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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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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London : Chapman and Hall and Bradbury Evans, 1858.

Rare finely bound Library Edition of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, pictorial title pages. In very good condition. Housed inContinue reading "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-119937
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Second Jungle Book.

London : Macmillan and Co., 1895.

First edition of Kipling’s Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-119977
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Conrad, Joseph

The Rover.

London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923.

First British edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-119454
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Kundera, Milan

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of Kundera’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Peter Milan Kundera.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-119818
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Mamet, David

On Directing Film.

New York : Viking, 1991.

First edition of Mamet’s insightful guide to directing. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Glenn – Thank you for your support of my work. I appreciate it very much. David Mamet 27 F. 91 Book Soup.” The recipient, Glenn Goldman foundedContinue reading "On Directing Film."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-119879
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Dinsdale, Alfred

Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.

London : Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1926.

First edition of the first book on television, a key work on the history of technology. Octavo, original stiff boards, frontispiece halftone reproduction of photograph of John Logie Baird. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear, small tape repair on the front panel. Housed in a custom slipcase.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-119245
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Barham, Richard Harris

The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire First Series; Second Series; Third Series.

London : Richard Bentley, 1840.

First edition, first issue of this classic work. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco by Tout with elaborate tooling in gilt, covers repeat the floral and pointillle tooling at corners, surrounded by a single gilt fillet, dentelles feature floral garlands extending from each corner, surrounded by inner and outer gilt fillets, top edges gilt,Continue reading "The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire First Series; Second Series; Third Series."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-119907
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Hardy, Thomas

Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.

Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and real panels, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-118019
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Chaucer, Geoffrey. [Eleanor Farjeon]

Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon.

London : The Medici Society, 1930.

First edition of Eleanor Farjeon’s modern adaptation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt, elaborately illustrated with full colorContinue reading "Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose by Eleanor Farjeon."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-119841
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Wright, Richard

Native Son.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

First edition, first issue binding with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-118656
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Peck, Jim

We Who Would Not Kill.

New York : Lyle Stuart, 1958.

First edition of the civil rights hero’s story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed by Jim Peck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-119230
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Grisham, John

Calico Joe.

New York : Doubleday, 2012.

First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, “knocks it out of the park.” Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Michael Cole- Best Wishes John Grisham.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-118914
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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London : G. Routledge & Co, 1853.

Finely bound example of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Baytun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt rulings and fleuron cornerpieces to theContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-119805
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Fitzpatrick, Percy

Jock of the Bushveld.

London : Longmans, Green and Company, 1913.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In near fine condition with light shelfwear to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-119744
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Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet On The Western Front.

London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First edition in English of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments and thanks to Geor Henry Gribb! Erich Maria Remarque.” With a type letter from the author dated in 28th February, 1929 from Remarque attached to theContinue reading "All Quiet On The Western Front."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-119450
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