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Illuminated 16th Century French Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf. [The Annunciation of the Shepherds].

Paris:, c. 1500.

Rare illuminated leaf from a 16th Century French Book of Hours, likely executed by Gilles and Germain Hardouyn. The detailed miniature is elaborately decorated with gold leaf and depicts the Annunciat...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132104

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Bunyan, John

The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to that Which is to Come.

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861.

Finely bound edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed teal levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139796

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Darwin, Charles

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

London: John Murray, 1868.

First edition, first issue of Darwin’s hypothesis of pangenesis in which he first uses the phrase “survival of the fittest” for the first time. First issue without publisher’s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151873

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Diana, Princess of Wales; King Charles III

Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.

:, 1983.

Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145672

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Fitzgerald, Edward; Illustrated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.

Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by the publisher....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-108452

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Wilkerson, David with John & Elizabeth Sherrill. [Pat Boone]

The Cross and the Switchblade: A True Story of the Saving Power of Faith.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967.

First edition of the author’s best-selling “modern day sequel to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament” (Pat Boone). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Wilkerson on the...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137030

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Kilmer, Joyce

Summer of Love.

New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.

First edition, first issue of Joyce Kilmer’s first book of verse. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh, “To...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-92792

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[Bible]

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues: Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1881-1885.

The Memorial edition of the Revised Version of the Holy Bible with a presentation slip signed by the President and Secretary of the American Committee of Revision. Royal octavo, three volumes, origina...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139542

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Pope Pius XI. (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti)

Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.

:, c. 1930.

Rare hand-illuminated apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius XI with a circular portrait of him. The blessing in elaborate script reads, “Most Holy Father, Margaret, Katherine, Regina, John,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88158

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Garvey, Robert. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Good Shabbos, Everybody.

: United Synagogue of America, 1951.

First edition of this charming picture book celebrating the Shabbat, with early illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150171

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Rigaud, John Francis. [Leonardo Da Vinci]

A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Faithfully Translated from the Original Italian, and Now First Digested Under Proper Heads.

London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1802.

First edition thus of English painter and Royal Academician John Francis Rigaud’s English translation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting, compiled from manuscripts written during...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147281

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Herlihy, James Leo. [Eva Marie Saint]

All Fall Down.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1960.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1962 film directed by John Frankenheimer with the screenplay adapted by playwright William Inge starring Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty. Octavo, or...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147761

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

New York: Beginner Books: A Division of Random House, 1958.

First edition, stated first printing of the sequel of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151999

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Toner, Joseph Meredith [George Washington]

George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address Delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891, by J.M. Toner, M.D.

Washington, D.C.: Press of Gedney & Roberts Co, 1891.

First separate edition of Turner’s address delivered at Mount Vernon on the occasion of the visit of the officers and members of the Patent Centennial Celebration. Octavo, bound in three quarter...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133402

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Bocuse, Paul

Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1977.

First American edition of Bocuse’s classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Paul Bocuse on the title page....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149872

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Letter Signed.

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Rare handwritten letter signed by Arthur Conan Doyle to lecture manager James B. Pond, Jr. Octavo, one page on Windlesham letterhead, the letter reads in full, “Dear Mr. Pond It is pleasant to s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147770

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[Hondius, Jodocus]

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina [Holy Land Map].

Amsterdam: Blaeu, Willem, 1629.

Copper engraved, hand-colored map of one of the most decorative maps of the Holy Land of the 17th century. One page with hand-colored borders, the map depicts the tribes of Israel and the route the Is...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147519

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[General William Tecumseh Sherman] [Ulysses S. Grant]

General Sherman’s Indo-Persian Khanjar.

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Rare Indo-Persian khanjar, a 20th century curved dagger, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The khanjar has decorative wooden and metal inlays and intri...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147820

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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 a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149076

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Dietrich, Marlene. [Joe DiMaggio]

Marlene Dietrich Autograph Note Signed to Joe DiMaggio.

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Rare autograph note signed by German-American actress Marlene Dietrich to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. The note accompanied an 18-page Astrological Horoscope report by Hollywood astrologer Carroll Ri...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-102561

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Le Carre, John. [David Cornwell]

The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1980.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smiley’s Peo...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137034

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Remington, Frederic

John Ermine of the Yellowstone.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this thought-provoking work of a young Native American man who is torn between his traditional way of life and the rapidly changing world around him. Octavo, original cloth, frontispi...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148081

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Churchill, Winston S

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938.

First edition of this important collection of Churchill’s speeches. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149282

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Browning, Robert

Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1871.

First edition of this poetic retelling of Euripides’ ‘Alkestis’ by Victorian poet Robert Browning. Octodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and decorative borders sta...

$2,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147688

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