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Nimrod (Charles James Apperley); Illustrated by Henry Alken

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.

London: Downey & Company, 1899.

Quarto, bound in full read leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels. Twenty colour illustrations with tissue guard, by Henry Alken, all present. In excell...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-3922

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[Dalton, James]. Illustrated by George Cruikshank

The Gentleman in Black.

London: William Kidd, 1831.

First edition of Dalton’s The Gentleman in Black. Octavo, bound in three quarter navy morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endp...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-133421

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Faulkner, William

Hunting Stories.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1988.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of Faulkner’s hunting tales: “The Bear” and “The Old People.” Folio, bound in quarter black morocco over linen boards wi...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148573

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Sandburg, Carl. [William Safire]

Good Morning America.

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-127368

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Buchan, John

Prester John.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., .

Finely bound edition of classic adventure novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, c...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-150839

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Buchan, John

Mr. Standfast.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.

First edition of this classic WWI spy thriller novel, the third to follow Richard Hannay. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-150846

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Churchill, Randolph S

Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.

London: Heinemann, 1966-1967.

First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octa...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-144945

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The Limited Editions Club

Bibliography: Of The Fine Books Published By The Limited Editions Club 1929 – 1985.

New York City: The Limited Editions Club, 1985.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this compilation of every book The Limited Editions Club had published from 1929 – 1985. Folio, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards w...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148594

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Tasso, Torqato

La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].

Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1824.

Finely bound example of Torquato Tasso’s epic poem La Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt titl...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-111064

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James, Henry

The Ambassadors.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1963.

The Heritage Press edition of this dark comedy, which Henry James considered his finest work. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments withi...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148860

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Skellett, Paul; Simon Weitzman

Golf.

Derbyshire, England: Wonderland Publications, 2012.

First limited Captain’s edition of “The Bible of Golf.” Thick quarto, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt, two silk ribbon bookmar...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148309

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The Rivals; The Critic; The Duenna.

London: Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1797.

Finely bound editions of three of Sheridan’s most well known and popular comic plays. Duodecimo, three volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in thr...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-149481

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Kingsley, Charles

Andromeda and Other Poems.

London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.

First edition of this collection centered on the Greek myth of Andromeda’s rescue from a sea monster by Perseus. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-151106

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Morrison’s Strangers Guide and Etiquette, For Washington City and Its Vicinity.

Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862.

Fifth edition of Morrison’s classic American etiquette guide. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the front panel. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings,...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-127990

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Mitford, Mary Russell; illustrations by C. Brock

Our Village.

London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1904.

Octavo, Three quarters green leather over marbled boards. Gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-3008

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Sarpi, Fra-Paolo; Courayer, Pierre-François Le

Histoire Du Concile De Trente, écrite en italienne par Fra-Paolo Sarpi, de l’Ordre des Servites; et trauit de nouveau en français, avces des notes critiques, historiques et theologiques, par Pierre-François Le Courayer.

Amsterdam: J. Wetstein et G. Smith, 1751.

Two volumes, original leather, gilt tooling to the spine. In good condition. Text in French.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-2055

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1962.

The Heritage Press edition of the author’s second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compar...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148723

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[Theodore Roosevelt]

Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 18 XVIII, July-December 1895 [Theodore Roosevelt].

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.

Finely bound volume of this early Theodore Roosevelt article. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over printed boards with gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Contents include: Theodore Rooseve...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-146034

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Dubois, Marcel; Guy, Camille; A. Parmentier, & Ernest Lavisse

Album Géographique. Tome I : Aspects Généraux de la Nature. Album Historique Tome II : Les Régions Tropicales. Tome III : Les Colonies Françaises. Tome IV : La France. Tome V: Aspects Generaux De La Nature.

: Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, 1896-1906..

First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-2549

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe

The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

London: Edward Moxon, 1854.

Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt,...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-141208

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Balzac, Honoré de

Eugénie Grandet.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1961.

The Heritage Press edition of Balzac’s short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Royal octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-148792

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Updike, John. Illustrated by Barbara Fox [Erica Jong]

Marry Me: A Romance.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976.

First edition of “the gentlest book Updike has written” (Kirkus Reviews), privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society. Octavo, original publisher’s full le...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-142811

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Master of Ballantrae.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1965.

The Heritage Press edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark historical romance. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-148794

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Chosen and Edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.

London: Oxford University Press, 1966.

Finely bound edition of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918, the new edition. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and to...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-148873

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