Seabrook, William
No Hiding Place.
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-150247
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Greene, Graham
The End of the Affair.
London : William Heinemann, 1951.
First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, “one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody’s language.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Read more$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148710
Mandino, Og
The Greatest Salesman In The World.
New York : Frederick Fell, Inc, 1973.
First edition of Mandino’s classic work on salesmanship and success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare.
Read more$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-148709
Sparks, Nicholas [Kevin Costner]
Message in a Bottle.
New York : Warner Books, 1998.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 1999 film directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and additionally signed by Kevin Costner. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag. Jacket illustration by Honi Werner.
Read more$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-150125
Albert, Marvin [Kevin Costner]
The Untouchables.
New York : Ivy Books, 1987.
First edition of this crime thriller, basis for the film bearing the same name. Octodecimo, original publisher’s wrappers, all edges stained yellow. Boldy signed by the Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner on the title page. In the film of the same name, Kevin Costner plays Eliot Ness, the real-life federal agent who led the teamContinue reading "The Untouchables."
Read more$750.00
Item Number: RRB-150119
Wallace, David Foster & Mark Costello
Signifying Rappers.
New York : Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
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Item Number: RRB-150145
Dylan, Bob
Like A Rolling Stone.
London : Blossom Music Ltd, 1965.
Original sheet music of the classic song, Like A Rolling Stone, named by Rolling Stone magazine as the number 1 song of the all-time, boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. Critics have described “Like a Rolling Stone” as revolutionary in its combination of musicalContinue reading "Like A Rolling Stone."
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Item Number: RRB-150112
Fleming, Ian [Milton Glaser]
Thrilling Cities.
New York : New American Library, 1964.
First American edition of Fleming’s volume of travel journalism, with the first publication in book form of his short story “007 in New York,” not present in the London edition. Octavo, original half cloth, drawings by Milton Glaser. Boldly signed by the illustrator Milton Glaser on the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fineContinue reading "Thrilling Cities."
Read more$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150105
Ngugi, James [Ngugi wa Thiongo]
A Grain of Wheat.
London : William Heinemann, 1967.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Read more$600.00
Item Number: RRB-150144
Richardson, Henry Handel [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson]; [Ernest Hemingway]
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony.
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1931.
First collected edition of this foundational work in Australian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt author’s initials to the front panel. Association copy, inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to his cousin on the front free endpaper, “Dear Ruth: This one, or three really since it is three novels –Continue reading "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony."
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Item Number: RRB-148697
Kerouac, Jack
The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz.
New York/San Francisco : Harcourt, Brace and Company/The Viking Press/Grove Press, Inc./Avon Book Division/City Lights Books/Farrar, Straus and Cudahy/Farrar, Straus and Company/Coward-McCann, Inc, 1950-1967.
First editions of each of Jack Kerouac’s novels. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in full black levant 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 panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbledContinue reading "The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz."
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Item Number: RRB-149820
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and the illustrator on the titleContinue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."
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Item Number: RRB-150100
Wharton, Edith
Ethan Frome.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."
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Item Number: RRB-150097
King, Stephen
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla.
New York : Scribners, 2003.
First trade edition of the author’s fifth installment of his famed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-150095
Segal, Erich [Ali MacGraw]
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ali MacGraw who starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred AliContinue reading "Love Story."
Read more$400.00
Item Number: RRB-150094
Dylan, Bob
The Nobel Lecture.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
First edition of Dylan’s Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the title page. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-150096
Levin, Ira
The Boys From Brazil.
New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with geometric design stamped in blind on front panel. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “1/29/76 To Evy & Mort, WithContinue reading "The Boys From Brazil."
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Item Number: RRB-148684
Chekhov, Anton; Lajos Szalay [Illustrator]
Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.
New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1966.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of these two groundbreaking plays by famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Octavo, 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 and detailing to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters."
Read more$650.00
Item Number: RRB-148693
Sophocles; Robert Fagles [Translator]
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus.
New York : The Viking Press, 1982.
First edition of this vivid and accessible translation of Sophocles’ tragedies. Royal octavo, publisher’s original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator on the half-title page, “For Rooney – three dark plays – Bob Fagles.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ann Gold. Translated by Robert Fagles. IntroductionsContinue reading "The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus."
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Item Number: RRB-148688
Bierce, Ambrose
The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter.
New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1967.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this gothic novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with color illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Michel Ciry on the colophon page at theContinue reading "The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter."
Read more$850.00
Item Number: RRB-148686
Conrad, Joseph
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard.
New York : The Heritage Press, 1961.
The Heritage Press edition of what many consider to be Conrad’s masterpiece. Quarto, bound in three-quarter modern morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and title page vignette, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Introduction by Rupert Croft-Cooke. Illustrated by LimaContinue reading "Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard."
Read more$400.00
Item Number: RRB-148681
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly.
New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879.
Early edition of Stowe’s enormously influential work, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements to the versos of the front and rear panels. In good condition with toning and chipping. Rare.
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Item Number: RRB-148642
Beckett, Samuel; Marcel Brion; Frank Budgen; Stuart Gilbert; Eugene Jolas; Victor Llona; Robert McAlmon; Thomas McGreevy; Elliot Paul; John Rodker; Robert Sage; William Carlos Williams; G.V.L. Slingsby; Vladimir Dixon [James Joyce]
Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress.
London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1929.
First limited British edition of this collection of critical essays and two letters on James Joyce’s book Finnegans Wake. Small octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Samuel Beckett and Marcel Brion on the half-title page, and additionally signed by Beckett above the title of his essay. Samuel Beckett and Marcel Brion both personally knewContinue reading "Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress."
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Item Number: RRB-148668
Travers, P.L
Mary Poppins Complete Set: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins From A to Z, Mary Poppins in the Kitchen, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door.
New York : Reynal & Hitchcock; Harcourt, Brace and Company; Harcourt, Inc.; Delacorte Press; Collins, 1934 - 2006.
First editions of each work of this beloved children’s classic, with Mary Poppins in the Kitchen being a first hand-tinted illustrated edition. Octavo, eight volumes, original pictorial cloth and boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper of Mary Poppins and on the title page of Mary PoppinsContinue reading "Mary Poppins Complete Set: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins From A to Z, Mary Poppins in the Kitchen, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door."
Read more$27,500.00
Item Number: RRB-148672
Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.
Fine Bindings and Sets
$650.00
RRB-148693
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus.
First Edition
$850.00
RRB-148688
Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress.
First Edition
$7,200.00
RRB-148668