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Carlyle, Jane Welsh; Thomas Carlyle; David G. Ritchie [Editor]

Early Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle Together with a Few of Later Years and Some of Thomas Carlyle.

London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1889.

First edition of this collection of letters reflecting Victorian life. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, and tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Clipped newspaper article regarding Edinburgh University acquiring the collection of forty originalContinue reading "Early Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle Together with a Few of Later Years and Some of Thomas Carlyle."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149134

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Knopf, Alfred A. [Blanche W. Knopf]

The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.

First edition of this commemorative volume that showcases the publishing house’s first decade. Octavo, publisher’s original cream half-cloth over marbled boards, Borzoi Books logo with Russian Wolfhound endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with portraits of Alfred A. Knopf, Blanche W. Knopf, and of the contributing authors. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alfred A. Knopf, Blanche W.Continue reading "The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-149169

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Sassoon, Siegfried

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1930.

First edition of the second volume in Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-149131

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Davis, Angela Y; John Abt; Franklin Alexander; Kendra Alexander; Bettina Aptheker; James Baldwin; Margaret Burnham; Robert Chrisman; John Clutchette; Fleeta Drumgo; Ericka Huggins; Robert Kaufman; George Jackson; Fania Davis Jordan; Ruchell Magee; Howard Moore Jr; Huey P. Newton; Eve Pell; Bobby Seale; The Soledad Brothers; Foreward by Julian Bond

If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance.

New York : The Third Press, 1971.

First edition of this bold collection of essays written by victims of political imprisonment. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Angela Davis on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Kohn Isaac. Author photograph by Stephen Shames.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150499

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Churchill, Winston S

Marlborough: His Life and Times.

London : George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-36.

Rare original publisher’s advance proofs of the first edition of the first three volumes of Churchill’s important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 3 volumes, original wrappers, illustrated with, maps, plans, plates and document facsimiles. In very good condition with Vol. II in a good dust jacket, possibly aContinue reading "Marlborough: His Life and Times."

$2,400.00

Item Number: RRB-145482

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London : Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition in the rare original cloth of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes, original pink cloth with floral design stamped in blind, gilt titles and detailing of a clown to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi, with 11 illustrations by George Cruikshank. Mixed state withContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149060

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Miles, General Nelson A

Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles: Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War or From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire.

Chicago : The Werner Company, 1896.

Publisher’s deluxe first edition of this autobiography of a great military general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, bound in full crushed morocco with gilt titles to the front panel, images of a cannon and trumpet stamped in blind, all edges gilt, gilt patterned floral endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of General Nelson A.Continue reading "Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles: Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War or From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-145738

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Fergusson, Alexander

The Laird of Lag: A Life-Sketch.

Edinburgh : Printed for David Douglas, 1886.

First edition of this biographical study of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag. Octavo, original publisher’s navy blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, horseshoe stamped in gilt to the front panel, top edge gilt, title page vignette, with black and white illustrations. In good condition. Ownership stamp to the verso of the front freeContinue reading "The Laird of Lag: A Life-Sketch."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-149108

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Marshman, Joshua [Confucius]

The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, With a Translation. [The Analects of Confucius].

Serampore : Printed at the Mission Press, 1809.

First English translation of the Analects of Confucius printed at Serampore, the first major center of English printing in Chinese. Quarto, Vol. I [all published], bound in modern half calf, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, half-title, 4pp. errata, Chinese and English text, without theContinue reading "The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, With a Translation. [The Analects of Confucius]."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149588

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Mansfield, J. Carroll [William T. Sherman]

Kit Carson.

Cleveland, Ohio : The World Syndicate Publishing Co, 1933.

