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The Spy Who Loved Me.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-150445

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Faulkner, William

First edition of this novel which tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Edward Shenton. Fine in a near fine dust jack...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-138572

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Edited by William Oldys

Biographia Britannica: Or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons Who Have Flourished In Great Britain and Ireland, From the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed an Manuscript, and Digested in a Manner of Mr. Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary.

London: Printed for W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Osborne, et al, 1747.

First edition of the Biographia Britannica. Folio, 7 volumes bound in contemporary full calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised ban...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-114752

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Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of...

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-116178

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Saramago, Jose

Baltasar and Blimunda.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First British edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Doris Jose Sara...

$1,300.00 Item Number: RRB-140898

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Morpurgo, Michael

War Horse.

Kingswood, UK: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1982.

First edition of this powerful novel that follows the journey of a horse during WWI. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards. In near fine condition. Cover design by Victor Ambrus.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141014

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Klein, William

Tokyo.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.

First edition of the fourth volume in Klein’s acclaimed series of “city” books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Preface by Maurice Pinguet...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-121339

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Abish, Walter

Duel Site.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970.

First edition of the award winning poet’s first book. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. One of 300 copies, 1 to 0 of which are signed. Signed by the author on the title page. In...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-128294

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Irving, John

The World According to Garp.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.

First edition of Irving’s fourth and breakthrough novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, Near fine in a near fine dust ja...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-136457

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Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition, first issue of Eliot’s classic work without the advertisement leaf to volume I and with the seventh edition of Adam Bede cited in the advertisements at rear of volume III. Octavo,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140537

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Bellow, Saul

Seize The Day.

New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-142270

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Mosley, Nicholas

Accident.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Nicholas Mosley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear. Jacket design by J...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-1409

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Hughes, Langston

Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

[Washington, D.C.]: [Howard University], [1947].

Original Howard University Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Afternoon Forum Program signed by Langston Hughes. One page, quarto, folded sheet, typescript, contemporary copy of typed program for forum organi...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147803

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition in the rare original cloth of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes, original pink cloth with floral design sta...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149060

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York: Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the fr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-131837

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Baudelaire, Charles

Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Paris: Club de Livre, 1985.

The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpape...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-94702

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Kipling, Rudyard

Lettres du Japon.

Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1925.

Deluxe limited edition of Kipling’s collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo, original wrappers, decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Transl...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-122943

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Fuentes, Carlos

Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].

Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.

First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily in...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-132766

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Foster Wallace, David; James Salter; T.C. Boyle; et al

Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards. [Includes David Foster Wallace’s Here and There].

New York: Doubleday, 1989.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper. Included in this volume is the story “Here and There...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-136204

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Conrad, Joseph

Tales of Unrest.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.

First edition of Conrad’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, pictorial bookplate, ownership signature to half-title page. Housed in a contemporary clamshell and chemis...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139203

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Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1869.

Finely bound example of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bou...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139645

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Buechner, Frederick

The Book of Bebb: Lion Country, Open Heart, Love Feast, Treasure Hunt.

New York: Atheneum, 1979.

First edition of the compilation of the four books that make up the Bebb Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Aunt and Uncle, “For Aunt Betty, Uncle...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-2679

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Wallace, David Foster & Mark Costello

The Missouri Review : Signifying Rappers, Volume XIII, Number 2.

New York: Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition. The first article is 20 page essay from David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello on Rap music,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-4117

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Atwood, Margaret

Surfacing.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972.

First edition of the author’s classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rachel- Margaret Atwood June 4 1982.” F...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146203

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Rare & Classic, American or English Literature Books for Sale Online

The Spy Who Loved Me.

Unvanquished.

Ethan Frome.

Baltasar and Blimunda.

War Horse.

Tokyo.

Duel Site.

The World According to Garp.

The Mill On The Floss.

Seize The Day.

Accident.

Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

Waterfront.

Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Lettres du Japon.

Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].

Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards. [Includes David Foster Wallace’s Here and There].

Tales of Unrest.

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

The Book of Bebb: Lion Country, Open Heart, Love Feast, Treasure Hunt.

The Missouri Review : Signifying Rappers, Volume XIII, Number 2.

Surfacing.