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Wells, H.G

Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady.

New York : George H. Doran, 1927.

First American edition of Wells’ widely translated best-selling novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile signature stamped in blind to the front panel. In near fine condition with toning. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The InvertedContinue reading "Meanwhile, The Picture of a Lady."

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-149420

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King, Stephen

The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition.

New York : Doubleday, 1990.

The complete and uncut edition of one of the author’s best-known works being a complete and uncut version. Octavo, bound in original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Pat- Love from Steff and best wishes from me! Stephen King 11/30/96.” Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Near fine in aContinue reading "The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150495

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Pearce, Donn

Cool Hand Luke.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2009.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Royal octavo, elaborately bound in full brown leather with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, with a silk bookmark bound in.Continue reading "Cool Hand Luke."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149210

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Brave New World

Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, hand-made Italian marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed andContinue reading "Brave New World."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150336

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan the Untamed.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920.

First edition of the seventh book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece and eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In very good condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-145107

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Fleming, Ian [Roger Moore]

Live and Let Die.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1954.

First edition of the second James Bond novel, Octavo, bound by in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, inscribed to two-time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse by Roger Moore and the director, Guy Hamilton. Association copy, inscribed on the versoContinue reading "Live and Let Die."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150430

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Fleming, Ian

Diamonds Are Forever.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1956.

First edition of the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, inscribed to two-time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse by Sean Connery, Shirley Bassey and John Barry. Octavo, bound by in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.Continue reading "Diamonds Are Forever."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150541

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Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a unique binding of a blue suit jacket and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, “Bernard Marx” in gilt on the front panel. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the copyright page, “Yes!!!!Continue reading "Brave New World."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149102

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The Hobbit

Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrationsContinue reading "The Hobbit."

$975,000.00

Item Number: RRB-135801

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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

London : George Newnes, Limited, 1902.

First edition, first issue of the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes tales. First issue with ‘you’ for ‘your’ on line 3 of page 13. Octavo, original black and gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, illustrated with 16 plates by Sidney Paget. In very good condition, inscription to the front pastedown.

$5,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149760

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Earthlight

Clarke, Arthur C

Earthlight.

New York : Ballantine Books, 1955.

First edition of this early classic Clarke collection. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150274

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The Sands of Mars.

Clarke, Arthur C

The Sands of Mars.

London : Sidgwick and Jackson, 1951.

First edition of this early classic novel, by the legendary Arthur C. Clarke. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-150418

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Wells, H.G

The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution.

London : Hutchinson & Co, 1933.

First British edition of Wells’ prophetic science fiction classic. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition with toning and splitting to the front panel hinge.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-149246

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Cakes and Ale

Maugham, W. Somerset

Cakes and Ale.

Melbourne : William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.

Signed limited edition of Maugham’s classic satire printed for the author’s eightieth birthday. Octavo, original publisher’s half-leather with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, four pages of facsimile reproductions of the first and last two pages of the original manuscript, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author and illustrator, Graham Sutherland, onContinue reading "Cakes and Ale."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148430

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le Carré, John

John le Carré Autograph Letter Signed. [with] Autograph Research Notebook for Absolute Friends.

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Autograph letter signed by British author John le Carré, with his original notebook while researching Absolute Friends. Octavo, two pages, the letter reads in full, “23 Nov ’06 Dear Adrienne, This really is too much! Of course I have copies, but none in the original format, and now you have most generously and sweetly providedContinue reading "John le Carré Autograph Letter Signed. [with] Autograph Research Notebook for Absolute Friends."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148921

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Dick, Philip K

The Divine Invasion.

New York : Timescape Books, 1981.

First edition of the second book in Dick’s gnostic VALIS trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the publisher’s official bookplate produced for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Rowena Morrill. Typography by Patricia Manzone.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-123684

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Mr. Blettsworthy On Rampole Island

Wells, H.G. [Christopher Priest]

Mr. Blettsworthy On Rampole Island.

London : Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

First British edition of perhaps Wells’ most psychopathological work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Jacket design by noted war artist Sir William Orpen. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signatureContinue reading "Mr. Blettsworthy On Rampole Island."

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-148952

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Two Hours to Doom

Bryant, Peter [Peter George]

Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense.

London : T.V. Boardman & Company, 1958.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, “For Joe, with all good wishes on your birthday. Peter Bryant (And you know who he is!).” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions areContinue reading "Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense."

$5,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150395

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The Body in the Library

Christie, Agatha

The Body in the Library.

London : The Crime Club, 1942.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150394

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The New York Trilogy Volume I, II & III

Auster, Paul

The New York Trilogy: City of Glass. WITH: Ghosts. WITH: The Locked Room.

Los Angeles : Sun and Moon, 1985-86.

First editions of Auster’s classic detective novels, each signed by him on the title page with a quote from each book. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. City of Glass is signed as follows, “It was a wrong number that started it…Paul Auster. Ghosts is signed by the author on the title page, “And from thisContinue reading "The New York Trilogy: City of Glass. WITH: Ghosts. WITH: The Locked Room."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150312

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The Sirens of Titan

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

The Sirens of Titan.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.

First hardcover edition of the author’s second novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example, uncommon signed.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-35055

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Christine

King, Stephen

Christine.

West Kingston, R.I : Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 1983.

Signed limited deluxe edition of this landmark novel in King’s horror canon. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Stephen Gervais. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed on the limitation page by Stephen King and Stephen Gervais, this is number 812. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the originalContinue reading "Christine."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149690

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition, review copy with the original publisher’s slip laid in of Vonnegut’s masterpiece, named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Kurt Vonnegut with a drawing of a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a fineContinue reading "Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147938

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2010: Odyssey Two

Clarke, Arthur C. [Keir Dullea]

2010: Odyssey Two.

New York : Random House, 1982.

First edition of “this daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001” (Carl Sagan). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Mike Pegan from Arthur C. Clarke and film star Dullea “and from… Keir Dullea.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket paintingContinue reading "2010: Odyssey Two."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150241

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