Oliver, Mary
A Thousand Mornings.
New York : The Penguin Press, 2012.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
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Item Number: RRB-146806
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Stevenson, Adlai Ewing; Theodore C. Sorensen
The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America’s First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed.
Chicago : Americana House, 1952.
Limited first edition of Adlai Ewing Stevenson’s welcoming and acceptance addresses before the Democratic National Convention. Quarto, original publisher’s three quarter blue morocco over cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel stamped in gilt. One of one hundred copies printed on Maidstone hand-made paper and signed by the author on the half-title page.Continue reading "The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America’s First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed."
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Item Number: RRB-146701
Card, Orson Scott; Larry Niven; Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; Arthur M. Dula
Science Fiction Analog [Ender’s Game].
New York : Conde Nast, 1977.
The first publication of Orson Scott Card’s Hugo award-winning novel Ender’s Game, predating the first edition by eight years. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Orson Scott Card at his contribution, “For Mary Alice- Thanks for keeping old tales alive! Scott” and again signed in full opposite his inscription Cover art by KellyContinue reading "Science Fiction Analog [Ender’s Game]."
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Item Number: RRB-146723
Fleming, Ian
Moonraker.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1955.
First edition, first issue with “shoo” for “shoot” on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper. Blofeld is the son of Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) who attended Eton with Fleming andContinue reading "Moonraker."
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Item Number: RRB-107324
Kirk, Russell
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.
London : Faber & Faber, 1954.
First British edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some marginalia. Rare in the original jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-146640
Camus, Albert
L’Exil et Le Royaume.
Paris : Gallimard, 1947.
First edition of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a design of Mario Parassinos’. One of only nine-hundred and fifty numbered copies on alfa Cellunaf, this is number 878. In near fine condition. Housed in the original cardboardContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."
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Item Number: RRB-146462
Raskin, Ellen
The Westing Game.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1978.
First edition, second printing of Raskins’s Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Barbara Nelson Boom! Ellen Raskin 6.25.79.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Scarcely seen signed and inscribed.
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Item Number: RRB-146586
Camus, Albert
L’Exil et Le Royaume.
Paris : Gallimard, 1947.
First edition, Service de Presse-copy of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism, with “S P” perforated stamp at top of rear wrapper. Small octavo, original publisher’s stiff wrappers with titles in red and black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “a M. Claude Leslise en sireneContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."
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Item Number: RRB-146463
Wallace, David Foster
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
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Item Number: RRB-146279
Kinsella, W.P. [Kevin Costner]
Shoeless Joe.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, which was later inducted into the National Film Registry. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed on the title page by Bill Kinsella and by Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner below Kinsella’s. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Shoeless Joe."
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Item Number: RRB-146376
Dahl, Roald [Walt Disney]
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
New York : Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walt Disney on the half-title page, “To Joan With Best Wishes Walt Disney.” In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the HarcourtContinue reading "The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story."
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Item Number: RRB-103458
Orwell, George
Animal Farm.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the extremities, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket art by Art Brenner.
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Item Number: RRB-146283
Teller, Edward O.; Francis Owen Rice
The Structure of Matter.
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.
First edition, second printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theoryContinue reading "The Structure of Matter."
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Item Number: RRB-146896
Baldwin, James
The Fire Next Time.
New York : The Dial Press, 1963.
First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable, especiallyContinue reading "The Fire Next Time."
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Item Number: RRB-146233
Dawkins, Richard
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1976.
First edition of Dawkins’ classic work. Octavo, black cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris on the title page. Morris is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his classic 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programs such as Zoo Time. Fine inContinue reading "The Selfish Gene."
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Item Number: RRB-146223
Greene, Graham
The Quiet American.
London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Greene’s classic novel of exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Joseph from Graham Greene.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
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Item Number: RRB-98538
Teller, Edward
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller’s classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-146178
Carson, Rachel
Silent Spring.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
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Item Number: RRB-145502
Faulkner, William
The Mansion.
New York : Random House, 1959.
First edition of the final novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic The Snopes Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “William Faulkner, Oxford Miss 22 Dec 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
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Item Number: RRB-146144
Beard, Peter
Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits.
Sante Fe, NM : Arena Editions, 1999.
First edition of this classic monograph. Quarto, original leatherette cover. illustrated throughout. Elaborately signed and inscribed by Peter Beard in the year of publication, with his left hand imprint added. In fine condition, bookplate opposite the inscription. Preface by Peter T. Tunney and with an introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
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Item Number: RRB-146133
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
Children's Books
$11,000.00
RRB-103458