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Schneider, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.

First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider.” From the library of Ruth BaderContinue reading "Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147156

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Oates, Joyce Carol [Annie Dillard]

Them.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1969.

First edition of the third in Oates’ Wonderland Quartet and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Annie – with best wishes – Joyce Carol Oates 7 Sept. 2022.” The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose,Continue reading "Them."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146934

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Churchill, Winston S

Marlborough: His Life and Times.

London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933-38.

First editions of Churchill’s magisterial biography of his notable ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. Boldly signed and dated by Winston Churchill in the year of publication on the front free endpaper ofContinue reading "Marlborough: His Life and Times."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144235

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Copland, Robert [Translator] Wynkyn de Worde; Robert Hoe

The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan.

The City of New York : The Grolier Club, 1901.

Limited edition of the Grolier Club’s beautiful and literal facsimile reprint of Robert Hoe’s unique copy of the 1512 edition of the classic medieval tale. Octavo, original publisher’s full pigskin elaborately stamped in blind with the devices of Caxton and De Worde to the front and rear panels, brass clasps, illustrated, title page in blackContinue reading "The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147203

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Rigaud, John Francis. [Leonardo Da Vinci]

A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Faithfully Translated from the Original Italian, and Now First Digested Under Proper Heads.

London : Printed for J. Taylor, 1802.

First edition thus of English painter and Royal Academician John Francis Rigaud’s English translation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting, compiled from manuscripts written during his lifetime, but only first published in Italian in 1651. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustratedContinue reading "A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Faithfully Translated from the Original Italian, and Now First Digested Under Proper Heads."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147281

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Waugh, Evelyn

Brideshead Revisited.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1945.

First edition of Waugh’s masterpiece. 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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author,Continue reading "Brideshead Revisited."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147460

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Buck, Pearl S

The Good Earth.

New York : The John Day Company, 1931.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17. 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 dentellesContinue reading "The Good Earth."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147462

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Wouk, Herman

The Caine Mutiny.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.

First edition of Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. 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. Boldly signed by HermanContinue reading "The Caine Mutiny."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147484

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Van der Hooght, Everardo

Biblia Hebraica, Secundum Ultimam Editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johanne Leusden, Denuo Recognitum, Recensita Variisque Notis Latinis Illustrata, ab Everardo Van Der Hooght. Editio Prima Americana, Sine Punctis Masorethicis.

Philadelphia : Printed by William Fry for Thomas Dobson, 1814.

Very rare first edition of the first Hebrew Bible published in America. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, including half-titles and front and rear blanks, as well as scarce publisher’s notice in volume one (not found in all examples); Van der Hooght’s four leaf Preface bound in at front of second volume, moroccoContinue reading "Biblia Hebraica, Secundum Ultimam Editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johanne Leusden, Denuo Recognitum, Recensita Variisque Notis Latinis Illustrata, ab Everardo Van Der Hooght. Editio Prima Americana, Sine Punctis Masorethicis."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147438

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Bronte, Charlotte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte. Edited by Temple Scott

Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The Professor; Jane Eyre; Villette; Shirley; Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Agnes Grey; Wuthering Heights].

Edinburgh : John Grant, 1905.

The Thornton edition of the novels of the Sisters Bronte. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume. Edited by Temple Scott. A veryContinue reading "Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The Professor; Jane Eyre; Villette; Shirley; Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Agnes Grey; Wuthering Heights]."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147601

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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Deborah L. Rhode's Speaking of Sex; Inscribed by Rhode to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rhode, Deborah L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997.

First edition of this analysis of sex and gender-based inequality in the United States. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues – and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect, Deborah.” From the library ofContinue reading "Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147158

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Defoe, Daniel

The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe.

Oxford : Printed by D.A. Talboys, for Thomas Tegg, 1840-41.

The Talboys edition of the complete works of Daniel Defoe. Octodecimo, twenty volumes bound in red half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, information slip tipped in to Vol. I, engraved frontispiece portrait to Vol. II. In fine condition.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147162

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Burns, Robert; Introduction by John Buchan

The Complete Writings of Robert Burns.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.

The Large-Paper edition of the complete works of Robert Burns. Royal octavo, ten volumes bound in three quarter contemporary dark blue crushed morocco by the Riverside Press with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings, some in color,Continue reading "The Complete Writings of Robert Burns."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147505

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Kammen, Michael [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Early printing of this analysis of the United States’ relationship with its constitution. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece of ‘Washington Giving the Laws to America’ by J. P. Elven, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “March, 1987, To Judge Ginsburg, From the “boys in the back room” – Jay, Mark, & David.”Continue reading "A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147157

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Vesalius, Andreas; Illustrated by Jan Stephan van Calcar

Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae.

New York and Munich : Printed by the Bremer Presse for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich, 1934.

The Bremer Press edition and final edition of the Fabrica and Epitome, printed from the original Vesalian woodblocks which were subsequently destroyed in the bombing of Munich in 1943. Folio, original publisher’s half pigskin over cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, illustrated with two woodcut title-pages by Jos. Lehnacker, leaf with woodcut portraitContinue reading "Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147205

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Grant, Ulysses S; James G. Blaine; P.H. Sheridan; George B. McClellan; Elizabeth B. Custer

The Great War Library “Shoulder Strap” Set of Civil War Memoirs Including: Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, McClellan’s Own Story, and Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1891.

Rare Shoulder Strap set of five Civil War histories printed by Twain’s publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation. Octavo, eight volumes bound in full tan sheep skin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, red and black spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Great War Library “Shoulder Strap” Set of Civil War Memoirs Including: Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, McClellan’s Own Story, and Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147086

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Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London : Richard Bentley, 1838.

First editions of Dickens’s classic second novel. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, mixed issue with “Boz” on title and the “Church” plate in place ofContinue reading "Oliver Twist."

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146153

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, first issue with the six line colophon on the last page of the author’s classic work. 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 theContinue reading "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147116

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White, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams

Stuart Little.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1945.

First edition, first printing, with code “I-U” on copyright page of the author’s classic work. 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, marbledContinue reading "Stuart Little."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147118

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Naipaul, V.S

A Turn in the South.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1989.

Signed limited first edition of captivating travelogue of the American South, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, giltContinue reading "A Turn in the South."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-147061

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Tyler, Anne

Breathing Lessons.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this Pulitzer prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration toContinue reading "Breathing Lessons."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-147060

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Beveridge, Albert J. [Abraham Lincoln]

Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

Limited manuscript edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo, four volumes bound in the publisher’s cherry-red three-quarter crushed morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, red silk ribbons tipped in, tissue-guardedContinue reading "Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146970

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Introduction and Notes by T. Ashe

The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

London : George Bell and Sons, 1885.

The Aldine edition of Coleridge’s poetical works, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Duodecimo, two volumes bound in three quarter calf over gilt boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispieces, head-pieces, and initials. In very good condition.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-146831

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Fitzgerald, Edward; Introduction by A. C. Benson; Illustrated by E. Geddes

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London : Siegle, Hill & Co, c. 1919.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Quarto, bound in full deerskin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt borders and blind stamping toContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-146936

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