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Publius Vergilius Maro [Virgil]; Bruno Bramanti [Illustrator]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

The Georgics.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1952.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Virgil’s classic didactic poem. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Georgics."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148543

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Christmas is Together Time

Schulz, Charles M

Christmas Is Together-Time.

San Francisco : Determined Productions, 1964.

First edition of this early work by the creator of Peanuts. Octavo, small quarto, illustrated. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Book design by Jim Young. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-1500998

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Plato; Eugene Karlin [Illustrator]

Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1968.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Plato’s dialogues on love and friendship. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with blackContinue reading "Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-148529

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Passenger and Stella Maris.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

First editions of McCarthy’s two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. Octavo, 2 volumes, original boards, original slipcase. Signed by Cormac McCarthy in each volume. AdditionallyContinue reading "The Passenger and Stella Maris."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-14753

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Towles, Amor

Table For Two.

New York : Viking, 2024.

First edition of this collection of Amor Towles’ shorter fiction. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed and stamped in matching blue ink by the author on the title page with two of his whimsical stamps of the Empire State Building and a cameraman. Towles adopted the practice of adding a custom-designed stamp when signing hisContinue reading "Table For Two."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-148436

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Towles, Amor

Table For Two.

New York : Viking, 2024.

First edition of this collection of Amor Towles’ shorter fiction. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed and stamped in matching blue ink by the author on the title page with two of his whimsical stamps of the Empire State Building and a cameraman. Towles adopted the practice of adding a custom-designed stamp when signing hisContinue reading "Table For Two."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-148436

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Meltzer, Brad

The Tenth Justice.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Brad Meltzer on the title page. Additionally signed by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149889

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Clancy, Tom

The Hunt For Red October.

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 1984.

First edition, first state of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ben Miles Best Wishes Tom Clancy.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a program from the 8th Annual Maryland Book & Author Luncheon on AprilContinue reading "The Hunt For Red October."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149621

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Milton, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.

London : Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-Street, 1674.

Rare second edition of Milton’s masterpiece, “one of the greatest works of the human imagination” (DNB). Small octavo, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. Revised and augmented by the author, the number of books has been extended from tenContinue reading "Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149837

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf) with the first state engraved title page with date and all first issue points noted by Smith except for ‘screamed’ corrected to ‘screwed’ on p.132, line 20 (as usual). Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Bumpus with moroccoContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149359

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Maugham, W. Somerset; John Sloan [Illustrator]

Of Human Bondage.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1938.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Maugham’s masterpiece and one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt numbers to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins andContinue reading "Of Human Bondage."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-148515

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London : Bloomsbury, 2022.

First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Thomas Taylor. Signed four times by jacket illustrator Thomas Taylor, on the half-title page with a drawing ofContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-144071

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Astaire, Fred

Steps In Time.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1959.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Paul- Fred.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148555

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Faulkner, William

Light In August.

New York : Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.

First edition, first issue, with first printing statement on copyright page, and “Jefferson” for “Mottstown” on page 340, line 1; first-issue binding, lettered in blue and orange. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146368

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Didion, Joan

After Henry.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition of this collection of eleven essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-130601

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Defoe, Daniel

The Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Captain Singleton; Memoirs of a Cavalier; A Journal of the Plague Year; Colonel Jack; Moll Flanders; Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress; A Plan of the English Commerce.

Oxford : Basil Blackwell Publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press, 1927.

The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of the novels and selected writings of Daniel Defoe, limited to seven hundred and fifty copies. Octavo, 11 volumes bound in full navy morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt decorated inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In fine condition. AnContinue reading "The Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Captain Singleton; Memoirs of a Cavalier; A Journal of the Plague Year; Colonel Jack; Moll Flanders; Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress; A Plan of the English Commerce."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149672

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Spiegelman, Art; Francoise Mouly [Jules Feiffer]

Raw 3 Magazine Call For Submissions Print with Personalized Drawing Inscribed by Art Spiegelman.

1991.

Rare original Raw 3 comics magazine call for submissions print with a personalized drawing and note to Jules Feiffer from Art Spiegelman. Octavo, one page, ink on photocopy paper. Inscribed and initialed by Spiegelman with a personalized drawing of two sharply dressed mice having a conversation about Jules Feiffer, “So Jules sez he writes screenplaysContinue reading "Raw 3 Magazine Call For Submissions Print with Personalized Drawing Inscribed by Art Spiegelman."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148481

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Bronte, Charlotte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte. Edited by Temple Scott

Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The Professor; Jane Eyre; Villette; Shirley; Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Agnes Grey; Wuthering Heights].

London : Downey & Co. LTD, 1898-1901.

The Thornton edition of the novels of the Sisters Bronte. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarter contemporary calf over cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to some volumes. Edited by Temple Scott. In good condition.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148424

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McCarthy, Cormac

Suttree.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptionalContinue reading "Suttree."

$10,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149770

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Stephens, James

The Crock of Gold.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.

Signed limited edition of this whimsical and philosophical novel. Quarto, quarter vellum over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine, printed on hand-made paper, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with illustrations and decorations by Thomas Mackenzie. Boldly signed by the author on the limitations page, one of 525 copies. In near fine condition.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148485

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Szymborska, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins

Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.

Orlando : Harcourt Inc, 2006.

First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page and by Billy Collins on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare CavanaghContinue reading "Monologue of a Dog: New Poems."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148475

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Hughes, Richard

A High Wind in Jamaica.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1929.

First edition of the author’s classic novel, one of Modern Library’s 100 greatest novels of the 20th century and an inspiration for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Hughes on the half-title page, “Richard Hughes Dun Laoghaire, 10 Sept 1971.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.Continue reading "A High Wind in Jamaica."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149714

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Walker, Alice

The Color Purple.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

First edition of Walker’s third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Alice Walker on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition and signed.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149627

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Rice, Anne

Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, 1993, 1994.

First editions of each volume in the author’s classic Mayfair Witches Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes. Each volume is signed or inscribed by Anne Rice and The Witching Hour and Lasher signed three times each by Chip Kidd; on the front panel, below Rice’s signature and on the rear jacket flap. Each are fine in fineContinue reading "Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149831

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