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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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Scott-King's Modern Europe.

Waugh, Evelyn [Daphne Fielding]

Scott-King’s Modern Europe.

London : Chapman & Hal, 1947.

First edition of this classic novella. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Daphne with love from Evelyn Christmas 1947.” The recipient, Daphne Fielding was a fellow British author and dedicatee of Evelyn Waugh’s The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and a closeContinue reading "Scott-King’s Modern Europe."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150292

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Christie, Agatha

4.50 from Paddington.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1957.

First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery, adapted several times for television and film. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very bright example. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-149976

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Buchan, John

The Free Fishers.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.

First edition of standalone historical thriller novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150779

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Landon, Margaret

Anna and the King of Siam.

New York : The John Day Company, 1944.

Early printing of this classic work, basis for the famous musical and film The King and I, as well as other adaptations. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Margaret Ayer. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Autographed especially for Maxine F. Smith with sincere appreciation and warm personal regards. MargaretContinue reading "Anna and the King of Siam."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150803

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Wells, H.G. [Rebecca West]

The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.

London : William Heinemann, 1930.

First edition, early printing of this novel which was praised by Bertrand Russell, inscribed by him to lover and fellow writer Rebecca West. Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “To Rebecca all good wishes H. G.” Rebecca West and H.G. Wells Rebecca West and H.G. WellsContinue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150810

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.

First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, with an autographed letter. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street signContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150807

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Frost, Robert

Come In and Other Poems.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1943.

First edition of this collection of Frost’s poems. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, topstain red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost Indiana 1943 For Ellen McGranaham.” Selection, biographical introduction, and commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by John O’Hara Cosgrave, II. Near fine inContinue reading "Come In and Other Poems."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147532

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L'Engle, Madeleine

Camilla Dickinson.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1951.

Rare first edition of the reader’s edition of this early novel by the author of A Wrinkle In Time about the first romance of two teenagers from dysfunctional families in New York City. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In good condition.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-145768

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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-151104

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Herbert, Frank

The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley Medallion edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In good condition.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150258

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Wells, H.G

Bealby: A Holiday.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1940.

Later edition of this classic children’s book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in black. In near fine condition.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-150682

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York : Signet, 1985.

Signet edition mass-market paperback of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Duodecimo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-151358

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

New York : Signet, 1971.

Signet edition, later printing of Rands’ breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Duodecimo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, all edges stained yellow. In near fine condition.

$30.00

Item Number: RRB-151408

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Buchan, John

The Courts of the Morning.

London : Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1929.

First edition of this classic adventure thriller. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, illustrated with a map. In near fine condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150851

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King, Stephen

Lisey’s Story.

New York : Scribner, 2006.

First edition of this novel by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150457

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McGuane, Thomas

Keep the Change.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

First edition of this sharply observed contemporary American novel of the modern West. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket design and illustration by Fred Marcellino. Author photograph by Bruce Weber.

$30.00

Item Number: RRB-150724

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Tarbell, Ida M

He Knew Lincoln.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.

First Doubleday printing of Tarbell’s collected Billy Brown stories, first published by McClure in 1907. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-132584

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Levin, Ira

The Boys From Brazil.

New York : Random House, 1976.

First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with geometric design stamped in blind on front panel. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Bill Lulow.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-150745

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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám.

London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.

Special edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the spine, printed on Studio hand-made paper, reprinted from Fitzgerald’s translation published in 1859. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-150743

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Fleming, Ian

The Man With the Golden Gun.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

First edition of the twelfth novel of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth, green patterned endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150104

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Fo, Dario

We Can’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!

London : Pluto Press, 1978.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Dario Fo on the half-title page. In good condition, notes and highlighting. Adapted Robert Walker and Bill Colvill, Translated by Lino Pertile.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151003

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Fo, Dario

We Can’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!

London : Pluto Press, 1978.

First edition of this satirical work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Dario Fo on the half-title page. In good condition, with notes and highlighting. Adapted Robert Walker and Bill Colvill. Translated by Lino Pertile.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151003

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Kerouac, Jack

Jack Kerouac’s Personally Owned Hermes 3000 Typewriter Manual and Repair Slip.

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Jack Kerouac’s personally owned Hermes 3000 typewriter user’s manual and repair slip, which he used to compose most of his 1968 autobiographical novel Vanity of Duluoz. The manual is rectangular duodecimo, nine pages with a fold-out specification diagram, detailing machine preparation, general typing rules, maintenance, changing the ribbon, and the tabulator. The repair slip, issuedContinue reading "Jack Kerouac’s Personally Owned Hermes 3000 Typewriter Manual and Repair Slip."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150210

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Travers, P.L

Mary Poppins.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.

First American edition of this children’s classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a small repair to the spine. Rare and desirable signed.

$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150871

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