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Browse rare first edition classics in American, English, world literature, poetry, and plays. View our entire collection of rare literature below, search our inventory with advanced search, or use our sorting tools to find exactly what you’re looking for. Please call with any questions you may have on a specific item or order online today.

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The Vicar of Bullhampton.

Trollope, Anthony

The Vicar of Bullhampton.

London : Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870.

First edition in book form of Anthony Trollope’s controversial novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers, with thirty-five illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece by H. WoodsContinue reading "The Vicar of Bullhampton."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-112316

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The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches.

Harte, Francis Bret

The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches.

Boston : Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1870.

First edition, first issue of Harte’s seminal California work without the story “Brown of Calaveras.” BAL 7246. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-139515

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of dickens and additional engraved title, 12 wood-engraved plates. In near fineContinue reading "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."

$925.00

Item Number: RRB-131055

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Wake-Robin.

Burroughs, John

Wake-Robin.

New York : Published by Hurd and Houghton at the Riverside Press, 1871.

First edition of the author’s first commercially published book in BAL’s binding A; the most elaborate of the three variant first edition bindings, of which there is no known priority. BAL 2135. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition withContinue reading "Wake-Robin."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-139475

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Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides.

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 stamped in black to the front and rear panels. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Mrs. Procter — with RB’s affectionate regards.” The recipient wasContinue reading "Balaustion’s Adventure: Including a Transcript From Euripides."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147688

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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.

Yule, Colonel Henry

The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.

London : John Murray, 1871.

First edition of Yule’s important work which correlated Polo’s travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling and vignettes to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with maps and engravedContinue reading "The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-111068

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Ralph the Heir.

Trollope, Anthony

Ralph the Heir.

London : Strahan & Co. Publishers, 1871.

First illustrated edition of Trollope’s account of a corrupt Parliamentary election, based on his own experiences as a candidate. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, wood-engraved illustrations by F.B. Fraser.Continue reading "Ralph the Heir."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-110321

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Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne.

Trollope, Anthony

Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne.

London : Smith, Elder & Co.; Longmans, Green and Co.; Chapman and Hall, 1872-1873.

Finely bound collection of a selection of Trollope’s works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In very good condition.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-110674

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Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [Miss Mackenzie, Rachel Ray, Castle Richmond, The Eustace Diamonds, The Kellys and the O’Kellys, The Macdermots of Ballcloran, Tales of All Countries, and Ralph The Heir.

Trollope, Anothony

Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [Miss Mackenzie, Rachel Ray, Castle Richmond, The Eustace Diamonds, The Kellys and the O’Kellys, The Macdermots of Ballcloran, Tales of All Countries, and Ralph The Heir.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1872-1875.

Finely bound collection of the selected works of Trollope. Octavo, eight volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. In very good condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-110324

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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

Carroll, Lewis. [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

London : MacMillan and Co, 1872.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard present. With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-130522

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Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [The Bertrams, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Mary Gresley and An Editor’s Tales].

Trollope, Anthony

Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [The Bertrams, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Mary Gresley and An Editor’s Tales].

London : Chapman and Hall, 1872.

Finely bound collection of a selection of three of Trollope’s best-known works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-110524

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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Carroll, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

London : MacMillan and Co, 1872.

Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped in to rear of each volume. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an early printing. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found ThereContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130848

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Roughing It.

Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Roughing It.

Hartford, Connecticut : American Publishing Company, 1872.

First edition, mixed state of Twain’s first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad, lacking the word ‘he’ on page 242 but with the advert present on page 592 (BAL 3337). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raisedContinue reading "Roughing It."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-127994

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The Works of Charles Dickens and The Life of Charles Dickens.

Dickens, Charles; John Forster

The Works of Charles Dickens and The Life of Charles Dickens.

London : Chapman and Hall and Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1873-1876.

Finely bound set of the works of Charles Dickens, uniformly bound with John Forster’s definitive biography of Dickens. Octavo, 30 volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous etchedContinue reading "The Works of Charles Dickens and The Life of Charles Dickens."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143537

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A Tour of the World in 80 Days. [Around the World in 80 Days].

Verne, Jules

A Tour of the World in 80 Days. [Around the World in 80 Days].

Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1873.

Rare first American edition of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, bound in green cloth, pictorially decorated in gilt and blind, dark blue endpapers, edges stained red, two color title page. Tissue guarded frontispiece and introduction by Adrien Marx. Taves & Michaluk V011; Myers 54. Christmas 1911 inscription on recto of frontispiece from uncle to nephew;Continue reading "A Tour of the World in 80 Days. [Around the World in 80 Days]."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150041

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The Gilded Age: A Novel.

Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Gilded Age: A Novel.

London : George Routledge and Sons, 1874.

First English edition of the rarest of Mark Twain’s works: the only novel he wrote with a collaborator and the book that gave the era its name in history. Octavo, three volumes, original publishers green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. The only multi-volume work Clemens produced, except for the two-volume Tramp Abroad (London,Continue reading "The Gilded Age: A Novel."

$65,000.00

Item Number: RRB-133018

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Roughing It.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Roughing It.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1874.

Early printing of Twain’s first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, fully illustrated by eminent artists with wood engravings throughout. Association copy, inscribed by Mark Twain on the fly-leaf, “For Mrs. P. T. Barnum with kindest wishesContinue reading "Roughing It."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-133025

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Herder’s Ausgewahlte Dichtungen.

Herder, Johann Gottfried

Herder’s Ausgewahlte Dichtungen.

Stuttgart : J. G. Gotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1874.

Rare 19th century printing of Herder’s selected poems. Small octavo, original cloth. Text in German. In good condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-128406

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For Virginians Only: What I Did With My Fifty Millions.

Bagby, George W. [Moses Adams]

For Virginians Only: What I Did With My Fifty Millions.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1874.

Rare first edition of this satirical novel from popular Virginia physician, essayist, and author George W. Bagby. Sextodecimo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Toning to the wrappers with rubbing to the extremities, small losses to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper, losses to the spine. Ownership signature and annotation to the frontContinue reading "For Virginians Only: What I Did With My Fifty Millions."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147740

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The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds.

Verne, Jules

The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds.

London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875.

First edition in English in book form of the first volume of Verne’s Mysterious Island trilogy, preceding the Scribner Armstrong’s first American edition. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by Verne and dated the year he published “Two Years’ Vacation” his SouthContinue reading "The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds."

$12,900.00

Item Number: RRB-125618

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Poe, Edgar Allan

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1875-1881.

Finely bound edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece to Vols. I and II, illustrated with etchings and headpieces in each volume, foldingContinue reading "The Works of Edgar Allan Poe."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147262

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The Dramatic Works of Moliere.

Moliere. [Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste]

The Dramatic Works of Moliere.

Edinburgh : William Paterson, 1875-1876.

Finely bound example of Henri Van Laun’s important translation of Moliere’s complete dramatic works. Quarto, 6 volumes, bound in full straight-grain royal blue morocco, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling and miniature fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Dramatic Works of Moliere."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130194

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The Mysterious Island: Abandoned.

Verne, Jules

The Mysterious Island: Abandoned.

New York : Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1875.

First American edition of the second installment in Verne’s Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-129044

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The Mysterious Island Trilogy: Dropped From the Clouds, Abandoned, and The Secret of the Island.

Verne, Jules

The Mysterious Island Trilogy: Dropped From the Clouds, Abandoned, and The Secret of the Island.

New York : Scribner, Armstrong, & Co, 1875-1876.

First editions in English of each volume in Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, three volumes in the original publisher’s pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispieces. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. Each volume is in very good condition. A sharp set.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146148

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