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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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Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard

Now We Are Six.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1960.

Finely bound example of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine i...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-129436

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Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man’s Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

London: Henry Washbourne, 1842.

The Washbourne edition of this classic of English literature, being a reprint of the 5th Major edition and including a facsimile reproduction of title page of the first edition of 1653. Octavo, bound...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-149781

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Davis, John K

With the “Aurora” in the Antarctic 1911-1914.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1919.

First edition of Captain John Davis’ expedition to Antarctica. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles and gilt illustration of the titular steamship, illustrated throughout, tipped-in rear map...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-111886

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Gogol, Nikolai V

Dead Souls.

London: Vizetelly & Co., n.d..

Finely bound example of Gogol’s masterwork, “the first novel from which the world began to form its ideas of 19th-century Russia” (Hornstein, 139). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over m...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-132581

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Oliphant, Margaret

The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.

Finely bound example of the Scottish historian’s classic work on the foundation of Venice. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138708

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Wilde, Oscar

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.

[London]: Privately Printed, 1904.

First separate edition of Wilde’s classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140581

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Johnstone, James [Translator]

The Norwegian Account of Haco’s Expedition Against Scotland.

Copenhagen: Printed for the author, 1782.

Rare first edition of this classic account of Haco’s campaign against Alexander III of Scotland in 1263, a campaign that culminated in the Battle of Largs and resulted in Håkon’s death. Sm...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-146130

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Irving, Washington

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861.

Finely bound example of Goldsmith’s biography of the famed novelist. 16 mo, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, do...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138922

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de Bassanville, Mme

Le Tresor de la Maison, Journal des Femmes Economes.

Paris : de Beau, 1853-1854.

Finely bound collection of the May 1853 – April 1854 issues of Le Tresor de la Maison, Journal des Femmes Economes. Octavo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-96210

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Curiosities of Biography, or Memoirs of Remarkable Men. Illustrated by One Hundred Characteristic Portraits.

Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Company, 1845.

First edition of this classic collection of biographies. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt ban...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-125012

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Chaucer, Geoffrey. Edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat

The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1920.

Finely bound example of Chaucer’s complete works. Octavo, bound in full tree calf by Riviere & Son with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco s...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-130504

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Moore, Thomas

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860.

Finely bound example of Moore’s famous romance. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling and gilt scroll borders...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138643

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Fontaine, Jean de La; Edward Marsh [Translator]; Stephen Gooden [Illustrator]

The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931.

Signed limited edition of Jean de La Fontaine’s classic fables. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded title page vignette, genuine deckled...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148845

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Rhodes, James Ford [William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt]

The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations 1897-1909.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922.

First edition of Rhodes’ authoritative work on the McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments wi...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-139557

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Sassoon, Siegfried; Paul Hogarth [Illustrator]

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981.

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

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148811

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