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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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Stevenson, Robert Louis; Andrew Lang. [Bazett Michael Haggard]

Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. [with] Letters to Dead Authors.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.

Limited editions of Stevenson’s Virginibus Puerisque and Lang’s Letters to Dead Authors, presented by Stevenson with three inscriptions to close friend in Samoa, Bazett Michael Haggard. Octavo, two volumes in the publisher’s original white parchment-backed blue boards with gilt-lettered blue paper spine labels, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, untrimmed and partially uncut. This edition, printedContinue reading "Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. [with] Letters to Dead Authors."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147617

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First edition of Passenger to Frankfurt; inscribed by Agatha Christie

Christie, Agatha

Passenger to Frankfurt: An Extravaganza.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1970.

First edition of Christie’s final spy novel, published on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Leon Drucker with best wishes Agatha Christie.” From the library of noted collector William Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. Fine in a fineContinue reading "Passenger to Frankfurt: An Extravaganza."

$5,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148203

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Bloch, Robert

Twilight Zone: The Movie.

New York : Warner Books, Inc, 1983.

First edition of the novelization of the classic film. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with a 16-page insert of black and white photographs from the film. Boldly signed by Robert Bloch on the title page. In near fine condition. Small hole punch in the upper right corner of the front wrapper.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148054

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Le Guin, Ursula K. [LeGuin]

The Lathe of Heaven.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1971.

First edition of this classic science fiction work, which revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality, including past events. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ursula K. Le Guin on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Carl Berkowitz. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148187

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Lefevre, Edwin

The Making of a Stockbroker.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1925.

First edition of this classic Wall Street narrative. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-115693

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Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London : Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

Early edition of Dickens’s classic second novel. Octavo, bound in full calf, full morocco with 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, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. InContinue reading "Oliver Twist."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147626

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Waugh, Evelyn

Decline and Fall.

London : Chapman & Hall, 1931.

Pocket edition of Waugh’s first published novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated, 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. An exceptional presentation.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-147545

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Eliot, George

Felix Holt: The Radical.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1866.

First edition of this classic political work. Sextodecimo, three volumes, half-calf bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition with rubbing to the hinges and extremities, light toning.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-147727

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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty

Dickens, Charles

Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1841.

First edition of Charles Dickens’ fifth novel. Royal octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges sprayed reddish-brown, with black and white illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne.In very good condition.

$700.00

Item Number: RRB-147726

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Schwimmer, Rosika [Eleanor Roosevelt]

Tisza Tales.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928.

First edition of this enchanting work of Hungarian folklore. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece with an additional illustrated title page, illustrated with color plates and black and white plates by Willy Pogány. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,Continue reading "Tisza Tales."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-147722

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Thomas, Dylan

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

London : J.M. Dent & Sons, 1940.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dylan Thomas on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148096

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Widney, J.P. [Eleanor Roosevelt]

The Lure and The Land: An Idyl of the Pacific.

Los Angeles, CA : Pacific Publishing Company, 1932.

Limited first edition, one of one thousand copies of this collection of poems about the Pacific Coast. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, “To Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt from the author, J.P. Widney.”Continue reading "The Lure and The Land: An Idyl of the Pacific."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147697

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Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man.

New York : Random House, 1952.

First edition of the author’s landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148015

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Frost, Robert

North of Boston.

London : David Nutt, 1914.

First edition, second issue (with “Printed in Great Britain” ink-stamped on title verso), of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of 200 in the sixth binding state (one of two binding states done for the Dunster House Bookshop in 1923). Presentation copy, this copyContinue reading "North of Boston."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147529

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Daudet, Alphonse

The Novels, Romances and Writings of Alphonse Daudet. [Fromont and Risler, Jack, The Nabob, Kings in Exile, Thirty Years in Paris].

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1900.

The Saint Botolph Edition of the works of Alphonse Daudet, limited to one thousand numbered sets and magnificently bound. Octavo, eighteen volumes elegantly bound in full plum levant morocco with red and gilt morocco fleurs-de-lis inlays to the panels and spine, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands,Continue reading "The Novels, Romances and Writings of Alphonse Daudet. [Fromont and Risler, Jack, The Nabob, Kings in Exile, Thirty Years in Paris]."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147622

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Dickens, Charles

The Pic Nic Papers.

London : Henry Colburn, 1841.

First edition, first issue of this anthology edited by Charles Dickens. Small octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece to each volume, all edges red, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. In very good condition, bookplatesContinue reading "The Pic Nic Papers."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-147636

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Conrad, Joseph; F.M. Hueffer [Ford Madox Ford]

The Nature of a Crime.

London : Duckworth and Co, 1924.

First British edition of the last of three books written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Hueffer. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-147555

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Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.

First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters contemporary morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, frontispiece, illustrated by George Cattermole andContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147633

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Read, Piers Paul

On The Third Day.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1990.

First edition of this thought provoking novel about the nature of faith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sally, Remembering our conversations around this book, with best wishes. Piers.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-147640

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Vanderbilt, Amy; Drawings by Andy Warhol

Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1961.

First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Andy Warhol. Signed three times by Warhol, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “To Rickey Andy Warhol”, on the title page using his full name, “Andrew Warhol” and again at the introduction, “To Rickey Andy Warhol.” Drawings by Andrew Warhol. NearContinue reading "Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148051

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Lee, Harper

To Kill A Mockingbird.

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

First edition with the review slip of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “withContinue reading "To Kill A Mockingbird."

$65,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148055

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Hardy, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; Desperate Remedies; The Return of the Native.]

Chicago and New York : Rand, McNally & Company, c. 1900.

The Rand, McNally & Company edition of books by Thomas Hardy. Octavo, five volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt. In very good to good condition, bookplates to the front pastedowns of ‘Desperate Remedies’ and ‘Mayor of Casterbridge’.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147349

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Hilton, James

Good-bye, Mr. Chips.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1934.

First edition of Hilton’s classic novella about a beloved schoolteacher. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely. James Hilton.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147556

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Didion, Joan

Salvador.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1983.

First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-148049

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