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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative.

Ashland, Kentucky: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001.

First edition of the re-issue of Eckert’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ed- With warmest good wishes! Allan E...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-149902

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The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem Devotional Painting.

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Rare late 18th to early 19th-century devotional painting on panel depicting the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Oil and tempera on thick wood panel, devotional painting in the iconographic tradition....

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-150478

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Translated by George Sale

The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators.

London: Charles Daly, 1838.

New edition of George Sale’s important translation of the Koran, the first to translate directly from the Arabic into English. Octavo, original cloth with titles in gilt on the spine, frontispiece wit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147826

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Townshend, Pete & Barnes, Richard

The Story of Tommy.

Middlesex, England: Eel Pie Publishing, 1977.

First edition of this work by the legendary member of the Who. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Pete Townshend on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-1658

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1885.

New English edition of one of the great masterpieces of American literature and Twain’s best-selling book, first printed in England in 1876. Octavo, original publisher’s bright red cloth stamped...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-150795

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[Eldridge, John S.]

Boston, Hartford, and Erie Rail Road Company Bond.

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Handsomely engraved bond of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Rail Road Company in the amount of $1,000. One page, the bond is signed by John Seabury Eldridge as the company’s president. The lower...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-150470

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Townshend, Pete & Barnes, Richard

The Story of Tommy.

Middlesex, England: Eel Pie Publishing, 1977.

First edition of this work by the legendary member of the Who. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Pete Townshend on the title page, “For Paul Pete Townshend....

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-140090

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Dickens, Charles

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.

First edition, bound from the original parts of Dickens’ final novel. Octavo, original bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels...

$925.00 Item Number: RRB-131055

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Baum, L. Frank

The Lost Princess of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1917.

First edition of the eleventh book in Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Quarto, original publisher’s light blue cloth with large pictorial paper onlay to the front panel (Bienvenue and Schmidt...

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-151940

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Robuchon, Joel with Catherine Michel

Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon.

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.

First edition of Robuchon’s classic cook book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with full-page color photographs by Corrinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes. Lengthi...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-139903

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Updike, John

More Matter: Essays and Criticism.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-3569

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[Livingstone, David]

David Livingstone: The Great Missionary Explorer.

New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, n.d. c. 1908.

Finely bound example of this anonymous work on the life of David Livingstone. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-124055

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Rogers, Will

Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference.

New York: Harper & Brothers: Publishers, 1919.

First edition of Will Rogers’ first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Yours, Will Rogers.” In very good conditio...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-137393

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Viorst, Judith; Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move.

New York: Atheneum, 1995.

First edition of this work in the author’s classic Alexander series. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “From Alexander’s mom- Judith...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-5688

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Schwartz, Steven; John Michael Tebelak

Godspell: New Testaments Sections on Which the Musical is Based.

New York: The British and Foreign Bible Society in association with Collins Fontana Books, 1966.

First edition of this collection of gospels in Today’s English Version used in Godspell the Musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak as played at Wyndham’s Theatre, London. Oct...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-147245

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Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript.

Indonesia:, c. 16th century.

Rare Balinese palm leaf manuscript. Eight leaves, inscribed on both sides in Hindu text manuscript, binding thread intact. In near fine condition.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-88148

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Henderson, W. A. [William Safire]

The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.

London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].

Early printing of Henderson’s bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking t...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-123841

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1877.

Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label l...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-138812

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Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Gilt Bronze Relief Portrait.

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Original gilt bronze relief portrait of Charles Dickens. Framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 12 inches. In near fine condition. A unique example.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-92795

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Owens, Bill

Suburbia.

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973.

First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, “For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia.” In very good con...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-948

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Elizabeth [Tonna], Charlotte

The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth. With an Introduction by H. B. Stowe.

New York: Published by M. W. Dodd, 1849.

Seventh edition of the complete works of English Victorian writer and suffragette Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s full deluxe morocco with gilt titles...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-142626

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McElroy, Robert [Grover Cleveland]

Grover Cleveland The Man and The Statesman: An Authorized Biography.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.

First edition of this informative view of Grover Cleveland’s two terms in office. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispieces....

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-147737

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Gandhi, Mahatma K

Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.

London: Phoenix Press, 1949.

First edition of Gandhi’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-134231

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Darwin, Charles

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1868.

First edition of Darwin’s hypothesis of pangenesis. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. Pre...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-137161

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