Greene, Graham
It’s A Battlefield.
London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-119772
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
London : Longman, Green, and Co, 1886.
First edition, first issue with the publication date on the upper wrapper altered by hand of Stevenson’s classic book. Octavo, original wrappers, advertisements. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. First editions in the original wrappers are rare.
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Item Number: RRB-110275
Greene, Graham
A Burnt-Out Case.
London : Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
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Item Number: RRB-115799
King, Stephen
Rose Madder.
New York : The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.
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Item Number: RRB-116997
O'Hara, John
Appointment in Samarra.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very nice example.
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Item Number: RRB-109228
Wells, H.G. [George Bernard Shaw]
The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind.
London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.
First edition, first issue of Wells’ prophetic novel predicting the arrival of atomic weaponry with the publisher listed as Macmillan and Co. Limited (as opposed to Ltd.), 8 pages of advertisements at rear, and no statement of printing to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine andContinue reading "The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind."
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Item Number: RRB-109903
Durrell, Lawrence
Quinx or The Ripper’s Tale.
London : Faber and Faber, 1985.
First edition of the fifth and final volume in the author’s Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Lawrence Durrell 1985.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket watercolor by David Gentleman. Jacket design by Pentagram.
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Item Number: RRB-115874
Rutherford, Ernest, Mary, Rutherford, Thomas Hudson Beare, Charles W. Kimmins, John Layard, Henry Tizard, et al
Ernest Rutherford Signed SS Euripides Photograph.
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Rare original photograph of the SS Euripides signed by the father of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford and 21 other scientists and crew members present on the 1914 voyage from England to Australia for the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Signed by Rutherford, his wife Mary Rutherford, engineer Thomas HudsonContinue reading "Ernest Rutherford Signed SS Euripides Photograph."
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Item Number: RRB-190502
Heller, Joseph
Catch-22.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1961.
First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Albert Raman, Best wishes to you. Joseph Heller 3/20/80 New York.” The recipient was a lawyer and well-known book collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. JacketContinue reading "Catch-22."
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Item Number: RRB-96004
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Lives of Game Animals.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page, 1925-28.
Signed limited first edition, number 95 of only 177 sets, of Seton’s illustrated zoology of “land animals in America, north of the Mexican border,” with 1,500 illustrations and 50 maps showing distribution, signed by Seton on the frontispiece of Volume I. Large Quarto, four volumes, original brown and tan gilt-stamped cloth, top edges gilt. In very goodContinue reading "Lives of Game Animals."
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Item Number: RRB-109233
Burnett, W.R
Little Caesar.
New York : Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett’s classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by W.R. Burnett on the half-title page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with light shelfwear.
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Item Number: RRB-102243
Greene, Graham
Brighton Rock.
New York : The Viking Press, 1938.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one month of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately, Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor,Continue reading "Brighton Rock."
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Item Number: RRB-106788
Gernsback, Hugo
Ralph 124C 41+.
Boston : The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of “arguably the first major work of American science fiction” (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments of the author H Gernsback 1925.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown.
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Item Number: RRB-108026
Gernsback, Hugo
Ralph 124C 41+.
Boston : The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of “arguably the first major work of American science fiction” (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-108776
Hugo, Victor
The Novels of Victor Hugo.
Boston : Dana Estes, n.d.
The Illustrated Cabinet edition of the novels of Victor Hugo. Octavo, 12 volumes. Bound in three quarters navy blue morocco over blue cloth, elaborate gilt decorated spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with illustrated plates, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
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Item Number: RRB-105448
Greene, Graham
A Burnt-Out Case.
London : Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.
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Item Number: RRB-104522
Greene, Graham
Stamboul Train.
London : William Heinemann, 1932.
First edition, first printing with misplaced colon on p. 140 of Greene’s first successful novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately from Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor, known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Inspector Clouseau and The CrownContinue reading "Stamboul Train."
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Item Number: RRB-102754
Dick, Philip K
A Scanner Darkly.
New York : Doubleday and Company, 1977.
First edition of one of the author’s best-known works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by the Quays. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-101745
Dick, Philip K
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1965.
First edition of Dick’s classic novel, which was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Chibbaro. Exceptionally rare signed.
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Item Number: RRB-101458
Dick, Philip K
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of this novel which won the John W. Campbell Award and nominations for the Hugo and Nebula. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio. An exceptional example, uncommon andContinue reading "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said."
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Item Number: RRB-101435
Gardner, Erle Stanley
The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection.
New York : William and Morrow Company, 1950-1957.
First editions, first issues of 39 titles from the Perry Mason Mystery series. Octavos, 39 volumes, original cloth. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands, The Case of the Deadly Toy, and The Case of the Screaming Woman are each inscribed by the author to his secretary with a full page inscription on the front freeContinue reading "The Perry Mason Mystery Series Collection."
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Item Number: RRB-90456
Dick, Philip K
The Man in the High Castle.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Bodly signed by Philip K. Dick on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Robert Galster. Photograph by Arthur Knight. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by theContinue reading "The Man in the High Castle."
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Item Number: RRB-99635
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.
First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs’ second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Near fine inContinue reading "Jungle Tales of Tarzan."
Read more$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-96781
Leroux, Gaston
The Phantom of the Opera.
New York, Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911.
First edition with the printer’s imprint “Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N. Y.” at bottom of copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, publishers tissue guard. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne with one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket. The dust jacket designContinue reading "The Phantom of the Opera."
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Item Number: RRB-99560
