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Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.

Harte, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.

San Francisco : John Howell, 1927.

Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. From the library ofContinue reading "Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-127607

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Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.

Campbell, Donald

Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.

[1960].

Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, “To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell.” The recipient, Gwynn Mathews Williams, owned the Waterhead Filling Station on Lake Windermere, the largest natural lake in England where several water speed records were broken, from 1953 until theContinue reading "Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-131544

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Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.

Howitt, Margaret. [Fredrika Bremer]

Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.

London : Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 1866.

First edition of Howitt’s work on the twelve months she spent with close friend and writer Fredrika Bremer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, tipped in tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Bremer with an inscription from her to Howitt in facsimile. In very good condition. ScarceContinue reading "Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-124150

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The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and of Its Several Towns. Including the District of Mashpee.

Freeman, Frederick

The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and of Its Several Towns. Including the District of Mashpee.

Boston : Printed For the Author, 1858-1863.

First edition of the classic history of Cape Cod. Octavo, ten parts as issued bound into four volumes in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings. In near fine condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-130559

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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

London : Picador, 1997.

First Picador edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-130563

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Facing East.

Michener, James A. and Jack Levine

Facing East.

New York : Maecenas Press/Random House, 1970.

Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author, signed by James Michener and illustrator Jack Levine. Folio, original cloth. lithographs and woodcuts by Jack Levine enclosed in a silk covered clamshell box with a large belt-like closure on the front cover. Fine in a near fine slipcase.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-118821

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Whale Ships and Whaling.

Church, Albert Cook

Whale Ships and Whaling.

New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 1938.

First edition of Church’s work on the history of whaling. Octavo, bound in full gilt-decorated morocco, illustrated with numerous photographs of whaling operations at sea and whaleship plans, pictorial endpapers reproducing two facing pages from the logbook of whaler Royal William dated 1834. In fine condition.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-130850

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Buzz Aldrin Photograph Signed.

Aldrin, Buzz

Buzz Aldrin Photograph Signed.

1969.

Iconic photograph on canvas of Buzz Aldrin standing next to the United States flag planted atop the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Boldly signed “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI.” The entire piece measures 24 inches by 20 inches, stretched against a wood backing. In fine condition.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130943

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Scott’s Last Expedition.

Scott, Robert Falcon

Scott’s Last Expedition.

London : Smith, Elder & Co, 1913.

First edition of Scott’s diaries from his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with 18 color plates, eight folding maps (one color), and over 250 other illustrations and folding panoramas. In very good condition. AContinue reading "Scott’s Last Expedition."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129351

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The Colossus of Maroussi.

Miller, Henry

The Colossus of Maroussi.

New York : Colt Press, 1941.

True first edition of the author’s landmark travel book and frequently cited as one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Tania and Jimmy, from their good friend, Henry Miller, N.Y., 12/3/41.” The recipients were James and Tania Stern,Continue reading "The Colossus of Maroussi."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127544

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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.

West, Rebecca

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.

London : Macmillan, 1941.

First edition, second printing of Rebecca West’s masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “With all wishes to Kathleen Flint from Rebecca West- 1943.” Both volumes are in very good condition, recipient’s name to the front free endpaper. Scarce and desirable signed byContinue reading "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937."

$1,450.00

Item Number: RRB-129759

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A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night… [with] Supplemental Nights.

Burton, Richard F

A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night… [with] Supplemental Nights.

Benares : Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only, .

First Burton edition of The Arabian Nights. Octavo, 16 volumes, bound in three quarter red crushed morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition.

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119367

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The Esquire Culinary Companion: Being an Exotic Cookery Book Or, Around Europe with Knife, Fork, and Spoon.

Baker, Charles H

The Esquire Culinary Companion: Being an Exotic Cookery Book Or, Around Europe with Knife, Fork, and Spoon.

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1959.

First edition of Baker’s famed Esquire Culinary Companion. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Charles H. Baker Jr.” Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-127386

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Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons.

Durrell, Gerald

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1977.

First edition of this classic account. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-127563

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The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

Twain, Mark

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

Hartford : American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, third state of the author’s second book with “The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. From theContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127837

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Colton’s Map of Florida.

Colton, George Woolworth and Charles B

Colton’s Map of Florida.

New York : J. H. Colton, 1872.

Rare hand-colored lithographed pocket map of Florida with an inset of the Keys. One page, with hand-colored borders and counties, the map folds into the publisher’s original 16 mo. cloth binding with gilt titles to the front panel. In very good condition.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-127045

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Giuseppe de Rossi’s Globus Coelest. [Seventeenth Century Italian Celestial Globe].

Giuseppe de Rossi

Giuseppe de Rossi’s Globus Coelest. [Seventeenth Century Italian Celestial Globe].

Rome : Giuseppe de Rossi, [1615].

Rare early seventeenth century Italian celestial globe produced by Roman cartographer Giuseppe de Rossi, the founder the most important and active printing press of 17th century Rome, the Rossi firm. Laid horizontally and mounted on a turned mahogany stand, the celestial globe measures 8 inches in diameter and is comprised of 12 hand-colored engraved goresContinue reading "Giuseppe de Rossi’s Globus Coelest. [Seventeenth Century Italian Celestial Globe]."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127575

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Drew’s New Map of the State of Florida.

Bien, Julius. [Engraver]

Drew’s New Map of the State of Florida.

Jacksonville, Florida : Published by C. Drew, Bookseller & Stationer, 1870.

Rare original lithographic printing of the first map of the state Florida published in Florida. One page, with fine original hand colored borders and counties, showing the progress of the U.S. Surveys, the completed and projected railroads, the different railroad stations and growing railroad towns, the new towns on the rivers and interior and theContinue reading "Drew’s New Map of the State of Florida."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-126972

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An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.

Grosvenor, Charles

An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.

Pasadena : The Otterden Press, 1988.

Signed limited edition of Grosvenor’s catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-126800

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Our Lost Explorers: The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as Related by the Survivors, and in the Records and Last Journals of Lieutenant De Long.

Newcomb, Raymond Lee

Our Lost Explorers: The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as Related by the Survivors, and in the Records and Last Journals of Lieutenant De Long.

Hartford, Conn. : American Publishing Company, 1882.

First edition of Newcomb’s account of the Jeannette Arctic Exploration. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with maps, portraits, and numerous engravings. Introduction by Rev. W. L. Gage. In good condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-126900

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John Muir Periodical Collection.

Muir, John

John Muir Periodical Collection.

: Various Publishers, 1872-1977.

Rare collection of periodicals containing first and early appearances of articles by or about John Muir. Octavo, 20 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes: The Overland Monthly. Volume 9, No. 6, Number 43 [John H. Carmany & Co., San Francisco, December 1872] which contains Muir’s “Living Glaciers of California”; The Overland Monthly. Volume 13,Continue reading "John Muir Periodical Collection."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-126180

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Travels in Alaska.

Muir, John

Travels in Alaska.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in white, color illustrated paper cover label, top edge gilt. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-125110

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Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.

Roosevelt, Theodore

Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.

New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905.

First edition of Roosevelt’s important collection of first-hand hunting accounts, including a lengthy description of newly created wilderness reserves. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt with tissue guard present, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the second preliminary leaf,Continue reading "Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter."

$8,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125172

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Life-Histories of African Game Animals.

Roosevelt, Theodore and Edmund Heller

Life-Histories of African Game Animals.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.

First edition of Roosevelt’s final work on big-game hunting. Octavo, 2 volumes, original buckram cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieces, with illustrations from photographs and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin and with forty faunal maps. In very good condition. A nice example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125598

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