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Kinsella, W.P. [Kevin Costner].

Shoeless Joe. [Field of Dreams].

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work, basis for the film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, with a silk bookmark bound in. Boldly signed by Bill Kinsella andContinue reading "Shoeless Joe. [Field of Dreams]."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152581

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Powys, John Cowper.

The Owl, the Duck, and – Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe!

Chicago: The Black Archer Press, 1930.

Signed limited first edition of this darkly comic novella, a miniature study of obsession and thwarted desire in the mind of a lonely office clerk. Small octavo, bound in the original vellum over boards, with the gilt archer device to the front cover and gilt lettering to the spine, frontispiece portrait of the author. OneContinue reading "The Owl, the Duck, and – Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe!"

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152597

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Austen, Jane.

Mansfield Park.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1908.

First deluxe edition of Jane Austen’s most searching and serious novel. Octavo, original cloth with the upper cover and spine decorated in gilt with an elaborate floral design and a basket of flowers, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue guarded color frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated with twenty-four color illustrations by C. E. Brock. In very goodContinue reading "Mansfield Park."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152563

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Cornwell, Bernard.

The Sharpe Novels.

London: Collins and HarperCollins, 1981-2025.

A superb run of twenty-eight of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels, in first edition and signed by the author. Octavo, twenty-eight volumes, in the original publisher’s boards and dust jackets, or wrappers where issued. First editions, each volume signed by the author, with Sharpe’s Eagle bearing a signed presentation inscription. Each volume is near fine toContinue reading "The Sharpe Novels."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152576

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Kesey, Ken, [Jack Nicholson].

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999.

Signed limited first edition of the Easton Press edition of Kesey’s classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by Milos Forman, starring an unforgettable role by Jack Nichoson. Octavo, original black leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in. Boldly signed byContinue reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152903

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Locke, John.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

London: John Bumpus, 1824.

Finely bound edition of this foundational text of British empiricism and one of the most influential works of philosophy ever written. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Locke by Freeman after SirContinue reading "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152575

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Haydn, Joseph.

A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations.

London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1860.

Finely bound example of Haydn’s celebrated Dictionary of Dates, one of the great single-volume reference works of the Victorian age. Thick octavo, finely bound in full polished calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments within raised bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152568

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Austen, Jane.

Sense and Sensibility.

London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1908.

First deluxe edition of Jane Austen’s first published novel, her subtle comedy of the contrasting Dashwood sisters. Octavo, original cloth with the upper cover and spine decorated in gilt with an elaborate floral design and a basket of flowers, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue guarded color frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated with twenty-four color illustrations byContinue reading "Sense and Sensibility."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152562

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Churchill, Winston S.

The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition.

London: Library of Imperial History in Association with Cassel & Company Limited, 1973-76.

The Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s complete Works. Octavo, original full vellum stamped in gilt with the Churchill arms, spines gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with plates and maps, housed in the original gilt-decorated slipcases. Originally projected to comprise 3,000 sets, the edition was left unfinished when the publisher collapsed, and perhaps 1,750Continue reading "The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152558

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Ignatius, Archbishop of Taron.

Պատմութիւն Եկեղեցեական. [Ecclesiastical History].

Venice: Mekhitarist Press of San Lazzaro, 1848.

Rare first edition of this Armenian ecclesiastical history. Octavo, written in classical Armenian, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within elaborately gilt bands, green morocco spine label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved allegorical vignette to the title page. In good condition with rubbing, variable damp-staining andContinue reading "Պատմութիւն Եկեղեցեական. [Ecclesiastical History]."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152554

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Rollin, Charles.

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians.

London: M'Gowan and Co., 1840.

Finely bound example of this sweeping narrative of Egypt, Carthage, Assyria, Persia, Greece, and Macedon that was for generations the great popular history of the ancient world. Octavo, three volumes, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels, tripleContinue reading "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152570

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Rushdie, Salman.

Midnight’s Children.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

First American edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Midnight’s Children."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152479

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Coelho, Paulo.

The Alchemist.

San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.

First edition in English of the enchanting modern fable that became one of the best selling novels of all time. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "The Alchemist."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152473

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Thoreau, Henry David.

The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906.

The manuscript edition of the writings of Henry David Thoreau with an original folding double-sided manuscript fragment from Thoreau’s journal tipped in to Vol. I. Octavo, 20 volumes, original publisher’s three quarter green levant morocco over Morris paper boards, bound for Houghton Mifflin by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt toolingContinue reading "The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152359

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Lamb, Charles.

The Last Essays of Elia.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1899.

Attractive Altemus edition of Charles Lamb’s The Last Essays of Elia, the second and final collection of the beloved essays he published under the pen name Elia. Duodecimo, original decorative paper-covered boards, elaborately printed in colors and gilt in the Art Nouveau style, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Lamb and a title page printedContinue reading "The Last Essays of Elia."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152475

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Bellow, Saul.

Herzog.

New York: The Viking Press, 1964.

First edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. 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 ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt innerContinue reading "Herzog."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152478

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McCarthy, Cormac.

Child of God.

New York: Random House, 1973.

First edition of the author’s classic third 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 ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signedContinue reading "Child of God."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152477

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903.

The Centenary edition of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbons bound in, illustrated withContinue reading "The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152345

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Steinbeck, John.

The Moon Is Down.

New York: The Viking Press, 1942.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. 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 ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated.Continue reading "The Moon Is Down."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152281

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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus.

Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States.

Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850.

Rare 1850 guide of one of the most popular American pocket travel guides of its day, charting the railroad, stage, steamboat, and canal routes of the antebellum United States. Tricesimo-secondo, bound in the original gilt-pictorial cloth, the covers stamped in gilt with vignettes of a steamboat and a railroad train within a blind-tooled border. WithoutContinue reading "Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152292

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Hugo, Victor.

The Novels of Victor Hugo.

London: H.S. Nichols, 1895.

The complete and unabridged limited edition of the novels of Victor Hugo, one of only 100 sets printed on Imperial Japan Paper, including his two best-loved masterpieces, Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Octavo, twenty-eight volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Novels of Victor Hugo."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152357

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Maugham, W. Somerset.

The Plays of W. Somerset Maugham.

London: William Heinemann, 1912-1930.

Rare collection of twelve first editions of the plays of W. Somerset Maugham, one of the most celebrated and commercially successful dramatists of the Edwardian and interwar English stage, including a presentation copy inscribed by the author to Elsie Tritton. Octavo, twelve volumes in the original publisher’s champagne printed wrappers, comprising: Mrs. Dot (1912), PenelopeContinue reading "The Plays of W. Somerset Maugham."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152403

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Flowers from the Holy Land: Fleurs de Terre Sainte.

Jerusalem: circa 1920.

Rare olive wood souvenir album of pressed flowers from the Holy Land, produced in Jerusalem around 1920. Oblong duodecimo, original olive wood boards with a cloth spine, comprising twelve plates of views of the Holy Land and eleven plates of flowers gathered from biblical sites and pressed into decorative and religious arrangements. The title pageContinue reading "Flowers from the Holy Land: Fleurs de Terre Sainte."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-152383

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Wood, Gordon S.

The Radicalism of the American Revolution.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Signed limited edition of this classic Pulitzer Prize-winning work that argues the Revolution was not a conservative defense against British taxation, but a deeply radical social transformation. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and ruling to the in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, allContinue reading "The Radicalism of the American Revolution."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152385

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