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Looking for a unique and personal gift? A rare book is a gift they will treasure for a lifetime. There are few gifts that are as lasting and appreciated as a rare book. They hold within its pages not only historical and cultural significance, but often also a personal significance to the recipient. Whether it is a beloved childhood book that turned them on to the joys of reading or a favorite title they read in high school or college, people treasure these books like a close friend.

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Hardy, Thomas

A Changed Man: The Waiting Supper and Other Tales Concluding with the Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1913.

Early edition of this final collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy exploring themes of fate, love, and social change. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with a black and white map of Wessex to the rear. In very good condition, signature to the front free endpaper. Bookseller’s ticket to the rear pastedown.

$65.00

Item Number: RRB-148191

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Hardy, Thomas

Parts One and Two of The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes.

New York and London : The Macmillan Company/Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904 and 1906.

First editions of Thomas Hardy’s only major dramatic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles. First American edition, first issue of part one. First British edition, second issue of part two. In very good condition with light bumping and rubbing, and light toning.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-148182

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Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."

$10,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151252

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Hardy, Thomas

Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895.

Early edition of Thomas Hardy’s twelfth published novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In good condition with light rubbing and bumping, front free endpaper missing, and frontispiece laid in, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-148194

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Simon, Herbert A.; Donald W. Smithburg; Victor A. Thompson

Public Administration.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.

First edition of this classic study of administrative theory and governmental organization. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-151195

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Odell, Samuel W

The Lives and Campaigns of Grant and Lee: A Comparison and Contrast of the Deeds and Characters of the Two Great Leaders in the Civil War.

Chicago : Star Publishing Company, 1895.

First edition of this historical study that examines the military careers and personal qualities of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles stamped in gilt to the front panel, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, profusely illustrated with maps and engravings throughout. In very good condition, name toContinue reading "The Lives and Campaigns of Grant and Lee: A Comparison and Contrast of the Deeds and Characters of the Two Great Leaders in the Civil War."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-151187

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Galbraith, Robert. [J.K. Rowling]

The Silkworm.

London : Sphere, 2014.

First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.

$55.00

Item Number: RRB-151222

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[John F. Kennedy]

John F. Kennedy Inauguration Government Issued License Plate. [with] Inaugural Activities Program.

District of Columbia 1961.

Rare John F. Kennedy inauguration government issued license plate dated 1961. A superb relic from the Kennedy inaugural events in January 1961, presumably used during inaugural events and in the inaugural parade. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol. Kennedy’s address encompassedContinue reading "John F. Kennedy Inauguration Government Issued License Plate. [with] Inaugural Activities Program."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150481

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Flanagan, Thomas

The End of the Hunt.

New York : Dutton, 1994.

First edition of the final novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Pr. Hillary Thimmand – a fellow student and teacher – of Ireland and of Irish history With the good wishes of Tom Flanagan April 1995.” Fine inContinue reading "The End of the Hunt."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-151183

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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves

Marina.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2013.

Signed limited first edition of Zafón’s gothic tale for all ages. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 188. In fine condition. Design by kid-ethic.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-145039

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Taylor, Telford

Grand Inquest: The Story of Congressional Investigations.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1955.

First edition, second printing of this landmark legal and historical analysis of the investigative powers of the United States Congress. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top stain orange. In near fine condition.

$30.00

Item Number: RRB-152134

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Green, Henry

Living.

London and Toronto : J.M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1929.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good condition. With a note laid in from Heywood Hill Booksellers saying this is the first first edition copy they have seen.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-150733

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Smith, Dodie

The New Moon with the Old.

London : Heinemann, 1963.

First edition of the author’s charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, lacking free endpaper. Jacket design by Peter Ward.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-151818

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Cruikshank, George

Illustrations of Smollett, Fielding and Goldsmith, in a Series of Forty-One Plates, Designed and Engraved by George Cruikshank.

London : Charles Tilt, 1832.

First edition of this collection of illustrations depicting iconic characters and scenes from the 18th-century novels of Tobias Smollett, Henry Fielding, and Oliver Goldsmith. Duodecimo, bound in the original publisher’s quarter morocco over silk moire covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated with 41 engraved plates. InContinue reading "Illustrations of Smollett, Fielding and Goldsmith, in a Series of Forty-One Plates, Designed and Engraved by George Cruikshank."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-151180

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Vasi, Mariano; Antonio Nibby

New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs.

Rome : Sold by Monaldini, English Library and Reading Room, 1843.

Finely bound edition of this revised version of Giuseppe Vasi’s original work, a 19th-century travel guidebook of the monuments and works of art of Rome for tourists visiting Italy. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments, morocco spine labels, illustrated with 25 engravings of theContinue reading "New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-151176

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Hardy, Thomas

The Mayor of Casterbridge.

New York : The Heritage Press, 1964.

The Heritage Press edition of Thomas Hardy’s tenth published novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters modern morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with wood engravings. In fine condition. Introduction by Frank Swinnertion. EngravingsContinue reading "The Mayor of Casterbridge."

$550.00

Item Number: RRB-151173

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Allen, Woody

Don’t Drink the Water.

London/ New York : Samuel French, 1967.

First English edition of Allen’s rapid-fire dialogue. 16mo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Woody Allen on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-149022

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Ogg, David

England in the Reign of Charles II.

Oxford : At The Clarendon Press, 1966.

Finely bound edition of this comprehensive historical analysis of English society, politics, and culture between 1660 and 1685. Octavo, volume two only, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-151172

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Aeschylus; E.D.A Morshead [Translator]

The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, and The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1921.

First edition, early printing of the Golden Treasury Series of four ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus. Duodecimo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Translated into English verse by E.D.A Morshead. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-151787

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Stephenson, Neal

Snow Crash.

New York : Bantam Books, 1992.

First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Snow Crash."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151163

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Edwards, Jonathan

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections. In Three Parts.

Elizabeth-Town, NJ : Printed by Shepard Kollock, for Robert Hodge, 1787.

Early edition of Edwards’ Great Awakening classic. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. In very good condition with wear, bookplates to the front pastedown, signature to the title page.

$1,050.00

Item Number: RRB-151179

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Christie, Agatha

The Murder at the Vicarage.

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930.

First American edition of this classic detective novel introducing one of Christie’s most enduring and influential detectives, Miss Marple. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, cartographic endpapers, with a clipping of the book summary adhered to the front free endpaper. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149981

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Gagarin, Yuri

Дорога в космос. [Road to Space].

Moscow : Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1961.

First edition of this autobiographical account by the first man in space, a cosmonaut’s early life, aviation training, and historic 1961 mission aboard Vostok 1. Octavo, written in Russian, original publisher’s boards with titles and stars in silver, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the frontContinue reading "Дорога в космос. [Road to Space]."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151157

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Sharma, Robin

The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

Toronto : Harper Collins Publishers, 2019.

First paperback edition of this enchanting self-help story. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Drew Sonja – Thank you for your brilliance! And sharing it w/ the world Sincerely Robin.” In fine condition. Cover art by Alexander Row.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-151544

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