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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O’Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-142299
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Naughton, Bill

Alfie.

London : Macgibbon & Kee, 1966.

First edition of the novelization of Naughton’s popular stage play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page, “Bill Naughton” and lengthily inscribed by his wife, Erna, “For Laurence Foster I.M. of Bill Naughton 12th June 1910 Ballyhaunis Co Mayo Ireland – 9th January 1992 Isle of Man with loveContinue reading "Alfie."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-143918
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Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author “from Ian Fleming” on a card mounted to the front free endpaper.

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$40,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142789
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Cheever, John

The Enormous Radio and Other Stories.

New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1953.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grace James.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-142887
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Joyce, James

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

London : The Egoist Ltd, 1917.

First English edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel, one of about 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142971
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.

London : Macmillan, 1894-95.

First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. A sharp example.

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-143467
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Warhol, Andy; David Whitney

Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s.

New York : Random House, 1979.

Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s First Edition Signed

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142806
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Herzl, Theodor

Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts].

Wein : Verlag Der "Welt", 1897.

First edition of Herzl’s popular politically-charged drama, written several years before Der Judenstaat and praised by Max Nordau and Sigmund Freud. Octavo, original printed wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, “Herrn Heinrich Steiner zur freundlichen Erinnerung Th. Herzl.” The recipient, Hungarian author and publisher HeinrichContinue reading "Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts]."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-143510
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Kuznetsov, Anatoly. Translated by David Floyd

Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1970.

First English uncensored edition of soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov’s most acclaimed work in its complete, unredacted form. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Mr. M.G. Millard – with very best wishes, in appreciation for the invaluable help he has givenContinue reading "Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-143812
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Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard

Now We Are Six.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.

First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$700.00
Item Number: RRB-143951
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Milosz, Czeslaw

Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1968.

First edition of the re-issue of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Czeslaw Milosz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman. Author photograph by Thomas Victor.

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$800.00
Item Number: RRB-142086
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Adams, Richard

Watership Down.

London : Rex Collings, 1972.

First edition of the author’s first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author withing two months of the publication date on the front free endpaper, “To Jessie and Derek Hinrich with best wishes from Richard Adams January 1973.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. The nicestContinue reading "Watership Down."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-143483
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Sholokhov, Mikhail. Translated by Stephen Gary

And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home To The Sea.

London : Putnam, 1934-1940.

First edition in English of the major epic of Soviet literature and one of the first works of Soviet literature to be translated into English. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth. And Quiet Flows the Don is very good in a good dust jacket. The Don Flows Home To The Sea is very good inContinue reading "And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home To The Sea."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-143722
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Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Camden, New Jersey : Author's Edition [Walt Whitman], 1882.

The Author’s edition of the most important and influential volume of poetry written in America; one of probably fewer than 100 copies produced with the inclusion of the “sexual odes” at Whitman’s insistence. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with two full-page engraved portraits of Whitman at different ages. Boldly signed by Walt Whitman on theContinue reading "Leaves of Grass."

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-143291
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Feiffer, Jules [Alan Arkin]

Little Murders.

New York : Random House, 1968.

First edition of this work, basis for Alan Arkin’s stunning 1971 feature directorial debut. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Arkin on the half-title page, “Best Wishes to Adrienne From Alan Arkin.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jules Feiffer.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-143189
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Styron, William

Set This House on Fire.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Styron on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-143491
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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

London : William Heinemann, 1939.

First English edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-143492
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James, Henry

The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.

New York : Macmillan and Co, 1886.

First American edition of one of James’s “three formidable novels” published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In near fine condition, name opposite the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-143493
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King, Stephen

Bag of Bones.

New York : Scribners, 1998.

First edition of this work which won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, the 1999 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1999 Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Patricia- Stephen King.” Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana.

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-142294
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Joyce, James

Finnegans Wake.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First American edition, one of 6000 copies printed. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-106753
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Mead, Margaret

From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1939.

First edition, third printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Hardin S. Rarny Margaret Mead May 6, 1946.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-143499
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O'Neill, Eugene

Mourning Becomes Electra.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1931.

Signed limited edition of O’Neill’s classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, signed by Eugene O’Neill, one of 550 copies this is number 363. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142951
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Prévost, Antoine François. [The Abbe Prévost D'Exiles]

The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1935.

First edition thus of Helen Wadell’s translation of the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d’un homme de qualité which was adapted into the famous opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini. Quarto, bound in half morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux."

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-147343
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James, Henry

Roderick Hudson.

New York : James R. Osgood and Company, 1876.

First edition of one of James’ earliest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-142180
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