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The Works of Daniel Webster.

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851.

The subscriber’s edition of the works of Daniel Webster, signed by Webster in the first volume. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in original cloth, frontispiece, and one other plate. In near fine condit...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141456

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Bishop, Elizabeth

North Haven: In Memoriam Robert Lowell.

Northridge, CA: Richard Bigus for the Lord John Press, 1979.

Memorial broadside, signed by Elizabeth Bishop, one of only 150 examples. It measures 21 inches by 14.5 inches. Framed, signature lightly faded, small stain to the bottom edge. Rare.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143985

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Austen, Jane

The Works of Jane Austen.

London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1927.

The Georgian edition of the works of Jane Austen. Octavo, five volumes bound in three quarter contemporary calf by Riviere & Son with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149351

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Brautigan, Richard

A Confederate General from Big Sur.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964.

First edition of Brautigan’s first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, Richard Brautigan January 22, 1964.” Review slips of examples...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-125842

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Morrison, Toni

Sula.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dan Sieber Toni Morrison.” N...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138064

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Thorp, Roderick

First edition of this novel, basis for the classic film Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compart...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150385

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Snyder, Gary

Riprap.

Ashland: Origin Press, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Limited to 500 copies. Boldly signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable i...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-131298

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Malamud, Bernard

The Assistant.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.

First edition of Malamud’s second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octav...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-112915

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Of Human Bondage.

London: William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition, first printing which includes list of other “Works” by Maugham facing half-title, plus publisher’s ad page for works by other authors on half-title verso, with the misprint on page 257,...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-144206

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Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.

First edition of this deeply moving book, a father’s memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143451

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Segal, Erich [Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal]

Love Story.

New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth....

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147308

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Mark Twain; [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.

First English edition, preceding the first American edition, of “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius). Octavo, original decorativ...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146372

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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 the author on the title page, “Peace Tim O’Brien.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141468

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de Beauvoir, Simone

The Mandarins.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.

Signed limited edition and first English edition of the novel for which de Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-137901

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Gunther, John

Death Be Not Proud.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.

First edition of this deeply moving book, a father’s memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146071

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Houghton, Claude; Pierre Boulle; Alec Guinness; Jack Hawkins

The Bridge on the River Kwai: The Story of the Film.

England: Moore & Matthes Ltd., 1957.

Original brochure celebrating the David Lean war film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ with the story of the film by Claude Houghton, based on the screenplay written by Pierre Boulle. Real wood...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147872

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Nabokov, Vladimir

Laughter in the Dark.

Indianapolis/ New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938.

First edition of this classic early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151015

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Carrington, Charles. [Rudyard Kipling; Lafcadio Hearn]

Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1955.

First edition of Carrington’s famed biography of Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn adhered to the front pastedown which reads, “Kipling is pr...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-123050

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Beautiful and the Damned.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.

First edition, first state of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original green cloth, titles to the spine in gilt. Near fine in a very good second issue dust jacket with some unnecessary tape r...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-119223

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old.

Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1875.

First edition, first issue of Twain’s classic collection of short stories with the footnote on page 119 repeated on page 120 and the erratum inserted on page 299 denying Mark Twain’s autho...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150673

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Pinter, Harold [Alan Schneider]

Tea Party and Other Plays.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1967.

First edition of Pinter’s collection of three plays originally written for television. Duodecimo, original cloth. A remarkable association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publicatio...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-152191

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with black morocco spine label lettere...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-117844

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Woolf, Virginia

The Voyage Out.

London: Duckworth, 1927.

Early printing of Woolf’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has been restored. Uncommon in the original jacket.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-129080

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Morrison, Toni

Sula.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141498

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

The Works of Daniel Webster.

North Haven: In Memoriam Robert Lowell.

The Works of Jane Austen.

A Confederate General from Big Sur.

Sula.

Nothing Last Forever.

Riprap.

The Assistant.

Of Human Bondage.

Death Be Not Proud.

Love Story.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

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

The Mandarins.

Death Be Not Proud.

The Bridge on the River Kwai: The Story of the Film.

Laughter in the Dark.

Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work.

The Beautiful and the Damned.

Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old.

Tea Party and Other Plays.

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

The Voyage Out.

Sula.