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Bleak House.

London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.

First edition of this Dickens’ classic. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge m...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148214

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Eliot, T.S

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939.

First British edition of Eliot’s beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original pictori...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149333

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

New York: Everyman's Library, 2008.

Everyman’s Library edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151348

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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin]

Portnoy’s Complaint.

New York: Random House, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Roth’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who st...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142668

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Tartt, Donna

The Secret History.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly sign...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145993

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Trollope, Anthony

First edition of this classic work, which examines one of the most enduring questions in government; whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Octavo, original cloth, four v...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131836

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Huxley, Aldous

The Art of Seeing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.

First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley’s experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, origi...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139661

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Tartt, Donna

The Secret History.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentatio...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143517

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Gifford, Barry; [Jack Kerouac]

Coyote Tantras and Other Poems.

London: Silverthorne Foundation Inc, 1968.

First edition of this compelling book of poetry; from the library of ‘On the Road’ author Jack Kerouac. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title pa...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146635

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Kilmer, Joyce

Summer of Love.

New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.

First edition, first issue of Joyce Kilmer’s first book of verse. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh, “To...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-92792

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Herzl, Theodor

Altneuland.

Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902.

Second edition of Herzl‘s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101406

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Missale Romanum.

Madrid: Typis Societatis, 1799.

Rare 18th century Spanish printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full velvet with silver cornerpieces and central ornament bearing the Sacred Heart, silver clasps, ribbons bound in, printed in...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149607

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Wilde, Oscar

The Works of Oscar Wilde. [Double Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Collins, 1931.

First Naschen edition of Oscar Wilde’s collected works, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in twentieth-century light brown morocco with gilt titles and five raised ba...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152272

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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. [Solzhentizyn]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.

First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, titles to the front panel, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142203

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by P...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149213

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Didion, Joan

Play It As It Lays.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.

First edition of Didion’s classic third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151345

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Waugh, Evelyn

The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-1961.

First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146619

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Malamud, Bernard

The Fixer.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-tit...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-99846

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Satrapi, Marjane

Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2003.

First edition of “the most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet” (People). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Marjane Satropi on the front free endpaper...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152994

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Fitzgerald, Edward; Illustrated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.

Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by the publisher....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-108452

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Hart, James V. and Francis Ford Coppola [Gary Oldman] [Bram Stoker]

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: the Film and the Legend.

New York: Newmarket Press, 1992.

First edition of this work basis for the film, starring Gary Oldman, Wynona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the the author on...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151034

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Kerr, Judith

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

London: Collins, 1968.

First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children’s book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151775

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Gluck, Louise

Firstborn.

Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fin...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136043

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Dinsdale, Alfred

Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.

London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1926.

First edition of the first book on television, a key work on the history of technology. Octavo, original stiff boards, frontispiece halftone reproduction of photograph of John Logie Baird. Fine in a n...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-119245

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

Bleak House.

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

Portnoy’s Complaint.

The Secret History.

The Prime Minister.

The Art of Seeing.

The Secret History.

Coyote Tantras and Other Poems.

Summer of Love.

Altneuland.

Missale Romanum.

The Works of Oscar Wilde. [Double Fore-Edge Painting].

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard.

Play It As It Lays.

The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

The Fixer.

Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: the Film and the Legend.

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

Firstborn.

Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.