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    The City and the Pillar. [with] Gore Vidal Signed Dedication Page To Anais Nin.

    Vidal, Gore [Anais Nin]

    The City and the Pillar. [with] Gore Vidal Signed Dedication Page To Anais Nin.

    New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948.

    First edition of this landmark novel, from the library of Anais Nin. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a clipped dedication page that reads, “For...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144891
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    Carmen Jones.

    Hammerstein, Oscar

    Carmen Jones.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.

    First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Wolfe, with gratitude for all he did to succes...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116745
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    RUpTure.

    [Kerouac, Jack; Jean-Pierre Lemaire]

    RUpTure.

    Paris, France: Printed at 21 Rue de Saintonge, 1965.

    Rare vintage January 1965 issue of RUpTure, a left-leaning French-language literary magazine, gifted to and personally owned by Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo, written in French, original...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150642
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    Ballade in G Minor.

    Boileau, Ethel [Ayn Rand]

    Ballade in G Minor.

    London: Hutchinson & Co, 1938.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tr...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-136398
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    Harper Lee Autographed Letter Signed.

    Lee, Harper

    Harper Lee Autographed Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by Harper Lee on her personal monogram letterhead, June 26, 2009. The letter is written to her longtime friend Bruce Higgison. It reads, “My own Bruce: You are without a...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-65033
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    Nightwood.

    Barnes, Djuna

    Nightwood.

    London: Faber and Faber, 1935.

    First edition of this masterpiece―one of the greatest novels of the Modernist era. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few small chips and notes notes to the flap...
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    $1,950.00 Item Number: RRB-117378
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    Daniel Deronda.

    Eliot, George

    Daniel Deronda.

    Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.

    First edition of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavo, four volumes bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards by Proudfoo...
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    $1,950.00 Item Number: RRB-147409
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    Chapterhouse: Dune.

    Herbert, Frank

    Chapterhouse: Dune.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.

    Signed limited first edition of the final volume in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert....
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    $1,950.00 Item Number: RRB-150914
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    Difficult Loves.

    Calvino, Italo

    Difficult Loves.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.

    First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to editor Irene Skolnick in the...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-111048
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    A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

    Hughes, Langston and Milton Meltzer

    A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

    New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.

    First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpape...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-140222
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    Nikiforos Fokas.

    Kazantzakis, Nikos

    Nikiforos Fokas.

    Athena:, 1927.

    First edition of this early work by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis. In good condition, with the signatures originally bound.
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-2646
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    Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].

    Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)

    Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].

    Geneve:, 1768.

    First edition of one of Voltaire’s best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condi...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-82403
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    The Night of the Iguana Original Shooting Script.

    Williams, Tennesse. [Sylvia Miles]

    The Night of the Iguana Original Shooting Script.

    New York: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc, .

    Rare original shooting script of Tennessee Williams’ great stage play. Quarto, original blue Studio duplicating service leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. Advertisements laid in. Sylvia Mil...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-110701
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    From Here to Eternity.

    Jones, James

    From Here to Eternity.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.

    First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in five comp...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-150656
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    These Thirteen (13).

    Faulkner, William

    These Thirteen (13).

    New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.

    First edition of Faulkner’s first collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, blue topstain. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by A...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-60040
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    A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

    Hughes, Langston and Milton Meltzer

    A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

    New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.

    First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-135491
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    We Are Many.

    Neruda, Pablo

    We Are Many.

    : Cape Coliard Press, 1967.

    Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fin...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-133314
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    Love Story.

    Segal, Erich

    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....
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-145831
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    Go Set A Watchman.

    Lee, Harper

    Go Set A Watchman.

    New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

    Signed limited edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping cart...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-7352
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    The Dice Man.

    Rhinehart, Luke [George Cockcroft]

    The Dice Man.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.

    First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Andy ‘A lake is a pond is a river.’ Luke Rhinehart....
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-143807
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    Little Dorrit.

    Dickens, Charles

    Little Dorrit.

    London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

    First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, “William” for “Frederick” on page 317 line 27, lacking errata on p...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-148221
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    Airships.

    Hannah, Barry

    Airships.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

    First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence on the half-title page to his...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-143006
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    Little, Big.

    Crowley, John

    Little, Big.

    London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.

    First hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John- The things that make...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-1471
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    Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

    Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

    New York: Pantheon, 1955.

    Special limited first edition of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Betsy Wall, In gratitude...
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    $1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-120902
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