Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

The Third Twin: A Novel.

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.

First edition of Follett’s New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Erica and Ken with love – Ken Follett.” The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known forContinue reading "The Third Twin: A Novel."

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142322

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Crichton, Michael

Rising Sun.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Crichton on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Rising Sun."

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151207

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Crichton, Michael [Chip Kidd]

Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2008 .

Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Jurassic Park is signed by Michael Crichton and with a large original drawingContinue reading "Jurassic Park and The Lost World."

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$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151181

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Christie, Agatha

Dead Man’s Folly.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1956.

First edition of this classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150694

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Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker]

The Main.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.

First edition of this gritty detective novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Signature to the front free endpaper.

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$50.00

Item Number: RRB-151575

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Christie, Agatha

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1962.

First edition of this classic Miss Marple murder mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather and gilt ownership plate to the front pastedown.

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-149985

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Herbert, Frank

Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party].

New York : Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1969-1978.

First editions of seven issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune in four parts, later published as a novel, and his short stories The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes issueContinue reading "Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party]."

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$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150272

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Herbert, Frank

The Dosadi Experiment.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.

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$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150245

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Butler, Octavia

Dawn: A Novel.

New York : Warner Books, 1987.

First edition of the first installment in the Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Enric. Jacket design by Don Puckey.

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151099

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Stephenson, Neal

Snow Crash.

New York : Bantam Books, 1992.

First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art byContinue reading "Snow Crash."

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$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151085

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Wells, H.G

The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.

London : William Heinemann, 1930.

First edition of Wells’ satirical political novel, a sharp critique of authoritarianism and interwar political anxieties. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. 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), whichContinue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151120

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le Carre, John

A Delicate Truth.

New York : Viking, 2013.

First American edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Buckley and Kulick.

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$30.00

Item Number: RRB-151135

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Wells, H.G

The Passionate Friends.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1913.

First edition of this novel, which was the first introduction of Wells’ notion of an “open conspiracy” of individuals to achieve a world state through an “open conspiracy against potentates and prejudices and all the separating powers of darkness.” Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with titles stamped in gilt and botanical detailing stamped in blind.Continue reading "The Passionate Friends."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-149399

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Christie, Agatha

Hallowe’en Party.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1969.

First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150692

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Wells, H.G

Mr. Britling Sees Through.

London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916.

First British edition of Wells’ influential First World War novel depicting the moral and emotional upheaval of wartime Britain. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, titles and floral tooling stamped in blind to the front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature toContinue reading "Mr. Britling Sees Through."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151148

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Cakes and Ale.

Melbourne : William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.

Signed limited edition of Maugham’s classic satire printed for the author’s eightieth birthday. Octavo, original publisher’s half-leather with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, four pages of facsimile reproductions of the first and last two pages of the original manuscript, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author and illustrator, Graham Sutherland, onContinue reading "Cakes and Ale."

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$800.00

Item Number: RRB-150504

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Christie, Agatha

The Clocks.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1963.

First edition of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.

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$400.00

Item Number: RRB-150711

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Wells, H.G

Men Like Gods.

London : Cassell and Company Ltd, 1923.

First edition of Wells’ speculative work exploring the political and social direction of the modern world. Octavo, original cloth with titles and floral ruling stamped in blind to the spine and front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “DreamContinue reading "Men Like Gods."

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$75.00

Item Number: RRB-151147

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Herbert, Frank

Children of Dune.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley Medallion edition of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octodecimo, pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In near fine condition. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate.

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$650.00

Item Number: RRB-150237

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Herbert, Frank

Destination: Void.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1978.

Berkley edition of this prequel to Frank Herbert’s Pandora Sequence. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In near fine condition. Jacket painting by Alexander.

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150255

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Herbert, Frank

The Santaroga Barrier.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1968.

Berkley Medallion edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition.

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$275.00

Item Number: RRB-150249

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Mather, Berkely [Ian Fleming]

The Pass Beyond Kashmir.

London : Collins, 1960.

First edition of this classical adventure novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with the rare original yellow Ian Fleming promotional wrap-around band.

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150651

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Adams, Douglas

The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To the Galaxy. [Hitchhiker’s].

London : PAN, 1979.

First English edition of this modern classic, preceding the hardcover edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Douglas Adams on the front pastedown. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A nice example.

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$8,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150786

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Levin, Ira

Rosemary’s Baby.

New York : Random House, 1967.

First edition of this influential horror classic, which helped launch the “horror boom.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "Rosemary’s Baby."

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$2,450.00

Item Number: RRB-150653

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