Highsmith, Patricia
A Game For Living.
New York : Harper, 1958.
First Edition of the author’s fifth mystery. Octavo. Light wear to the spine tips, else near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1522
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Asimov, Isaac
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York : Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
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Item Number: RRB-142339
King, Stephen
Needful Things.
New York : The Viking Press, 1991.
First edition of King’s critically praised “horror ride… where all hell breaks loose.” Octavo, original half cloth. Fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Rob Wood/Stansbury.
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Item Number: RRB-150460
Wells, H.G
The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution.
London : Hutchinson & Co, 1933.
First British edition of Wells’ prophetic science fiction classic. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition with toning and splitting to the front panel hinge.
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Item Number: RRB-149246
McDonald, Gregory
Fletch Won.
New York : Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
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Item Number: RRB-143771
le CarrÉ, John
Our Game.
Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1995.
The Franklin Library limited edition of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and toolingContinue reading "Our Game."
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Item Number: RRB-151592
Mahoney, David and Richard Restak. Foreword by William Safire
The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection.
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1998.
First edition of this “wise and compelling guide” (Stephen Covey). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by David Mahoney on the half-title page in the year of publication to William Safire, who contributed the foreword, “Feb 1998 To Bill not for what you are but for what you have made me. Gratefully, David.” The recipient,Continue reading "The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection."
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Item Number: RRB-135640
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Land of the Mist.
London : Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, [1926].
First edition of the third novel in the author’s Professor Challenger series. Octavo, original publishers cloth. In good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-140202
Watson, James D
Girls, Genes, and Gamow.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the “essential coda to The Double Helix” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Watson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
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Item Number: RRB-122699
le Carre, John
The Honourable Schoolboy.
Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1977.
First edition of the Franklin Library edition of the author’s second book in the acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-151029
Wells, H.G
The Croquet Player.
London : Chatto & Windus, 1936.
First British edition of this allegorical novella in which Wells explores the psychology of fear and collective anxiety in the troubled years between the world wars. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include TheContinue reading "The Croquet Player."
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Item Number: RRB-151280
Cline, Ernest
The Importance of Being Ernest.
Austin, TX : Write Bloody Press, 2013.
First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Ernest Cline on the title page. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-12020
Rendell, Ruth
A Judgement in Stone.
London : Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hannah Shaviv. Author’s photograph by Jerry Bauer.
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Item Number: RRB-131487
le Carre, John
Our Game.
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.
First edition, second printing of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Douglas Brothers.
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Item Number: RRB-146510
Wells, H.G
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.
London : William Heinemann, 1930.
First edition of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. In near fine condition. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006Continue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."
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Item Number: RRB-149398
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
The War Chief.
Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927.
First edition of the first book in the ‘Apache’ series. Octavo, original orange cloth. In very good condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper.
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Item Number: RRB-145112
Foster, Alan Dean
Lost on Paradise.
Ashland, OR : Black Stone Publishing, 2026.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “For Matthew – With every good wish – Alan Dean Foster 4/26.” In fine condition. Cover andContinue reading "Lost on Paradise."
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Item Number: RRB-151754
Wodehouse, P. G
French Leave.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of Wodehouse’s light-hearted and witty mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Shore. Photograph of the author by William Cole.
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Item Number: RRB-145016
Gardner, John
Role of Honour.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1984.
First edition of this Bond novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket art by Trevor Scobie.
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Item Number: RRB-127589
Christie, Agatha
Postern of Fate.
London : The Crime Club, 1973.
First edition of Agatha Christie’s Postern of Fate, the final novel published during her lifetime and the last appearance of her beloved detective duo Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Margaret Murray.
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Item Number: RRB-151304
Wodehouse, P.G
Service with a Smile.
London : Herbert Jenkins, 1962.
First edition of Wodehouse’s witty and endearing mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-145022
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
The Prince of Mist.
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010.
Signed limited first edition of the author’s first young-adult novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page, this is number 7. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Neal Murren. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in fine condition. Translated by Lucia Graves.
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Item Number: RRB-145037
Wells, H.G
Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady.
New York : George H. Doran, 1927.
First American edition of Wells’ widely translated best-selling novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile signature stamped in blind to the front panel. In near fine condition with toning. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady."
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Item Number: RRB-149420
Rendell, Ruth
A Judgement in Stone.
London : Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-4619
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
First Edition
$175.00
RRB-142339
The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection.
First Edition
$175.00
RRB-135640
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.
First Edition
$200.00
RRB-149398
