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Pepys, Samuel; Henry B. Wheatley [Editor]

The Diary of Samuel Pepys.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1928.

Finely bound example of this famous firsthand account of the Restoration period. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartm...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-148423

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Gandhi, Mahatma [Mohandas K.]

Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story.

London: George Allen& Unwin, 1930.

First edition of Gandhi’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-133894

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Motley, John Lothrop

The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley: The Rise of the Dutch Republic; Life and Death of John Barneveld; The United Netherlands.

London: John Murray, 1903-1904.

Finely bound set of the selected works of John Lothrop Motley. Octavo, 9 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top e...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-143815

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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 full polished calf bound by Bayntun with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartment...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-148216

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Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin [Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy]

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

New York: The Easton Press, 2005.

Signed limited first edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy, which won both an Academy Award. Octa...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151499

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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Razor’s Edge.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944.

First American edition, which precedes the British edition of Maugham’s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-133892

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[Conder, Josiah] [Millard Fillmore]

The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe: Volume VII Mexico and Guatimala. Volume X Russia.

Boston and Philadelphia: Wells & Lilly and Thomas Wardle, 1830.

Early American editions of these travel and reference volumes with accessible accounts of world geography and culture. Duodecimo, volumes VII and X, bound in full calf, rebacked with archival cloth ta...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151233

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Dickens, Charles

Bleak House.

London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.

First edition of this Dickens’ classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marble endpapers. In near fin...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-136226

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[Grant, Ulysses S.]

Hymns of the Ages: Second Series. Being Selections From Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Harington, and Other Sources.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.

First edition of the second series of Hymns of the Ages, from the library of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments withi...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-138284

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Freud, Sigmund

The Interpretation of Dreams.

New York: The Basic Books, 1955.

First edition of this translation English of this cornerstone of psychoanalysis. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments with...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151453

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Fitzgerald, Edward; Introduction by A. C. Benson; Illustrated by E. Geddes

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: Siegle, Hill & Co, c. 1919.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Quar...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-146936

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Kingsley, Charles

Politics for the People.

London: John W. Parker, 1848.

First edition of this collection of essays and sermons on political reform in England. Octavo, bound in three quarters turkey morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spi...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150134

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Bunyan, John

Bunyan’s Choice Works: The Pilgrim’s Progress, The Holy War, The Barren Fig-Tree, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Heart’s Ease in Heart Trouble.

Glasgow: James Semple, c.1880.

Finely bound edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gil...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-148101

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Ellis, Havelock

Studies in the Psychology of Sex.

Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 1905-1910.

Finely bound set of Havelock Ellis’ landmark work Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Octavo, 6 volumes. Bound in three quarters levant morocco by Stikeman and Company, gilt titles and tooling to...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-28043

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.}

The Collected Writing of John Maynard Keynes.

London: Macmillan University Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1971.

The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, 30 volumes, original cloth. Volumes XI, XII, XVI-XXX are first editions. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-144916

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Wright, Richard

Native Son.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

First edition, first issue with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-145947

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Atherton, Gertrude Franklin

The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this historical novel that blends biographical narrative with romanticized fiction to construct a dramatic portrait of one of America’s founding figures. Octavo, original publisher...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149217

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Sunderland, Reverend La Roy

Anti-Slavery Manual, Containing a Collection of Facts and Arguments on American Slavery.

New York: Printed by S.W. Benedict, 1839.

Rare early, improved edition of this prominent religious leader’s influential call for America to end slavery. Duodecimo, contemporary brown paper boards. In very good condition, signatures to t...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-152017

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Kerouac, Jack

The Dharma Bums.

New York: The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ru...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151810

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Lewis, C.S

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.

First edition of Lewis’ final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt ti...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141307

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Wright, Richard

Native Son.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

First edition, first issue with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full calf, marbled endpapers, housed in a full calf slipcase. A beautiful presentation.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146347

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Ruth, Babe

The Babe Ruth Story.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1948.

First edition of Babe Ruth’s autobiography. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt rul...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152122

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Buckingham Palace Bound List of Subscribers.

:, 1927.

Finely bound list of subscribers to Mr. J. Parr’s farewell gift, presented on his retirement , 31 March 1927. Octavo, bound by Truscott & Son in full crushed scarlet morocco with gilt titles...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125737

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Goldsmith, Oliver; Edmund Burke; Sir H. Walpole; et al

A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands.

Dublin: Printed for the Editor by M. Graisberry, 1789.

First edition of this rare collection of early English literature. Octavo, bound in full calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon boun...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137226

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