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Wells, H.G

The Dream.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1924.

First edition of this novel that explores the blurring of reality and fantasy as a man experiences a vivid, surreal dream. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-148245
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Brooks, Terry

The Sword of Shannara.

New York : Random House, 1977.

First edition of this epic fantasy novel. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic frontispiece. Illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Joe Collin, Very Best Wishes Terry Brooks 9/88.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-148242
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Kennedy, William

The Ink Truck.

New York : The Dial Press, 1969.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Kennedy on the title page, “For Joel, William Kennedy.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-149758
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Proulx, E. Annie

The Shipping News.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Joel Turner E. Annie Proulx.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. An exceptional example.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-149491
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Angelou, Maya

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

New York : Random House, 1969.

First edition, early printing of Angelou’s critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Marv Appelbaum Joy! Maya Angelou Nov 20 ’76.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149493
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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, 1850.

First edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turnins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved vignette titles. Illustrated with 38Continue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148220
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Fleming, Ian

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Signed limited first edition, the only Bond title issued in a limited edition, number 96 of 285 examples of the eleventh Bond novel. Octavo, original half vellum, top edge gilt, with color frontispiece portrait of Fleming by Amherst Villiers. In fine condition with the original acetate in near fine condition. Housed in a custom chemiseContinue reading "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service."

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$19,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148750
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Fugard, Athol

Tsotsi.

Johannesburg : Donker, 1980.

First South African edition and true first of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Athol Fugard in 1983. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed first editions are rare.

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-148276
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Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London : Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

First single volume edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With black and white illustrationsContinue reading "Oliver Twist."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149159
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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’s full cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Trust in the Lord and do good. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford March 1893.” In nearContinue reading "The Chimney-Corner."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149908
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Roberts, Charles G.D

Earth’s Enigmas: A Volume of Stories.

Boston and New York : Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1896.

First edition of this collection of short stories, delving into the enigmatic aspects of both nature and human experience. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148056
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Lehane, Dennis [Ben Affleck]

Gone Baby Gone.

New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1998.

First edition of this “chilling novel…an absolutely gripping story” (Chicago Tribune), basis for the film directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Dennis Lehane and director of the film Ben Affleck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-147401
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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Writings of Mark Twain.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers, 1929.

The Stormfield limited edition of Twain’s writings. Including his autobiography, as well as a biography by Albert Bigelow Paine. Octavo, 37 volumes, bound in three-quarter morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated with black and whiteContinue reading "The Writings of Mark Twain."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148122
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Schulz, Charles M

See You Later, Litigator! Peanuts at Work and Play.

San Francisco : Collins Publisher, 1996.

First edition of this comical work by the creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-147683
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Anderson, Maxwell

Key Largo: A Play in a Prologue and Two Acts.

Washington, D.C : Anderson House, 1939.

First edition of this classic fast-paced play in blank verse, basis for the 1948 film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Maxwell Anderson in the year of publication on the half-title page and additionally signed on the titleContinue reading "Key Largo: A Play in a Prologue and Two Acts."

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$2,600.00
Item Number: RRB-147690
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Conrad, Joseph

The Rover.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

First American edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-147454
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Browning, Robert

Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides.

London : Smith, Elder & Co, 1871.

First edition of this poetic retelling of Euripides’ ‘Alkestis’ by Victorian poet Robert Browning. Octodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and decorative borders stamped in black to the front and rear panels. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Mrs. Procter — with RB’s affectionate regards.” The recipient wasContinue reading "Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-147688
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Browning, Robert

Dramatis Personae.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1864.

First edition of Browning’s popular poetry collection. Octavo, contemporary tree calf bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands, gilt ruling to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “Robert Browning wishes all happinessContinue reading "Dramatis Personae."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-147759
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Didion, Joan

Salvador.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1983.

First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-147964
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Salinger, J.D

The Catcher in the Rye.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1951.

Review copy of the first edition of Salinger’s debut novel, a cherished portrait of adolescence and one of the most widely banned books ever published. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Review copy, with the release slip laid in, near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the rear panel photographContinue reading "The Catcher in the Rye."

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$16,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148150
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Fleming, Ian

Thunderball.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1961.

First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Richard Chopping. A bright example.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149913
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Fleming, Ian

Moonraker.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1955.

First edition, first issue with “shoo” for “shoot” on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Kenneth Lewis.Continue reading "Moonraker."

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149912
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Huxley, Aldous

On Art and Artists.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1960.

First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the Aldous Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148084
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Alcott, Louisa May

Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. [with] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Part Second. [with] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.

Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1868-1871.

First editions of Louisa May Alcott’s “outstanding achievement of 19th-century American literature” together with its sequels. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s emerald green gilt decorated cloth, each volume illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and three plates; those in the first part of Little Women were created by the author’s sister, May. First issue of Little Women with allContinue reading "Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. [with] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Part Second. [with] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys."

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$26,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149518
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