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Asimov, Isaac. Illustrated by Bernard Colonna

The Heavenly Host.

New York : Walker and Company, 1975.

First edition of Asimov’s classic juvenile science fiction adventure. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Bernard Colonna. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Steve Isaac Asimov.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-142300
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Vargas Llosa, Mario

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1978.

First edition of this early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Translated by George Kolovakos and Ronald Christ.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-142083
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Prabhavananda, Swami, Gerald Heard, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, and John van Druten.

Vedanta for Modern Man.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1951.

First edition of this collection of philosophical and religious essays. Signed by contributors Swami Prabhavananda, Gerald Heard, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, and John van Druten on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-143094
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Kerouac, Jack

The Subterraneans.

New York : Grove Press, 1958.

First trade edition of this work, published simultaneously with a wrapper bound edition. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.  

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-143095
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Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

Advance Review Copy of the first edition of Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth.  many of his works. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-143084
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Huxley, Aldous

Brief Candles.

New York : The Fountain Press, 1930.

First edition and signed limited edition of Huxley’s fifth collection of short fiction. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. In very good condition.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-143082
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Ford, Ford Madox

Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post.

New York 1924-1928.

First editions of each novel in the author’s classic modernist series Parade’s End. Octavo, four volumes. Each volume is in very good to near fine condition, with A Man Could Stand Up in the original dust jacket. Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation of thisContinue reading "Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-143044
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Amis, Martin

Money.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Amis on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author’s photograph by Jerry Bauer.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-143070
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Wells, H.G

The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1904.

First edition of Wells’ satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-95220
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Powell, Anthony

Hearing Secret Harmonies.

London : Heinemann, 1975.

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

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-143067
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Lowell, Robert

History.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Skaggs. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-143031
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Powell, Anthony

The Kindly Ones.

London : Heinemann, 1962.

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

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-143029
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Webb, Charles [Richard Benjamin]

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker.

Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970.

First edition of this novel, basis for the 1971 film starring Richard Benjamin and Joanna Shimkus, directed by Larry Turman. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Milton Charles.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-143069
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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin]

Portnoy’s Complaint.

New York : Random House, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Roth’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the 1972 adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. AnContinue reading "Portnoy’s Complaint."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-142668
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Hannah, Barry

Airships.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence on the half-title page to his publisher, “For Sam Lawrence – Here’s to your good and fortunate life, and our good times together- Barry Hannah Oxford ’86.” Fine inContinue reading "Airships."

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$1,850.00
Item Number: RRB-143006
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Lewis, C.S

The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1950-1956.

First editions of each book in the author’s classic Chronicles of Narnia series, which has sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Octavo, 7 volumes, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signatureContinue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."

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$17,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140690
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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.

New York : Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.

First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-143115
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Asimov, Isaac

More Tales of the Black Widowers.

Garden City, NY : Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

First edition of the second book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asimov.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-142873
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Lowell, Robert

Near The Ocean.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

First Noonday printing of Lowell’s renowned collection of poems, including his famous Waking Early on Sunday Morning. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Sebastiano In the time of my crisis Robert Lowell Jan. 6, 1976 Greenways Nur[s]ing Home Robert.” In very good condition with  a fewContinue reading "Near The Ocean."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-142550
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Lewis, C.S

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1950.

First edition of the first work in Lewis’ acclaimed Narnia series. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Illustrated byContinue reading "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe."

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-142909
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Dick, Philip K

Ubik.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969.

First edition of one of Philip K. Dick’s most acclaimed novels. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip K. Dick on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Peter Rauch. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.

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$28,000.00
Item Number: RRB-98978
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Koestler, Arthur

Arrival and Departure.

London : Hutchinson of London, 1966.

First Danube edition of the third novel in the author’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Karl and Diane from Arthur.” The recipients were Karl Pribram and his wife Diane. Karl as a neurosurgeon and close friend of Koestler who did pioneering work on the definition ofContinue reading "Arrival and Departure."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-142679
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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Matilda.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1988.

First British edition of Dahl’s popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Andrew Love Roald Dahl.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-143009
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Zafron, Carlos Ruiz

The Shadow of the Wind.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this “gorgeous read” (Stephen King). Octavo, original boards, patterned endpapers. Signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Translated by Lucia Graves.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-143007
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