Signed & Autographed Books Archives

Tower in the West.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957.

First edition of the author’s Harper Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Number 110 of a limited presentation edition signed by the author on the colophon. In very good condition.

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-115647

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Donoso, Jose

La Desesperanza.

: Seix Barral, Biblioteca Breve, 1986.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed and dated in 1988 by Jose Donoso on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-18008

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Greenfeld, Howard. [Puccini]

Puccini.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.

First edition of Greenfeld’s authoritative biography of the great composer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To James Cann...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-115708

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Doctorow, E.L

The March.

New York: Random House, 2005.

First edition of this novel, which won The National Book Critics Circle and Pen/ Faulkner Awards. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-119781

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Pritchett, V. S

A Careless Widow and Other Stories.

New York: Random House, 1989.

First American edition, second printing of Pritchett’s classic short story collection. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page and inscribed on the...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-124590

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Roth, Philip [John Barth]

Indignation.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

First edition of Roth’s twenty-ninth book. Octavo, original boards. From the library of fellow novelist John Barth, with his signature to the half-title page. Barth won the National Book Award i...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-144685

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Kesey, Ken

The Sea Lion: A Story of the Sea Cliff People.

New York: Viking, 1991.

First edition of this beautiful piece of children’s literature. Super octavo, original half cloth, lavender endpapers, fully illustrated by Neil Waldman. Boldly signed and dated by the author in...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-145361

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Sondheim, Stephen and Hugh Wheeler; Christopher Bond; Harold Prince

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of this Tony Award for Best Musical. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Frank Verlizzo.

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-151496

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Paxman, Jeremy

The English: A Portrait of a People.

London: Michael Joseph, 1998.

First edition of this portrait of English history and culture. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Jeremy Paxman 19.x.98.”...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-146933

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Gordimer, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman

Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.

First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-546

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Webb, Charles

Love, Roger.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.

First edition of this brilliant absurdist comedy from the author of ‘The Graduate.’ Octavo, original blue cloth, orange top stain, frontispiece by Tomi Ungerer. Boldly signed by Charles We...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-145170

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Chen, Milton; George Lucas [Foreword]

Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools.

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint, 2010.

First edition of this visionary framework for transforming secondary education to a more student-centered learning environment. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, with black and white photogra...

$75.00 Item Number: RRB-148330

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Roth, Philip

The Human Stain.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

First edition, early printing of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.

$65.00 Item Number: RRB-146852

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Lash, Joseph P

A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984.

Signed limited first edition of this moving biography-in-letters, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt title...

$65.00 Item Number: RRB-146857

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Katz, Menke

Burning Village.

New York: The Smith, 1972.

First edition of the acclaimed poet’s crowning achievement; a harrowing account of his experience as a boy in Lithuania during WWII. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the a...

$65.00 Item Number: RRB-124015

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Gordimer, Nadine

Sport of Nature.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First British edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Robin...

$65.00 Item Number: RRB-4160

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Self-Consciousness: Memoirs

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$55.00 Item Number: RRB-19053

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Rivera, Mark with Mike Poncy. Foreword by Ringo Starr

Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig.

Dallas, Texas: Matt Holt Books, 2023.

First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Rivera on the half-...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-152103

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Madison, Charles A

American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.

First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Hod and Helen...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-47071

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Quinn, Sally

The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

First edition of this practical and witty guide to the party scene. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Susan Davis. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, “...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-145210

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Flanagan, Thomas

The End of the Hunt.

New York: Dutton, 1994.

First edition of the final novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-104779

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Raban, Jonathan

Passage to Juneau: A Sea & Its Meanings.

London: Picador, 1999.

First edition by the author described as ‘undoubtedly the finest writer afloat since Conrad’ (Geoffrey Moorhouse, Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with the Inside Passage Nor...

$50.00 Item Number: RRB-151219

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Stone, Robert

Bear And His Daughters.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

First edition of this collection of short stories by the National Book-Award winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Stone on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket....

$45.00 Item Number: RRB-151069

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Millhauser, Steven

Portrait of a Romantic.

London: Routledge Y Kegan Paul, 1978.

First British edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Steven Millhauser on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$45.00 Item Number: RRB-61014

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