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A Prayer For Owen Meany.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.

First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, “Merry Christmas John Irving...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145910

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Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

New York: Pantheon, 1962.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised ban...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-3796

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Buck, Pearl S

The Good Earth.

New York: The John Day Company, 1931.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by th...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143665

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Inge, William. [Peter O'Toole]

A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition of Inge’s 1959 play, from the working library of legendary stage and screen actor Peter O’Toole. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards. Association copy, inscribe...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-123340

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Hurston, Zora Neale

Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.

First edition of this humorous novel set in Florida, a place Hurston knew well, having been born in Eatonville, an entirely black Florida town. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust ja...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143512

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Walker, Alice

The Color Purple.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

First edition, early printing of Walker’s third novel, which made her the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jack...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146798

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Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-98455

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Butler, Robert Olen [John Updike]

Countrymen of Bones.

New York: Horizon Press, 1983.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to John Updike on the front free endpaper, “For John Updik...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4403

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Garbo, Greta

Greta Garbo Signed Check.

:, March 26, 1963.

Rare signed check from Greta Garbo, with typed recipient, amount and date, boldly signed by Greta Garbo. The entire piece measures 2.75 inches by 6.25 inches.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-119763

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Dickens, Charles

Dombey and Son.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in original cloth. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-131468

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Drexler, Rosalyn [Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman]

I Am the Beautiful Stranger; The Line of Least Existence: and Other Plays; To Smithereens.

New York: Grossman Publishers; Random House; The New American Library, 1965-72.

First editions of this collection of works from the Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and professional wrestler. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth and half-cloth. To Smithereens is...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149446

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Bowles, Jane

Two Serious Ladies.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A sharp example.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142122

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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York: The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good first issue...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-58004

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Ross, Bernard L. [Ken Follet]; Peter Hyams; Elliot Gould

Capricorn One.

London: Arthur Baker Limited, 1978.

First British edition of Follett’s novelization of the classic 1978 thriller film Capricorn One, based on the screenplay by Peter Hyams. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by d...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148553

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Mala Hora.

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, S.A. Editores, 1979.

Early printing of this classic novella written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In near fine condition.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150387

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Oliver, Mary

Dog Songs: Poems.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2013.

First edition of this collection of poems by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver and illustrator John Burgoyne on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust j...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150919

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McCarthy, Cormac [Chip Kidd]

The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994.

First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Additionally si...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151479

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Cleary, Beverly

Henry and Ribsy.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954.

First edition of the third book in Cleary’s classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-10007

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Howe, Julia Ward

Passion-Flowers.

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854.

First edition of Julia Ward Howe’s first book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher’s advertisements at rear dated 1853. Association copy, inscribed by the autho...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-109025

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Amis, Martin

Money.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Amis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author’s photogr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133821

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Note Signed.

:, c. 1919.

Rare handwritten note signed by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning spiritualism. One page on plain paper, not date. The letter reads, “Such cases are unhappily not very rare. For this reason people s...

$1,760.00 Item Number: RRB-152085

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Cooper, James Fenimore

The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper.

New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1856.

Octavo, 17 volumes. Bound in full tan leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, tooling to board edges. Raised bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In near fine condition.

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-3663

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Shaffer, Peter

Amadeus.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980.

First edition of the playwright’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “What use, after all is man, if not to teach God His less...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-128746

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Whittier, John Greenleaf

Mogg Megone, A Poem.

Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836.

First edition of Whittier’s well-received narrative of the life of legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Megone. BAL 21697. 16mo, original cloth with gilt title within an arabesque gilt fra...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-133021

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