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Moses, Man on the Mountain.

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.

First edition of this classic retelling of Moses’ exodus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

$4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149147

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Dreiser, Theodore

The Financier.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912.

First editions of the first novel of the author’s acclaimed Trilogy of Desire. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clam...

$4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150086

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.

Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, New York, 1919.

The Autograph edition of the inclusive collection of Kipling’s poetry. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments w...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-152081

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, early printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories. Thin quarto, original illustrated glossy paper boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-152029

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Forsyth, Frederick

The Day of the Jackal.

London: Hutchinson, 1971.

First British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “The Day of the Jackal was over For J...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144699

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Levi, Primo

If Not Now, When?

New York: Summit Books, 1982.

First edition in English of Levi’s novel based on a true story. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Primo Levi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cari...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-72019

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Tagore, Rabindranath

The King of The Dark Chamber.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915.

First edition, early printing of this drama, translated into English by the author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the half-title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96033

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Bemelmans, Ludwig

Fifi.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.

First edition of this children’s story. Thin quarto, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the ti...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146782

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Williams, John; Michael Crichton [Steven Spielberg]

Steven Spielberg and Chip Kidd Signed Sheet Music for Jurassic Park.

Milwaukee, WI: Universal Music Publishing Group, .

Rare official Songs of Universal sheet music for the ‘Jurassic Park’ theme composed by John Williams. Boldly signed by the film’s director Steven Spielberg on the front panel and sig...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146532

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Jungle Tales of Tarzan.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.

First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Edward Gilbert B...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96781

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Silverstein, Shel

The Missing Piece.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.

First edition, early printing of this classic work by Silverstein. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mother of N...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-134292

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens]

The Writings of Mark Twain.

Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1899-1907.

The Royal edition of the writings of Mark Twain. Octavo, 21 volumes of the original 25 bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards for Brentano’s with gilt titles and tool...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138944

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Kundera, Milan

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of Kundera’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Daniel Milan Kundera,” with an original drawin...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147084

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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...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147548

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Carroll, Lewis. [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, front...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-130522

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McCarthy, Cormac

No Country For Old Men.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of this “harrowing, propulsive drama… about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe” (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151717

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Rhinehart, Luke [George Cockcroft]

The Dice Man.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.

First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the half title page, “For Peter From a friend you shou...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-44008

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Grisham, John [Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Damon]

The Rainmaker.

New York: Doubleday, 1995.

First edition of Grisham’s sixth novel, basis for the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Danny Glover. Octavo, original half...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150804

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McCarthy, Cormac

Cities of the Plain.

New Orleans: B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998.

Signed limited first edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original half leather over marbled boards. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and three times by legendary desig...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151365

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Murakami, Haruki

1Q84.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and additionally five times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd in t...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151718

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Lee, Harper

Go Set A Watchman.

London: William Heinemann, 2015.

Signed limited edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco. One of a 100 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition.

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-5503

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Neruda, Pablo and Martin Chambi

Alturas de Macchu Picchu.

Chile: Nascimento, 1954.

Signed limited edition of Neruda’s masterpiece. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued, photographs by Martin Chambi. Signed by Pablo Neruda at the colophon as issued. In near fine cond...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-77014

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Travers, P.L

Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936.

Later printings of this children’s classic and its sequel. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain navy blue, illustrated with 27 line cuts and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard in Mary...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147246

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Crichton, Michael

Sphere.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of Crichton’s sixth book, a sci-fi psychological thriller about a team of scientists who discover a massive, ancient spacecraft resting on the Pacific Ocean floor, basis for the fi...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-152251

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