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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.

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Item Number: RRB-120358
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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.

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Item Number: RRB-149326
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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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Item Number: RRB-152135
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Kipling, Rudyard

Debits and Credits.

Toronto : S. B. Gundy, 1926.

First Canadian edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-194552
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Ibsen, Henrick. Introduction by H. L. Mencken

Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen.

New York : The Modern Library, .

First Modern Library edition of Ibsen’s collected plays. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughoutContinue reading "Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen."

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Item Number: RRB-114678
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Raptis, Matthew. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes; Jacket Design by Chip Kidd

Provenance.

Miami : Southeastern Publishing, 2025.

First edition of this work unveiling the extraordinary stories behind seemingly ordinary books. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Jacket design by legendary designer Chip Kidd.

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Item Number: RRB-150057
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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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Item Number: RRB-152141
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Pinter, Harold

Monologue.

London : Covent Garden Press, 1973.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-147315
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Perino, Dana

Purple State: A Novel.

New York : HarperCollins, 2026.

First edition of #1 bestselling author, popular Fox News host, and former White House press secretary, Dana Perino’s first novel—a smart, politically and romantically charged story where red meets blue, and love is never black and white. Octavo, original half coth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Mallory Heyer. AuthorContinue reading "Purple State: A Novel."

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Item Number: RRB-151652
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Irving, John

The Hotel New Hampshire.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1981.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s fifth novel. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with the review information laid in.

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Item Number: RRB-144884
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel; Edith Grossman

Living To Tell the Tale.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s memoir. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.

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Item Number: RRB-146431
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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.

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Item Number: RRB-135772
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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.

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Item Number: RRB-1948
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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.

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Item Number: RRB-61014
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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. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.

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Item Number: RRB-151069
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Collins, Joseph

Taking the Literary Pulse: Psychological Studies of Life and Letters.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1924.

First edition of this work analyzing modern authors and their literary characters through a psychological lens. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth, illustrated with tipped in plates. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Item Number: RRB-151569
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Burnet, W. Hodgson

Quite So Stories.

London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918.

First edition of Burnet’s comedic parody of Rudyard Kipling’s classic collection of children’s tales, Just So Stories. Octavo, original stiff illustrated wrappers, illustrated by E. T. Reed. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-125407
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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 Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.

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Item Number: RRB-147809
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Duggan, Alfred. Preface by Evelyn Waugh

Count Bohemond.

London : Faber and Faber, 1964.

First edition of Duggan’s classic historical novel. Octavo, original cloth. Preface by Evelyn Waugh. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscription. Jacket design by Edward Bawden.

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Item Number: RRB-136049
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Yates, Richard

Cold Spring Harbor.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1986.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s final novel published in his lifetime Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-145889
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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 preceding the Second World War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous worksContinue reading "The Holy Terror."

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Item Number: RRB-151303
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[Kipling, Rudyard]

The Kipling Index.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.

First edition of The Kipling Index. 12mo, bound in cloth covered boards with the original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-136202
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Le Carre, John

The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.

First edition of le Carré’s classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes.

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Item Number: RRB-146206
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Fuller, Alexandra

Leaving Before the Rains Come.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2015.

First edition of the author’s fifth work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.

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Item Number: RRB-149727
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