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The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.

Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner

The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1878.

Early printing of Twain and Dudley’s satirical work on greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America which has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled,Continue reading "The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-127448
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Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1878.

Finely bound set of Moliere. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in full red morocco, illustrated with plates, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Edited by Adolphe Regnier. With the slipcovers in marbled paper. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-104673
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Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches by Mark Twain.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches by Mark Twain.

New York : Slote, Woodman & Co., 1878.

First edition, second issue of Twain’s collection of short stories with the author’s name in facsimile autograph, undecorated cream end-papers, and second state scrap book illustration to the rear paste down. BAL 3378. Small octavo, original green cloth stamped in black with gilt titles to the spine. From the library of William Safire with hisContinue reading "Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches by Mark Twain."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-127364
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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1878.

Finely bound new edition of the historical essays of Macaulay. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind,Continue reading "Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-138519
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Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

London : George Bell and Sons, 1878.

Finely bound set of Chaucer’s poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In nearContinue reading "Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer."

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-90435
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English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.

James, Henry

English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.

London : Macmillan an Co, 1879.

First British edition of James’ classic biographical study of his great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne. Octavo, original scarlet cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing. Edited by John Morley.    

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-81054
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly.

New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879.

Early edition of Stowe’s enormously influential work, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with advertisements to the versos of the front and rear panels. In good condition with toning and chipping. Rare.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-148642
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Dramatic Idyls.

Browning, Robert

Dramatic Idyls.

London : Smith, Elder, & Co, 1879 & 1880.

First edition of this classic work by Robert Browning exploring dramatic monologue and narrative poetry, inscribed by Browning in each volume. Octodecimo, two volumes, bound in full levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands, triple gilt ruling to boards, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, doubluresContinue reading "Dramatic Idyls."

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$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-147760
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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

Carroll, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.

London : MacMillan and Co, 1879.

Early edition with sixty-second thousand stated on the title page of this classic work, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Edith Mary Alice Berkeley from the Author, May 15/80.” Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, publisher’s cloth s, all edges gilt, housed in a modern scarlet morocco slipcaseContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142979
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse.

Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse.

London : Bernard Quaritch, 1879.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full green crushed morocco with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt borders with red inlay flowers to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149925
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A Tramp Abroad.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, inscribed by him to his secretary. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’, engravedContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

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$45,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151014
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A Tramp Abroad.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn. : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, early issue with the portrait in BAL state B (no priority), frontispiece in the first state (captioned “Moses”), state A of the text block (no priority), and the cover stamping in state A. Octavo. 631, [1, ad] pages. Octavo,Continue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-144227
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].

Goldsmith, Oliver

The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Bickers and Son, 1880.

Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a fore-edge painting of Squire Thornhill visiting the Primrose family, illustrated. InContinue reading "The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting]."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-138744
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The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters.

James, Henry

The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters.

New York : Harpers & Brothers, Publishers, 1880.

First Harper’s Half-Hour Series edition of this duo of James novellas. 12mo, original wrappers as issued. In good condition.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-81095
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The Mudfog Papers, Etc.

Dickens, Charles

The Mudfog Papers, Etc.

London : Richard Bentley And Son, 1880.

First edition of Charles Dickens’ anthology about a parody of a fictional society. Octodecimo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, detailing stamped in black and gilt to the spine, front, and rear panel. In very good condition, bookplate.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-147623
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A Tramp Abroad.

Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition of Twain’s humorous and semi-autobiographical work of travel literature with the frontispiece captioned “Titian’s Moses” opposite the portrait of Twain. BAL 3386. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Stikeman and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edgesContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-150844
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A Tramp Abroad.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn. : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition, first state of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’ with the first state frontispieceContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-136080
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Leaves of Grass.

Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1881-82.

The “suppressed Boston edition” (seventh edition overall) of the most important volume in American poetry, one of 1,010 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher’s mustard cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded engraved portrait of the author by Hollyer after the daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison opposite page 29. BAL 21418.Continue reading "Leaves of Grass."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-139829
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The Portrait of a Lady.

James, Henry

The Portrait of a Lady.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1881.

First edition, first issue, one of only 750 copies of the last and most accomplished work of fiction during James’ apprentice years. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters morrocco over marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt. In very good condition, bookplates to the front pastedown. Rare.

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148186
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The Portrait of a Lady.

James, Henry

The Portrait of a Lady.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1881.

First edition, first issue, one of only 750 copies of the last and most accomplished work of fiction during James’ apprentice years. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. In near fine condition with volume one rebacked with original spine laid down. Housed in a custom half clamshell and chemises box. Rare and desirable, especially in thisContinue reading "The Portrait of a Lady."

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$40,000.00
Item Number: RRB-128496
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The Works of Anthony Trollope.

Trollope, Anthony

The Works of Anthony Trollope.

London : Ward, Lock & Co, 1881.

The New Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope. Octavo, 28 volumes bound into 14 in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red and brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-110205
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The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale of Young People of All Ages.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale of Young People of All Ages.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881.

First Tauchnitz edition of Twain’s first attempt at historical fiction, first published in Canada in 1881. 12mo, 2 volumes bound into one in half cloth over marbled boards. From the library of American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. HeContinue reading "The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale of Young People of All Ages."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-135741
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Eugene Onéguine. A Romance of Russian Life. In Verse (Eugene Onegin).

Pushkin, Alexander

Eugene Onéguine. A Romance of Russian Life. In Verse (Eugene Onegin).

London : Macmillan, 1881.

First edition in English of Pushkin’s masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a cornerstone of Russian literature. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling to the front panel. Translated by Lieutenant-Colonel Spalding. In near condition with a touch of rubbing. First editions are scarce.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-75078
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The Prince and the Pauper.

Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The Prince and the Pauper.

James R. Osgood and Company : New York, 1882.

First edition, early state of this classic work. BAL 3402. Johnson p. 39-41. Octavo, original publisher’s green pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, with one hundred and ninety-two illustrations. In good condition.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-140372
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