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Vargas Llosa, Mario; Edited and translated by John King

Making Waves: Essays.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-1736
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Yates, Richard

Cold Spring Harbor.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1986.

First Edition of the author’s last novel. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$55.00
Item Number: RRB-1701
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Roth, Philip

The Breast.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.

Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-1625
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Vargas Llosa, Mario

The Green House.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1969.

First British edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine crown.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-1573
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Le Clezio, J.M.G

Desert.

Boston : A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.

First American edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-1555
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Saramago, Jose

Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].

Lisbon : Caminho, 1999.

First edition of the author’s Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-1503
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Coetzee, J.M

Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1992.

First edition of this collection of essays and interviews by the Nobel Prize winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-1497
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Coetzee, J.M

What Is Realism.

Bennington, VT : Bennington College Chapbooks, 1997.

First edition of this essay by J.M. Coetzee. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Coetzee. Fine in wrappers.

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-1366
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Saramago, Jose

A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas.

Lisboa : Ed. Futura, 1973.

First edition of this early collection of essays by the future Nobel Prize- winning author. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed and dated by Jose Saramago.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-1334
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Irving, John

Setting Free the Bears.

New York : Random House, 1968.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed [5 line inscription] by John Irving on the half- title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1351
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Bellow, Saul

Humboldt’s Gift.

New York : The Viking Press, 1975.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Karyl, with love I could never have done it without your patient help Saul.” The recipient, Karyl Kylie typed the manuscript of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacketContinue reading "Humboldt’s Gift."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1289
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Vidal, Gore

Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays.

Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1956.

First edition of the author’s play that was later made into the 1960 motion picture starring Jerry Lewis as Kreton. Octavo. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a ticket stub at a play that Vidal appeared at.

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$425.00
Item Number: RRB-1264
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Xingjian, Gao

One Man’s Bible.

New York : Harper Collins, 2002.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second novel published in English. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Cicq de Cumptich. Jacket painting by Gao Xingjian.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-1236
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Theroux, Paul

The Consul’s Fire.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Paul Theroux on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities.

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$85.00
Item Number: RRB-1126
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Stone, Robert

A Hall of Mirrors.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Stone who has additionally added the line from this title as follows, “They killed my girl,” Rheinhardt said, walking down the street. “I’m gonna to bust up the bar. Robert Stone.” Laid in a program from a literary festival signed by StoneContinue reading "A Hall of Mirrors."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1108
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Robinson, Marilynne

The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-1002
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Marias, Javier

Los Dominios del Lobo.

Barcelona : Edhasa, 1971.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-994
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O'Brien, Tim

Northern Lights.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1975.

First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page as follows, “Peace Tim O’Brien “I guess we’re really brothers, aren’t we? Don’t know what that means, except it means that some of the same things we remember.” Near fine a near fine dust jacket with aContinue reading "Northern Lights."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-940
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Millhauser, Steven

Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of wear. Jacket design by Alice and Martin Provensen.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-885
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Mailer, Norman

The Naked and the Dead.

London : Allan Wingate, 1949.

First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in Jamaica, Vermont, back in 1949, Loved it. Cheers Norman Mailer.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Holland.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-833
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Lessing, Doris

Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.

London : Michael Joseph, 1952-1969.

First editions of the author’s Children of Violence Series. Octavo, 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-796
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Le Clezio, J.M.G

Desert.

London : Atlantic Books, 2009.

First British edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the wrap around band. Jacket design by Ghost.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-774
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Le Clezio, J.M.G

Fever.

New York : Atheneum, 1966.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Le Clezio on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-778
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Kundera, Milan

Immortality.

New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.

First American edition of Kundera’s sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Milan Kundera on the half title page. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Trade editions signed by Kundera are uncommon.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-771
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Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

London : Secker and Warburg, 1962.

The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-560
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Gordimer, Nadine

Selected Stories.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1975.

First British edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-552
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Gordimer, Nadine

The Conservationist.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1974.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In very good condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-540
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Gordimer, Nadine

July’s People.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1981.

First edition of one of the author’s most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-543
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Gordimer, Nadine

My Son’s Story.

Johannesburg : Taurus, 1990.

First South African edition and true first edition. Octavo, blue boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light shelf wear.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-537
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Gordimer, Nadine

A Soldier’s Embrace.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1980.

First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-539
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Cain, James M

Serenade.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, “To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944”. Bookplate of the recipient on the front freeContinue reading "Serenade."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-305
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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-230
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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling to the extremities.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-224
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Coetzee, J.M

White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.

South Africa : Radix, 1988.

First South African edition, which precedes the American edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-217
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Coetzee, J.M

Boyhood.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.

First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-222
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Coetzee, J.M

Elizabeth Costello.

London : Secker & Warburg, 2003.

First British Edition. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-212
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Bellow, Saul

L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

Paris : Libraire Plon, 1954.

First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-185
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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : Viking, 2003.

First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow’s third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow “For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow.” Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engageContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-188
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Bellow, Saul

Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

New York : The Viking Press, 1970.

First edition of the author’s third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-184
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Bellow, Saul

Mosby’s Memoirs and other Stories.

New York : Viking Press, 1968.

First edition of the author’s first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows very light rubbing to the black dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.

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$425.00
Item Number: RRB-180
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Bellow, Saul

The Dean’s December.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-182
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Bellow, Saul

Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.

: Bennington College, 1987.

First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-178
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Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of this “thoughtful and elegant novel” (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-159
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Heaney, Seamus

Door Into The Dark.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1969.

First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-151
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Vargos Llosa, Mario

A Fish In The Water: A Memoir.

New York : : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-112
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Cornwell, Bernard

Sharpe’s Company. Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Badajoz, January to April 1812.

London : Collins, 1982.

First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, “With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell.”

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1812
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Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.

First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1254
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Paterson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

New York : Thomas Crowell, 1978.

First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-4088
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