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Smollett, Tobias; John Austen [Illustrator]

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in Which is Included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Smollett’s second novel. Quarto, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and numb...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148809

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Thomson, James

The British Poets: James Thomson.

London: British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of James Thomson, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titl...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151519

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Baker, Samuel White

Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail Khedive of Egypt.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1847.

First edition of Baker’s classic work documenting his journeys to the Nile. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, six compartmen...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-96200

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Chambers, Robert

Traditions of Edinburgh. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London and Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1869.

Finely bound example of Chambers’ work on the history and legends of Scotland. Octavo, bound in full pebbled red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartme...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-129748

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Abbott, Berenice

Changing New York.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.

First edition stated on copyright page of this classic work. Quarto, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gi...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145815

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Blacker, William

Blacker’s Art of Fly Making.

London: Rewritten and Revised By the Author, 1855.

Second edition of this classic work on the art of fly fishing and fly tying. Duodecimo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, floral gilt ruling t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150427

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Louÿs, Pierre

Chefs d’oeuvre de Pierre Louÿs: Aphrodite, Aventures du Roi Pausole, Chansons de Bilitis, Psyche, Poems Libres, La Femme et Le Pantin.

Paris: Les Editions de l'Ibis, 1972-73.

Deluxe limited Ibis edition of the works of Pierre Louÿs. Quartos, 6 volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elabo...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-94692

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six c...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-121563

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Aubry, Octave. [Napoleon Bonaparte]

Ecrits de Napoleon.

Paris: Editions Buchet / Chastel, 1969.

Finely bound example of Octave Aubry’s Ecrits de Napoleon. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments with...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-130509

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Brantome [Pierre de Bourdeille]

Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].

Paris: Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.

First edition of Brantôme’s sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-132808

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Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London: Published by the Author, 1841.

First edition, later issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, frontispiece, with 400 black and white ill...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147786

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Hemingway, Ernest

Death in the Afternoon.

Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1932.

Early printing of Hemingway’s work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the spine, front and rear panels...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-108979

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Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition of Eliot’s most deeply autobiographical work. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf by H. Sotheran & Co. with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartment...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147792

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Sassoon, Siegfried; Paul Hogarth [Illustrator]

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1977.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of the first volume in Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148810

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition in the rare original cloth of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes, original pink cloth with floral design sta...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149060

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Butler, Samuel

The British Poets: Samuel Butler.

London: British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Samuel Butler, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titl...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151520

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Smith, William

A Concise Dictionary of the Bible, For the Use of Families and Students.

London: John Murray, 1865.

First edition of Smith’s Concise Dictionary of the Bible. Octavo, bound in full dark green leather with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, al...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147247

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Burroughs, John

The Writings of John Burroughs: Accepting the Universe.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921.

Volume XXI of the Autograph edition of Burroughs’ collected writings. Octavo, elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by H. R. Johnson with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149746

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Macaulay, Lord Thomas Babington

The History of England From the Accession of James the Second.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1869-1870.

Finely bound example of one of the most influential historical works of the nineteenth century, first published in 1848. Small octavo, 8 volumes bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine labe...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149509

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Proper Lessons for Sundays and Other Holy-Days, and a New Version of the Psalms of David.

Oxford: Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1861.

Finely bound Oxford University printing of the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Duodecimo, bound in full pebbled morocco richly decorated in gilt with gilt tooling to the sp...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148987

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000.

The Easton Press Collector’s edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s full gilt-decorated leather, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Bo...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152080

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Gray, Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Bell and Daldy, 1857.

Finely bound collection of the collected poetical works of Thomas Gray decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles to t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142194

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King, Jr., Martin Luther

Why We Can’t Wait.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.

First edition of Dr. King’s third book, including his reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with eight pages of black-an...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146312

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Fast, Howard

Spartacus.

New York: Published by the Author, 1951.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author bound-in, “For Jerry Mayro Gratefully Howard Fast.” Octavo, bo...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149899

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