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New York : Ecco Press, 1990.
First appearance of Foster Wallace’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by David Foster Wallace. In fine condition. The first article is a 20 page essay from David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello on Rap music, entitled Signifying Rappers.
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New York : The Dial Press, 1968.
First edition of this major work by Baldwin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Kathleen Peace- James Baldwin.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of this play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his editor on the front free endpaper, “Dear Aaron Thanks Arthur March, 1968.” Asher also edited Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and many others. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by MelContinue reading "The Price."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1938.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one month of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately, Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor,Continue reading "Brighton Rock."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1955.
First edition of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s Harold series. 12 mo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket without the price to top of front flap, with code “30-60 / No. 5671A” to front flap and “No. 5672A” to rear flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box madeContinue reading "Harold and the Purple Crayon."
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Venice : Gregorium de Gregorijs, 1514.
Rare 16th century printing of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics; bound together with Spanish Franciscan theologian Antonius Andreas’s best known work, Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis. Quarto, bound in contemporary parchment over handmade paper-covered boards, woodcut initials, text in two columns. In very good condition. A rare and desirable collection.
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London and New York : Frederick Warne and Co, 1889.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers, William Hazlitt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, botanical gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page,Continue reading "William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1955.
First edition of this classic Huxley novella. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Emil Antonucci.
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London : Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O’Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Lois Shapiro Shalom Leon Uris.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket drawing by Harlan Krakowitz. Signed firstContinue reading "Exodus: A Novel of Israel."
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Boston : The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of “arguably the first major work of American science fiction” (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments of the author H Gernsback 1925.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown.
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London : Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.
Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by the publisher. Folio, bound in publisher’s full vellum, front panel elaborately stamped in gilt in a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to theContinue reading "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
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Paris : The Olympia Press, 1955.
First edition of Nabokov’s masterpiece, published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955. First issue with the price of 900 francs on the rear panel of each volume. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green wrappers. In very good condition with light rubbing, some toning to the extremities. Ownership names and newspaper clipping tipped in.
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New York : Random House, 1980.
First edition of this compilation of the author’s first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his editor David Kent, “For David Kent John Irving with my admiration and affection.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres.
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London : A.C. Fifield, 1919.
Finely bound example of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1900.
First edition of this collection of James’ novellas. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine first issue dust jacket. Jacket painting by Bill Preston.
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Boston : The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of “arguably the first major work of American science fiction” (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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London : The Children's High Level Group, 2008.
First edition, limited issue of this wizarding classic. Signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page, with the authentication hologram. Octavo, original brown morocco-patterned boards with silver metal cornerpieces and central ornament accented with faux blue gems, silver metal clasp, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmark, illustrated. Housed in the embroidered velvet bag within the publisher’s calfContinue reading "The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Translated from the Original Runes by Hermione Granger. With Commentary by Professor Albus Dumbledore."
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Boston : Dana Estes, n.d.
The Illustrated Cabinet edition of the novels of Victor Hugo. Octavo, 12 volumes. Bound in three quarters navy blue morocco over blue cloth, elaborate gilt decorated spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with illustrated plates, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
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New York : New Directions, 1952.
First edition of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of “Do not go gentle into that good night.” Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Dylan Thomas 1952.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "In Country Sleep."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1981.
First American edition of one of the author’s most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studios.
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Stuttgart : Bluchert-Verlag, 1951.
First German edition of the classic retelling of one of the most celebrated Disney films. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Walt Disney on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Laid in is a business card of the publisher with a note referencing this wasContinue reading "Walt Disney’s Cinderella."
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New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym “Hannah Green”, as follows, “I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too.” “Hannah Green” Joanne Greenberg.” Near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.
First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Sean O’Casey to his dear friend Joe Cummins, Whose companionship, through hours of eventide, he often misses deeply Chalfont St Gilles 1933.” Near fineContinue reading "Within the Gates."
