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Theroux, Paul

Half Moon Street.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sally Soames with best wishes Paul Theroux.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively blackContinue reading "Half Moon Street."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-119623

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Trollope, Anthony

The Vicar of Bullhampton.

London : Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870.

First edition in book form of Anthony Trollope’s controversial novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers, with thirty-five illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece by H. WoodsContinue reading "The Vicar of Bullhampton."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-112316

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Wright, Richard

12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.

New York : The Viking Press, 1941.

First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by EdwinContinue reading "12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119447

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].

Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, 1975.

First Argentine edition of this “majestic, superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on the front free endpaper. Rabassa translated this novel into English. In very good condition, name to the title page.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-119741

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Adams, Henry

The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, with the date of 1918 to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition. First printings are scarce, especially in this condition.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-119824

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Scott, Walter [Ulysses S. Grant]

Waverley Novels. Woodstock.

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1863.

Two volumes from the library of Ulysses S. Grant, published the same year The Civil War was raging. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. From the library of Ulysses S. Grant with a presentation bookplate to the pastedown of bothContinue reading "Waverley Novels. Woodstock."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-119455

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Chaucer, Geoffrey. [Eleanor Farjeon]

Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon.

London : The Medici Society, 1930.

First edition of Eleanor Farjeon’s modern adaptation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt, elaborately illustrated with full colorContinue reading "Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-119841

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Huxley, Aldous

Antic Hay.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1923.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For James Murphy, thirty years later, Aldous Huxley, 1954.” Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-119728

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Wright, Richard

Native Son.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

First edition, first issue binding with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-118656

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Peck, Jim

We Who Would Not Kill.

New York : Lyle Stuart, 1958.

First edition of the civil rights hero’s story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed by Jim Peck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-119230

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Grisham, John

Calico Joe.

New York : Doubleday, 2012.

First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, “knocks it out of the park.” Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Michael Cole- Best Wishes John Grisham.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-118914

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Murakami, Haruki

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2006.

First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustratedContinue reading "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-122387

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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, “For Ken Reubens E.L. Doctorow.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Royce M. Becker. Author photograph by Nancy Crampton.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-119781

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London : G. Routledge & Co, 1853.

Finely bound example of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Baytun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt rulings and fleuron cornerpieces to theContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-119805

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Anthony, Evelyn

Evelyn Anthony First Edition Collection. Including: The Poellenberg Inheritance, The Persian Ransom, The Return, The Company of Saints, and Voices on the Wind.

London : Hutchinson, 1972-1985.

A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony novels. Octavo, original cloth, 5 volumes. The collection includes: The Poellenberg Inheritance (1972), The Persian Ransom (1975), The Return (1978), The Company of Saints (1983), and Voices on the Wind (1985). Each volume is near fine to fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-119088

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1860.

First edition, first issue, with 16-page catalog dated March, 1860 inserted at rear of Volume one of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. BAL 7621.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-119422

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Gaiman, Neil and Roger Avary

Beowulf: The Script Book.

San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2007.

First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-116056

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Rutherford, Douglas

Grand Prix Murder.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1955.

First edition of Rutherford’s early murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-119604

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Bellow, Saul

Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By.

New York : The Viking Press, 1991.

First edition of this trio of short works by the Nobel laureate and “greatest writer of American prose of the twentieth century” (James Wood, The New Republic). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally Soames, Saul Bellow Chicago Oct 10 ’91.” The recipient, British photojournalist SallyContinue reading "Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-118778

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Nabokov, Vladimir

Lolita.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.

First American edition and first trade edition of Nabokov’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Photograph of Nabokov by Maclean Dameron. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-119451

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Fitzpatrick, Percy

Jock of the Bushveld.

London : Longmans, Green and Company, 1913.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In near fine condition with light shelfwear to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-119744

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Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet On The Western Front.

London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First edition in English of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments and thanks to Geor Henry Gribb! Erich Maria Remarque.” With a type letter from the author dated in 28th February, 1929 from Remarque attached to theContinue reading "All Quiet On The Western Front."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119450

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Murdoch, Iris

Under the Net.

London : Chatto & Windus, .

Early printing of Murdoch’s first novel which announced “the emergence of a brilliant talent” (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Eddie… All best wishes to my dear pupil Iris Murdoch.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Victor Ross. UncommonContinue reading "Under the Net."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-170039

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Durrell, Lawrence

Black Book: An Agnon.

Paris : The Obelisk Press, 1938.

First edition, first issue of the first volume in the Villa Seurat Series. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example, uncommon in this condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-119554

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