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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Revised by William Michael Rossetti.

London: E. Moxon, Son, & Co, 1870.

Finely bound example of the Poetical Works of Shelley. Octavo, 2 volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt ruled, raised...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-95863

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Maugham, W.Somerset

A 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 Sangorski and Sutcliffe, frontispiece of Maugham, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, dou...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-134702

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Hemingway, Ernest

Death in the Afternoon.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Er...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-122893

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Homer; TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE

The Iliad.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931.

The Nonesuch Press limited edition of Alexander Pope’s monumental translation of Homer’s Iliad. Royal octavo, bound in full russet morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within rais...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148778

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West, Nathanael

The Dream Life of Balso Snell.

Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931.

First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146620

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Huxley, Aldous

After Many A Summer.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939.

First edition of this classic novel. 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 fro...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-151687

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Lord Byron; Thomas Moore

The Works of Lord Byron: His Life and Poems.

London: John Murray, 1851.

Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, sixteen volumes, contemporary full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, frontispiece to eac...

$1,050.00 Item Number: RRB-3289

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Halford, Frederic M

Making a Fishery.

London: Horace Cox, 1895.

Signed limited first edition of Frederick Halford’s extensive guide on the creation of river and stream fisheries for sport. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Halford, this is number 35. Larg...

$1,050.00 Item Number: RRB-88001

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Edwards, Jonathan

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections. In Three Parts.

Elizabeth-Town, NJ: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for Robert Hodge, 1787.

Early edition of Edwards’ Great Awakening classic. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. In very good condition with wear, book...

$1,050.00 Item Number: RRB-151179

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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 three quarters calf over boards, gilt titles to the spine. First issue points with “visiter” for “...

$1,050.00 Item Number: RRB-117498

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White, T.H

T. H. White Verses.

Alderney: Privately Printed For The Author, 1962.

Signed limited edition of the final book published during White’s lifetime. Royal octavo, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt w...

$1,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151235

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Hamilton, Edward

The River-Side Naturalist: Notes of the Various Forms of Life Met With Either In, On, or By The Water, or In Its Immediate Vicinity.

London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Limited, 1890.

First edition of Hamilton’s work on riverside flora and fauna. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-129542

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Report From The Secretary of War, Transmitting, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report of the Commissioner to Investigate Claims Against the Miami Indians, with a Statement of Expense of Said Commission, &c. March 2, 1839.

:, 1839-1886.

Rare sammelband collection of three Congressional Reports regarding the Miami Indian Treaties. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-135438

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McGuffey, William

The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, From the Best American and English Writers. With Copious Rules for Reading, and Directions for Avoiding Common Errors.

Cincinnati: Published by Truman and Smith, 1838.

Finely bound sixth edition of the fourth McGuffey Reader. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140352

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Dumas, Alexandre (Alexander)

Henri III et sa Cour.

Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.

Rare first edition of Dumas’ first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition wit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-87497

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Loeb, Marshall and William Safire

Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.

First edition of Safire and Loeb’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the f...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-128605

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Eliot, George

Felix Holt: The Radical.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866.

First editions of this classic work. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth, half-title to each volume, 4 pp publisher’s ads at rear of volume 3. Publisher’s orange-brown cloth, spines lettered...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148184

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Meredith, George

The Works of George Meredith.

Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897.

Finely bound set of the works of George Meredith. Octavo, 18 volumes bound by Maclehose in three quarters crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-124159

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Campbell, George

Log-Letters From “The Challenger.” [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Macmillan and Co, 1881.

Finely bound example of Campbell’s account of the cruise of The Challenger. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138428

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Apcar, Amy

Melodies of the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: The Liturgy as Sung in Ordinary, During Lent, and on Festivals.

Leipzig: Printed by Breitkopf & Haertel, 1920.

Second and enlarged edition of these rich chant traditions of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Octavo, three volumes, written in English and Armenian, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-149490

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Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle

Les Quatre Claudine.

Paris: Pierre de Tartas, 1972-73.

Deluxe illustrated edition of Colette’s four Claudine books with the original lithographic frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau. Quartos, 4 volumes, bound in full gilt-decorated pebbled morocco...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-94691

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Merrihew, Stephen Wallis

The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.

New York: American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1928.

First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew’s classic work on the “World Cup of Tennis.” Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-105106

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Dickens, Charles

Dombey and Son.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.

First edition in of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, m...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-136227

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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 three-quarters morocco over boards with gilt titles and floral detailing stamped in blind to the spine...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-150426

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