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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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Smith, Patti

Patti Smith Signed Autograph Document Collection.

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Rare collection of first and limited editions, catalogs and magazines signed by American rock legend Patti Smith. Approximately twenty volumes, each signed by Smith, the collection includes a first edition of New Women in Rock (New York: Delilah/Putnam, 1982), a signed limited edition of Rimbaud (Zurich: Vasellari, 1991), a first edition of Strange Messenger: TheContinue reading "Patti Smith Signed Autograph Document Collection."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-110268

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Isherwood, Christopher

Down There On a Visit.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Vincente Urbistondo, with my best wishes Christopher Isherwood Oct 22 1967.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Down There On a Visit."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-110673

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Smith, Betty

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.

First edition of Smith’s classic first novel. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Sincerely, Betty Smith Brooklyn, N.Y. September, 1943.” Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110390

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Wharton, Edith

The Descent of Man and Other Stories.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

First edition of this early collection of Wharton’s short stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, woodcut border to the title page, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-110354

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Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-110596

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James, Henry

Theatricals: Two Comedies.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1894.

First American edition of Henry James’ book of two plays which were never produced. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-81261

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Five Nations.

London : Methuen and Co, 1903.

First edition, one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. In near fine condition.

$700.00

Item Number: RRB-110468

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Miller, Henry

Tropic of Capricorn.

Paris : Obelisk Press, 1939.

First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39.” Henry Church and his wife BarbaraContinue reading "Tropic of Capricorn."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110655

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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London : Grant Richards, 1903.

First edition of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-110721

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Trumbo, Dalton

Johnny Got His Gun.

Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.

First edition of Trumbo’s powerful novel, which won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dalton Trumbo on the half-title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket with rubbing and wear, lacking the front flap. Rare and desirable signed.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110238

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Russell, George [A.E]

The National Being: Some Thoughts On An Irish Polity.

Dublin and London : Maunsel & Company, Ltd, 1916.

First edition of Russell’s essay on the nation of Ireland. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author and with an original colored pencil and ink drawing of the hills of Ireland on the title page, “George Russell A.E.” In near fine condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-110589

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Williams, Tennessee

A Streetcar Named Desire Script.

New York : Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Inc, .

Rare script from the first Broadway revival production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece performed at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in 1973. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-109905

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James, Henry

The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures.

Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905.

First edition of this publication of two notable speeches delivered by Henry James at Bryn Mawr College and the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia in 1905. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his ownership signature to the front panel “Carl Van VechtenContinue reading "The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-80106

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Donleavy, J.P

The Ginger Man.

Paris : The Olympia Press, 1955.

First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Washington D.C. March 1994 J.P. Donleavy.” In fine condition. From the library of Donleavy’s publisher Seymour Lawrence. Introduction by Arland Ussher. An exceptional example.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-110478

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

London : Longman, Green, and Co, 1886.

First edition, first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson’s classic book. Octavo, original wrappers, advertisements. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110275

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Frost, Robert

Steeple Bush.

New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1947.

First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fineContinue reading "Steeple Bush."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-110271

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Lincoln, Jackson Steward. Introduction by C. G. Seligman

The Dream in Primitive Cultures.

London : The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the author’s doctorate thesis on the theory and function of dreams in primitive cultures. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with toning to the spine. Very rare.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-115384

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Johnson, Diane

Le Mariage.

New York : Dutton Book, 2000.

First edition of this “splendid entertainment… Johnson is one of our most astute cultural critics” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Diane Johnson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary E. O’Boyle. Jacket illustration by Nina Berkson.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-110599

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Smedley, Francis Edward [Frank]

The Works of Frank E. Smedley. [Lewis Arundel, Frank Fairlegh, Harry Coverdale’s Courtship, The Colville Family]

London : George Routledge and Sons, c. 1888.

Rare finely bound set of the complete novels of Francis Edward Smedley. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-110526

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dePaola, Tomie

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986.

First edition of Tomie de Paola’s Christmas children’s classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, story and pictures by Tomie dePaola. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the title page, “‘It’s just like you,’ said Strega Nona. Big Anthony smiled. ‘Christmas has a magic of its own.’ Tomie 2016.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. With aContinue reading "Merry Christmas, Strega Nona."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-114827

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Nabokov, Vladimir

Nikolai Gogol.

London : Editions Poetry London, 1947.

First British edition of Nabokov’s criticism of the work of Russian literary master Nikolai Gogol. Octavo, original cloth. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gogol. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-118463

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Trollope, Anthony

The Works of Anthony Trollope.

London : Ward, Lock & Co, 1881.

The New Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope. Octavo, 28 volumes bound into 14 in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red and brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110205

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Trollope, Anthony

Ralph the Heir.

London : Strahan & Co. Publishers, 1871.

First illustrated edition of Trollope’s account of a corrupt Parliamentary election, based on his own experiences as a candidate. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, wood-engraved illustrations by F.B. Fraser.Continue reading "Ralph the Heir."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-110321

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Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works, with p. 213 misnumbered “113,” the signature mark “b” at the foot of the plate list, and the misspelling “affetcionately” on line 12, p. 134. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbledContinue reading "A Tale of Two Cities."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110251

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