Churchill, Winston S

The World Crisis: The Eastern Front.

London : Library of Imperial History, 1974.

The Centenary Limited Edition of the fifth volume of Churchill’s The World Crisis. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated with numerous maps (many folding), charts,Continue reading "The World Crisis: The Eastern Front."

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Hardy, Thomas; Clare Leighton [Illustrator]

The Return of the Native.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929.

Macmillan signed limited edition of Hardy’s sixth published novel. Octavo, bound in half vellum over boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, with black and white woodcut illustrations. Signed by illustrator Clare Leighton on the colophon page. One of 1,500 copies. In very good condition with toning and bumping. Illustrated byContinue reading "The Return of the Native."

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$500.00

Item Number: RRB-148848

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Godey, Louis Antoine

Godey’s Lady’s Book for 1850.

Philadelphia : L.A. Godey, 1850.

Finely bound example of this 19th-century American magazine known for its collection of poetry, illustrations, and articles by prominent female authors and artists. Octavo, volume 40, bound in three quarters contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, profusely illustrated with engraving, music sheets, and embroidery and costume plans. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-149127

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Shakespeare, William

The Works of William Shakespeare.

London : Macmillan and Co., 1887.

The Victoria edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, “Via Veritas Vita” pictorial vignette stamped in gilt to the front panels, allContinue reading "The Works of William Shakespeare."

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Claudius Claudianus; Nicolaas Heinsius; L'Ancien Pieter Burman

Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.

Amstelaedami : Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1760.

Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-2821

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Guns, Joseph. [Translator]

The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book].

Vienna : Published by Jos. Schlesinger, 1857.

First edition of Joseph Guns’ translation of the primary prayers of the German and Polish Jews. 12 mo, original mounted bone onlays over celluloid boards, elaborately decorated front panel with decorated onlays, top edge gilt, brass clasp, patterned endpapers, text in Hebrew and English. In very good condition. Ownership annotations to the front and rearContinue reading "The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book]."

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$500.00

Item Number: RRB-136085

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Fall of the House of Usher.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1985.

The Limited Editions Club limited edition of one of Poe’s most famous short stories. Folio, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with two color lithographs. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 473. In fine condition. Illustrated by Alice Neel. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase.

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Kean, Thomas H. and Lee H. Hamilton [Alvin S. Felzenberg]

Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2006.

Signed limited first edition of the Easton Press edition of this work by the co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission. Octavo, original black leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bound in,Continue reading "Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission."

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Dos Passos, John

Most Likely to Succeed.

New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribedContinue reading "Most Likely to Succeed."

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Manstein, Erich Von

Lost Victories.

Chicago : Henry Regnery Company, 1958.

First edition in English of this memoir of a German field marshal during World War II. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black andContinue reading "Lost Victories."

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$475.00

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Goldsmith, Oliver

Essays by Mr. Goldsmith.

London : Printed for W. Griffin, in Fetter-Lane, 1765.

First edition of the collected essays of Oliver Goldsmith which paid the author a profit of only 20 guineas but greatly extended his reputation. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked retaining the contemporary spine label, copperplate vignette to the title page. One of two 1765 editions; Scott argues for the priority of this cheaperContinue reading "Essays by Mr. Goldsmith."

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Item Number: RRB-140433

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Smeeton, George; Illustrated by George Cruikshank

Doings in London: or Day and Night Scenes of the Frauds, Frolics, Manners, and Depravities of the Metropolis.

London : Orlando Hodgson, c. 1830.

Finely bound example of this spirited survey of London life. Octavo, bound in three-quarters modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and title page vignette, illustrated with thirty-three black and white engravings. InContinue reading "Doings in London: or Day and Night Scenes of the Frauds, Frolics, Manners, and Depravities of the Metropolis."

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Marshall, John [George Washington]

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.

New York : WM. H. Wise & Co, 1925.

Sponsor’s edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington; specially prepared for Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, five volumes bound in full leatherette, tissue-guarded frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with several tissue-guarded plates in each volume. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremitiesContinue reading "The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States."

