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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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Wolfe, Tom [Ken Babbs]

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960’s. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Ken Kesey and fellow merry Prankster Ken Babbs on the title page, “For Michael, Tommy Wolfeie Kesey and Ken ‘Har Har’ Babbs.” Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149900

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Lee, Harper

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Philadelphia & New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition, fifth printing (published the same year as the first) of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “For John B. Briskey with my best wishes, Harper Lee.” Near fineContinue reading "To Kill A Mockingbird."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149909

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Orwell, George

Animal Farm.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.

Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket art by Art Brenner.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147916

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le Carre, John

The Tailor of Panama.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.

First edition of this “tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly inscribed by John le Carre the title page, “For Vicki, with all good things- John le Carre 5 Nov ’96 Harrods.” Fine in a fineContinue reading "The Tailor of Panama."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-149905

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Eighner, Lars

Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Lars Eighner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Martha Grenon.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-148268

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Ford, Lauren

The Little Book About God.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1934.

First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a original drawing, “For Marc, Amy and Jonathan. Lauren Ford.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147745

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First Editions of Each of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Works; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Beautiful and Damned, The Vegetable, The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men, Taps at Reveille, Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon.

New York : Charles Scribners, 1920-1941.

First edition, first printings of each of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound by full green morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, twin rule to turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. F. Scott FitzgeraldContinue reading "The Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Beautiful and Damned, The Vegetable, The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men, Taps at Reveille, Tender is the Night, The Last Tycoon."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-139788

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Blume, Judy

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

New York : Delacorte Press, 2007.

First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Love Judy Blume.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-149258

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Atwood, Margaret

The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments.

Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1985-2019.

First Canadian edition and true first of Atwood’s modern masterpiece and it’s Booker Prize Award-winning sequel, The Testaments. Octavo, two original half cloth. The Handmaid’s Tale is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Janny and Rob- best wishes- Margaret Atwood.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148283

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, with 39 engraved plates by Phiz, frontispiece portrait of Dickens. First issue withContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147628

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Wyndham, Eric

Revelation: A Romance.

London : Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, 1897.

First edition of this fantastical reinterpretation of the legend of the Wandering Jew. Octavo, original cloth, floral endpapers. In very good condition.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-147990

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).

New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece, a justifiable contender for the title of “the Great American Novel” and arguably “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius, 47). Octavo, original publisher’s gilt and black stamped pictorial green cloth, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Contains allContinue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149190

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Galapagos: World's End

Beebe, William

Galapagos: World’s End.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 100 numbered copies, this is number 54, boldly signed by William Beebe, the father of modern ecology. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Isabel Cooper, and 83 photographs mostly by John Tee-Van. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-84953

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Wilson, Rathmell

Re-Birth: A Romantic Novel.

London : Greening & Co. LTD, 1909.

First edition of this early romance novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles. In very good condition. Greening’s Catalogue from 1908 to rear of text block. Ownership signature to the front pastedown. Rare.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147981

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Costner, Kevin; Cale Glendening

The Great Horizon.

: Weldon Owen, 2024.

First edition of this work through Cale Glendening’s intimate cast portraits and behind-the-scenes photography of Costner’s epic film The Great Horizon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kevin Costner and Cale Glendening on the half-title page. In fine condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-148218

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Nichols, Beverley

Cats’ A.B.C.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First British edition of this charming children’s book about the lives, personalities, and quirks of cats. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by Derrick Sayer. Boldly signed by Beverley Nichols on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147943

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Gallo, Leah; [Designed by] Holly C. Kempf; Tim Burton; Ransom Riggs

The Art Of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children: A Tim Burton Film.

Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, 2016.

First edition of this lavishly illustrated companion of Tim Burton’s adaptation of the Ransom Riggs novel ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout with color photographs, foreword by Ransom Riggs, introduction by Tim Burton. In fine condition.

$60.00

Item Number: RRB-147941

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Blatty, William Peter [Kitty Winn]

The Exorcist.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.

First edition of Blatty’s landmark horror novel, basis for the 1973 film. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Peter Blatty and actress Kitty Winn, who starred in the film on the front free endpaper, “To Bob – with my thanks and warm good wishes – Bill Blatty June 2, 1971” and “ForContinue reading "The Exorcist."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147935

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Dickens, Charles

Sketches By Boz.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of the new edition of one of Dickens’ collection of short pieces. Octavo, bound in full red calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, with forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition.Continue reading "Sketches By Boz."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-147629

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Saramago, Jose

The Double.

Orlando : Harcourt, 2004.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Valerie Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Additionally signed twice by the jacket designer Claudine Mansour, on the front jacket panel and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Double."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-149868

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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. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the title page. Introductions by Muhammad and Lonni Ali, Bill & Camille Cosby, Jim Murray, Gordon Parks, George Plimpton, Alvin F. Poussaint,Continue reading "Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-148277

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Pacino, Al

Sonny Boy: A Memoir.

New York : Penguin Press, 2024.

First edition of the autobiography of one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148278

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Wolfe, Tom

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the second front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147879

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Saramago, Jose

Blindness.

New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Saul Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” 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 dustContinue reading "Blindness."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146522

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