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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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Farrell, James T. [William Safire]

Studs Lonigan. A Trilogy Containing Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day.

New York : The Modern Library, [1938].

First edition, early printing of Farrell’s well-regarded trilogy. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jan 9/ 1950 For Bill Safire with best wishes Jim Farrell.” The recipient, William Safire wasContinue reading "Studs Lonigan. A Trilogy Containing Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-127643

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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

London : Penguin Press, 1982.

First paperback edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken Hubner with best wishes J.M. Coetzee Cape Town April 27, 1987.” In near fine condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-129678

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Sohn, Amy; Introduction by Sarah Jessica Parker

Sex and the City: The Movie.

New York : Harper Collins, 2008.

First edition of this work on the first movie of Sex and the City. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by Sarah Jessica Parker on the half-title page, “To Andre- All my love Sarah.” The recipient, Andre Leon Talley is fashion journalist, and the former creative director and American editor-at-large of Vogue magazine.Continue reading "Sex and the City: The Movie."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-128767

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Burton, Richard F

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night… [with] Supplemental Nights.

Benares : Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only, .

First Burton edition of The Arabian Nights. Octavo, 16 volumes, bound in three quarter red crushed morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition.

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119367

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Dahl, Roald

Fantastic Mr. Fox.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

First edition of Dahl’s classic children’s work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a “garden tale” of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original beige cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald Chaffin. Jacket design by Donna Lampell. Fine in a nearContinue reading "Fantastic Mr. Fox."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-128644

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Coupland, Douglas

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.

First edition of the author’s groundbreaking first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the half-title page, who has added a large drawing of his hand. In near fine condition. Illustrations by Paul Rivoche. Design by Judith Stagnitto. First printings are uncommon signed.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-128422

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Apollinaire, Guillaume. [Pablo Picasso]

Alcools: Poems (1898-1913). Avec un Portrait de L’Auteur par Pablo Picasso.

Paris : Mercure de France, 1913.

First edition of Apollinaire’s first collection of poems, signed by him and Pablo Picasso. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait of the poet by Pablo Picasso. Association copy, inscribed by both Apollinaire and Pablo Picasso on front free endpaper, “A A P.N.Continue reading "Alcools: Poems (1898-1913). Avec un Portrait de L’Auteur par Pablo Picasso."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-128083

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Crane, Stephen

The Red Badge of Courage.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1895.

First edition, first printing with page [235] advertising the three works of Gilbert Parker’s Best Books, and the last page of advertisements (page 238) ending with The Land of the Sun, by Christian Reid; last gathering, including ads on laid paper. Octavo, original publisher’s tan cloth. In very good condition. From the library of Jean Hersholt, actor andContinue reading "The Red Badge of Courage."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-127362

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Dickinson, Emily

The Single Hound. Poems of a Lifetime.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1914.

First edition one of only 595 copies of Dickinson’s fourth collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. The Thomas Bird Mosher copy with his bookplate. Mosher was a notable private press publisher out of Portland, Maine. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise case. An exceptional example with noted provenance.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127543

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full dark green morocco with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands to the spine, mar top edge gilt, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. With all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with “Decided”Continue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127896

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Abish, Walter

Duel Site.

New York : Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970.

First edition of the award winning poet’s first book. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. One of 300 copies, 1 to 0 of which are signed. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-128294

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[Dilliard, Annie]

The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard.

: Various Publishers, .

Rare collection of dozens of volumes of poetry from the collection of American author Annie Dillard, each signed or inscribed to her and with her bookplate. Approximately 35 volumes, the collection includes inscribed first editions and early printings of Fred Chappell’s Wild Mountain, Leo Connellan’s First Selected Poems, Karen Connelly’s The Border Surrounds Us, PaulContinue reading "The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-128534

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Wolfe, Tom; Umberto Eco; Don DeLillo; Joyce Carol Oates; Margaret Atwood; John Ashbery; Robert Stone; John Updike; et al

Modern Authors Signed Baseball.

St. Louis : Rawlings, .

Rare Rawlings Official National League baseball signed by over 20 authors including: Peter Dexter (on the sweetspot), Tom Wolfe, Umberto Eco, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, John Ashbery, Robert Stone, John Updike, Paul Auster; Cynthia Ozick; Neil Sheehan; Richard Ford, Peter Gay, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Ann Beattie In near fine condition. HousedContinue reading "Modern Authors Signed Baseball."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-128460

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943.

First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack L. Warner – Thank you for your courage and for a magnificent picture –Continue reading "The Fountainhead."

$200,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125425

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London, Jack

The Game.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1905.

First Edition, second issue of London’s tragic boxing tale with the magazine rubberstamp of Metropolitan Magazine Co. to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. In good condition with a child’s drawings to a few pages. Ownership inscriptions.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-128146

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Rawls, Wilson

Summer of the Monkeys.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

First edition of this award-winning novel by the author of Where the Red Fern Grows. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely, Wilson Rawls.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Maughan. Jacket typography by Lewis Friedman.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-128142

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Frank, Robert

Les Americains [The Americans].

Paris : Delpire, 1957.

First edition of the photographer’s masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original boards illustrated by Saul Steinberg. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127265

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Barzun, Jacques. [William Safire]

A Stroll With William James.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

First edition of Barzun’s intimate biography of “Father of American psychology”, William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Bill, with admiration on many counts. Jacques 22 IV 83.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, andContinue reading "A Stroll With William James."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-128020

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Adam, Helen

Turn Again To Me and Other Poems.

New York : Kulchar Foundation, 1977.

First edition of the first book by Adam. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “All good wishes Helen Adam.” In near fine condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127711

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Gardner, John

Role of Honour.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this Bond novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket art by Trevor Scobie.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-127589

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Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel.

New York : The Modern Library, 1934.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Beryl Burk, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Oct. 30, 1935.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127273

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1909.

First edition, second state of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime with C-F on the copyright page. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, paper spine label, frontispiece in blue and white. In very good condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-127097

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The American Claimant.

New York : Charles L. Webster, 1892.

First edition of Twain’s comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. From the library of William Safire withContinue reading "The American Claimant."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127681

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Twain, Mark

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, third state of the author’s second book with “The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. From theContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127837

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