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Item Number: RRB-145735

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Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

London : William Heinemann LTD, 1938.

First British edition of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, bound in half goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-149699

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Calmet, Antoine Augustin. Translated by Giovanni Domenico Mansi

Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus Authore R.P.D. Augustino Calmet Ordinis S. Benedicti Abbate, E Gallico in Latinum translatum A Joanne Dominico Mansi, Congregationis Matris Dei, Lucensi.

Venetiis : Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1757.

Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi’s Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet’s dictionary of the Holy Scriptures, perhaps the most famous and meticulous exegetical, historical and geographical dictionary of the Holy Scriptures produced. Folio, 2 volumes bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, all edges speckled red, elaborately illustrated with full-page woodcut engravings,Continue reading "Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus Authore R.P.D. Augustino Calmet Ordinis S. Benedicti Abbate, E Gallico in Latinum translatum A Joanne Dominico Mansi, Congregationis Matris Dei, Lucensi."

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Hay, Roy and Patrick M. Synge

The Dictionary of Garden Plants in Colour with House and Greenhouse Plants.

London : The Arcadia Press, 1970.

Signed limited edition of this photographic plant dictionary. Quarto, bound in the original full crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, decorative gilt morocco inlays and gilt patterning to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, generously illustratedContinue reading "The Dictionary of Garden Plants in Colour with House and Greenhouse Plants."

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Cruikshank, George

George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots.

London : David Bogue, 1853.

First edition of this retelling of the classic French fairy tale. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco by W.J. Mansell with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, and illustrated with six etchings by GeorgeContinue reading "George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots."

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Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson].

London : Office of the National Illustrated Library, n.d. [c. 1880].

Finely bound 19th century illustrated printing of the most celebrated biography in the English language, elucidated by copious notes. Octavo, four volumes bound into two in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson]."

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Item Number: RRB-141549

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Lesage, Alain-René

Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage.

Paris : De L'Imprimerie De Didot Jeune, n.d.

Finely bound example of Lesage’s famed picaresque novel. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings by the best artists of Paris. In fine condition. A beautifulContinue reading "Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage."

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Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton. Introduction by James Russell Lowell

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1889.

Limited edition of this classic of English literature. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with engravings. One of five hundred numbered copies, this is number 372. Printed on thick paper, some pages uncut and unopened at top edges. From the library of with his smallContinue reading "The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton."

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Item Number: RRB-149802

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Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems.

London : William Pickering, 1846.

First edition of this exemplary collection of poems. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full contemporary tan calf with blue and black morocco labels stamped in gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition, bookplate of LadyContinue reading "Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems."

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Apcar, Amy

Melodies of Five Offices in Holy Week According to the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: Being the Offices for Palm Sunday Evening for the Third, Sixth, and Tenth Hours of Holy Thursday and for the Tenth Hour of Good Friday Together with the Office for Candlemas Eve.

Leipzig : Printed by Breitkopf & Haertel, 1902.

Early edition of this rendering of sacred melodies into modern musical notation. Octavo, written in English and Armenian, bound in full brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt cross vignette to the front panel, musical stanzas throughout. Written down in modern musical notation by Amy Apcar. In good condition with rubbing and lossesContinue reading "Melodies of Five Offices in Holy Week According to the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: Being the Offices for Palm Sunday Evening for the Third, Sixth, and Tenth Hours of Holy Thursday and for the Tenth Hour of Good Friday Together with the Office for Candlemas Eve."

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Item Number: RRB-149501

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Buchan, John

Huntingtower.

London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1946.

Finely bound edition of this classic adventure novel, the first to follow Dickson McCunn. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, cartographic frontispiece. In fine condition.

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Sandburg, Carl

Remembrance Rock.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.

First trade edition of Sandburg’s self-described “epic, weaving the mystery of the American Dream with the costly toil and bloody struggles that have gone to keep alive and carry further that Dream.” Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Remembrance Rock."

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Item Number: RRB-127433

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