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Kipling, Rudyard and Max Beerbohm

The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.

New York : M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.

First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo, original half cloth. In near fine condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-123533

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Crane, Hart

The Bridge: A Poem.

New York : Horace Liveright, 1930.

First American edition of Crane’s landmark modernist epic. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with three photographs by Walter Evans. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper one month after publication, “For Bob Thompson, from his friend always- Hart Crane, Brooklyn, April 30.”Continue reading "The Bridge: A Poem."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123618

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Padgett, Ron

Great Balls of Fire.

Chicago : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary Cooper Oscar Homosexual” and signed on the title page, “Ron Padgett.” In near fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-129719

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Kipling, Rudyard

“After” A False Start.

: At the Sign of the George, 1924.

First Separate edition of Kipling’s “After”, the first draft of the poem that would later become The Recessional, being a facsimile of a hand-written note retrieved from Kipling’s wastebasket which was later donated to the Harvard College Library. One page, folded. In fine condition. Scarce.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123514

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Kennedy, Margaret and Basil Dean

The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.

London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.

First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy’s Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-title page. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile Henry Stuart Maclean Jack with his bookplate to the pastedown. Uncommon signed.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-124809

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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. [Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton]

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus.

New York : Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1928.

Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton and Leonard C. Smithers. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with eight full page plates, rebacked. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 170. From the library of Oliver Craus Safir with his ownership signature and, subsequently hisContinue reading "The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-128056

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Kipling, Rudyard

Debits and Credits.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1926.

First Tauchnitz edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-126441

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Eaton, Shirley; Foreword by Roger Moore

Shirley Eaton’s Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems.

Tennessee : Concept Productions, 2006.

First edition of this diary by the famed actress of James Bond’s Goldfinger. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “Best wishes Shirley Eaton Enjoy.” In fine condition. Foreword by Roger Moore.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-123244

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Kipling, Rudyard

Abaft the Funnel.

New York : B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909.

First edition, first issue of of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-122911

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Kipling, Rudyard

From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.

First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-122350

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Spark, Muriel

The Fanfarlo and Other Verse.

Aldington : The Hand and Flower Press, 1952.

First edition, first issue of Spark’s first book of verse, preceding her first novel by five years. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

$60.00

Item Number: RRB-127039

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Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding R. N. 2 September 1903.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Houghton Library, 1943.

First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter, written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son, John. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies, this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-122437

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Fringes of the Fleet.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.

First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-122463

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Kipling, Rudyard

Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).

Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.

First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling’s letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-122384

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Milton, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart

The Poetical Works of John Milton.

London : Printed For Thomas Tegg, 1842.

Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges’ compilation of Milton’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Milton. In very goodContinue reading "The Poetical Works of John Milton."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-122634

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Murphy, Richard

The Last Galway Hooker.

[Dublin] : The Dolmen Press, 1961.

First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet’s classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-128143

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Symonds, John Addington

The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.

Oxford : T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.

First edition of Symonds’ first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-125596

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Kipling, Rudyard

Soldiers Three.

New York : The Minerva Publishing Company, 1892.

Rare early separate edition of Kipling’s second collection of short stories. Octavo, original wrappers. The Marco-Botsaris Series No. 10. In very good condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-126908

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Sassoon, Siegfried

The Heart’s Journey.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1927.

First edition of Sassoon’s classic poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-126713

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Calverley, Charles Stuart

Verses and Translations.

Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1862.

First edition of Calverley’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Ownership inscription. Rare.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-124130

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Holy War.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, [1917].

First separate British edition of Kipling’s homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine, December 1917, printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo, original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superiorContinue reading "The Holy War."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-121059

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Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling Handbook.

San Francisco : The Examiner, 1899.

Scarce first edition and only appearance of the Kipling Handbook issued as a single sheet in the San Francisco Examiner to be folded into 32 pages; the contents were all previously published. 16mo, original wrappers. Housed in a custom clamshell and chemise case.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-121255

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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Louise Glück to fellow poet Stuart Dischell

Gluck, Louise

Ararat.

New York : The Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the half-title page, “For Stuart I look forward to your new work, I wish you all good fortune – Louise.” The recipient, Stuart Dischell is a fellowContinue reading "Ararat."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-124951

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Enright, D. J

Selected Poems 1990.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.

First edition of this collection containing many of Enright’s finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, “For Sally Soames (& cameras) – Dennis Enright.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "Selected Poems 1990."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-124389

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