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Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Edward Moxon & Co, 1859.

First edition, second issue of one of the greatest and most enduring of Victorian literary works, with the imprint of Bradbury and Evans to the  verso of title. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, ribbon bound in, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting whichContinue reading "Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting]."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-139723
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A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-143955
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Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

London 1859.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Sunday, Seventeenth July, 1859, on Gad’s Hill Place stationery, with a small pressed flower on the lower left hand corner. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter discusses the printing of Tale of Two Cities in monthly parts in hisContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed."

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-151833
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A Tale of Two Cities. [with] Charles Dickens Autograph Note.

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities. [with] Charles Dickens Autograph Note.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, mixed issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters modern half calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including the frontispiece and title vignette.Continue reading "A Tale of Two Cities. [with] Charles Dickens Autograph Note."

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$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149368
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A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette.

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-130399
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A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens, Charles

A Tale of Two Cities.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1859.

First edition, first issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works, with p. 213 misnumbered “113,” the signature mark “b” at the foot of the plate list, and the misspelling “affetcionately” on line 12, p. 134. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbledContinue reading "A Tale of Two Cities."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-110251
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The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.

Symonds, John Addington

The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.

Oxford : T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.

First edition of Symonds’ first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-125596
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A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree.

Dickens, Charles

A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree.

London : St. Lukes Hospital, 1860.

First edition, first issue of Charles Dickens’ article on Saint Luke’s Hospital “for the gratuitous treatment of the insane poor.” Octavo, loosely bound in wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off box. Rare.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-96189
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Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.

London 1860.

Autograph letter signed by great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. One page, dated Friday 20th July, 1860, on bifolium of Gad’s Hill Place stationery, and addressed to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. Boldly signed by Dickens with his usual flourish. The letter reads in full, “When you dined at Tavistock House, you mentioned a school at BrightonContinue reading "Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148395
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The Mill On The Floss.

Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition, first issue of Eliot’s most deeply autobiographical work with no inserted preliminary advertisement leaf in volume I and with the seventh edition of Adam Bede cited in the 16 pages of undated advertisements at rear of volume III. Octavo, three volumes in the publisher’s original terra cotta cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind,Continue reading "The Mill On The Floss."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146315
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The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1860.

First edition, first issue, with 16-page catalog dated March, 1860 inserted at rear of Volume one of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. BAL 7621.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-119422
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The Mill On The Floss.

Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition, first issue of Eliot’s classic work without the advertisement leaf to volume I and with the seventh edition of Adam Bede cited in the advertisements at rear of volume III. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter crushed dark green morocco by Sotheran & Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spineContinue reading "The Mill On The Floss."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-140537
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The Mill On The Floss.

Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition of Eliot’s most deeply autobiographical work. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf by H. Sotheran & Co. with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels letter in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins and inner dentelles,Continue reading "The Mill On The Floss."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-147792
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Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. [Fore-edge Painting].

Moore, Thomas

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860.

Finely bound example of Moore’s famous romance. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling and gilt scroll borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. In good condition. Ownership inscription.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-138643
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Great Expectations.

Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition, first impression of Dickens’ rarest novel. Octavo, three volumes bound in full royal blue crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery 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 wide gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun,Continue reading "Great Expectations."

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$45,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142357
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.

Eliot, George

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.

First edition of this classic work in Carter’s binding “A”, which is the preferred and much more elaborate, with Blackwood and Carlyle ads at the rear (which only appear in some copies). Octavo, original orange cloth. In near fine condition.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4399
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.

Eliot, George

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.

First edition of Eliot’s third novel, widley praised as her greatest in the preferred Carter’s binding “A.” Octavo, original embossed russet cloth (Carter’s binding “A”) with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, recased, pale yellow endpapers, Blackwood and Carlyle advertisements at rear which only appear in some copies. In very good condition. A niceContinue reading "Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146538
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My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”

Gaskell, Elizabeth. [Mrs. Gaskell]

My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”

London : Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1861.

First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-125281
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The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to that Which is to Come.

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 six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, radiant cornerpieces and central morocco onlay ofContinue reading "The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to that Which is to Come."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-139796
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The Uncommercial Traveller.

Dickens, Charles

The Uncommercial Traveller.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ classic collection of personal vignettes. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Tout, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, all edges gilt. In near fineContinue reading "The Uncommercial Traveller."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-135109
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Great Expectations.

Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1861.

First edition, second impression of Dickens’ rarest book, one of only 750 copies. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbledContinue reading "Great Expectations."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149547
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Les Miserables.

Hugo, Victor

Les Miserables.

New York : Carleton, Publisher, 1862.

First American edition and first edition in English of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, five volumes complete in one volume. Translated by Charles E. Wilbour. In near condition, previous owners names. Uncommon in this condition.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140083
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed.

1862.

Autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The letter reads, “Concord (Concord has been crossed out and replaced with Parker House, Boston) Dec 24 1862 Dear Sir, I shall take lodgings at the Delavan House on Friday p.m. Respectfully R.W. Emerson, Mr. Burlingame. P.S. I mean to take the train which leaves Boston at 8:30Continue reading "Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151902
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The Literature of Society.

Wharton, Grace

The Literature of Society.

London : Tinsley Brothers, 1862.

First edition of this collection of observations on the literature of European historical figures. Octavo, two volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and wide tripleContinue reading "The Literature of Society."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-145231
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