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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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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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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Hojarasca.

Bogota : Ediciones- S.L.B, 1955.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book which introduced the world to magical realism. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. Association copy, inscribed by the author in one of the earliest signatures we have seen on the front free endpaper, “Para Hector; nada más, Gabo -.” Translated as “nothing more.” TheContinue reading "La Hojarasca."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150605

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Hojarasca.

Bogota : Ediciones- S.L.B, 1955.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book which introduced the world to magical realism. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. Association copy, inscribed by the author in one of the earliest signatures we have seen on the front free endpaper, “Para Hector; nada más, Gabo -.” Translated as “nothing more.” TheContinue reading "La Hojarasca."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150605

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Wells, H.G

The New Machiavelli.

London : The Bodley Head, 1911.

First edition of Wells’ ambitious political novel tracing the rise and downfall of an idealistic reformer whose personal passions and public ambitions collide in Edwardian England. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series,Continue reading "The New Machiavelli."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-151282

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Anton Raft,Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

$13,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151360

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Anton Raft,Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

$13,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151360

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Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of the Jack Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Dave Creviston To Scribner’s With Luck To Dave With Luck (f.s) Jack Kerouac.” An interesting inscription as Kerouac submitted this work to Charles Scribner’s Sons twice, and was rejected both timesContinue reading "The Town and the City."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-131371

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Kerouac, Jack

The Town and the City.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of the Jack Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Dave Creviston To Scribner’s With Luck To Dave With Luck (f.s) Jack Kerouac.” An interesting inscription as Kerouac submitted this work to Charles Scribner’s Sons twice, and was rejected both timesContinue reading "The Town and the City."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-131371

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Stephenson, Neal

Cryptonomicon.

New York : Avon Books, 1999.

First edition, first printing of this extraordinary first volume in an epoch-making masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Halperin. Front cover illustration by Liz Kenyon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-151276

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Stephenson, Neal

Cryptonomicon.

New York : Avon Books, 1999.

First edition, first printing of this extraordinary first volume in an epoch-making masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Halperin. Front cover illustration by Liz Kenyon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-151276

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Woolf, Virginia

Contemporary Writers.

London : The Hogarth Press, 1965.

Rare proof copy of the first edition of collection of 46 essays and book reviews by Virginia Woolf, published posthumously. Small octavo, original wrappers with publication date written in ink to the front cover. In very good condition. Preface by Jean Guiguet.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-151263

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Woolf, Virginia

Contemporary Writers.

London : The Hogarth Press, 1965.

Rare proof copy of the first edition of collection of 46 essays and book reviews by Virginia Woolf, published posthumously. Small octavo, original wrappers with publication date written in ink to the front cover. In very good condition. Preface by Jean Guiguet.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-151263

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

New York : Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.

First edition of Vonnegut’s absurdist satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain green. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper with a self-caricature. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Housed in aContinue reading "Cat’s Cradle."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146918

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

London : Bloomsbury, 2003.

First adult edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling’s enormously popular best-selling Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Webb. Jacket image by Michael Wildsmith. Author photograph by Bill de la Hey.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-151259

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Bloch, Robert. [Philip Jose Farmer]

Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Philip José Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar – with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be ofContinue reading "Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-124949

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Buchan, John

The House of the Four Winds.

London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1935.

First British edition, early printing of the last book in the Dickson McCunn trilogy. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition with a slight lean to the spine.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151379

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1948.

First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alan Paton on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151373

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York : Random House, 1957.

First edition, later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151372

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Hardy, Thomas

A Changed Man: The Waiting Supper and Other Tales Concluding with the Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1913.

Early edition of this final collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy exploring themes of fate, love, and social change. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with a black and white map of Wessex to the rear. In very good condition, signature to the front free endpaper. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown.

$65.00

Item Number: RRB-148191

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Hardy, Thomas

Parts One and Two of The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes.

New York and London : The Macmillan Company/Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904 and 1906.

First editions of Thomas Hardy’s only major dramatic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles. First American edition, first issue of part one. First British edition, second issue of part two. In very good condition with light bumping and rubbing, and light toning.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-148182

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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."

$10,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151252

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Hardy, Thomas

Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895.

Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In good condition with light rubbing and bumping, front free endpaper missing, and frontispiece laid in, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-148194

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Wells, H.G

Apropos of Dolores.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1938.

First British edition of Wells’ satirical novella examining modern relationships, social conventions, and romantic idealism through the reflective and often ironic perspective of its narrator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Apropos of Dolores."

$35.00

Item Number: RRB-151300

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Waller, Robert James

The Bridges of Madison County.

New York : Warner Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling romance novella, the basis for the 1995 film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with photographs by the author. Signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Bridges of Madison County."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150721

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