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Boisnard, Magali

Le Roman de La Kahena: d’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes.

Paris : Édition d'Art, 1925.

Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ornamentation by Paul Zenker, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.

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$30.00
Item Number: RRB-145217
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Lash, Joseph P

Roosevelt and Churchill: 1939-1941 The Partnership That Saved the West.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1976.

The Franklin Library limited edition of this account on the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the early events of World War II. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Roosevelt and Churchill: 1939-1941 The Partnership That Saved the West."

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$60.00
Item Number: RRB-151723
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Lash, Joseph P

A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1984.

Signed limited first edition of this moving biography-in-letters, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbledContinue reading "A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962."

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$65.00
Item Number: RRB-146857
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[Rackham, Arthur]

Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

London : Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.

Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-142537
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Fielding, Henry

Amelia.

New York : White and Stokes, 1882.

Finely bound example of Fielding’s fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marlbed endpapers. In near fine condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-101438
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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Moon and Sixpence.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1941.

The Heritage Press illustrated edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, floral stamped detailing to the front panel, top stain brown, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece self-portrait of Paul Gauguin, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In fine condition. Illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele and Paul Gauguin. Housed in the original slipcase.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-149773
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Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

London : Saunders and Otley, 1834.

Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-114061
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Benavente, Jacinto

Cartas de Mujeres.

Madrid : Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.

Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, patterned endpapers, engraved headpieces throughout. In very good condition.

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-145262
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Heller, Joseph

Good As Gold.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1982.

The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this work by the author of Catch – 22. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated.Continue reading "Good As Gold."

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-151632
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Smeaton, Oliphant. Illustrated by Herbert Railton & J. Ayton Symington

Edinburgh and its Story.

London : J. M. Dent & Co, 1904.

First edition of Smeaton’s history of Edinburgh. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt with others uncut, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece with tissue guard, copiously illustrated with colored tissue-guarded engravings. In very good condition.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-96044
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Grahame, Kenneth

The Golden Age.

London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, c. 1920.

Finely bound example of the author of Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame’s collection of short stories for children. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, top edge gilt. In very good condition.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-111086
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Morris, Jan

Hong Kong.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this incredibly vibrant history of Hong Kong, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "Hong Kong."

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-147058
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Tyler, Anne

Breathing Lessons.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this Pulitzer prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration toContinue reading "Breathing Lessons."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-147060
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Philips, Francis Charles

My Little Husband and If Only.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.

Finely bound example Philips’ two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-114507
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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.

First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-144548
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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-151104
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Ruskin, John

Sesame and Lilies.

London : George Allen, 1893.

Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic anthology including Of King’s Treasures, Of Queen’s Gardens, and The Mystery of Life and Its Arts. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, gilt ruling and central gilt Aske’s Hatcham Schools coat of arms, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut. In good condition. Bookplate.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-114418
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Voltaire. [Arouet, François-Marie]

L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.

Paris : Librairie d'Amateurs, n.d.

The Libraire d’Amateurs edition of Voltaire’s satirical novella. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a customContinue reading "L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-137212
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Heller, Joseph

God Knows.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1984.

The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this humorous retelling of King David’s life story from his own perspective, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling toContinue reading "God Knows."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-151605
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[Hughes, Thomas]

Tom Brown’s School-Days.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897.

Finely bound example of the author’s popular and influential work. Octavo, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco by Morrell, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-139643
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[Rackham, Arthur]

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February – July, 1899.

London : Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899.

The second volume of the collected issues of the Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Quarto, Vol. II, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with photographs and illustrations by numerous artists including six by Arthur Rackham for The Manoeuvres of Jerry on pages 71-77. In near fine condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-142672
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Douglas, Norman

Nerinda.

Florence : G. Orioli, 1929.

Signed limited edition of this work, one of 475 numbered copies, this is number 272. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-121677
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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London : A.C. Fifield, 1919.

Finely bound example of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-109527
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Groom, Winston

Gump & Co.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1995.

Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine condition.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-138538
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