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Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1903.
Autograph Centenary edition with a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters contemporary morocco over cloth, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Numerous mounted photogravure illustrations. One of 600 copies. In near fine condition.
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New York : Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially signedContinue reading "Signifying Rappers."
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Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy.” The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.
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London : William Heinemann, 1903.
First English edition, first printing of this collection of stories, including the thrilling titular novella, “generally thought to inaugurate Conrad’s period of artistic maturity.” Octavo, original Cagle’s binding A with only the top edge trimmed and with 110 mm between “Conrad” and “Heinemann” on the spine, with gilt titles to the spine and front panel.Continue reading "Typhoon And Other Stories."
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London : Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.
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London : Jacob Tonson, 1700.
First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12,000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer, Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding, tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands. In very good condition.
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Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1878.
Finely bound set of Moliere. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in full red morocco, illustrated with plates, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Adolphe Regnier. With the slipcovers in marbled paper. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
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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, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “K. Jean Bourne, P.L.Continue reading "I Go By Sea, I Go By Land."
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Calcutta : The Golden Book Committee, 1931.
First subscribers’ edition of The Golden Book of Tagore, the elaborate privately produced tribute to the famed poet; signed by Tagore and from the library of Raja Shamraj Rajwant Bahadur. Quarto, original cloth, lettered tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore by Martin Vos signed and dated by Tagore beneath his image, “Rabindranath Tagore Dec. 19,Continue reading "The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday."
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London : Johnathan Cape, 1929.
First edition of this collection of two of the great playwright’s works including the long theo-philosophical meditation, Lazarus Laughed, which called for more than one hundred actors making up a masked chorus. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt author’s signature to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author onContinue reading "Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill."
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New York : Random House, 1995.
Signed limited edition by James Michener. Octavo, original cloth. Number 391 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase, still in the original shrinkwrap.
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London : Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Anthony Hobson from Graham Greene.” The recipient Anthony Hobson, auctioneer and book collector, was a director at Sotheby’sContinue reading "A Burnt-Out Case."
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London : William Heinemann, 1932.
First edition, first printing with misplaced colon on p. 140 of Greene’s first successful novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately from Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor, known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Inspector Clouseau and The CrownContinue reading "Stamboul Train."
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New York : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. John Updike’s copy, with a signed letter from the editor to Updike laid in. In very good condition. From the library of John Upike.
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New York : Miramax Books, 2006.
Early printing of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Thorn and Edith- Thank you! Enjoy Ned Vizzini NedVizzini.com.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Number Seventeen. Jacket illustration by Abigail Smith.
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London : Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, engraved frontispieces, illustrated by George Cattermole andContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."
Read more![The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RRB-100111.jpg?fit=1000%2C644&ssl=1 "The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda].")
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
Large paper edition of the works of George Eliot, with an autographed signed letter tipped in. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels, raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, elaborately illustrated withContinue reading "The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda]."
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New York : Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929.
First edition of this landmark in modern American poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in good condition.
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New York : White and Stokes, 1882.
Finely bound example of Fielding’s fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marlbed endpapers. In near fine condition.
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Leipzig : Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902.
Second edition of Herzl‘s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.
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Cambridge : John Owen, 1842.
First edition of Longfellow’s collection of poems published in support of the United States anti-slavery efforts. Small octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco by Bradstreet’s with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, inner dentelles. Presentation copy, inscribed by Longfellow on the half-title page, “Rev. R. C. Waterston from the Author.” The recipient, ReverendContinue reading "Poems on Slavery."
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1884.
First edition of this collection of two Tennyson plays. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Frederick & Jane Locker from Tennyson.” Tennyson has also inscribed seven lines of verse from the original manuscript of The Cup on pages 80 and 81, insertedContinue reading "The Cup and The Falcon."
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New York : Doubleday and Company, 1977.
First edition of one of the author’s best-known works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by the Quays. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.
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