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Kerouac, Jack

On The Road.

New York : The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition of Kerouac’s classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth, top stain red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author’s daughter, “For Allen MacGuire Best wishes, Jan Kerouac.”  Jan Kerouac was a writer and the only child of Jack Kerouac and Joan Haverty Kerouac. She published three semi-autobiographical novels, Baby Driver: A Story About Myself inContinue reading "On The Road."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148125
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Pohl, Frederik

Gateway.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1977.

First edition of the master of science fiction’s suspenseful mystery adventure. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susan- Frederik Pohl 196.” Additionally signed by Frederik Pohl on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed twice by Pohl.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148090
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Eckert, Allan W

The Frontiersmen: A Narrative.

Ashland, Kentucky : Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001.

First edition of the re-issue of Eckert’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ed- With warmest good wishes! Allan Eckert.” With photograph of the author laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Art by John Alan Maxwell. Jacket design by Brett Nance. RareContinue reading "The Frontiersmen: A Narrative."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149902
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Remington, Frederic

John Ermine of the Yellowstone.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this thought-provoking work of a young Native American man who is torn between his traditional way of life and the rapidly changing world around him. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, top edge gilt, black and white illustrations by Frederic Remington. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To myContinue reading "John Ermine of the Yellowstone."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148081
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Orwell, George

Animal Farm.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.

Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket art by Art Brenner.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-147916
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Ford, Lauren

The Little Book About God.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1934.

First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a original drawing, “For Marc, Amy and Jonathan. Lauren Ford.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-147745
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First Editions of Each of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Works; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Beautiful and Damned, The Vegetable, The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men, Taps at Reveille, Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon.

New York : Charles Scribners, 1920-1941.

First edition, first printings of each of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound by full green morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, twin rule to turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. F. Scott FitzgeraldContinue reading "The Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Beautiful and Damned, The Vegetable, The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men, Taps at Reveille, Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-139788
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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, with 39 engraved plates by Phiz, frontispiece portrait of Dickens. First issue withContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-147628
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Galapagos: World's End

Beebe, William

Galapagos: World’s End.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 100 numbered copies, this is number 54, boldly signed by William Beebe, the father of modern ecology. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Isabel Cooper, and 83 photographs mostly by John Tee-Van. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$2,600.00
Item Number: RRB-84953
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Hurston, Zora Neale

Tell My Horse.

Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.

First edition of Hurston’s personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, 26 black and white illustrations. In very good condition, signature to the front free endpaper. A rare and exceptional example.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148086
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Nichols, Beverley

Cats’ A.B.C.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First British edition of this charming children’s book about the lives, personalities, and quirks of cats. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by Derrick Sayer. Boldly signed by Beverley Nichols on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-147943
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Gallo, Leah; [Designed by] Holly C. Kempf; Tim Burton; Ransom Riggs

The Art Of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children: A Tim Burton Film.

Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, 2016.

First edition of this lavishly illustrated companion of Tim Burton’s adaptation of the Ransom Riggs novel ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout with color photographs, foreword by Ransom Riggs, introduction by Tim Burton. In fine condition.

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$60.00
Item Number: RRB-147941
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Dickens, Charles

Sketches By Boz.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of the new edition of one of Dickens’ collection of short pieces. Octavo, bound in full red calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, with forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition.Continue reading "Sketches By Boz."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-147629
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Pacino, Al

Sonny Boy: A Memoir.

New York : Penguin Press, 2024.

First edition of the autobiography of one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148278
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Schulz, Charles M

Charles Schulz Peanuts Manuscript Mock-Up, Signed With Original Snoopy Drawing.

c. 1965.

Exceptionally rare original manuscript mock-up of Charles Schulz’s square-shaped Peanuts books. Manuscript booklet completely in the hand of Charles Schulz, featuring a full-page drawing, in pencil, of Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace, “Here I am flying high over the enemy lines.” Inscribed on the front page, “Frank – How would this be forContinue reading "Charles Schulz Peanuts Manuscript Mock-Up, Signed With Original Snoopy Drawing."

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$10,000.00
Item Number: RRB-147846
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Wolfe, Tom

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the second front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-147879
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