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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...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-148221

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Hannah, Barry

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...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-143006

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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...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-1471

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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...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-120902

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Flavin, Martin

Journey in the Dark.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.

First edition of this classic novel, which won 1943 Harper Prize and the 1944 Pulitzer Prize, which The New York Times called “a story of a boy from Iowa who becomes a business tycoon at the pri...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-120356

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Waugh, Evelyn; Illustrated by Reynolds Stone

The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.

New York and London: The Queen Anne Press; The British Book Centre, 1953.

Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, original red morocco, gilt titles...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-71894

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Shaw, George Bernard

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.

London: Constable and Company, 1930.

First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, “Ayot St La...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-131696

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Coetzee, J.M

Waiting for the Barbarians.

Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.

First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetz...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-116489

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling Liberty Magazine Poetry Collection.

New York: McCormick-Patterson, 1928.

Scarce collection of 1928 issues of Liberty Magazine containing early appearances of many of Kipling’s rarest poems. Folio, five issues, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes is...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-119441

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Mann, Thomas

Joseph in Egypt.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.

First American edition of the third installment of Mann’s four-part novel retelling the vast saga of Genesis, which Mann considered his greatest work. Octavo, 2 volumes, pictorial endpapers. Pre...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-96001

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Cain, James M

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and to...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-146083

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Seabrook, William

No Hiding Place.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Kate Bilott ‘The tigers of wrath are wi...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150205

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Durrell, Lawrence

Clea.

London: Faber & Faber , 1960.

First edition of the author’s final novel in his classic Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpa...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151667

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Simon, Neil

Barefoot in the Park.

New York: Random House, 1964.

First edition of the playwright’s first book, review copy with the slip laid in. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neil Simon, Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway production (and...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146190

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Davies, Valentine

Miracle On 34th. Street.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143561

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1875-1881.

Finely bound edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147262

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Chandler, Raymond

Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.

:, 1957.

Rare autograph postcards signed by Raymond Chandler to his secretary Jean Fracasse and her son Vincent. Duodecimo, two postcards of Palm Springs, California, dated 21 November 1957. Chandler and Vince...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147854

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Selby Jr., Hubert. [Darren Aronofsky]

Requiem For A Dream.

London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1979.

First edition of this work, which served as the basis for the 2000 film directed by Darren Aronofsky starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, original half clot...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151581

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Shakespeare, William

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.

Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1825.

Finely bound example of the collected dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 12mo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to th...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142618

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O'Hara, John

The Works of John O’Hara.

New York: : Random House, .

First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An a...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4370

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Morrison, Toni

Beloved.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Debra Toni Morr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132605

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Ibsen, Henrik

The Works of Henrik Ibsen.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911-12.

The Viking edition of this collection of Henrik Ibsen’s works. Octavo, thirteen volumes, bound in mid-twentieth century three quarters brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150766

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Pierce, J.E and Walter B. Gibson, editors. [Houdini, Harry]

The Magic World.

Philadelphia: The Magic World Publishing Co, 1917-1924.

Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World, the early 20th century periodical ‘Devoted to the Interests of Magicians, Ventriloquists, Illusionists, and Others of the Allied Art...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132590

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Churchill, Winston S

Ian Hamilton’s March.

London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery,...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144787

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

Little Dorrit.

Airships.

Little, Big.

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

Journey in the Dark.

The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.

Waiting for the Barbarians.

Rudyard Kipling Liberty Magazine Poetry Collection.

Joseph in Egypt.

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

No Hiding Place.

Clea.

Barefoot in the Park.

Miracle On 34th. Street.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.

Requiem For A Dream.

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.

The Works of John O’Hara.

Beloved.

The Works of Henrik Ibsen.

The Magic World.

Ian Hamilton’s March.