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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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Vargas Llosa, Mario

The War of The End of The World.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A pamphlet from Gergetown University for a symposium featuring Llosa, the author Claudio Magris, and moderated by Charlie Rose on April 18, 2017 laid in. Translated by Helen R.Continue reading "The War of The End of The World."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148333

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Herbert, Frank; John W. Campbell [Editor]

Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of the Dune Novels].

New York : Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1963-1965.

First editions of eight issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert’s Dune, later published as a novel and adapted into the two blockbuster films of the same name. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes December 1963, January and February 1964, which contain DuneContinue reading "Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of the Dune Novels]."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148315

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Butler, Octavia E

Bloodchild: and Other Stories

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Uncommon signed.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148326

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Uris, Leon

Redemption.

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.

First edition of this sequel to Leon Uris’ epic novel Trinity. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “For Phyllis and Lyonel / Leon Uris.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-148325

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Cisneros, Sandra

The House on Mango Street.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First hardcover edition of this modern classic of Chicano literature. Duodecimo, original purple cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, mark to the topstain. Jacket painting by Nivia Gonzalez, Author photograph by Rubén Guzmán.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-146874

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Coxwell, Charles Fillingham [Ivan Krylov]

Krilòff’s Fables.

London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD, c. 1900.

Early edition of this collection of fables by Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with four black and white plates. In near fine condition. Translated from the Russian into English in the original metres by Charles Fillingham Coxwell.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-148323

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Alger, Horatio

The Five Hundred Dollar Check. [$500].

New York : United States Book Company, 1890.

First edition, first state of this rare novel. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. This book was produced by “Porter and Coates” in 1890 but acquired and released by “The American Book Company,” The first state copies were then distributed with the Porter and Coates name purposefully blacked out with dye on the bottom portion ofContinue reading "The Five Hundred Dollar Check. [$500]."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149449

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Saline, Carol; Sharon J. Wohlmuth [photographer] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Sisters.

Philadelphia : Running Press, 1994.

First edition of this moving portrayal of the relationship between sisters. Rectangular octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the front free endpaper to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “To Justice Ginsburg, You are an inspiration to all women! Warmly, Sharon J Wohlmuth.” American lawyer and jurist,Continue reading "Sisters."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148312

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Kierkegaard, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie

Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.

London : The C. W. Daniel Company, Ltd, 1940.

First English edition of the elaboration and conclusion of Kierkegaard’s important existential discourses of 1847. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Danish by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Library stamp to the title page from the College of S. Barnabas, name to the frontContinue reading "Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-148328

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Steinbeck, John [Lillian Hellman]

Sweet Thursday.

New York : The Viking Press, 1954.

First edition of this sequel to Steinbeck’s famous novel Cannery Row. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, top stain red. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lillian Hellman on the front free endpaper, “May every year be as nice as this – and all your Christmases be better – love Lillian 12/25/54.” Lillian Hellman was an influential American playwrightContinue reading "Sweet Thursday."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148288

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Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in full morocco by Root & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-148129

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Larsen, Nella

Quicksand.

New York & London : Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.

First edition of Nella Larsen’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149548

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Saramago, Jose

Blindness.

New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Claudine Mansour on the front jacket panel and the rear flap. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by ClaudineContinue reading "Blindness."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148303

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Wolfe, Tom [Madeleine Albright]

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.

First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” The collector, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leadingContinue reading "I Am Charlotte Simmons."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147425

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Ali, Muhammad

Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of this photographic record of Muhammad Ali’s career. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with numerous photographs by Howard L. Bingham of or concerning Muhammad Ali. Inscribed on the page preceding title page, “To Mayor Riordan from Muhammad Ali, Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. 10-23-93.” SignedContinue reading "Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149114

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Neale Hurston, Zora

Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1937.

First edition of seminal work of African American and feminist literature that explores themes of love, self-discovery, and voice. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In near fine condition with light toning and rubbing, bookplate. An exceptional example.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149922

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McKay, Claude

Banjo.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929.

First edition of this seminal work of the Harlem Renaissance that explores themes of Black identity, diaspora, and transnationalism. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities, name to the front pastedown. Jacket designed by Aaron Douglas. A very sharp example.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149907

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Robinson, Marilynne

Housekeeping.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Marilynne Robinson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Robert Sabin. Designed by Cynthia Krupat.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-149756

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

New York : Random House, 1946.

Early printing of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-149142

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Frankl, Viktor E

Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man’s Search For Meaning].

Vienna : Verlag Jugend und Volk, 1946.

True first edition of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Für Frau Grete Krotschak in herzlicher Freundschaft V. E. Frankl 6/9/46.” Which translates, “For Ms. Grete Krotschak in cordial friendship V. E.Continue reading "Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man’s Search For Meaning]."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-135369

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Scott-King's Modern Europe.

Waugh, Evelyn

Scott-King’s Modern Europe.

London : Chapman & Hal, 1947.

First edition of this classic novella. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In very good condition.

$25.00

Item Number: RRB-150294

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Geisel, Theodor Seuss. [Dr. Seuss]

On Beyond Zebra.

New York : Random House, 1955.

First edition, first issue of Dr. Seuss’s classic alphabet book. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the 250/250 price on the jacket flap and ten titles on the rear panel. Uncommon in this condition. One of the notorious six discontinued Seuss titles.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149514

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Geisel, Theodor Seuss. [Dr. Seuss]

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories.

New York : Random House, 1958.

First edition, first printing of this collection of three of Seuss’s most memorable tales with the 1950, 1951 and 1958 copyright dates. In a first issue dust jacket with thumbnails of fourteen previously published Seuss books ending in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! on the rear panel of the dust jacket and the 295/295 price.Continue reading "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-149502

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Powell, Anthony

A Dance to the Music of Time: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer’s Market; The Acceptance World; At Lady Molly’s; Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant; The Kindly Ones; The Valley of Bones; The Soldier’s Art; The Military Philosophers; Books do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; Hearing Secret Harmonies.

London : William Heinemann, 1951-1975.

First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, 12 volumes, original publisher’s cloth. Each volume is near fine in very good to fine dust jackets. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. A nice set.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148266

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