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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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Welty, Eudora

The Optimist’s Daughter.

New York : Random House, 1972.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by EudoraContinue reading "The Optimist’s Daughter."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-151398

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Collins, Joseph

The Doctor Looks at Love and Life.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1926.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth. In very good condition. Shakespeare and Company ex libris bookplate to the front pastedown.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-151437

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Rice, Anne

Lasher.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the second book in the author’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. FineContinue reading "Lasher."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151288

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Rice, Anne

Lasher.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the second book in the author’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. FineContinue reading "Lasher."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151288

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

London : Cassell, 1947.

First British edition of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "The Fountainhead."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151403

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Baldwin, James

The Evidence of Things Not Seen.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni’s Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147149

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Baldwin, James

The Evidence of Things Not Seen.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni’s Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147149

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McCarthy, Cormac

Cities of the Plain.

New Orleans : B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998.

Signed limited first edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original half leather over marbled boards. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd in the year of publication; on the half title page, on the front panel of the book and on the slipcase. Fine in aContinue reading "Cities of the Plain."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151365

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McCarthy, Cormac

Cities of the Plain.

New Orleans : B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998.

Signed limited first edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original half leather over marbled boards. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd in the year of publication; on the half title page, on the front panel of the book and on the slipcase. Fine in aContinue reading "Cities of the Plain."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151365

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McCarthy, Cormac

No Country For Old Men.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of this “harrowing, propulsive drama… about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe” (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and signed four times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd: on the front panel in the year of publication, the frontContinue reading "No Country For Old Men."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151366

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Grisham, John [Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Damon]

The Rainmaker.

New York : Doubleday, 1995.

First edition of Grisham’s sixth novel, basis for the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Danny Glover. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Grisham, five-time Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon and jacket designer Whitney Cookman on theContinue reading "The Rainmaker."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150804

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Grisham, John [Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Damon]

The Rainmaker.

New York : Doubleday, 1995.

First edition of Grisham’s sixth novel, basis for the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Danny Glover. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Grisham, five-time Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon and jacket designer Whitney Cookman on theContinue reading "The Rainmaker."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150804

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O'Brian, Patrick

The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey.

London : Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.

First British edition of the 21st and last, incomplete novel in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series, published posthumously in 2004. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers of the Jack Aubrey series, including facsimiles of O’Brian’s final manuscript. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by William Waldegrave. Cover illustration by Geoff Hunt.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151335

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Chapman, George. [Homer]

The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke by Geo. Chapman.

London : [Richard Field and William Jaggard] for Nathaniel Butter, [c.1616].

First edition, first issue of the first complete English translation of Homer’s works. Folio, bound in full contemporary English calf with elaborate gilt floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised richly gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, rebacked, boards restored preserving mostContinue reading "The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke by Geo. Chapman."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151341

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Reage, Pauline [Anne Desclos] Jean Paulhan [Preface]

The Story of O: With A Slaves Revolt an Essay on The Story of O.

New York : Grove Press/The Olympia Press, 1959.

First edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare in this condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151367

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Reage, Pauline [Anne Desclos] Jean Paulhan [Preface]

The Story of O: With A Slaves Revolt an Essay on The Story of O.

New York : Grove Press/The Olympia Press, 1959.

First edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare in this condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151367

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Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York : Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1952.

First edition, first issue of Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, original blue cloth, first issue with “A” and publisher’s seal printed on the copyright page and no mention of the Pulitzer Prize he was awarded the following year. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of Hemingway byContinue reading "The Old Man and the Sea."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151269

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.

First edition, first printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, one of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number 909. Thick quarto, bound in full morocco by Baker Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling toContinue reading "Ulysses."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151271

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.

First edition, first printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, one of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number 909. Thick quarto, bound in full morocco by Baker Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling toContinue reading "Ulysses."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151271

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Gibran, Kahlil

The Prophet.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

The Deluxe Holiday edition of one of the best selling books of the 20th century. Quarto, original publisher’s parchment backed gold foil boards, rebacked with original spine strip laid down, central ornament in red to the front panel, top edge gilt, illustrated with twelve collotype plates after drawings by the author. In good condition.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-151250

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West, Nathanael

Miss Lonelyhearts.

New York : Liveright, 1933.

First edition, first issue of this humorous tale of alienation and advice in Depression era New York which was well-received, but the publisher went bankrupt almost immediately and bookshops were unable to source copies. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Easily one of the nicest examples extant, withContinue reading "Miss Lonelyhearts."

$55,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140436

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West, Nathanael

Miss Lonelyhearts.

New York : Liveright, 1933.

First edition, first issue of this humorous tale of alienation and advice in Depression era New York which was well-received, but the publisher went bankrupt almost immediately and bookshops were unable to source copies. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Easily one of the nicest examples extant, withContinue reading "Miss Lonelyhearts."

$55,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140436

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Martin, George R.R

A Game of Thrones.

New York : Bantam Books, 2011.

First deluxe edition of the first book in the author’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire Series. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Fine in the original publisher’s blue slipcase which is in fine condition.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-151381

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Rushdie, Salman

The Enchantress of Florence.

New York : Random House Inc., 2008.

First edition of Salman Rushdie’s richly imagined historical novel linking Renaissance Florence and the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar through the legend of a mysterious and captivating woman known as the “Enchantress.” Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. DustContinue reading "The Enchantress of Florence."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151308

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