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The Golden Notebook.

London: Michael Joseph, 1962.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul on the front free endpaper. V.S. Naipaul...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149113

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Wodehouse, P.G

The Clicking of Cuthbert.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926.

Early printing of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To James Douglas With the author...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-124787

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Dickey, James [John Boorman and Jon Voight]

First edition of Dickey’s first and most famous novel, basis for the classic John Boorman directed film, starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-136477

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1902.

The Virginia edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison. Octavo, 17 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138956

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Hueffer, (Ford) Ford Madox

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

London: John Lane Company, 1915.

First edition, first issue without the 16 pp. of advertisements.of this literary highspot, one of the great novels of the first half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine cond...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-81026

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

New York: Random House, 1934.

First American edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, double gilt rul...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149451

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Remington, Frederic

John Ermine of the Yellowstone.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this thought-provoking work of a young Native American man who is torn between his traditional way of life and the rapidly changing world around him. Octavo, original cloth, frontispi...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147725

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[Livingstone, David]

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources.

London and Newcastle: The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, c. 1875.

First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six c...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151484

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Keats, Ezra Jack

The Snowy Day.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962.

First edition of The Snowy Day, which is considered “one of the most important American books of the 20th century” (Diefendorf, ed. The New York Public Library’s Books of the Century...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151626

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Collins, Billy

Pokerface.

Los Angeles: Kenmore Press, 1977.

First edition of Collins’ first collection of poetry. Oblong octavo, original wrappers. One of 400 numbered copies, this is number 302. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title pa...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-140906

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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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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 Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-130269

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Verne, Jules

Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.

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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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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw]

Goodbye, Columbus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw on the half-title page, who starr...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146076

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Nabokov, Vladimir [Chip Kidd]

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. [with] Original Chip Kidd Cover Art.

New York: Vintage International , 1990.

First Vintage International edition of Nabokov’s greatest masterpiece. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the artist and dust jacket designer Chip Kidd on the front...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151984

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Zorba The Greek.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six co...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143544

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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, 1927-1936.

Complete finely bound set of Milne’s wonderful Pooh quartet, with only Now We Are Six being a first issue. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spines in...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148831

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Porter, Eleanor H. [Hayley Mills]

Pollyanna.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1913.

First edition of Eleanor H. Porter’s classic of children’s literature. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Inscribed by actress Hayley Mills. Mi...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138834

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Rare & Classic, American or English Literature Books for Sale Online

The Golden Notebook.

The Clicking of Cuthbert.

Deliverance.

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

Ulysses.

John Ermine of the Yellowstone.

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources.

The Snowy Day.

Pokerface.

Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.

Kabloona.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Christ Recrucified.

Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.

Don Juan. [Cantos I & II].

Goodbye, Columbus.

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. [with] Original Chip Kidd Cover Art.

Zorba The Greek.

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

Pollyanna.