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    The Golem.

    Meyrink, Gustav

    The Golem.

    Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

    First American edition of the English translation of Meyrink’s masterpiece of mysticism. Octavo, original stamped purple cloth, engraved frontispiece. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95179
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    Master Humphrey’s Clock.

    Dickens, Charles

    Master Humphrey’s Clock.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

    First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148213
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    You Only Live Twice.

    Fleming, Ian

    You Only Live Twice.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.

    First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original black cloth, patterned endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust j...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151591
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    I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections.

    Ephron, Nora

    I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

    First edition of Ephron’s edgy collection of short observational stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Bill Zwecks With best w...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132355
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    The Vicar of Wakefield.

    Goldsmith, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury

    The Vicar of Wakefield.

    London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.

    Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six co...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139375
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    Money.

    Amis, Martin

    Money.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.

    First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Helen, with best wishes Martin Amis.” Fine in a near fine du...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142202
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    Modern Authors Signed Baseball.

    Wolfe, Tom; Umberto Eco; Don DeLillo; Joyce Carol Oates; Margaret Atwood; John Ashbery; Robert Stone; John Updike; et al

    Modern Authors Signed Baseball.

    St. Louis: Rawlings, .

    Rare Rawlings Official National League baseball signed by over 20 authors including: Peter Dexter (on the sweetspot), Tom Wolfe, Umberto Eco, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, John Ashb...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-128460
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    The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

    Byron, George Gordon [Lord]

    The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

    London: John Murray, 1850.

    Finely bound edition of the complete poetical works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces t...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135627
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    Earth’s Enigmas: A Volume of Stories.

    Roberts, Charles G.D

    Earth’s Enigmas: A Volume of Stories.

    Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1896.

    First edition of this collection of short stories, delving into the enigmatic aspects of both nature and human experience. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148056
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    The Bread of Life.

    Laxness, Halldor

    The Bread of Life.

    Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 1987.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to actress Julie Andrews on the front free endpaper,...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116748
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    Clarke, Arthur C. [Keir Dullea]

    2010: Odyssey Two.

    New York: Random House, 1982.

    First edition of “this daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001” (Carl Sagan). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the hal...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150241
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    Seize the Day.

    Bellow, Saul

    Seize the Day.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Gabels with best...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-84225
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    Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.

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    Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. The note reads, in part: “but it is a chapter about…theatrical. They are always great fun. Very sincerely yours...
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    $1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95201
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    Accident.

    Mosley, Nicholas

    Accident.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.

    First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on title page, “For William with all very best wishes from Nicholas...
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    $1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-114589
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    Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

    Uris, Leon

    Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

    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 U...
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    $1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-108911
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    A Game of Thrones.

    Martin, George R.R

    A Game of Thrones.

    New York: Bantam Books, 2011.

    First deluxe edition of the first book in the author’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire Series. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by George R.R. Martin on the ti...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-151381
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    Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life.

    Flaubert, Gustave

    Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life.

    London: John Lane/The Bodley Head LTD, 1928.

    The Bodley Head edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, bound in full pictorial morocco by Sangorski & Sutcl...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-148368
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    Persepolis 2: The Story of Return.

    Satrapi, Marjane

    Persepolis 2: The Story of Return.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 2004.

    First edition of “the most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet” (People). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Marjane Satropi on the front free endpaper...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-152998
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    From Here to Eternity.

    Jones, James

    From Here to Eternity.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.

    First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by James Jones. Fine in a near fine dust ja...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-151054
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    Baltasar and Blimunda.

    Saramago, Jose

    Baltasar and Blimunda.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.

    First American edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, “Para Gu...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-133494
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    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

    Dickens, Charles

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

    First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gi...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-132012
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    Master Humphrey’s Clock.

    Dickens, Charles

    Master Humphrey’s Clock.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.

    First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by Worsfold, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, a...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-147267
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    Of Human Bondage.

    Maugham, W. Somerset; John Sloan [Illustrator]

    Of Human Bondage.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Maugham’s masterpiece and one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles a...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-148515
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    Doctor Zhivago.

    Pasternak, Boris

    Doctor Zhivago.

    London: Collins & Harvill, 1958.

    First edition in English of the work which garnered Pasternak the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the sp...
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    $1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-144782
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