First edition of this biographical history of a frontier legend in pictures; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Oblong 48mo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with depictions of the life of Kit Carson on each page. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate tipped in. In very good condition with toning and some splitting to the exterior hinge.Continue reading "Kit Carson."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145972

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston and Cleveland : John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition, first issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, striped endpapers, illustrated with title vignettes and sixContinue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148986

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition, first printing of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, with the frontispiece in the first state and misprints (p. 37, line 7 up, “fee” for “feel,” p. 46, line 11, “2oo” for “200,” p. 414, line 9 up, “spirting” for “spurting,” p. 465, line 4, “stuck”Continue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-149768

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Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]; edited by Clara Svendsen

Isak Dinesen: A Memorial.

New York : Random House, 1965.

First edition of this tribute to the life of the brilliant Danish writer Karen Blixen, a collection of essays from her friends compiled by her secretary and companion Clara Svendsen. Octavo, original black cloth, green endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate to the front free endpaper of “Glenway Wescott” with aContinue reading "Isak Dinesen: A Memorial."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-145708

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A Personal Record.

Conrad, Joseph

A Personal Record.

London : J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1919.

First British edition, early printing of this autobiographical work of Joseph Conrad with first edition ‘Author’s Note’. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147551

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What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

Crick, Francis

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery.

New York : Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1988.

First edition of Crick’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Francis Crick in the year of publication to his personal assistant on the front free endpaper, “For Maria with grateful thanks for all her efforts love Francis.” The recipient was also thanked in the acknowledgements on page xiii, “Finally, my warmest thanksContinue reading "What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148918

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Old leather-bound books with handwritten letter.

Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William Tecumseh Sherman]

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. [U.S.] Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.

Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War, entirely singular, owned and annotated by Grant’s close friend and most esteemed general: William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in theContinue reading "General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. [U.S.] Grant."

$200,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145720

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Old leather-bound books with handwritten letter.

Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William Tecumseh Sherman]

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.

Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War, entirely singular, owned and annotated by Grant’s close friend and most esteemed general: William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in theContinue reading "General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."

$200,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145720

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The North Pole.

Peary, Robert E. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

The North Pole.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.

First British edition of Peary’s illustrated account of his journey to the North Pole. Thick quarto, original cloth with a polar bear and gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and disk to the front panel, double ruling to the front panel stamped in white, a polar bear in white to the rear panel, tissue-guardedContinue reading "The North Pole."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148931

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Farthest North

Nansen, Fridtjof

“Farthest North” Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram.

Westminster : Archibald Constable and Company, 1897.

First English editions of this “remarkable achievement in Polar exploration” (PMM). Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s pictorial green cloth over boards, front panels blocked in gilt with a design of the Fram to volume one and with design of dogs, sledge and driver to volume two, gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded etched portrait frontispieceContinue reading "“Farthest North” Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-148923

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The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul

Crick, Francis

The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.

First edition, first printing of this “well-constructed and comprehensive overview of visual neuroscience” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Francis Crick in the year of publication to his personal assistant on the front free endpaper, “For Maria with many thanks for all the hard, tedious work you did on it.Continue reading "The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148919

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The Greville Memoirs

Greville, Charles C.F

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1874-1887.

First editions of these journals offering a candid insider’s account of British political and court life. Octavo, eight volumes, bound in three quarters morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. TheContinue reading "The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148894

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First on the Antarctic Continent

Borchgrevink, Carsten E

First on the Antarctic Continent: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900.

London : George Newnes, Limited, 1901.

First edition of Borchgrevink’s detailed account of the first expedition to establish a base on the main body of the continent. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and explorer to the spine, gilt titles to the front panel with ship vignette in gilt and silver, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photogravure portrait frontispiece, 32Continue reading "First on the Antarctic Continent: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148927

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Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

Weegee

Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

New York : Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.

First edition of the famed photographer’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jerry Weegee, Words greatest photographer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150391

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Party of One

Grant, James

John Adams: Party of One.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

First edition of this acclaimed biography of the second president of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, with black and white illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Kenyon, my friend at the DTA, with warm regards James.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by AmyContinue reading "John Adams: Party of One."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148953

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