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Tolkien, J.R.R

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974.

Finely bound complete set of Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy which, since its release, has sold over 150 million copies, making it the third best-selling novel of all time. Octavo, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edgeContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149573

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McCarthy, Cormac

All the Pretty Horses.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of the first novel in McCarthy’s acclaimed Border Trilogy and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the half-title and on the rear flap.Continue reading "All the Pretty Horses."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149794

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Fast, Howard

Spartacus.

New York : Published by the Author, 1951.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author bound-in, “For Jerry Mayro Gratefully Howard Fast.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Spartacus."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149899

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Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]

One Special Summer.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Boldly signed by Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Trade editions signed are uncommon.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149776

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Martin, George R.R

A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.

New York : Bantam Books, 1996-2011.

First editions of each of the five volumes in the author’s classic Game of Thrones series. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Each volume is fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. A very sharp set.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148293

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Bradbury, Ray [Joe Mugnaini]

The Martian Chronicles.

Bloomfield : The Connecticut Printers, 1974.

The limited editions club edition of the book that established Bradbury’s literary reputation. Royal octavo, bound in full modern black morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with lithographs and prints throughout. Boldly signed by the author, Ray Bradbury, and the illustrator, JoeContinue reading "The Martian Chronicles."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148377

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Smith, Dodie

The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

London : Heinemann, 1956.

First edition of the author’s beloved children’s classic, adapted into the 1961 animated film produced by Walt Disney Studios. Octavo, original blue cloth, pictorial endpapers, with 58 illustrations by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her Aunt in the year of publication on the second free endpaper, “To Aunt ElsieContinue reading "The Hundred and One Dalmatians."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148439

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de; Enric C. Ricart [Illustrator]

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.

Barcelona : The Limited Editions Club, 1933.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece, translated and with an introduction by John Ormsby. Quarto, two volumes, printed on Guarro paper, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised bands, gilt numbers to the spine, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieceContinue reading "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148437

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1994.

First edition, early printing of the 25th anniversary edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original black half-cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Local newspaper clipping with a mini-interview of Vonnegut when he went to Pittsburgh to give aContinue reading "Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148433

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Wharton, Edith & Ogden Codman Jr

The Decoration of Houses.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.

First edition of Edith Wharton’s first published book. Quarto, original marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 56 plates. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149521

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Maupassant, Henri René Albert Guy de

The Life Work of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant. Embracing Romance. Travel. Comedy & Verse. For the first time Complete in English. With a Critical Preface by George Bourget of the French Academy and an Introduction by Robert Arnot M.A.

London and New York : M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1903.

The Flaubert edition of the complete works of Guy de Maupassant, including his well-known short stories and novels Boule de Suif, Une Vie, Bel-Ami, and Pierre et Jean. Octavo, 17 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with git titles and botanical tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbledContinue reading "The Life Work of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant. Embracing Romance. Travel. Comedy & Verse. For the first time Complete in English. With a Critical Preface by George Bourget of the French Academy and an Introduction by Robert Arnot M.A."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123801

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Be More Chill

Vizzini, Ned

Be More Chill.

New York : Hyperion Books, 2004.

First edition, second printing of Vizzini’s groundbreaking novel that inspired the Broadway musical. Octavo, original boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Timothy Saccenti.

$55.00

Item Number: RRB-150032

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York : Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. 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.Continue reading "Waterfront."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143648

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Loti, Pierre. [Louis Marie-Julien Viaud]

Oeuvres de Pierre Loti: Aziyadé, Le Mariage de Loti, Le Roman D’Un Enfant, Mon Frère Yves, Pêcheur d’Islande, Madame Chrysanthème, Les Désenchantées, La Troisième Jeunesse de Madame Prune, Un Pèlerin d’Angkor, Ramuntcho. [The Works of Pierre Loti].

Paris : Calman-Levy, 1936 -1937.

The Calmann-Lévy limited illustrated edition of the works of Pierre Loti. Octavo, thirteen volumes uniformly bound in three quarter pebbled blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in three compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in, profusely illustrated with colored engravings by Pierre Brissaud, J.G.Continue reading "Oeuvres de Pierre Loti: Aziyadé, Le Mariage de Loti, Le Roman D’Un Enfant, Mon Frère Yves, Pêcheur d’Islande, Madame Chrysanthème, Les Désenchantées, La Troisième Jeunesse de Madame Prune, Un Pèlerin d’Angkor, Ramuntcho. [The Works of Pierre Loti]."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-149542

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson.

London : Printed by T. and A. Constable For Longmans Green and Co: Cassell and Co. Seeley and Co: Chas. Scribner's Sons and Sold by Chatto and Windus, 1894.

The Edinburgh edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, 33 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece to select volumes, original paperContinue reading "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149208

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Sinclair, Upton

Oil! A Novel.

Long Beach, CA : Published by the Author, 1927.

Early printing of Upton Sinclair’s self-published social and political satire and the basis for the film ‘There Will be Blood’ starring Daniel Day Lewis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To William McDougall with kindest regards Upton Sinclair.” The recipient, Professor William MacDougall who was a renowned 20th century psychologist, wroteContinue reading "Oil! A Novel."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-146702

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Jones, James

From Here to Eternity.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.

First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "From Here to Eternity."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148705

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Baldwin, James

Go Tell It On The Mountain.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by JamesContinue reading "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149707

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Adams, Richard

Watership Down.

New York : Macmillan, 1972.

First American edition of the author’s first and most beloved work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Watership Down."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-149709

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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Moon and Sixpence.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1941.

Finely bound Heritage Press illustrated edition of this classic novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece self-portrait of Paul Gauguin, illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin. In fine condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-148387

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Smith, Dodie

The New Moon with the Old.

London : Heinemann, 1963.

First edition of the author’s charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her Aunt in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Auntie Elsie with love from Dodie. 1963.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Ward.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148386

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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. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the rare original glassine. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. Housed in a custom clamshell box. AnContinue reading "Light In August."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149881

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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition, with “First Published in April 1939” on copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel,Continue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149708

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Flaubert, Gustave

Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life.

London : John Lane/The Bodley Head LTD, 1928.

The Bodley Head edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, bound in full pictorial morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, withContinue reading "Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-148368

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