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Plant Hunting.

Boston, Massachusetts: The Stratford Company, 1927.

Special autographed first edition of this autobiographical account of Ernest H. Wilson’s adventures and discoveries as a renowned British plant collector. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full gree...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-151387

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Kingsley, Charles

Twenty-Five Village Sermons.

London: John W. Parker, 1849.

First edition of this collection of mid-19th-century sermons. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-151100

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Freer, Martha Walker

The Life of Jeanne D’Albert Queen of Navarre.

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855.

First edition of Freer’s appreciation of Jeanne Baptiste d’Albert de Luynes. Octavo, bound in three quarters emerald green crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in s...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-139030

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Carver, Raymond

Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher’s morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised b...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-146628

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Manno, Don Giuseppe

De’ Vizj De’ Letterati. [On the Vices of Men of Letters].

Naples: R. Marotta and Vanspandoch, 1830.

Finely bound example of this literary and moral critique of scholars, writers, intellectuals, and academic culture. Tricesimo-secondo, written in Italian, bound in three-quarters later morocco over ma...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-151949

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Thomson, James

The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson.

London: Henry Frowde, 1908.

The Oxford edition of Thomson’s complete poetical works. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt b...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-122647

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Hayley, William

The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.

London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.

Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley’s popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the f...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-138374

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Cruikshank, Isaac Robert

The Lady and the Saints: In Three Cantos.

London: Edward Bull, 1839.

First edition of this poetic narrative. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-148889

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Reed, Andrew

The Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland and Innkeeper’s Guide.

Dublin: Alex Thom & Co, 1881.

Rare second edition of Reed’s Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland. Small octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. In very good condition. Cancelled library stamp to the front free endpaper, owner...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-105545

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Bagot, Richard

Casting of Nets.

Bernhard Tauchnitz: Leipzig, 1901.

Finely bound example of Bagot’s early novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine. Ownership names. In near fine condit...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-114706

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Lucas, St. John

The Oxford Book of French Verse.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.

First edition of Lucas’ compilation of the verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries. Octavo, bound in half vellum for Christ’s Hospital boarding school with thei...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-114537

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Dibdin, Thomas

Songs, Naval and National of the Late Charles Dibdin; With a Memoir and Addenda.

London: John Murray, 1841.

First edition of this collection of patriotic and maritime-themed songs. Octodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco over red cloth with gilt titles and anchor detailing to the spine in six compartmen...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-148382

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Harrison, W.H

The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside.

London: Published by R. Ackermann, 1831.

First edition of Harrison’s popular Christmas miscellany. Duodecimo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, all e...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-148881

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Hall, Mr. and Mrs. S. C

The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.

London: Arthur Hall, 1861.

First edition of Hall’s description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in si...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-138426

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le CarrÉ, John

Our Game.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.

The Franklin Library limited edition of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-151592

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Nadaud, Gustave

Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes.

Paris: Henri Plon, 1867.

Finely bound example of the popular songs and operettas of French chansonnier Gustave Nadaud. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-92541

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Moore, George

Memoirs Of My Dead Life.

London: William Heinemann, 1906.

First edition of the first great modern Irish novelist’s memoirs. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipca...

$175.00 Item Number: RRB-109792

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Douglas, Norman

Nerinda.

Florence: G. Orioli, 1929.

Signed limited edition of this work, one of 475 numbered copies, this is number 272. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-121677

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Butler, Samuel

The Way of All Flesh.

London: A.C. Fifield, 1919.

Finely bound example of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-109527

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Groom, Winston

Gump & Co.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.

Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine conditio...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-138538

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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout &...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-151104

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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.

First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-144548

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Philips, Francis Charles

My Little Husband and If Only.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.

Finely bound example Philips’ two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tool...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-114507

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Ruskin, John

Sesame and Lilies.

London: George Allen, 1893.

Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic anthology including Of King’s Treasures, Of Queen’s Gardens, and The Mystery of Life and Its Arts. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, gilt...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-114418

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