Kipling, Rudyard
Plain Tales From the Hills.
Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1890.
First Tauchnitz edition of Kipling’s first short story collection. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-126749
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Boccaccio, Giovanni
Novelle Ventotto.
Padua : Giuseppe Comino, 1769.
Eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s twenty-eighth novella from his ‘Decameron.’ Octavo, original full vellum, engraved frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio. In very good condition with light toning to the front and rear panel, rubbing to the spine.
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Item Number: RRB-146403
Camus, Albert
L’Exil et Le Royaume.
Paris : Gallimard, 1947.
First edition of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a design of Mario Parassinos’. One of only nine-hundred and fifty numbered copies on alfa Cellunaf, this is number 878. In near fine condition. Housed in the original cardboardContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."
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Item Number: RRB-146462
Yeats, William Butler [W.B.]
The Tower.
London : Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928.
First edition of what is generally considered Yeats’ single most important volume, one of 2000 copies. Octavo, original publisher’s elaborately gilt-decorated pictorial olive green cloth with Thomas Sturge Moore’s iconic engraving of Thoor Ballylee. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. A veryContinue reading "The Tower."
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Item Number: RRB-146520
Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Larry Peerce]
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed Philip Roth on the title page and additionally by the director of the film Larry Peerce and by actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, who starred in the 1969 film. Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "Goodbye, Columbus."
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Item Number: RRB-146869
Bunyan, John
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Complete in Three Parts: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: To Which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author.
Worcester, MA : Isaiah Thomas, 1790-91.
Likely first illustrated edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Small octavo, early half sheep over marbled boards, three frontispieces, illustrated with eleven nearly full-page woodcuts, publisher’s error jump in page number from p. 324 to p. 343. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and loss to theContinue reading "The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Complete in Three Parts: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: To Which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author."
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Item Number: RRB-146540
Rowling, J.K
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London : Bloomsbury, 1999.
First deluxe edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original original cloth, all edges gilt, cover illustration by Thomas Taylor. Signed by the illustrator Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter on the dedicationContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."
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Item Number: RRB-144093
Carver, Raymond
Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher’s morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate spiral gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon tipped in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Steve JohnsonContinue reading "Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories."
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Item Number: RRB-146628
Coetzee, J.M
Waiting for the Barbarians.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1980.
First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-146894
James, P.D
Cover Her Face.
London : Faber and Faber, 1962.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, “And when that happened the right words would be found. P.D. James 4/8/14.” The inscription is the final lines of this novel. Near fine in a near fine dust jacketContinue reading "Cover Her Face."
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Item Number: RRB-146895
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Timothy Love Roald Dahl.”Continue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."
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Item Number: RRB-146383
Stanton, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman]
Collected Poems.
New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1930.
First edition of this collection of poems; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, “P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton.” In near fine condition with light toning to the spine.
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Item Number: RRB-145986
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 in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender."
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Item Number: RRB-146619
Austen, Jane
Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”
London : Richard Bentley, 1836.
Early separate issue from Bentley‘s Standard Novels series of the final novel published during Austen’s lifetime, a re-issue of the 1833 edition which was the first one-volume edition and first illustrated edition. Duodecimo, elaborately bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, all edges marbled,Continue reading "Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”"
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Item Number: RRB-145588
Huxley, Aldous
Ape and Essence.
London : Chatto & Windus, 1949.
First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-146156
Raskin, Ellen
The Westing Game.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1978.
First edition, second printing of Raskins’s Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Barbara Nelson Boom! Ellen Raskin 6.25.79.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Scarcely seen signed and inscribed.
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Item Number: RRB-146586
Woolf, Virginia
Flush: A Biography.
New York : Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.
First edition of Woolf’s fictional “stream of consciousness” tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders and facsimile signature stamped to the front panel, all edges gilt,Continue reading "Flush: A Biography."
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Item Number: RRB-146583
Adams, Douglas
The Illustrated Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994.
First illustrated edition of Adams’ modern classic. Folio, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “Douglas Adams 22-9-94.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-146617
Khayyam, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald; [Elbert Hubbard]
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
East Aurora, NY : The Roycrofters, 1906.
Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an Address by John Hay and Introduction by Clarence S. Darrow. Oblong duodecimo, original half red suede over black boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, red leather spine label, top edge gilt, illustrated with decoratedContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
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Item Number: RRB-146576
Bowden, Mark
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of the award-winning journalist’s account of the U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, adapted into the 2001 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Grant, Best Wishes, Mark Bowden.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.Continue reading "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War."
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Item Number: RRB-146263
King, Stephen
Stephen King Signed Photograph.
November 12, 1989.
Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror”, boldly signed by him. Octavo, one page manufactured by Kodak, glossy color photograph of Stephen King, boldly signed and dated by him in black felt tip, “Stephen King 11/12/89.” In near fine condition with a PSA authenticators sticker to the bottom corner. Accompanied by a Certificate ofContinue reading "Stephen King Signed Photograph."
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Item Number: RRB-146563
Warhol, Andy
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).
New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition, early printing of this work by Warhol. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed in green by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed by Warhol on the title page, “To Bob & son Andy Warhol,” with a drawing of a can of Campbell’s Pea Soup can. Near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)."
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Item Number: RRB-146539
Groening, Matt
Love is Hell.
New York : Pantheon Books, 1985.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, “Matt Groening, 9/16/87,” below a full-length sketch of his character Binky with a speech bubble inscribedContinue reading "Love is Hell."
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Item Number: RRB-146535
Armstrong, Louis
Louis Armstrong Signed Program.
New York : Associated Booking Corp, n.d.
‘Louis Armstrong and his Concert Group’ program. Quarto, original wrappers, 20 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs of the band and its members. Boldy signed by Louis Armstrong on the thirteenth page, and additionally signed by Velma Middleton, Barney Bigard, Tummy Young, and Danny Barcelona on their respective portraits. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-146533
Waugh, Evelyn
The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.
$2,500.00
RRB-146619