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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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Lessing, Doris

Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.

London: Michael Joseph, 1952-1969.

First editions of the author’s Children of Violence Series. Octavo, 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jack...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-796

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Eliot, George

The Arbury edition of the works of George Eliot. Octavo, 24 volumes bound in three quarter half russet crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144866

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Cobb, Humphrey [Kirk Douglas]

Paths of Glory.

New York: The Viking Press, 1935.

First edition of the author’s first and only book, the basis for Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Humphrey Cobb and actor Kirk Douglas. Nea...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-89922

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Verne, Jules

Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed.

:, January 4, 1889.

Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. One page, the letter reads in full (translated), “I ask Madame Poritzer to please supply Mr. Debry with his tickets f...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146475

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Williams, Tennessee

A Streetcar Named Desire Script.

New York: Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Inc, .

Rare script from the first Broadway revival production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece performed at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in 1973. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine co...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109905

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Dickens, Charles. Illustrations by H.K. Browne

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48.

First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm. Octavo, 20 parts in 19, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149076

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Wallace, David Foster [Steve Snider]

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace with his added smiley face on the front free endpaper a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152258

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Road.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

First edition of McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a post-apocalyptic world, a work of “stunning, savage beauty,” adapted to the screen in 2009 starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. O...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139588

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Rodd, Rennell. Introduction by Oscar Wilde

Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf.

Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co, 1882.

First edition of Rodd’s first book of verse which was published with the assistance of Oscar Wilde. 12mo, original publisher’s vellum with gilt inner dentelles, silk watered endleaves, top...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140655

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Lowell, Robert

Near The Ocean.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

First Noonday printing of Lowell’s renowned collection of poems, including his famous Waking Early on Sunday Morning. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the aut...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142550

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Brown, Dan [Tom Hanks]

The Da Vinci Code.

New York: Doubleday, 2003.

First edition of this best-selling work, basis for the 2006 Ron Howard directed film starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Brown and Academy Award-winning actor Tom Han...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150412

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Baum, L. Frank

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1908.

First edition, first printing of the fourth book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. First printing with the verso of the half-title page listing three Baum titles. Quarto, original publisher...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151861

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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O’Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142299

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Auden, W.H

Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by W.H. Auden on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed as Auden passed away a yea...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147744

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Cruise, Tom; Jeanne Tripplehorn; Sydney Pollack [Director]; John Grisham [Author]

The Firm Signed Half-Title Page and Theatrical Poster.

: Paramount Pictures Corporation, .

Theatrical release poster for John Grisham’s classic legal thriller, The Firm, basis for the classic film. Framed with a half-title page from Grisham’s novel of the same name and boldly signed b...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148623

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Henry Sotheran, morocco spine label...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149762

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Frank, Pat

Mr. Adam.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.

First edition of the author’s classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpape...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122192

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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

First American edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within rais...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151813

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Hurston, Zora Neale

Mules and Men.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.

First edition of Hurston’s classic work, “the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore” (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustration...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141719

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Writings of Longfellow.

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1886.

Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set numb...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3612

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Wouk, Herman

The Caine Mutiny.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.

First edition of Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gi...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147484

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Burroughs, William S

Naked Lunch.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962.

First American edition, first issue jacket with no zip code on rear panel and no roman numerals on lower spine near back panel of Burroughs’ classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-87577

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

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

Firstborn.

Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.

The Works of George Eliot.

Paths of Glory.

Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed.

A Streetcar Named Desire Script.

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

The Road.

Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf.

Near The Ocean.

The Da Vinci Code.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

The Firm Signed Half-Title Page and Theatrical Poster.

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Mr. Adam.

Midnight’s Children.

Mules and Men.

The Writings of Longfellow.

The Caine Mutiny.

Naked Lunch.