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Wells, H.G.

The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, Partial Set in Parts.

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1919-20.

First edition of the original parts of Wells’ classic work. Quarto, original wrappers, 12 volumes, with full-color covers and many illustrations in color throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom case.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-120473
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Hyman, Sydney [Marriner S. Eccles].

Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant.

Stanford: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1976.

First edition of this work on the former head of the former Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Gordon Sorensen with highest regards from Marriner Eccles.” Foreword by G.L. Bach. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Eccles passed away aContinue reading "Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-120723
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Linklater, Eric. Decorations by Hans Tisdall.

Position at Noon.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.

First edition and signed limited edition of Linklater’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. With decorations by Hans Tisdall. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this is number 247. Near fine in the original glassine jacket with printed paper flaps which is in good condition.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-128153
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Powys, John Cowper.

The Inmates.

London: Macdonald & Co., 1952.

First edition of the author’s astonishing tale, set in a madhouse. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Sanford.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-128106
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Maude, Aylmer. [Leo Tolstoy].

Tolstoy on Art: and its Critics.

London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1925.

First edition of this collection of Maude’s essays, including one of “one of the finest pieces of criticism of the nineteenth century”, Tolstoy’s What is Art? (The Empire Review). Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-128538
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Vidal, Gore.

Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976).

New York: Random House, 1977.

First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal all love to Kit.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model withContinue reading "Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976)."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-126757
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Albert, Marvin.

The Riviera Contract.

London: Macmillan, 1992.

First edition of the author’s classic thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Regine & Nadim and their beautiful family, my friends & neighbors, with much affection from Marvin Albert 23 April 1993.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Neil Phillips.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-128164
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Kipling, Rudyard.

A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898.

First edition of this collection of articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. In very good condition. Cover illustration by Norman Wilkinson.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-121444
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[Kipling, Rudyard].

Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works [with] The Kipling Index.

London, Edinburgh, and Garden City: Various Publishers, 1914-1917.

Rare collection of four first edition Kipling indexes. Small octavo, four volumes, original wrappers. Contains: The Kipling Index [London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914], Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works with an Index to the Volumes Published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. [Edinburgh: R & R Clark, n.d.], The Kipling Index: Being a GuideContinue reading "Something of Rudyard Kipling and His Works [with] The Kipling Index."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-126447
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Ford, Richard.

A Piece of My Heart.

London: Collins Harvill, 1987.

First English edition of Ford’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Richard Ford July 2. 1987 London.” From the collection of British photojournalist Sally Soames. Soames worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusivelyContinue reading "A Piece of My Heart."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-124920
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Green, Roger Lancelyn. [Rudyard Kipling].

Kipling: The Critical Heritage.

New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1971.

First edition of Green’s critical history of the great British author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$30.00
Item Number: RRB-126889
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Gaskell, Elizabeth. [Mrs. Gaskell].

My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”

London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1861.

First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-125281
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Whittingham, Jack.

Sabu of the Elephants.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1938.

First edition of Whittingham’s account of the filming of “Toomai of the Elephants.” Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-126935
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De Felitta, Frank.

The Entity.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1982 film starring Barbara Hershey. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frank De Felitta on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The New Studio. Cover illustration by Charles Moll. First editions are rare and desirable signed.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-120345
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Kipling, Rudyard.

Without Benefit of Clergy.

New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.

First separate edition of Kipling’s Without Benefit of Clergy. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. In very good condition.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-121504
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Stone, Robert.

Outerbridge Reach.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1992.

First edition of Stone’s fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Sally recalling a lovely, morning in London – wishing all the best. Bob Stone London May 19, 1992.” The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and wasContinue reading "Outerbridge Reach."

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-123971
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Woolley, C. Leonard and T. E. Lawrence.

The Wilderness of Zin.

London: Stacey International, 2003.

Revised edition of the authors comprehensive account of their daring 1914 military mapping expedition in southern Palestine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Preface by Jonathan Tubb. Introduction by T. Sam N. Moorehead. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-124354
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Lawrence, T. E.

Revolt in the Desert.

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.

Early American printing of Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. In very good condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-123444
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Henty, George A. [G.A.].

Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion.

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. Parkinson. In very good condition.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-122962
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.].

No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee.

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1900.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. In very good condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-122099
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Sassoon, Siegfried.

Vigils.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1935.

First trade edition of Sassoon’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-123749
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Burnet, W. Hodgson.

Quite So Stories.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918.

First edition of Burnet’s comedic parody of Rudyard Kipling’s classic collection of children’s tales, Just So Stories. Octavo, original stiff illustrated wrappers, illustrated by E. T. Reed. In very good condition.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-125407
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Kipling, Rudyard.

Puck of Pook’s Hill.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1906.

First Tauchnitz edition of Kipling’s collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-125313
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.].

Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower.

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peacock. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-122688
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