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The Great Crash 1929.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988.

First Easton Press edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly signe...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151078

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Rackham, Arthur

Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes.

London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1913].

First edition of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated rendition of the classic nursery rhyme collection. Octavo, bound in full polished calf Zaehnsdorf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt vignett...

$1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-135055

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Burns, Robert

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. [Fore-edge Painting]

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1867.

Finely bound example of the poetical works of Robert Burns decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-138654

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Rabelais, Francois

Oeuvres De Maitre Francois Rabelais, suivies des Remarques publiees en anglois par M. le Motteux, et traduites en francois par C. D. M. Nouvelle edition ornee de 76 gravures.

Paris: Chez Ferdinand Bastien, 1798.

First edition illustrated, three volumes, octavos. In good condition, all edges gilt, tooling to the spine, expertly rebacked. All plates present. An attractive set.

$1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-2045

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Burgess, Anthony [William Shakespeare]

The World of William Shakespeare.

London: The Arcadia Press, 1971.

Signed limited edition of this comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare’s life, works, and lasting cultural influence, blending historical context with literary analysis to highlight his endurin...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-147850

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Moore, Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d..

The Albion edition of Moore’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-129405

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Palmer, Arnold

Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book “Hit It Hard!”

New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1961.

First edition of Arnold Palmer’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the fr...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-144210

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Hardy, Thomas; Agnes Miller Parker [Illustrator]

Jude the Obscure.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1969.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of the last completed novel by Hardy. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to th...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148808

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Heaney, Seamus

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.

London: Faber and Faber, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-142996

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Bryant, William Cullen

A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.

Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins a...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-139346

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Goldsmith, Oliver

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.

Finely bound example of Goldsmith’s complete poetical works, decorated with a fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140226

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Eaglesfield, Barry [Ettore Bugatti]

The Bugatti Book.

London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1958.

First edition, early printing of this work on Bugatti. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In ne...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140396

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Huxley, Aldous

Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.

First collected edition of Huxley’s biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to th...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-130128

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Conrad, Joseph

The Rover.

London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923.

First British edition of the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled, inner dentell...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-119454

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale For Young People of All Ages.

James R. Osgood and Company: Boston, 1882.

First edition, first issue of of the author’s first historical novel with the Franklin imprint on the copyright page. BAL 3402. Johnson pp. 39-41. Octavo, bound in three quarter burgundy morocco...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-150845

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Woolf, Virginia

Flush: A Biography.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.

First edition of Woolf’s fictional “stream of consciousness” tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt B...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146583

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Select Poetry. Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Printed for L. B. Seeley and Son, 1825.

Finely bound poetry collection decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. 18mo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-141053

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Dickens. Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf, morocco spine label, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, steel-engraved fronti...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-120414

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Elaborately bound Oxford illustrated edition of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-129073

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Eliot, T.S

The Cocktail Party.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950.

First edition of the most popular of Eliot’s seven plays published during his lifetime. First issue with “here” for “her” on page 29, line 1. Octavo, bound in full morocc...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-152121

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Fitzpatrick, Percy

Jock of the Bushveld.

London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.

First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and t...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-64984

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Maugham, W.Somerset

The Maugham Reader.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.

First edition of this collection by the author of The Razor’s Edge. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-134572

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Mead, Shepherd

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.

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

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146086

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