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Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

The Works of Alexandre Dumas, Including: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1893-98.

Rare limited edition of the works of Dumas, one of only 50 copies of the Illustrated Library Edition of the complete works of Alexandre Dumas. Octavo, 60 volumes bound in three quarter blue morocco by Bumpus over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, topContinue reading "The Works of Alexandre Dumas, Including: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150854

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Cooke, John Esten

Wearing of the Gray; Being Personal Portraits, Scenes and Adventures of the War.

Augusta, Georgia : Southern Publishing Company, 1870.

First edition of this collection of experiences during the Civil War. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in four compartments within gilt bands, morocco spine label, all edges marbled, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white plates. In near fine condition with toning throughout.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150356

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West, Stephen [Jonathan Edwards]

An Essay on Moral Agency: Containing Remarks on a Late Anonymous Publication, Entitled, An Examination of the Late President Edward’s Inquiry on Freedom of Will.

Salem : Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, 1794.

Second edition of this work defending Jonathan Edwards treatise Freedom of the Will. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-150346

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Byrd, Richard E

Alone.

New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1938.

First edition, early printing of Byrd’s account of his harrowing 1933 Antarctic expedition. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, decorations by Richard E. Harrison. Boldly signed by Richard Byrd. In very good condition, removal of bookplate toContinue reading "Alone."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150823

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Thackeray, William Makepeace

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero.

London : Bradbury and Evans, 1848.

First edition, first issue of Thackeray’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full green morocco elaborately bound by Bayntun in Cosway-style with a portrait of Thackeray inset on the front cover, elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, inner dentelles, raised bands, green ribbon marker, green silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt.Continue reading "Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150809

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1903.

Clothbound edition of Stowe’s enormously influential work, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with titles and floral tooling stamped in red, pictorial paper onlay to the front panel, with two pages of Grosset & Dunlap advertisements to the rear. In near fine condition, inscription to the front freeContinue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-150195

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

London : George Newnes, Limited, 1892-1894.

First editions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic stories starring literature’s most famous detective, with an autographed letter. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue and dark blue cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. First issues, the first title with the street scene vignette with no text on the street signContinue reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150807

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892.

First edition, later printings of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. InContinue reading "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150146

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Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece, withContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."

$5,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150190

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Roosevelt’s stories of sport hunting on the Northern Cattle Plains. Octavo, bound in three quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbonContinue reading "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150177

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Bond, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum

A Bear Called Paddington.

London : Collins, 1958.

First edition of the first book in the Paddington series. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. SignedContinue reading "A Bear Called Paddington."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150170

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Adams, John Quincy

Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States, Before Them, In the House of Representatives at Washington on the 31st December, 1834.

Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835.

First edition of John Quincy Adams’ biography of military hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Octavo, bound in full contemporary red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by John Quincy Adams on the tipped in presentation leaf, “Patrick H. Pope from John Quincy Adams.” The recipient, Patrick Hamilton Pope wasContinue reading "Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States, Before Them, In the House of Representatives at Washington on the 31st December, 1834."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146693

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Boswell, James

The Life of Johnson.

London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry, 1791.

First edition, first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language, which was published on May 16, 1791 in a print run of only 1,750 copies. Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson, engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua ReynoldsContinue reading "The Life of Johnson."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-124524

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Strickland, Agnes [Queen Victoria; Queen Elizabeth]

Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest…Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen.

London : Colburn & Co., Publishers, 1851-1852.

Exceptionally bound set of Strickland’s monumental history of the Queens of England. Octavo, 8 volumes exquisitely bound in full Oxford blue morocco with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling with red and white onlays to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling and emblematic corner ornaments to the front andContinue reading "Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest…Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149984

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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field]

Forrest Gump.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rearContinue reading "Forrest Gump."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150933

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Ovid

Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands.

Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

First English edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses with Picart’s illustrations. Folio, two volumes in one, bound in full in early mottled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, engraved title vignette. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece, 130Continue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Latin and English Translated by the Most Eminent Hands."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149005

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Jones, James Athearn

Traditions of the North American Indians: Being a Second and Revised Edition of ‘Tales of an Indian Camp’.

London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.

The second and best edition of this firsthand account of Native American traditions and folklore. Duodecimo, three volumes bound in contemporary three quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, beautifully etched frontispieces by W. H. Brooke in each volume, illustrated withContinue reading "Traditions of the North American Indians: Being a Second and Revised Edition of ‘Tales of an Indian Camp’."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146705

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[Pewtress, Percy L.]

An Address To Percy L. Pewtress Esq. Organist at Lee Chapel 1883 – 1922.

London : From the Congregation, April 1922.

Rare 20th century elaborately illuminated address to Percy L. Pewtress Esq. organist at Lee Chapel 1883 – 1922. Octavo, bound in full green morocco by G. E. Strong, Lee, S.E. with gilt fleur-de-lis and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central lozenge with monogram “P.L.P.” to the front panel surrounded byContinue reading "An Address To Percy L. Pewtress Esq. Organist at Lee Chapel 1883 – 1922."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149926

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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."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149925

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.

London : Printed for J. Bew, 1783.

Rare first edition in English of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, 2 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calfskin over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels. In very good condition, signatures to the front pastedowns.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149924

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