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    Ford O’Kabul River. No 2. Of the Second Series of Barrack-Room Ballads. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Music by Gerard F. Cobb.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Ford O’Kabul River. No 2. Of the Second Series of Barrack-Room Ballads. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Music by Gerard F. Cobb.

    London: Cas. Sheard & Co, 1895.

    Rare sheet music printing of Rudyard Kipling’s Ford O’Kabul River, a song from Barrack-Room Ballads. Folio, bound in one quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In good...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126930
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    Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting].

    Tennyson, Alfred

    Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting].

    London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1867.

    Finely bound example of one of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ela...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151178
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    The Overstory.

    Powers, Richard

    The Overstory.

    New York: W.W. Norton Company, 2017.

    First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, “the best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period” (Ann Patchett). Octavo, original boards. Boldly...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151356
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    Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit. [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

    Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

    Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit. [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

    Koln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1982.

    Early German edition of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscr...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138432
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    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

    Lewis, C.S

    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

    London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.

    First edition of Lewis’ final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt ti...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141307
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    Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

    Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

    Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

    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, m...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-104673
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    Where the Crawdads Sing.

    Owens, Delia

    Where the Crawdads Sing.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018.

    First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time and basis for the 2022 film. Octavo, original half-cloth. Lengthily signed by the author with a quote from the book on the title page,...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148587
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    Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems.

    Cohen, Leonard; Irving Layton

    Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems.

    New York: Alan Brilliant, 1958.

    First edition of this anthology of Canadian poetry. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, four issues of poetry, number two. Boldly signed and dated by Leonard Cohen on the title page, “Leonard C...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149947
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    The Collector.

    Fowles, John

    The Collector.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.

    First edition of Fowles’ debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Jacket...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139294
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    The Cider House Rules.

    Irving, John

    The Cider House Rules.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.

    First British edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Dear Ka...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144200
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    The First Book of Negroes.

    Hughes, Langston

    The First Book of Negroes.

    New York: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1952.

    First edition of this first work in a series aimed to educate children on the history of African people and the accomplishments of African Americans. Square octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147830
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    The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.

    Huxley, Elspeth

    The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1959.

    First edition of Huxley’s autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father’s coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-110441
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    Native Son.

    Wright, Richard

    Native Son.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

    First edition, first issue binding with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels,...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-118656
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    The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

    Twain, Mark

    The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

    Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

    First edition, third state of the author’s second book with “The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooli...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127837
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    The Magus.

    Fowles, John

    The Magus.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.

    First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate of famed coll...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142119
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    Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

    Didion, Joan

    Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

    New York: The Modern Library, 2000.

    First Modern Library edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Elizabeth H...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-79043
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    Maurice Sendak “So Sue Me” Signed Original Costume Design.

    Sendak, Maurice

    Maurice Sendak “So Sue Me” Signed Original Costume Design.

    :, 1993.

    Rare original Maurice Sendak watercolor costume design for Arthur Yorinks’ 1993 play “So Sue Me”. One page, watercolor and ink on cardstock, Sendak has signed and annotated the desig...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117308
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    A Quartette of Comedies.

    Wells, H.G

    A Quartette of Comedies.

    London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

    First British omnibus edition of four comic novels culminating in “1100 pages from Mr. Wells’ magic pen.” Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148954
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    Forrest Gump.

    Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks]

    Forrest Gump.

    New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 2014.

    First commemorative edition of this modern classic, basis for the 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, with the screenplay by Eric Roth. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Winston Groom and additi...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150570
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    Dawn: A Novel.

    Butler, Octavia

    Dawn: A Novel.

    New York: Warner Books, 1987.

    First edition of the first installment in the Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151099
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    Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

    Dahl, Roald

    Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

    London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1978.

    First British edition, early printing of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151318
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    Autobiography of a Yogi.

    Yogananda, Paramhansa

    Autobiography of a Yogi.

    New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.

    First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Uncommon...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130643
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    The Name of the Rose.

    Eco, Umberto

    The Name of the Rose.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980.

    First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Presentation copy, warmly i...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146943
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    Humboldt’s Gift.

    Bellow, Saul

    Humboldt’s Gift.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1975.

    First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “To Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz — the homage of lett...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-100951
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