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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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Lethem, Jonathan

Gun, with Occasional Music.

New York : Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994.

First edition of the author’s first novel which won The Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sin- Bookseller to Bookseller- “Artist?” to “Artist?” Jonathan.” The recipient, Sin Soracco is theContinue reading "Gun, with Occasional Music."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-123214

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Murakami, Haruki

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

First edition of Murakami’s heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Haruki Murakami in English and in Japanese and additionally signed three times by the jacket illustrator ChipContinue reading "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123311

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Mann, Thomas

Thomas Mann Signed Photograph.

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Rare silver gelatin print signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann. Inscribed by him on the lower portion of the photograph, “Mr. Satoru Yamano, with all my good wishes, Thomas Mann.” Double matted and framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 10 inches.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-123909

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Sartre, Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul Sartre Signed Photograph.

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Rare silver gelatin print of French philosopher, novelist, and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Inscribed by him in the upper left corner of the image, “A M. Satoru Yamano, sympatheque hommage, Jean-Paul Sartre.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123541

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Murakami, Haruki

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

First edition of this “piercing and compact story about friendship and loneliness” (St. Louis Dispatch). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel, half-title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Binding and jacket designContinue reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-123828

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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.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-123768

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Lardner Jr., Ring

The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

New York : Cameron & Kahn, 1954.

First American edition of Ring Lardner Jr.’s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ring Lardner on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-123524

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Taylor, Mildred D

Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

New York : The Dial Press, 1981.

First edition of this sequel to the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Betsy, My best wishes to you! Mildred D. Taylor December 16, 1981.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-123733

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Murakami, Haruki

Sputnik Sweetheart.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

First edition of this work which “grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami’s] never written anything more openly emotional” (Los Angeles Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author “Haruki Murakami 11/7/05” on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; on the front panel, title pageContinue reading "Sputnik Sweetheart."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-123751

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Inge, William. [Peter O'Toole]

A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of Inge’s 1959 play, from the working library of legendary stage and screen actor Peter O’Toole. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Peter O’Toole Best wishes, Bill Inge.” The recipient, Peter O’Toole, began his acting career in the 1950s, gainingContinue reading "A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-123340

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Tolstoy, Leo

The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878.

First edition in English of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Eugene Schuyler. In very good condition.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-123937

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Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Idylls of the King [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : Edward Moxon & Co, 1869.

Finely bound example with a fore-edge painting of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bound in full red pebbled morocco, spine stamped in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn ins gilt, fore-edge painting with view of The Market Place, Cambridge. In very good condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-123739

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Corso, Gregory

The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems.

Cambridge, MA : Richard Brukenfeld, 1955.

First edition of the poet’s first book one of 500 copies printed though about half of which were lost in the mail. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gregory Corso. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-123719

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.

First edition of what Fitzgerald called, “undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket illustration by John Held, Jr. A nice example.

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123473

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Tolstoi, Count Lyof N. [Leo Tolstoy]

Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1887.

First edition in English of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole with a preface by him. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-123477

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Kipling, Rudyard

A Tour of Inspection.

New York : Privately Printed, 1928.

First edition in book form of Kipling’s classic short tale. Octavo, original boards. One of 93 copies printed from type for private distribution, this is number 42. In very good condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-123884

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Norton, Charles Eliot. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch.

New York : Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.

First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton’s concise sketch of Kipling’s early life, written for the new popular edition of his writings and prepared with his approval. Octavo, original boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling. One of one hundred numbered copies, this is number 52. In near fine condition. Scarce.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-123761

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Moynihan, Danny; Damien Hirst

Boogie-Woogie.

London : Duckworth Literary Entertainments Ltd, 2000.

First edition of Moynihan’s satirical debut novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page and dust jacket designer Damien Hirst on the rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Boogie-Woogie."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-124404

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Kipling, Rudyard; Lewis Carroll; Norman Gale; Mary E. Manners et al

Tommy and Other Poems For Recitation.

London : James Clarke & Co., 1895.

First edition of this humorous collection of poems for recitation including Rudyard Kipling’s Tommy and Lewis Carroll’s The Walrus and the Carpenter. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Scarce.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-123443

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Carpenter, Lucile Russell

Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile.

Chicago : Argus Books, 1942.

First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter’s work on Kipling’s life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$20.00

Item Number: RRB-123558

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Brown, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1945.

First edition of Brown’s candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-123612

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Roth, Philip

Operation Shylock: A Confession.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Philip Roth opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-125369

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Kipling, Rudyard and Max Beerbohm

The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.

New York : M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.

First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo, original half cloth. In near fine condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-123533

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Crane, Hart

The Bridge: A Poem.

New York : Horace Liveright, 1930.

First American edition of Crane’s landmark modernist epic. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with three photographs by Walter Evans. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper one month after publication, “For Bob Thompson, from his friend always- Hart Crane, Brooklyn, April 30.”Continue reading "The Bridge: A Poem."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123618

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