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Jong, Erica

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1993.

First edition of Jong’s appreciation of the life and legacy of Henry Miller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication to her fourth husband, “For Ken The only husband I still liked after 4 years! (What a confession!) I love you, too – EricaContinue reading "The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142504

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O'Brien, Edna [Erica Jong]

The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986.

First edition of the omnibus edition of Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. From the library of Erica Jong. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominentlyContinue reading "The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142563

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Sackville-West, Vita

Collected Poems.

London : Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1933.

First edition of Sackville-West’s collected poems including “The Land” and “Sissinghurst” (which was dedicated to Virginia Woolf), as well as 28 new poems published here for the first time. Octavo, complete in one volume (Volume I was the only volume published). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. From the library of EricaContinue reading "Collected Poems."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-142371

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Dos Passos, John

Most Likely to Succeed.

New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribedContinue reading "Most Likely to Succeed."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-127665

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Updike, John [Erica Jong]

Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of the third installment in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s Bech series. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph postcard and typed letter signed by Updike to Erica Jong laid in. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexualityContinue reading "Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-143620

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. [with] The Letters of Robert Stevenson. [Including Treasure Island,

London : Various Publishers, 1902.

Uniformly bound collection of the works and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, 36 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by H. Sotheran and Co.with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142853

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Asimov, Isaac

Banquets of the Black Widowers.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984.

First edition of the fourth book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-142875

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Carroll, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

London : MacMillan and Co, 1879.

Early edition with sixty-second thousand stated on the title page of this classic work, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Edith Mary Alice Berkeley from the Author, May 15/80.” Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, publisher’s cloth s, all edges gilt, housed in a modern scarlet morocco slipcaseContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142979

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[Rackham, Arthur]

Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

London : Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.

Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-142537

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Lever, Charles

Charles O’Malley: The Irish Dragoon.

London : James Nisbit & Co., Limited, 1899.

Later printing of this tale illustrated by Arthur Rackham very early in his career. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with frontispiece and 15 plates. In very good condition.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-142691

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[Rackham, Arthur]

Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People.

London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1899.

Finley bound collection in book form of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine, featuring Arthur “Rackham’s 1st printed colour plate” (Riall, p. 212), Up a Tree, used as the frontispiece. Quarto, Vol. II, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with numerous full page and in-text illustrationsContinue reading "Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-142843

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[Rackham, Arthur]

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February – July, 1899.

London : Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899.

The second volume of the collected issues of the Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Quarto, Vol. II, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with photographs and illustrations by numerous artists including six by Arthur Rackham for The Manoeuvres of Jerry on pages 71-77. In near fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-142672

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Amis, Martin

Money.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Helen, with best wishes Martin Amis.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author’s photograph by Jerry Bauer.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142202

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Gaiman, Neil

American Gods.

New York : William Morrow, 2001.

First edition of Gaiman’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142201

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Faulkner, William

The Wild Palms.

New York : Random House, 1939.

Signed limited edition, number 14 of only 250 examples. In near fine condition, without the usual fading accustomed to this title. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-142141

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Heaney, Seamus

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.

London : Faber and Faber, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-142996

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Martineau, Harriet. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Feats on the Fiord.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, n.d.

Early printing of Martineau’s classic collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, color pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with eight lithographic plates in color. In very good condition.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-142418

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Bowles, Jane

Two Serious Ladies.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A sharp example.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-142122

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Barrie, J.M. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

London : Hodder & Stoughton Limited, n.d.

New edition of Rackham’s highly-sought-after masterpiece, which established his reputation as one of England’s premier illustrators. Quarto, original publisher’s green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 mounted color plates complete with captioned tissue guards including frontispiece. Association copy, signed by author J.M. Barrie on the verso of the front freeContinue reading "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142267

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Our Charley, and What to Do With Him.

Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1858.

First edition of this classic novella by the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 12mo, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In very good condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-142502

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston : John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition, first issue of Stowe’s classic American novel, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, two volumes in the original publisher’s cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles and vignettes to the front panels, illustrated with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. BAL’s binding B (no priority). Portrait of Stowe tippedContinue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142642

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Shem, Samuel

The Spirit of the Place.

Kent, OH : The Kent University Press, 2008.

First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page using his real name, “To Arline, Best wishes, Steve.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. CoverContinue reading "The Spirit of the Place."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-142111

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Douglas, Norman

South Wind.

London : Martin Secker, 1917.

First edition of the author’s classic work based on the island of Capri. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-142093

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Austen, Jane

The Novels of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].

London : Grant Richards, 1898.

The Winchester edition of the novels of Jane Austen containing each of her major works. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Austen to the first volume, top edge gilt. Contains Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion,Continue reading "The Novels of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma]."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-141674

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