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Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.

New York: Random House, 1965.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading u...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-762

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Greene, Graham; Jack Higgins; Len Deighton; [Sir Michael Caine]

The Quiet American; The Eagle Has Landed; Funeral in Berlin.

London: Various Publishers, 1955-1975.

First editions of three novels that were adapted into films starring the distinguished Sir Michael Caine. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards by Scorpion Press with gilt titles in six co...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145475

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Spark, Muriel

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

London: Macmillan, 1961.

First edition of Sparks’ eighth and best-loved novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch or rubbing. Jacket design by Victor...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-73072

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Webber, Andrew Lloyd

Evita.

:, 1979.

First edition of the musical score from the 1979 Broadway production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated title page. Association copy, inscribed by M...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130419

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

New York: Pantheon, 1955.

First edition of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Elizab...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144533

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Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man.

New York: Random House, 1952.

First edition of the author’s landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in s...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148165

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Mamet, David

Glengarry Glen Ross.

New York: Grove Press, 1984.

First edition, early printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, basis for the 1992 film starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey and Jonathan Pryce. Octavo, origin...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150447

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Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World Revisited.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959.

First edition of Huxley’s classic work revisiting the premises of his iconic dystopian and prophetic novel, published 28 years earlier, and how this vision has come to fruition. Octavo, original...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146478

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Rowling, J.K

The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

London: Bloomsbury Books, 2008.

First British edition of this wizarding classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Annie, J.K Rowling.” With the a...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89076

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Baroja, Pio

Desde la última vuelta del camino: El escritor según él y según los críticos. Familia, infancia y juventud. Final del siglo XIX y principios del XX. Galería de tipos de la época

Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 1944-47.

First editions of each of the first four volumes in Baroja’s autobiography. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full calf. The third volume is a presentation copy, inscribed by Pio Bajora to Philip Bon...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-67896

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Bloch, Robert

Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartmen...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149895

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Lucas, George; Donald F. Glut

The Empire Strikes Back: Star Wars.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1980.

First edition of the sequel to Star Wars. Octavo, illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by George Lucas in person on the front free endpaper and signed by Donald Glut on the title page. In near fine con...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151559

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Baldwin, James

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.

New York: The Dial Press, 1968.

First edition of this major work by Baldwin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Kathleen Peace- James Baldwin.” Fine in a near...

$2,850.00 Item Number: RRB-106735

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Williams, Tennessee

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

New York: New Directions, 1955.

First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six com...

$2,850.00 Item Number: RRB-143560

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Weeden, Howard. [Maria Howard Weeden; Joel Chandler Harris]

Bandanna Ballads.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899.

First edition of Maria Howard Weeden’s best-known collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by the author, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Introduction by Joel Chan...

$2,850.00 Item Number: RRB-133067

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McMurtry, Larry [Peter Matthiessen]

The Last Picture Show.

New York: The Dial Press, 1966.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s third and one of his most memorable novels. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. From the libr...

$2,850.00 Item Number: RRB-151068

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Arlent-Edwards, Samuel

Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.

:, c. 1898.

Rare mezzotint print of Samuel Arlent-Edwards’ portrait of Izaak Walton, inscribed by the artist. Folio, color mezzotint. Inscribed by Samuel Arlent-Edwards in the lower right corner, “Eng...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132607

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de Poncins, Gontran. In collaboration with Lewis Galantiere. Illustrated by the author

Kabloona.

New York: Reynal, Hitchcock, Inc, 1941.

First limited edition of French adventurer Gontran de Poncins’ classic account of his solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-95094

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Morrell, ornate inlay to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with 40 pla...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-109263

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Christ Recrucified.

Athena:, 1954.

First Greek edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150226

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Drury, Allen

Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Senator Clark with best regar...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-29018

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three full quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-121789

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Verne, Jules

Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.

:, .

Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to “mon cher Peragillo” and mentioning “Le Tour du Monde....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138073

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[Lord Byron]

Don Juan. [Cantos I & II].

Philadelphia: Published by M. Thomas, 1819.

Scarce first American edition, first printing of Byron’s great work which was widely criticized as immoral upon publication and is now considered one of the greatest poems of the Romantics. Duodecimo,...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151228

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