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Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

First edition in the scarce original parts of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 88 weekly parts as issued, original white wrappers printed in black with wood-engraved title, engraved frontispieces, illustrated with wood-engravings and initials after George Cattermole & Hablot Knight Browne. Accompanied by a 4 page announcement by Chapman & Hall forContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149070

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Dickens, Charles. Illustrations by H.K. Browne

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48.

First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm. Octavo, 20 parts in 19, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing all advertisements as issued. A mixed state set with the following points: Part I with no ads on inner front wrapper, rearContinue reading "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149076

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Kipling, Rudyard

Day By Day.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1913.

First edition of this selection of lines from Kipling’s works for each day of the year. Duodecimo, bound in full suede with gilt titles to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-149048

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Tennyson, Alfred

Enoch Arden and The Two Locksley Halls.

Boston : D.C. Heath & Co, 1897.

Finely bound example of three of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece of Tennyson. In very good condition. Edited with notes by Calvin S. Brown. Ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper and rear endpapers.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-149047

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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “ForContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149046

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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Signed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas TomieContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149018

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Absent-Minded Beggar.

England and The United States : The Daily Mail Publishing Co, 1899.

First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling’s poem The Absent-Minded Beggar, a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto, silk moire wrappers, six pages, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with tissue-guards between the two pages of facsimile stanzas, cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Originally printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. TheContinue reading "The Absent-Minded Beggar."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-149009

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Henry Sotheran, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated with 40Continue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149762

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Jones, Bobby [Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.]

Bobby Jones Signed Photograph.

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Original photograph of Bobby Jones swinging a wood on the fairway. Boldly and warmly inscribed by Bobby Jones. The photograph measures 7.5 inches by 9.25 inches. Triple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 18 inches. Photographs signed by Bobby Jones are uncommon.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-81016

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Marshman, Joshua [Confucius]

The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, With a Translation. [The Analects of Confucius].

Serampore : Printed at the Mission Press, 1809.

First English translation of the Analects of Confucius printed at Serampore, the first major center of English printing in Chinese. Quarto, Vol. I [all published], bound in modern half calf, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, half-title, 4pp. errata, Chinese and English text, without theContinue reading "The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, With a Translation. [The Analects of Confucius]."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149588

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The Hobbit

Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrationsContinue reading "The Hobbit."

$975,000.00

Item Number: RRB-135801

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Mansfield, J. Carroll [William T. Sherman]

Kit Carson.

Cleveland, Ohio : The World Syndicate Publishing Co, 1933.

First edition of this biographical history of a frontier legend in pictures; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Oblong 48mo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with depictions of the life of Kit Carson on each page. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate tipped in. In very good condition with toning and some splitting to the exterior hinge.Continue reading "Kit Carson."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145972

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Hop-o' my-Thumb and Seven League Boots

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."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148885

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Human Work.

New York : McClure, Phillips & Co, 1904.

First edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ground breaking work and what she considered “her greatest work” (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, ‘Lady Merton, Colonist’ advertising pamphlet laid in. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “C.P. Gilman lent June 12, 1934.” Very good in the rare original dust jacket. Loss and dampstainingContinue reading "Human Work."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145650

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston and Cleveland : John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition, first issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, striped endpapers, illustrated with title vignettes and sixContinue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148986

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Marnewick, Michael [Gary Player]

Quest for Glory: Successes in South African Sport.

Capetown : Zebra Press, 2010.

First edition of this work on South African sport. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to golfing legend Gary Player on the half-title page, “To Gary Player Thank you so much for your inspirational thoughts and conversation! Warm Regards, Michael Marnewick.” In fine condition. Foreword by John Smit.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145713

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Roosevelt, Eleanor & Regina Tor

Growing Toward Peace.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of this work by Roosevelt and Tor. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a publicity photograph of both authors. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. ThisContinue reading "Growing Toward Peace."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-5476

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Davies, Valentine [Buddy Adler]

Miracle On 34th Street. [with] Valentine Davies Typed Letter Signed.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Valentine Davies and regarding staging that year’s Academy Awards presentations. Octavo, one page, on Universal-International Pictures letter head, the letter reads in full, “February 5, 1957 Dear Buddy: Thank you very much for the kind words aboutContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street. [with] Valentine Davies Typed Letter Signed."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148982

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Howe, Henry [William T. Sherman]

Historical Collections of Ohio.

Columbus : Henry Howe & Son, 1889-1891.

Centennial edition of this general and local history of the state of Ohio; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, three volumes bound into two, original publisher’s binding, botanical endpapers, gilt titles to the spine, gilt seal of Ohio to the front panel, frontispiece of the author to Vol. I and of Sherman’sContinue reading "Historical Collections of Ohio."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145974

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Dumas, Alexandre. [Alexander]

The Works of Alexandre Dumas.

Boston : Estes and Lauriat, 1893-1896.

The Edition De Luxe of the works of Alexandre Dumas, limited to one thousand numbered copies. Octavo, 40 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard to each volume, illustrated with platesContinue reading "The Works of Alexandre Dumas."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149543

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Americans on Moon Chicago Tribune.

Chicago : Chicago Tribune, 1969.

1969 Chicago Tribune with the headline “Americans on Moon! Eagle Has Landed – Armstrong.” The article was commemorating the moon landing from the day before and is dated Monday, July 21, 1969. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong in blue ink to the left of the headline. Triple matted and framed. In very good condition withContinue reading "Neil Armstrong Signed Americans on Moon Chicago Tribune."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148978

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Barrett, Ron [Judi Barrett]

Ron Barrett Signed Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Print.

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Original Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs print of a page from the classic children’s book depicting a tomato tornado. Inscribed beneath by the illustrator, “To Matt – Avoid the Tomatoes! Ron Barrett.” In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 8.5 inches.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148985

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952.

First edition of the economist’s second book and breakthrough work. Octavo, original blue boards. Fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket with chipping to the spine. Jack design by Barbara Hobbs.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-149105

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Framed portrait of Winston Churchill

Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill Signed Photograph.

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Rare portrait of Winston Churchill by Harris & Ewing. Vintage matte-finish print portrait of Winston Churchill seated in an armchair, boldly signed by him at the bottom in fountain pen. Harris & Ewing was one of the most prominent photographic studios in Washington, D.C., active from 1905 until the mid-20th century. Founded by George W.Continue reading "Winston Churchill Signed Photograph."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148898

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