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Lewis, C.S

A Preface to Paradise Lost.

London : Oxford University Press, 1943.

First edition, early printing of this classic work, which discusses Milton’s Paradise Lost. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "A Preface to Paradise Lost."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-151206

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Ellis, Bret Easton

Imperial Bedrooms.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the sequel to Easton’s bestselling literary debut, Less Than Zero. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Meghan best wishes Bret Easton Ellis.” Additionally signed two times by legendary dust jacket illustrator Chip Kidd in gold with the horns outlined in his hand, onContinue reading "Imperial Bedrooms."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-151202

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Crichton, Michael [Chip Kidd]

Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2008.

Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Jurassic Park is signed by Michael Crichton and with a large original drawingContinue reading "Jurassic Park and The Lost World."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151181

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Christie, Agatha

Dead Man’s Folly.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1956.

First edition of this classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150694

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom

Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.

New York : Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.

First edition of Edith Grossman’s definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-145074

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Roth, Philip

Goodbye, Columbus.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. From the collection of Bruce Kahn, a collector known for only purchasing impeccable examples of books. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. Housed inContinue reading "Goodbye, Columbus."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151200

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York : Random House, 1957.

Later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, publisher’s black half-cloth with gilt titles to the spine and author’s initials stamped in blind to the front panel. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by George Salter.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-151198

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Blake, Michael

Airman Mortensen.

Los Angeles, California : Seven Wolves Publishing, 1991.

Advanced reading copy of the first edition of Michael Blake’s second novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-150744

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Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Wind, Sand and Stars.

New York : Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939.

First British edition of Saint-Exupery’s philosophical memoir of flight. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Decorations in color by John O’Hara Cosgrave, II. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantière. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket which has been laminated. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150742

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Naipaul, V.S

The Mystic Masseur.

New York : The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1959.

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Robert Micklewright. Author photograph by Eddie Fong.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-150736

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Doyle, Richard [John Maynard Keynes] [J.M.]

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe.

London : Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1876.

Finely bound edition of this satirical collection of 40 humorous sketches and illustrations that parody mid-19th-century Victorian life, from the collection of British economist John Maynard Keynes. Oblong octavo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, “Keynes Family Library” stamped in gilt to theContinue reading "Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150643

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Lucas, George; Alan Dean Foster

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

New York : Del Rey, 1977.

First hardcover edition of Lucas’ Star Wars. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by George Lucas on the front free endpaper and by Alan Dean Foster on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover art by John Berkey. With the letter code of “S27” in the gutter of page 183. RareContinue reading "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151096

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Johnson, Merle [Compiler]

A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910.

First limited edition of this list of first editions in book form and of first printings in periodicals. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with paper titles to the spine, top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 154. Boldly signed by compiler Merle Johnson and the publisher Harper & Brothers on the limitationsContinue reading "A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens."

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-150732

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Buchan, John

The Three Hostages.

London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1950.

Finely bound edition of this psychological espionage thriller, the fourth novel following Richard Hannay. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150778

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Grogan, Emmett. [Peter Coyote]

Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1972.

First edition of “the best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground” (Dennis Hopper). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Peter Coyote on the half-title page. Coyote was a founding member along with Grogan of the counterculture group The Diggers. He is an actor, director and screenwriter. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151075

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Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A very sharp example.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151092

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Christie, Agatha

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1962.

First edition of this classic Miss Marple murder mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather and gilt ownership plate to the front pastedown.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-149985

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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Judgement Seat.

London : The Centaur Press, 1934.

Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is number 133. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page. In very good condition. From the library of Craig V. ShowwalterContinue reading "The Judgement Seat."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-150525

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

A Time To Keep Silence.

London : John Murray, 1957.

First edition of the author’s third book, detailing his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Todd Mitchell.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150725

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Herbert, Frank

Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party].

New York : Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1969-1978.

First editions of seven issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune in four parts, later published as a novel, and his short stories The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes issueContinue reading "Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party]."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150272

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Herbert, Frank

The Dosadi Experiment.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150245

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Butler, Octavia

Dawn: A Novel.

New York : Warner Books, 1987.

First edition of the first installment in the Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Enric. Jacket design by Don Puckey.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151099

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Wells, H.G

The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World.

London : William Heinemann, 1930.

First edition of Wells’ satirical political novel, a sharp critique of authoritarianism and interwar political anxieties. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with 10 illustrations by David Low. 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, and The Prestige (1995), whichContinue reading "The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151120

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le Carre, John

A Delicate Truth.

New York : Viking, 2013.

First American edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Buckley and Kulick.

$30.00

Item Number: RRB-151135

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