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Mademoiselle de Maupin.

Paris: L. Conquet; G. Charpentier, 1883.

Finley bound example of Gautier’s retelling of the infamous legend of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Quarto, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the sp...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-138581

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Valie, P.A

First edition of this early work by Vaile. Octavo, finely bound in full green morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-89767

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Crain, Gustavas Dedman

Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.

Chicago : G.D. Crain, Jr, 1921-22.

First edition of G.D. Crain’s collection and analysis of market publications circa 1920. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-95096

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Trollope, Frances

The Barnabys in America; or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded.

London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1843.

First edition of the third installment in Frances Trollope’s greatest work, The Widow Barnaby Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, tissue-guarded fr...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-132860

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Griswold, Rufus Wilmot

The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.

First edition of Griswold’s account of the American Republican Court during the presidency of George Washington. Quarto, original publisher’s full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, el...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-138600

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Machiavelli, Niccolo. Illustrated by Claude Durrens

La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).

: Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles, .

Soixante-Dix-Sept signed limited edition of Machiavelli’s classic comedy, The Mandrake. Folio, loose leaves as issued, illustrated with 12 original lithographs by Claude Durrens, additional suit...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-101228

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Dickens, Charles

The Pic Nic Papers.

London: Henry Colburn, 1841.

First edition, first issue of this anthology edited by Charles Dickens. Small octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147636

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France, Anatole; Bernard Lamotte [Illustrator]

Crainquebille.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Anatole France’s satirical novel. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148559

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Donne, John

John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1972.

The Nonesuch Press edition of this collection of poetry and prose from prominent English poet and preacher John Donne. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six comp...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148781

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Pasteur, Louis

Études Sur le Vinaigre, sa Fabrication, ses Maladies, Moyens de Les Prévenir; Nouvelles Observations Sur la Conservation des Vins par la Chaleur.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1868.

First edition of this classic work of Pasteur’s process of pasteurization. Octavo, modern black half-cloth over marbled boards with black leather label and gilt titles to the spine, all edges sp...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148604

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White, Henry Kirke

Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].

Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co, 1844.

Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White. 12mo, finely bound in full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Whit...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-142137

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.

First edition, later printing of the last of Dickens’ picaresque novels. Octavo, half calf bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within rai...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-147694

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Powell, Anthony

The Valley of Bones.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1964.

First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half mor...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-144231

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Thackeray, William

The Virginians.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59.

First edition of Thackeray’s memorable historical novel. Octavos, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled end...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-92535

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Wheatley, Hewett

The Rod and Line: Or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, Etc.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1849.

First edition of this foundational text in fly fishing. Duodecimo, brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, triple ruling and detailing stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, re-backed and r...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-150428

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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London: Grant Richards, 1903.

First edition of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-110721

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.

First edition, first printing of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated into English by Kimon Friar; illustrations by Ghika. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscripti...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-149191

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.

Washington, D.C: Microcard Editions Books, 1973.

The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-140683

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

London: R. B. Seeley, 1830.

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

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-142387

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Shaw, George Bernard; Clarke Hutton [Illustrator]

Pygmalion and Candida.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, a...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148812

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Brooke, Rupert

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke.

London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919.

The Medici Society limited edition collection of Rupert Brooke’s classic poems. Octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, wood...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148850

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Trollope, Anthony

Mr. Scarborough’s Family and An Old Man’s Love.

London: Chatto & Windus; Edinburgh and William Blackwood and Sons, 1883-1884.

Finely bound collection of Trollope’s Mr. Scarborough’s Family and An Old Man’s Love. Octavo, five volumes uniformly bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt tit...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-110623

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Thompson, Carlos. [Sir Winston Churchill]

The Assassination of Winston Churchill.

Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1969.

First edition, signed limited issue of the author’s in-depth investigation into the allegations put forth in Rolf Hochhuth’s ‘Soldiers, An obituary for Geneva’ (1967). Octavo,...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-139267

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Chekhov, Anton; Lajos Szalay [Illustrator]

Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of these two groundbreaking plays by famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdo...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-148693

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Mademoiselle de Maupin.

Modern Golf.

Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.

The Barnabys in America; or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded.

The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington.

La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).

The Pic Nic Papers.

Crainquebille.

John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose.

Études Sur le Vinaigre, sa Fabrication, ses Maladies, Moyens de Les Prévenir; Nouvelles Observations Sur la Conservation des Vins par la Chaleur.

Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

The Valley of Bones.

The Virginians.

The Rod and Line: Or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, Etc.

The Way of All Flesh.

Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.

The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.

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

Pygmalion and Candida.

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke.

Mr. Scarborough’s Family and An Old Man’s Love.

The Assassination of Winston Churchill.

Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.