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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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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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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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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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Dalton, Charles

The Waterloo Roll Call.

London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.

First edition of Dalton’s account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, il...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-137101

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Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)

Vie de Moliere.

Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp, 1772.

Early edition of Voltaire’s biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo, bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, p...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-95126

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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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Buchan, John

The Free Fishers.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.

First edition of standalone historical thriller novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers...

$350.00 Item Number: RRB-150779

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Buchan, John

The Power-House.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916.

First edition of this fast-paced thriller. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpap...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-151375

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Trollope, Anthony

The Small House at Allington.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1864.

Finely bound edition the fifth novel in Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire series. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-112301

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Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling with The British Fleet.

Boston: For the Boston American, 1915.

The Boston American’s complimentary reprint of Kipling’s Fringes of the Fleet which first appeared in England in The Daily Telegraph, and in the United States in the Hearst newspapers. Oct...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-120584

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