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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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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 your good book. Amy 5 Apr ’90.” The recipient, Larry McMurtry remains best known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove which was adaptedContinue reading "The Joy Luck Club."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-143578

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Rare first edition, presentation copy of The Abolition of Man; inscribed by C.S. Lewis

Lewis, C.S

The Screwtape Letters.

London : Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1945.

Early printing of Lewis‘ classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works; signed by him with his poem The Salamader in the year it was published in The Spectator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “C. S. Lewis” and inscribed by him on the finalContinue reading "The Screwtape Letters."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143837

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Steinbeck, John

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts.

New York : Covici Friede Publishers, 1937.

First edition of Steinbeck’s dramatization of his poignant novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the publisher’s price of $2.00. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. A very sharp example.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-143012

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Didion, Joan. [Vanessa Redgrave]

The Year of Magical Thinking: A Play by Joan Didion Signed Theatrical Poster.

New York : Prof. D.R. McClennahan, 2006.

Original theatrical poster from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of Didion’s 2005 best-selling memoir at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Signed by Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave on the lower portion of the poster. In near fine condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-143250

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The Problem of Pain; signed and inscribed by C.S. Lewis with a quotation from Coventry Patmore's poem The Angel in the House

Lewis, C.S

The Problem of Pain.

London : The Centenary Pres, 1941.

Early printing of Lewis’s classic discussion of the nature of good and evil; inscribed by him with a quotation from Coventry Patmore’s poem The Angel in the House which had a profound influence on the development of Lewis’s Christian beliefs. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by C.S. Lewis with a quotation from Coventry Patmore’s poemContinue reading "The Problem of Pain."

$19,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143183

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Powell, Anthony

Temporary Kings.

London : Heinemann, 1973.

First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-142957

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Wells, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay]

Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”

London : The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells’ Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. InContinue reading "Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”"

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-143681

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[King, Stephen]

Prism: Stephen King 1969 University of Maine Yearbook.

Bangor, Maine : University of Maine/Prism, 1969.

1969 University of Maine Yearbook featuring several photographs of Stephen King as an undergraduate. Quarto, original publisher’s half cloth over illustrated boards, illustrated with black and white photographs including a large photograph of King protesting the Vietnam War on page 70. In very good condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-143490

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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 jacket with a chip to the spine.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-143512

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Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.

First American edition of Grahame’s beloved children’s novel which preceded the English edition by only four days, with Scribner’s seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by W. Grahame Robertson. In good condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-143829

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Tartt, Donna

The Secret History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Diana- warm regards- Donna Tartt.” Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of theContinue reading "The Secret History."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143517

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Hall, Oakley

Warlock.

New York : The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this classic of American West literature. 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 the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed byContinue reading "Warlock."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-143509

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Cheever, John

The Wapshot Scandal.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142313

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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O’Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142299

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First edition of the Ian Fleming’s first book Casino Royale which introduced the world to 007; Signed by Him

Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author “from Ian Fleming” on a card mounted to the front free endpaper.

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142789

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Cheever, John

The Enormous Radio and Other Stories.

New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1953.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grace James.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-142887

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Joyce, James

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

London : The Egoist Ltd, 1917.

First English edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel, one of about 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142971

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Warhol, Andy; David Whitney

Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s.

New York : Random House, 1979.

Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s First Edition Signed

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142806

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Herzl, Theodor

Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts].

Wein : Verlag Der "Welt", 1897.

First edition of Herzl’s popular politically-charged drama, written several years before Der Judenstaat and praised by Max Nordau and Sigmund Freud. Octavo, original printed wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, “Herrn Heinrich Steiner zur freundlichen Erinnerung Th. Herzl.” The recipient, Hungarian author and publisher HeinrichContinue reading "Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts]."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143510

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Kuznetsov, Anatoly. Translated by David Floyd

Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1970.

First English uncensored edition of soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov’s most acclaimed work in its complete, unredacted form. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Mr. M.G. Millard – with very best wishes, in appreciation for the invaluable help he has givenContinue reading "Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143812

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Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard

Now We Are Six.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.

First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper.

$700.00

Item Number: RRB-143951

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Milosz, Czeslaw

Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1968.

First edition of the re-issue of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Czeslaw Milosz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman. Author photograph by Thomas Victor.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-142086

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Sholokhov, Mikhail. Translated by Stephen Gary

And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home To The Sea.

London : Putnam, 1934-1940.

First edition in English of the major epic of Soviet literature and one of the first works of Soviet literature to be translated into English. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth. And Quiet Flows the Don is very good in a good dust jacket. The Don Flows Home To The Sea is very good inContinue reading "And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home To The Sea."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143722

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Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Camden, New Jersey : Author's Edition [Walt Whitman], 1882.

The Author’s edition of the most important and influential volume of poetry written in America; one of probably fewer than 100 copies produced with the inclusion of the “sexual odes” at Whitman’s insistence. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with two full-page engraved portraits of Whitman at different ages. Boldly signed by Walt Whitman on theContinue reading "Leaves of Grass."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143291

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