Wolfe, Bertram D

Strange Communists I Have Known.

New York : Stein and Day, 1965.

First edition of the author’s collection of vignettes relaying the stories of ten personal friends involved in the communist movement. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Arnold Krammer inscribed with the regards of the author Bertram Wolfe.” The recipient, Dr. Arnold Krammer,Continue reading "Strange Communists I Have Known."

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$175.00

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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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$175.00

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Boll, Heinrich

Missing Persons and Other Essays.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To May and Peter, with love, Leila October ’77.” Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Missing Persons and Other Essays."

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$200.00

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Bly, Robert

The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.

Boston : The Seventies Press, 1977.

First edition, review copy with the publisher’s review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Regan, Robert Bly.” Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00

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McCann, Colum

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel.

New York : Random House, 2009.

First edition of the author’s classic work, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colum McCann on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff and Anna Bauer. Jacket drawing by Matteo Pericoli.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-136771

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Diamond, John

C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…

London : Vermilion, 1998.

First edition of Diamond’s story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-141524

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1978.

First edition of this early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Translated by George Kolovakos and Ronald Christ.

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$200.00

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Kotter, John P

Matsushita Leadership: Lessons From the 20th Century’s Most Remarkable Entrepreneur.

New York : The Free Press, 1997.

First edition of this work by the best-selling author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John P. Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Calvin Chu.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-144882

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Robinson, Edwin Arlington

Sonnets: 1889-1927

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145427

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Wiesenthal, Simon

Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1982.

First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Joseph Lichten most cordially Simon Wiesenthal August 82.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.

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$200.00

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Reeve, Philip

Predator’s Gold.

London : Scholastic Press, 2003.

First edition of the second volume in Philip Reeve’s award-winning Mortal Engines Quartet. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by David Frankland.

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$200.00

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Saramago, Jose

Blindness.

New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed twice by jacket designer Claudine G. Mansour on the front jacket panel and the rear flap. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147085

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Enright, D. J

Selected Poems 1990.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.

First edition of this collection containing many of Enright’s finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, “For Sally Soames (& cameras) – Dennis Enright.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "Selected Poems 1990."

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Stoppard, Tom

On the Razzle.

London : Faber and Faber, 1982.

First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-128103

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Stopler, Wofgang F

Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1994.

First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994.” From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-4401

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Shreve, Anita

Resistance: A Novel.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1995.

First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot’s Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “March 28, 1995 For Ken, with thanks for your help in a different battle front Anita Shreve.” The recipient, American litigator Kenneth DavidContinue reading "Resistance: A Novel."

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$200.00

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Landau, Henry

All’s Fair. The Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1934.

Early printing of Landau’s biography of his time in the British Secret Service. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Captain Henry Landau.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Uncommon signed.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-83469

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Carpenter, Scott

Deep Flight.

New York : Pocket Books, 1994.

First Pocket Books edition of the second novel written by astronaut Scott Carpenter, the sequel to his 1990 debut underwater techno-thriller, The Steel Albatross. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Scott Carpenter on the half-title page. In very good condition.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-150595

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Wilson, Ernest H

Plant Hunting.

Boston, Massachusetts : The Stratford Company, 1927.

Special autographed first edition of this autobiographical account of Ernest H. Wilson’s adventures and discoveries as a renowned British plant collector. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full green faux leather cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece to volume one, with 128 illustrations mostly from photographs taken by the author. Boldly signed by Ernest H. Wilson on theContinue reading "Plant Hunting."

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-151387

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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary signature on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.

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$200.00

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Handy, Charles

The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.

London : Hutchinson, 2001.

First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145494

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Wyndham, Francis

The Other Garden.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First edition of Wyndham’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-74064

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Grass, Gunter

Die Vorzüge der Windhühner.

Berlin : Luchterhand, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-78905

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Boorstin, Daniel J

The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.

New York : The Modern Library, 1995.

First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Bernstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-68963

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