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Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.

:, c.1900.

Rare illuminated manuscript regarding Da Vinci’s master drawing The Head of Christ (c. 1495), the basis for Da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus in The Last Supper. Da Vinci himself considered the drawing so...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-119865

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Trail, Armitage. [Al Pacino]

Scarface.

New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1959.

First Dell paperback edition of Trail’s sensational American organized crime novel, the basis for one of the greatest gangster films ever made directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149364

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[Fitzgerald, F. Scott]

The Great Gatsby Clamshell Box.

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Custom full morocco clamshell box hand made by The Harcourt Bindery to house a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Pictorial clamshell box with gilt titles and an onlay of t...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150365

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Yezierska, Anzia

Hungry Hearts.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Anzia Yezierska’s rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jack...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-42019

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Schulz, Charles M

Peanuts Treasury.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.

First edition of this classic collection of Peanuts. Quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Charles Schulz on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Johnny...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148034

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Forester, C.S

Single Handed.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First American edition of this classic maritime adventure novel that showcases themes of duty, resilience, and individual impact during wartime. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth. Presenta...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149365

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Fleming, Ian

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

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 design by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151427

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Wells, H.G

The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926.

First editions of each volume in Wells’ longest novel. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by H.G. Wells in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133426

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Bunyan, John

The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to that Which is to Come.

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861.

Finely bound edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed teal levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139796

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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, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the title page. Additionally inscribed by Charles Lindbergh on...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120706

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Kipling, Rudyard

“After” A False Start.

: At the Sign of the George, 1924.

First Separate edition of Kipling’s “After”, the first draft of the poem that would later become The Recessional, being a facsimile of a hand-written note retrieved from Kipling...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-123514

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Higgins, Colin. [Cat Stevens]

Harold and Maude.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971.

First edition of the classic 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Colin Higgins [o...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133160

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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.

First Everyman’s Library edition, later printing of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-ti...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152107

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Fowles, John [Harold Pinter]

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.

First edition of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for t...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-91873

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Howitt, Margaret. [Fredrika Bremer]

Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.

London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 1866.

First edition of Howitt’s work on the twelve months she spent with close friend and writer Fredrika Bremer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and fr...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124150

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Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel.

New York: The Modern Library, 1934.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Beryl Burk, with be...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127273

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Welcome to Christmas.

:, 1875.

Rare 19th century album on Christmas. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, elaborate ruling in blind and in gilt, silk moire endpapers, eight cardstock leaves, six in cream and two in grey, all hand l...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139519

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Scott, Paul. [Charles Dance]

The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils, Staying On].

London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.

Complete first edition set of “one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction” (The Times). Octavo, five volumes, original cloth. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by Bri...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144627

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Burnett, W.R

Little Caesar.

New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.

First edition of Burnett’s classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Mrs. Brown with best wis...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-59019

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Martínez, Tomás Eloy [Chip Kidd]

Santa Evita.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

First American edition of this international bestselling historical novel based, one of the best-selling novels in the Spanish language. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Tomas Eloy Martinez o...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148508

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Farago, Ladislas

Patton: Ordeal and Triumph.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963.

First edition of “the best Patton biography” (Military Bookman), a classic basis for the Academy Award-winning film, starring George C. Scott. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed Ladisla...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150611

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

New York: Beginner Books: A Division of Random House, 1958.

First edition, stated first printing of the sequel of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151999

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Carre, John le

Our Kind of Traitor and An Address Given at the Oxford Literary Festival March 2010.

London: Viking and London Review Bookshop, 2010.

Signed limited first edition of this thrilling novel which was the inspiration for the 2016 film by the same name starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis and Alicia von...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145764

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Frigyes, Karinthy

Minden Másképpen Van (Ötvenkét Vasárnap). [Everything is Different (Fifty-Two Sundays)].

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1929.

Rare first edition of this collection of stories in the original Hungarian which introduced the sociological phenomena of “six degrees of separation.” Octavo, original wrappers with titles...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146211

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