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Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books.

Ovid; Hans Erni [Engraver]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1958.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt,Continue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-148535
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The Cocktail Party.

Eliot, T.S

The Cocktail Party.

London : Faber & Faber, 1950.

First edition of Eliot’s most popular play published in his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles. In fine condition.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-121029
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The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1860.

First edition, first issue, with 16-page catalog dated March, 1860 inserted at rear of Volume one of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. BAL 7621.

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Item Number: RRB-119422
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].

Goldsmith, Oliver

The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Bickers and Son, 1880.

Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a fore-edge painting of Squire Thornhill visiting the Primrose family, illustrated. InContinue reading "The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting]."

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Item Number: RRB-138744
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The Trial and Death of Socrates.

Plato; Hans Erni [Illustrator] Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

The Trial and Death of Socrates.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1962.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this collection of four dialogues written by Plato recounting the death of Socrates. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with colorContinue reading "The Trial and Death of Socrates."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-148539
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New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs.

Vasi, Mariano; Antonio Nibby

New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs.

Rome : Sold by Monaldini, English Library and Reading Room, 1843.

Finely bound edition of this revised version of Giuseppe Vasi’s original work, a 19th-century travel guidebook of the monuments and works of art of Rome for tourists visiting Italy. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments, morocco spine labels, illustrated with 25 engravings of theContinue reading "New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs."

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Item Number: RRB-151176
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Kim.

Kipling, Rudyard

Kim.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.

First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

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Item Number: RRB-134755
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Les Trois Mousquetaires.

Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

Les Trois Mousquetaires.

Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 1921.

Finely bound example of Dumas’ classic work in the original French. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter crimson crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-145243
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Five Thousand Miles Around the Southern Cross: A Popular Review of Life and Customs in Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ancient Yucatan, with a Survey of the Great Panama Canal.

Long, William Simon

Five Thousand Miles Around the Southern Cross: A Popular Review of Life and Customs in Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ancient Yucatan, with a Survey of the Great Panama Canal.

Camden, NJ : The Long Photographic Art Studios, 1912.

First edition of this early twentieth century travelogue of Caribbean islands and Latin American countries. Quarto, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, triple ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, illustrated with a map, a chart, and mounted sepia toned gelatin silver prints. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed byContinue reading "Five Thousand Miles Around the Southern Cross: A Popular Review of Life and Customs in Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ancient Yucatan, with a Survey of the Great Panama Canal."

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Item Number: RRB-148826
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The Heart’s Journey.

Sassoon, Siegfried

The Heart’s Journey.

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1927.

First signed limited edition of Sassoon’s classic poetry collection. Octavo, bound in full tan crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, and titleContinue reading "The Heart’s Journey."

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Item Number: RRB-149133
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Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe.

Doyle, Richard [John Maynard Keynes] [J.M.]

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe.

London : Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1876.

Finely bound edition of this satirical collection of 40 humorous sketches and illustrations that parody mid-19th-century Victorian life, from the collection of British economist John Maynard Keynes. Oblong octavo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, “Keynes Family Library” stamped in gilt to theContinue reading "Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe."

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Item Number: RRB-150643
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The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.

Spenser, Edmund

The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.

London : J. and R. Tonson, 1758.

Finely bound edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, with nine full page engraved plates by Louis du Geurnier. In very good condition, with the ownership signature on title page of a W. A. Watson and occasional marginalia, rebacked. A veryContinue reading "The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words."

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Item Number: RRB-144293
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Sophocles: Antigone.

Sophocles; Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; Harry Bennett [Illustrator]

Sophocles: Antigone.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1975.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy. Quarto, bound in three-quarters modern morocco by Morrell over cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with color plates. Boldly signed by illustrator Harry Bennett on the colophon page at the rear. One of 2,000 numbered copies, thisContinue reading "Sophocles: Antigone."

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Item Number: RRB-148542
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The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and of Its Several Towns. Including the District of Mashpee.

Freeman, Frederick

The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and of Its Several Towns. Including the District of Mashpee.

Boston : Printed For the Author, 1858-1863.

First edition of the classic history of Cape Cod. Octavo, ten parts as issued bound into four volumes in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-130559
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Little Dorrit.

Dickens, Charles

Little Dorrit.

London : Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, “William” for “Frederick” on page 317 line 27, B2 instead of BB2 on pp. 371, lacking errata on page 467, and “Rigaud” for “Blandois” on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473. Octavo, bound inContinue reading "Little Dorrit."

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Item Number: RRB-149676
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].

Scott, Sir Walter

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.

The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Decorated with a fore-edge painting. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-136573
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The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier.

Pickard, Samuel T. [John Greenleaf Whittier]

The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier.

Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895.

Riverside edition of the collected writings of abolition advocate John Greenleaf Whittier. Octavos, nine volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontipieces. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-109568
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The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan.

Copland, Robert [Translator] Wynkyn de Worde; Robert Hoe

The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan.

The City of New York : The Grolier Club, 1901.

Limited edition of the Grolier Club’s beautiful and literal facsimile reprint of Robert Hoe’s unique copy of the 1512 edition of the classic medieval tale. Octavo, original publisher’s full pigskin elaborately stamped in blind with the devices of Caxton and De Worde to the front and rear panels, brass clasps, illustrated, title page in blackContinue reading "The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan."

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Item Number: RRB-147203
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Dancing, Beauty and Games.

Richardson, Lady Constance Stewart

Dancing, Beauty and Games.

London : Arthur L. Humphreys, 1913.

First edition of this work exploring the relationship between physical movement, dance, and beauty. Octavo, bound in full crushed purple morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, Art Nouveau stamped in blind, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece bound in. Ten plates under printedContinue reading "Dancing, Beauty and Games."

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Item Number: RRB-147845
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The Georgics.

Publius Vergilius Maro [Virgil]; Bruno Bramanti [Illustrator]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]

The Georgics.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1952.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Virgil’s classic didactic poem. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Georgics."

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Item Number: RRB-148543
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The Three-Cornered Hat.

Alarcon, Pedro Antonio de; Roger Duvoisin [Illustrator]

The Three-Cornered Hat.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1959.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this comically satirical novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins andContinue reading "The Three-Cornered Hat."

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Item Number: RRB-148648
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Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.

Guerber, Hélène Adeline

Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.

London : George G. Harrap & Company, 1909.

First edition of one of the author’s most enduring works. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant emerald green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece, illustrated. In good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-138991
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The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.

Kingsley, Charles

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.

London and Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1863.

First edition of this Victorian moral fantasy. Octavo, bound in three-quarter crushed levant over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. In near fine condition. BookplatesContinue reading "The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby."

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Item Number: RRB-151121
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano’s, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edgesContinue reading "Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph."

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Item Number: RRB-144546
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