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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.

First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street sign and with “Violent” forContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150807

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The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

Herbert, Frank

The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley Medallion edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In good condition.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150258

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Lisey’s Story.

King, Stephen

Lisey’s Story.

New York : Scribner, 2006.

First edition of this novel by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150457

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The Left Hand of Darkness.

Le Guin, Ursula K. [LeGuin]

The Left Hand of Darkness.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1992.

Signed collector’s edition of the author’s classic Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Ursula K. Le Guin on the limitation page. In near fine condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150178

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The Clocks.

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. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-149993

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The Hollow.

Christie, Agatha

The Hollow.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1946.

First edition of this classic country-house mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon. A sharp example.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-149968

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Chapterhouse: Dune.

Herbert, Frank

Chapterhouse: Dune.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of the final volume in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert. Fine in a fine slipcase. Frontispiece by John Schoenherr.

$1,950.00

Item Number: RRB-150914

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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150905

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Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case.

Christie, Agatha

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1976.

First edition of this Christie classic. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149972

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Sparkling Cyanide.

Christie, Agatha

Sparkling Cyanide.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1945.

First edition of this classic mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-149995

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The Hound of Death and Other Stories.

Christie, Agatha

The Hound of Death and Other Stories.

London : Odhams Press Limited, 1933.

First edition of this collection of short stories, which includes the classic Witness for the Prosecution which was adapted to the 1957 film starring Marlene Dietrich. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-149994

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They Do It With Mirrors.

Christie, Agatha

They Do It With Mirrors.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1952.

First edition of this classic Miss Marple mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, chipping to the spine of the dust jacket, and the top right corner of the front free endpaper clipped. From the library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather andContinue reading "They Do It With Mirrors."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149988

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At Bertram’s Hotel.

Christie, Agatha

At Bertram’s Hotel.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1965.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149978

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Ordeal By Innocence.

Christie, Agatha

Ordeal By Innocence.

Collins Crime Club : London, 1958.

First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-149965

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French Leave.

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.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145016

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The Watcher in the Shadows.

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves

The Watcher in the Shadows.

London : Orion Children's Books, 2013.

Exclusive signed first edition of the third novel for younger readers from the author of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’. Octavo, original cloth. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page with the publisher’s embossed limitation stamp, this is number 82. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. CoverContinue reading "The Watcher in the Shadows."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-145032

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You Only Live Twice.

Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.

First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Roald Dahl was a British writer whose darkly comic imagination reshaped twentieth-century children’s literature through classics such as Charlie and the ChocolateContinue reading "You Only Live Twice."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149807

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Robots and Empire.

Asimov, Isaac

Robots and Empire.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1985.

First edition of the fourth and final book in Asimov’s Robot series. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barclay Shaw.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-150167

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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition, second printing of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For David and Loni – Nice, nice, very nice, so many different people in the same device. Kurt Vonnegut. Barnstable, Mass. August 14, 1969.” David Hayman was theContinue reading "Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149825

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From Russia, With Love.

Fleming, Ian. [Sean Connery]

From Russia, With Love.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1957.

First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy’s top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. BoldlyContinue reading "From Russia, With Love."

$17,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150986

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Octopussy and the Living Daylights.

Fleming, Ian

Octopussy and the Living Daylights.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

First edition of the fourteenth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by legendary director of the film John Glen on the title page. During the 1960s and 1970s, Glen served as a film editor and second unit director, working on such films as Superman (1978) and The Wild Geese (1978); he also contributed to three JamesContinue reading "Octopussy and the Living Daylights."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150983

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Brighton Rock.

Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

London : William Heinemann LTD, 1938.

First British edition of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, bound in half goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149699

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England Made Me.

Greene, Graham

England Made Me.

London : William Heinemann LTD, 1935.

First British edition of this early novel by Greene, which would later be republished as The Shipwrecked in 1953. Octavo, bound by Brian Hall in three quarters morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In fine condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-149698

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It’s A Battlefield.

Greene, Graham

It’s A Battlefield.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.

First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, bound in three quarters goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-149696

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