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A Trick of the Light.

London: The Bodley Head, 1984.

First edition of Faulks’ first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Sally – I hope this do...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-119600

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Corso, Gregory

The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems.

Cambridge, MA: Richard Brukenfeld, 1955.

First edition of the poet’s first book one of 500 copies printed though about half of which were lost in the mail. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gregory Corso. In near fine condition. Rar...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-123719

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Thomas, Dylan; Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg

A Child’s Christmas In Wales.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Thomas’ beloved Christmas reverie, one of 100 copies signed by illustrator Fritz Eichenberg, accompanied by an extra suite of five plates on large paper, each signed in...

$1,700.00 Item Number: RRB-150993

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Woolf, Virginia

The Years.

London: Hogarth Press, 1937.

First edition of the most successful of Woolf’s later novels, often viewed as her masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-140038

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Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-150439

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White, T.H

England Have My Bones.

London: Collins, 1936.

First edition of the author’s classic memoir. Octavo, original cloth, with 8 full page woodcut illustrations by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-135368

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Waugh, Evelyn

Black Mischief.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1962.

First revised edition of Waugh’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth, with 9 line-drawings by the author. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Patrick...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-95269

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Bunyan, John

Bunyan’s Choice Works: The Pilgrim’s Progress, The Holy War, The Barren Fig-Tree, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Heart’s Ease in Heart Trouble.

Glasgow: James Semple, c.1880.

Finely bound edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gil...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-148101

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Tan, Amy [Larry McMurtry]

The Joy Luck Club.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.

First edition, advance reading copy of Tan’s masterpiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-143578

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[Grant, Ulysses S.]

Hymns of the Ages: Second Series. Being Selections From Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Harington, and Other Sources.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.

First edition of the second series of Hymns of the Ages, from the library of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments withi...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-138284

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Bradshaw, George [Peter O'Toole]

Practise to Deceive.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.

First edition of this collection of short stories, one of which Venus Rising was the basis for the classic film How to Steal A Million, starring Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, origina...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-110748

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Rey, H.A. and Margaret

Curious George Rides a Bike.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952.

First edition, early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Inscribed and signed by Margaret Rey, who has drawn a doodle and signed by H.A. Rey. Near fine in a...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149628

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Gibbon, Lewis Grassic [James Leslie Mitchell] [Ray Mitchell; Seumas Stewart; Bill Craig]

A Scots Hairst: Essays and Short Stories.

London: Hutchinson, 1967.

First edition of this posthumous collection of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s shorter works. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by his wife Ray Mitchell...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151457

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Roger, Fred [Tom Hanks]

You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor.

New York: Viking, 1994.

First edition of this collection of quotes from Rogers‘ writings throughout his career. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151614

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Barris, Chuck [George Clooney and Sam Rockwell]

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1984.

First edition of this autobiography, basis for the 2002 film directed by George Clooney starring Sam Rockwell. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endp...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151731

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Kerouac, Jack

The Dharma Bums.

New York: The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ru...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151810

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Blixen, Karen [Isak Dinesen]

Den Afrikanske Farm. [Out of Africa].

Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1937.

First Danish edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare in this co...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151113

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Hersey, John [Cormac McCarthy]

Antonietta.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

First edition of this fictionalized history of a Stradivarius violin named “Antonietta,” created in 1699, Cormac McCarthy’s copy with his name to the front free endpaper. Octavo, ori...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151409

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Cohen, Leonard

Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs.

New York: Pantheon, 1993.

First edition of this collection of poems and songs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Mort and Judy warm regard...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-117464

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Seuss, Dr

Green Eggs and Ham.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition, early printing of this Dr. Seuss classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “Wit...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149462

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Hemingway, Ernest; Taylor Williams; Mary Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, Mary Hemingway, and Taylor Williams Photograph Collection.

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Rare original black and white photograph collection of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway with his wife Mary Hemingway and fishing guide Taylor Williams in Cuba. Collection of five black and w...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150109

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Bunyan, John

Pilgrim’s Progress [Fore-Edge Painting]

London : L. and G. Seeley, 1840.

Finely bound example with a foredge painting of a sailing ship initialed and dated 1840 of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, Pilgrim’s Progress. Octavo, bound in...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-120842

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Fleming, Ian

The Man With the Golden Gun.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the twelfth novel of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In very good condition, stamp of the Edgewar...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150438

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Travers, P.L

I Go By Sea, I Go By Land.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941.

First edition of this classic work, a fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America. Octavo, original cloth, fro...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-103991

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