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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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Pashayan Khan, Garabed

Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers.

Alexandria, Egypt : Published by the author, 1906.

Rare work on occupational medicine self-published by Armenian physician and scholar Garabed Pashayan Khan. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated, text in Armenian. This rare self-published text is primarily concerned with the health and wellbeing of students and teachers in academic buildings, addressing hygiene, posture, study habits,Continue reading "Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-141034

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Saramago, Jose

Baltasar and Blimunda.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First British edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Doris Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rosemary Woods. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

$1,300.00

Item Number: RRB-140898

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Walton, Izaak. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing no unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

London : George C. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931.

Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham’s wonderfully illustrated rendition of The Compleat Angler. Quarto, original publisher’s full vellum decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 in-text line cuts. One of seven hundred and seventy-five numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this is number 143. InContinue reading "The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing no unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140933

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Saramago, Jose

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.

Orlando : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.

First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author’s second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-140786

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Disney, Walt; Ward Greene [Bill Justice]

Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Lady and the Tramp, boldly signed by Walt Disney, Bill Justice and four of Disney’s nine old men: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson, and Woolie Reitherman. Octavo, original cloth, with charming illustrations by Joe G. Rinaldi. Signed by Walt Disney on the title page in crayon and on the front free endpaperContinue reading "Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140785

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.

Washington, D.C : Microcard Editions Books, 1973.

The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-140683

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Saramago, Jose

Stone Raft.

New York : Harcourt, 1995.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s third book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Paola Piglia. Jacket design by Steven Cooley. Translated from the Portuguese by GiovanniContinue reading "Stone Raft."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-140682

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Tartt, Donna

The Little Friend.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

First edition of this work “destined to become a special kind of classic” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas Mark! from Donna.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and on theContinue reading "The Little Friend."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-140777

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Nabokov, Vladimir; Introduction by Dmitri Nabokov

The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun): A Novel in Fragments.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

First edition of Nabokov’s final and incomplete novel which he was in the process of writing at the time of his death in 1977. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. Signed by Dmitri Nabokov on the title page and additionally signed three times by the jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and onContinue reading "The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun): A Novel in Fragments."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-140672

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Sackler, Howard. [Jack Johnson]

The Great White Hope: A Play.

New York : The Dial Press, Inc, 1968.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play based on the career of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, basis for the 1970 film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Iris – with great affection & continual gratitude – Howard.” Near fine in a very goodContinue reading "The Great White Hope: A Play."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-140735

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Kipling, Rudyard

Debits and Credits.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.

First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. In very good condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140953

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Lindbergh, Charles A

We.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.

First edition of Lindbergh’s definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-112449

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Baker, Dorothy

Young Man with a Horn.

Cambridge, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.

First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, “For Nell- Hommage de l’lauteur Dorothy.” Near fine in aContinue reading "Young Man with a Horn."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-140685

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Gaiman, Neil

American Gods.

New York : William Morrow, 2001.

First edition, early printing of Gaiman’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-141802

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Conrad, Joseph

Tales of Unrest.

London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.

First edition of Conrad’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, pictorial bookplate, ownership signature to half-title page. Housed in a contemporary clamshell and chemise box. A very sharp example.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-139203

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Collins, Billy

Pokerface.

Los Angeles : Kenmore Press, 1977.

First edition of Collins’ first collection of poetry. Oblong octavo, original wrappers. One of 400 numbered copies, this is number 302. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Joanne once again Billy Collins 2016.” In near fine condition.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-140906

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Tesnohlidek, Rudolf. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

The Cunning Little Vixen.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985.

First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek’s classic Czech tale, translated into English and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak.” Translated by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza Morgan, and Robert T. Jones. Afterword by Robert T. Jones. Near fineContinue reading "The Cunning Little Vixen."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-140351

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Baldwin, James

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.

New York : The Dial Press, Inc., 1968.

Rare uncorrected galley proof of Baldwin’s fourth novel. Square quarto, original spiral bound wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, “Peace James Baldwin.” In very good condition. Publication date annotated in ink on the front wrapper. Very uncommon signed.

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-140823

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Janis, Harriet and Sidney. [Pablo Picasso]

Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946.

Signed limited edition of this compendium of over one hundred reproductions of Picasso’s wartime paintings. Quarto, original publisher’s half buckram, illustrated with 135 plates. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso on the limitation page, this is number 188. Near fine in the original glassine and rare original slipcase whichContinue reading "Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140734

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Hardy, Thomas

The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.

First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy’s epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets whichContinue reading "The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140594

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Wilde, Oscar

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.

[London] : Privately Printed, 1904.

First separate edition of Wilde’s classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-140581

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Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition, first issue of Eliot’s classic work without the advertisement leaf to volume I and with the seventh edition of Adam Bede cited in the advertisements at rear of volume III. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter crushed dark green morocco by Sotheran & Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spineContinue reading "The Mill On The Floss."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-140537

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Prince and the Pauper.

James R. Osgood and Company : New York, 1882.

First edition, early state of this classic work. BAL 3402. Johnson p. 39-41. Octavo, original publisher’s green pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, with one hundred and ninety-two illustrations. In good condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-140372

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Miller, Arthur

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts.

New York : The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Miller’s Tony Award-winning play, a bitter satire inspired by the heightened political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals during the McCarthy era. Octavo, original half cloth over patterned boards, top edge red. Association copy, inscribed by Arthur Miller on the front free endpaper to his mother and father, “To Mother & DadContinue reading "The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140347

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