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The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece, title page vignettes. The set contains: First edition, second issue of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old YearContinue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149771

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The Law of God.

Leeser, Isaac

The Law of God.

Philadelphia : C. Sherman, 5605, 1845-46.

First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history. Octavo, 5 volumes. Translated by Isaac Leeser. Bound in contemporary polished calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, rebacked. Lightly rubbed, moderate wear. A veryContinue reading "The Law of God."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-49020

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The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-48.

Complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol is an eleventh edition, plates hand-colored, recased by Morrell [1845]; The Chimes: A Goblin Story is a sixth edition, recased [1845]; first edition of The CricketContinue reading "The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-141512

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The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845.

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845.

New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1845.

First appearance in print of The Raven, one of the most famous and recognizable poems ever written, which Poe considered his finest poem, calling it “the greatest poem that was ever written.” Octavo, original wrappers. In keeping with the policy of The American Review which required that poems be published anonymously or with a pseudonym,Continue reading "The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-136274

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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

Campbell, John Lord

The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

London : John Murray, 1845-69.

Finely bound set of Campbell’s works. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-130459

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The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in full crushed burgundy morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127050

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The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in full morocco by Root & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-148129

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The Raven and Other Poems. [Bound With] Tales.

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Raven and Other Poems. [Bound With] Tales.

New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1845.

Rare first editions of Poe’s two great collections of stories and poems, bound together in the original publisher’s cloth. Octavo, original publisher’s dark green cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, publisher’s advertisements at rear of each volume which are most often lacking with both volumes bound together. Wiley and PutnamContinue reading "The Raven and Other Poems. [Bound With] Tales."

$32,000.00

Item Number: RRB-139816

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The Law of God.

Leeser, Isaac

The Law of God.

Philadelphia : C. Sherman, 5605, 1845-46.

First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history. Octavo, 5 volumes. Translated by Isaac Leeser. Bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In near fine condition. A nice example,Continue reading "The Law of God."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-78547

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The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

Dickens, Charles

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London : Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of aContinue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-132035

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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].

Goldsmith, Oliver

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.

Finely bound example of Goldsmith’s complete poetical works, decorated with a fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt scrolling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustratedContinue reading "The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting]."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-140226

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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo].

Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo].

Paris : Bureaux du Journal Le Siecle, 1846.

One of the earliest known editions of The Count of Monte Cristo. Quarto, bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with the frontispiece portrait and 29 plates on thicker paper by Gavarni, Johannot and others, each with a tissue guard. This copy includes plates, rarely found in this scarce edition. In very goodContinue reading "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo]."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150655

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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

Melville, Herman

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

First edition of Melville’s first book and his most popular during his lifetime. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece map, both half-titles and 6 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. BAL 13653. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the frontContinue reading "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas."

$250,000.00

Item Number: RRB-138349

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Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems.

London : William Pickering, 1846.

First edition of this exemplary collection of poems. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full contemporary tan calf with blue and black morocco labels stamped in gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition, bookplate of LadyContinue reading "Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146339

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Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London : Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

First single volume edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With black and white illustrationsContinue reading "Oliver Twist."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149159

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The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer.

Dumas, Alexandre

The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer.

London : Bruce and Wyld, 1846.

First edition in English of Dumas’ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Translated from the French by William Barrow. Barrow’s translation was the first of three English translations published in 1846 and is considered the most faithful to the original text. To conform to nineteenthContinue reading "The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-88658

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

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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The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer.

Dumas, Alexandre

The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer.

London : Bruce and Wyld, 1846.

First edition in English of Dumas’ masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers. Translated from the French by William Barrow. Barrow’s translation was the first of three English translations published in 1846 and is considered the most faithful to the original text. To conform to nineteenth century English standardsContinue reading "The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129365

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

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 with “delight” for “joy” on page 284. Octavo, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing all advertisements as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off case. ScarceContinue reading "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96177

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Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers.

Hunt, Leigh

Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1846.

First edition of this collection of 19th-century prose retellings and analyses of epic tales from famous Italian poets. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, triple ruling and floral designs stamped in blind to the front and rear panels. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-151826

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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

Melville, Herman

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

First edition of Melville’s first book and his most popular during his lifetime. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece map, both half-titles and 6 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. BAL 13653. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.Continue reading "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144151

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The Count of Monte-Cristo.

Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

The Count of Monte-Cristo.

London : London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.

First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece, published just one year after the original French edition and before the American first, the Richard Manney copy. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s terracotta cloth, decoratively blind-embossed, gilt titles to the spine. Twenty wood-engraved plates after Henry Valentin. In near fine condition with only light rubbing toContinue reading "The Count of Monte-Cristo."

$110,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129384

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Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London : Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

Early edition of Dickens’s classic second novel. Octavo, bound in full calf, full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. InContinue reading "Oliver Twist."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147626

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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography.

Bronte, Charlotte; Edited by Currer Bell

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography.

London : Smith, Elder, & Co, 1847.

Rare first edition of this revolutionary feminist romance, of which reportedly only about 500 copies were printed in the first edition. Octavo, three volumes, finely bound in full calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography."

$72,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146830

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