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Roughing It.

Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1872.

First edition, mixed state of Twain’s first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad, lacking the word ‘he’ on page 242 but with...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-127994

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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London: Grant Richards, 1903.

First edition of Butler’s classic semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional e...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-130529

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Di Maggio, Joe [DiMaggio]

Lucky To Be A Yankee.

New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.

First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin’ Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rea...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140408

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Conrad, Joseph; Ward Ritchie [Designer and Printer]; Robert Shore [Illustrator]

Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this collection of three maritime novellas. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the sp...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148649

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Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Will Pogany

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d..

Elaborately bound example of Pogany’s finely illustrated Rubaiyat. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Banytun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments with...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-129800

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Farquhar, George

The Complete Works of George Farquhar.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930.

The Nonesuch Press limited edition of this comprehensive collection of the plays and writings of Irish dramatist George Farquhar. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148782

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Christie, Agatha

Towards Zero.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1944.

First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-144302

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Huxley, Aldous

Point Counter Point.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.

First edition of Huxley’s classic satiric novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ru...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-143179

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Linnaeus, Carl

System Naturae. Book I Part III: Amphibia.

: Caldwell, c. 1788.

Later edition of this influential work. Octavo, written in Latin, bound in three quarters morocco over green cloth boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised ban...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149465

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Sterne, Laurence

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

London: John Lane/The Bodley Head Limited, 1928.

The Bodley Head Limited edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Royal octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compa...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148365

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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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Balzac, Honore de

Eugenie Grandet I.

Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.

Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac’s short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangor...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-130184

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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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de Bourrienne, M. [Napoleon]

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: With a Fore-Edge Painting of Napoleon Leading His Troops to Battle. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Scott, Webster & Geary, 1836.

Rare finely bound example of the Memoirs of Napoleon with a fine fore-edge painting of Napoleon on horseback leading his troops to battle. 12mo. bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-98390

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Snead, Sam; Al Stump

The Education of a Golfer.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition of this work by the legendary golfer, who became golf’s biggest money winner. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151880

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Nineteenth Century Carte de Visite Album.

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Rare late nineteenth century carte de visite album containing dozens of original portraits of prominent members of the Griffith family of New York and several contemporary celebrities including Henry...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-136095

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Hillary, Edmund

High Adventure.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.

First British edition of Hillary’s account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles a...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-144006

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Greene, Graham

The Heart of the Matter.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.

First edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised b...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146011

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