.

First edition of Nella Larsen’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149548

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Milton, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.

London: Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-Street, 1674.

Rare second edition of Milton’s masterpiece, “one of the greatest works of the human imagination” (DNB). Small octavo, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149837

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.

First edition of what Fitzgerald called, “undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. J...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-123473

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Oliver, Mary

The Night Traveler.

: A Bits Chapbook, 1978.

First edition of this early collection by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Mary Oliver, once on the front free endpaper and on the title page. In fine condition. Rare.

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133671

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The Chimney-Corner.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888.

Later printing of this classic collection of essays which deals primarily with women’s issues, such as property rights, voting and education in post-Civil War America. Octavo, original publisher...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149908

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Cohen, Leonard

Death of a Lady’s Man.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978.

First Canadian edition (and true first), first state with “Lie down.” on page 94. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Michael, Like a bird on a w...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-128929

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Greeley, Horace

The Wreck of the Titanic: A Poem.

Brooklyn, NY: Donald Sinclair, 1913.

Rare first edition of this work on The Titanic. Octavo, original leather, frontispiece, illustrated by the author. Boldly signed by Horace Greeley on the second free endpaper. In good condition. We ha...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148994

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Flaubert, Gustave

Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners.

Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1857.

True first edition, first printing with the mistake in the name of the dedicatee, “Sénart” written with T and not a D, “nor of your dedication” on the same page, which will bec...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144079

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Melville, Herman

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

First edition of Melville’s first book and his most popular during his lifetime. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontisp...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144151

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition of Twain’s masterpiece, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt, title-leaf a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; illustrated captioned “Him an...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-100058

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Rowson, Susanna Haswell

The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact.

Hartford: Printed by John Babcock, 1801.

Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, bound in one quarter contemporary leather over paper-covered boards. In good condition. Period ownership inscri...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138507

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Homere, Veda-Vyasa, Marie de France, Burger, Hoffman, Ludwig Tieck, Ch. Dickens, Gavarni, H. Blaze

Le Pléiade. Ballads, Fabliaux, Nouvelles et Legends.

Paris: L. Curmer, 1842.

First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo, elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt title...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-123046

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Conrad, Joseph

The Works of Joseph Conrad. [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1925.

The works of Joseph Conrad, elegantly bound, signed by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and nautical stamping to the spine in six compartments with...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151500

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition of Stowe’s classic and vastly influential novel, “the social impact was greater than any book before or since.” Octavo, two volumes bound in mid-20th century three quar...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151975

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Baldwin, James

Go Tell It On The Mountain.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling t...

$6,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149707

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