Bishop, Michael
The Quickening.
Eugene, OR : Pulphouse, 1991.
First separate edition of this Nebula Award-winning novelette. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Cover illustration by George Barr.
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Item Number: RRB-144173
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Grafton, Sue
A Is For Alibi.
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982.
First edition of the author’s first book in her acclaimed series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sue Grafton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Kathie A. McGinty.
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Item Number: RRB-144170
Pelecanos, George
Nick’s Trip: A Nick Stefanos Mystery.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Pelecanos on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. Jacket design by John Dawson. Review copy, with the publication from the publisher laid in.
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Item Number: RRB-144169
Wells, H.G
The War of the Worlds.
London : William Heinemann, 1898.
First edition, first issue of this science fiction cornerstone. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in black. Currey’s state (A) with 16 pages publisher’s advertisements at end dated Autumn 1897. In near fine condition, small name to the front free endpaper and title. An exceptional example.
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Item Number: RRB-143783
McDonald, Gregory
Fletch Won.
New York : Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
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Item Number: RRB-143771
Lem, Stanislaw
Solaris.
Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1961.
True first edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Stanislaw Lem on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example, uncommon in this condition and signed.
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Item Number: RRB-143784
Orwell, George
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1949.
First edition of Orwell’s classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small chips and closed tears. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A very nice example.
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Item Number: RRB-143801
Christie, Agatha
The Moving Finger.
New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942.
First American edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery, which preceded the first English edition by 11 months. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with professional restoration.
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Item Number: RRB-143554
Wells, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay]
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
London : The Cresset Press, 1935.
First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells’ Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. InContinue reading "Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”"
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Item Number: RRB-143681
[King, Stephen]
Prism: Stephen King 1969 University of Maine Yearbook.
Bangor, Maine : University of Maine/Prism, 1969.
1969 University of Maine Yearbook featuring several photographs of Stephen King as an undergraduate. Quarto, original publisher’s half cloth over illustrated boards, illustrated with black and white photographs including a large photograph of King protesting the Vietnam War on page 70. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-143490
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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Item Number: RRB-142789
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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Item Number: RRB-142294
Asimov, Isaac. Illustrated by Bernard Colonna
The Heavenly Host.
New York : Walker and Company, 1975.
First edition of Asimov’s classic juvenile science fiction adventure. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Bernard Colonna. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Steve Isaac Asimov.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-142300
Lewis, C.S
The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle.
London : Geoffrey Bles, 1950-1956.
First editions of each book in the author’s classic Chronicles of Narnia series, which has sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Octavo, 7 volumes, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signatureContinue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."
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Item Number: RRB-140690
Asimov, Isaac
More Tales of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY : Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of the second book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asimov.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
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Item Number: RRB-142873
Dick, Philip K
Ubik.
Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969.
First edition of one of Philip K. Dick’s most acclaimed novels. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip K. Dick on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Peter Rauch. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-98978
Asimov, Janet and Isaac
Norby and The Queen’s Necklace.
New York : Walker and Company, 1986.
First edition of the fifth book in the Asimovs’ Norby series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie McBarnette. Jacket illustration by Richard Rehbein.
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Item Number: RRB-142934
Asimov, Isaac
Life and Energy.
Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of Asimov’s work on the chemistry of life processes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alex Gotfryd. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-142652
Asimov, Isaac
Casebook of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY : Published For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980.
First edition of the third book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series with the publisher’s “With Compliments of Doubleday & Company, Inc.” stamp to the pastedown. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
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Item Number: RRB-142881
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. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Read more$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-142681
O'Hara, John
Appointment in Samarra.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears, contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A very nice example.
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Item Number: RRB-5829
Asimov, Isaac
Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.
Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.
First edition of Asimov’s wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asimov.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
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Item Number: RRB-142352
le Carre, John
Call For The Dead.
London : Victor Gollancz, 1961.
First edition of the author’s first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light expert restoration. With a signed letter from le Carre’s secretary stating that he willContinue reading "Call For The Dead."
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Item Number: RRB-142398
Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]
A Place Called Freedom.
New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995.
First edition of Follett’s New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Erica & Ken, with love Ken Follett.” The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known forContinue reading "A Place Called Freedom."
Read more$475.00
Item Number: RRB-142627
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
First Edition
$2,750.00
RRB-143681
