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White, Hervey; [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

When Eve Was Not Created and Other Stories.

Boston : Small, Maynard & Company, 1901.

First edition of this collection of short stories; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Small octavo, original pictorial cloth, slip tipped in on the front free endpaper “With the Compliments of the Author.” Signed by Gilman on the front free endpaper above the tipped in note. Additionally inscribed by GilmanContinue reading "When Eve Was Not Created and Other Stories."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-145590
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Baker, Carlos [Ernest Hemingway]

Hemingway: The Writer as Artist.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1952.

First edition of this work on Ernest Hemingway. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Inscribed to Gibson Carey ’55 with the kind regards of the author. Carlos Baker Princeton 4/24/53.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-146140
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Bronte, Charlotte; Edited by Currer Bell

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1848.

First American edition of this revolutionary feminist romance, issued as number 109 in Harper’s Library of Select Novels. Octavo, finely bound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, printed in to columns throughout, single leaf of publisher’s ads dated October 1847 advertisingContinue reading "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145709
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Simon, Neil

Barefoot in the Park.

New York : Random House, 1964.

First edition of the playwright’s first book, review copy with the slip laid in. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neil Simon, Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway production (and won his first Tony Award), Gene Saks, who directed the film adaptation; and Elizabeth Ashley, who co-starred with Robert Redford in both the stageContinue reading "Barefoot in the Park."

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-146190
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Second Part of The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha.

London : Printed for Edward Blount, 1620.

First edition of the second part of Cervantes’ masterpiece in English. Oblong duodecimo, bound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, black and green morocco spine labels. In near fine condition, lacking the engraved title with several words faintly missing on p.Continue reading "Second Part of The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-145724
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Cooper, Susan

The Grey King.

New York : Atheneum, 1975.

First edition of the the fourth volume in the author’s acclaimed “Dark Is Rising” series and Newberry award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mary with best regards and many thanks -Susan 1978.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration byContinue reading "The Grey King."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-146165
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Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]

Last Tales.

New York : Random House, 1957.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper with loss and closed tears to the spine and extremities. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong.

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$40.00
Item Number: RRB-145706
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[Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison] Lerner, Allan Jay; Music by Frederick Loewe; George Bernard Shaw

My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

New York : Chappell & Co, 1956.

Original sheet music of I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady, one of “one of the best musicals of the twentieth century” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated, frontispiece of Andrews and Harrison. Boldly signed by Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison on the front panel. Quarto, original, illustrated wrappers, featuringContinue reading "My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-146154
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Gardener, Helen H. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?

Boston : Arena Publishing Company, 1892.

Later edition of this feminist novella; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Duodecimo, original wrappers. Signed by Gilman on the title page, “Charlotte Perkins Stetson,” with her Chicago address. Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations ofContinue reading "Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?"

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145598
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Merrill, James

James Merrill First Edition Collection: Scripts for the Pageant, From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976, The Changing Light at Sandover, Late Settings: Poems, Recitative: Prose, and A Different Person: A Memoir

: Various Publishers, 1980-1986.

Collection of six first editions of the works of James Merrill; from the library of American playwright Michael Feingold. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth and wrappers, the collection includes: Stated first edition of ‘Scripts for the Pageant’ [New York: Atheneum, 1980]; Stated first edition of ‘From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976’ [New York: Atheneum, 1982];Continue reading "James Merrill First Edition Collection: Scripts for the Pageant, From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976, The Changing Light at Sandover, Late Settings: Poems, Recitative: Prose, and A Different Person: A Memoir"

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145436
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Warren, Robert Penn

Audubon: A Vision.

New York : Random House, 1969.

First edition of this original work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Richard Perry all the best Robert Penn Warren.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-146146
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Faulkner, William

The Mansion.

New York : Random House, 1959.

First edition of the final novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic The Snopes Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “William Faulkner, Oxford Miss 22 Dec 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-146144
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Robinson, Edwin Arlington

Sonnets: 1889-1927

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-145427
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Shaara, Michael

The Killer Angels.

New York : David Mckay, 1974.

First edition of Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Rare and desirable in this condition.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-146142
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Sondheim, Stephen

The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Look, I Made a Hat.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

First edition of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-146134
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Terry, Madame Sybil

Poems.

Tampa : Florida Grower Press, 1947.

First edition of this collection of sacred, romantic, and household poems. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Rare.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-145569
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Miller, Arthur

The Crucible.

New York : The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of this central work in the canon of American drama. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some expert restoration. Jacket photograph by Gjon Mili. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Uncommon signed.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-146122
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Gluck, Louise

Poems 1962-2012.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

First edition of this collection of poems by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed Louise Gluck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gretchen Achilles.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-146120
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Conroy, Pat

The Great Santini.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

First edition, second printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Pat Conroy and his father Donald Conroy on the title and half-title pages respectively. Lengthily inscribed by Donald Conroy on the half-title page, “1/5/80 To Jimmy Barousse: If you promise to hold your comments on my conduct at the “79”Continue reading "The Great Santini."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-146097
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Buffett, Jimmy

A Salty Piece of Land.

New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2004.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Lonnie Busch.

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$30.00
Item Number: RRB-145150
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Stoker, Bram

Under The Sunset.

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.

Rare second edition of Bram Stoker’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Mrs. John Foord with grateful remembrance Bram Stoker New York 1884.” The frontispieceContinue reading "Under The Sunset."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146259
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White, Patrick

The Vivisector.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1970.

First edition of this work by “one of the great magicians of fiction . . . White’s scope is vast and his invention endless” (The Observer). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Tom Adams. An exceptional example.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-146095
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Mark Twain; [Samuel L. Clemens]

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

London : Chatto & Windus, 1884.

First English edition, preceding the first American edition, of “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius). Octavo, original decorative red cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, illustrated from 174 drawings by E. W. Kemble. Binding was originally in BAL’s state “B”, with the gatheringsContinue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-146372
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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw]

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. Boldly signed by actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw on the half-title page, who starred in the 1969 film bearing the same name. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-146076
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