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The Good Earth.

New York: The John Day Company, 1931.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by th...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147462

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Long, William Simon [W.S.]

Doubling the North American Isle: A Review of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, British America, the Pacific Slope and Ancient Quibera, with a Graphic Description of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.

Camden, NJ: The Long Art Studios, .

First edition of this early twentieth century travelogue of Canada and the western part of the United States of America. Quarto, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, triple ruling...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148827

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-1946.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes, original publisher’s clo...

$3,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149421

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Justinus, Marcus Junianus

Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii Historias.

Venice: [Philippus Pincius], c. 1497.

Rare incunable edition of Justinus‘s epitome of the Historia Philippica by Pompeius Trogus. Chancery folio, bound in one quarter vellum over patterned boards with ink titles to the spine, Roman...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126068

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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for William Allison & J. Maynard; Edinburgh: W. Blair, 1819.

Early edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt titles to the spine, red and green spine labels. In near f...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133843

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six com...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-99840

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Conway, Moncure Daniel

Testimonies Concerning Slavery.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1864.

First edition of Conway’s powerful abolitionist work, published only one year after he left America at the height of the Civil War to continue his fight against slavery in England. Octavo, origi...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152037

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Victoria, Queen. Edited by Arthur Christopher and Viscount Esher

Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from her Majesty’s Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861.

London: John Murray, 1907.

First edition set of this selection of the letters of Queen Victoria, written between 1837 and 1861. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco by Henry Southeran and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to t...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132058

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Paine, Thomas

A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America. In Which the Mistakes in the Abbes Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up.

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1791.

1791 London edition of Paine’s passionate reply to the Abbe Raynal, preceded by the 1782 Philadelphia and London editions Octavo, bound in half diced calf over marbled boards, all edges speckled...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134029

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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1799.

Early edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. In near fine condition, reba...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137589

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.

First edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 38 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. In very good condition, bookpl...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139470

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Ronalds, Alfred

The Fly-Fisher’s Entomology: With Directions for Making the Artificial Representation of Each Fly; and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing.

Liverpool: Henry Young & Sons, 1913.

The de Luxe limited edition of this guide to fly fishing and the making of artificial flies. Imperial octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and lure detailing to the s...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150424

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Jefferson, Joseph

Rip Van Winkle: As Played by Joseph Jefferson.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899.

The Dodd, Mead and Company trade edition of Joseph Jefferson’s play adapted to text. Octavo, original green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped lettering and illustration of the Catskill Mountai...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149442

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Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.

Ethiopia:, C. 18th Century.

Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Duodecimo, bound in full leather with elaborate tooling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with si...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145311

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Jowett, Benjamin

The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1871.

First edition of Jowett’s complete translation of the Dialogues which succeeded in making Plato an English classic. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarters vellum over suede-covered boards...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131238

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Crane, Stephen. Irving Bacheller, Post Wheeler, John Langdon Heaton

The Lanthorn Book: Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o’ the Lanthorn.

New York: 126 William Street, 1898.

Signed limited edition, this is number 47. Quarter, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen Crane at the conclusion of his contribution, The Wise Men. Also signed by the other contributors. While it wa...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141808

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18th Century Catholic Antiphonal.

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Rare 18th Century Catholic antiphonal containing the Festa Februarii, Festa Martii, and Festa Aprilis. Quarto, bound in full leather, hand-written script of both music and lyrics in black and red, all...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-123047

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Acts of the First General Assembly of the State of Missouri; Passed at the First Session, which was Begun and Held at the Town of Saint Louis…1820. [and] Acts of the First General Assembly of the State of Missouri; Passed at the Special Session, Began and Held at the Town of St. Charles…1821.

St. Louis / St. Charles: Isaac N. Henry / St. Charles, 1820-1821.

First editions of the first official printing of the Acts of Missouri’s 1820 First General Assembly and 1821 Special Session, two rare works marking a turning point in the constitutional and sec...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152042

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Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.

Ethiopia:, C. 18th Century.

Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Duodecimo, bound with twine between two wood blocks, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting the Tran...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145316

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Defoe, Daniel

The Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Captain Singleton; Memoirs of a Cavalier; A Journal of the Plague Year; Colonel Jack; Moll Flanders; Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress; A Plan of the English Commerce.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press, 1927.

The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of the novels and selected writings of Daniel Defoe, limited to seven hundred and fifty copies. Octavo, 11 volumes bound in full navy morocco with gilt title...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149672

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Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece, ti...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149771

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Great Crash 1929.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front a...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150045

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Ford, Ford Madox

Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post.

New York:, 1924-1928.

First editions of each novel in the author’s classic modernist series Parade’s End. Octavo, four volumes. Each volume is in very good to near fine condition, with A Man Could Stand Up in t...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143044

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Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood, From Original Paintings and Drawings, by First-Rate Artists.

London: John Major, Fleet Street, 1823.

First Major edition, large paper copy of this classic of English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant forest green morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six co...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147997

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