Fine Bindings and Sets

Van Allsburg, Chris [Tom Hanks]

The Polar Express.

Norwalk, CT : The Easton Press, 1985.

Signed limited edition of Van Allsburg’s lushly illustrated classic, enchanting tale of childlike wonder and hope, winner of the 1986 Caldecott Medal, basis for the 2004 animated film starring Tom Hanks in six distinct roles. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Chris Van Allsburg and Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks. In fineContinue reading "The Polar Express."

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$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150528

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Crichton, Michael [John Updike]

Jurassic Park.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1990.

Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller, gifted from Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike to his son. Octavo, original leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments in raised bands, triple gilt ruling and dinosaur designs to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silkContinue reading "Jurassic Park."

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$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149643

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Kipling, Rudyard

Poems 1886-1929.

New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.

Signed limited edition of the definitive collection of Kipling’s poetry. Quarto, three volumes, original japon-backed boards with red paper labels to spines lettered gilt, gilt motifs to front covers, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one of a “The Thousandth Man” in Kipling’s hand specially reproduced for this edition in facsimile. One of 525Continue reading "Poems 1886-1929."

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149539

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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, 1888-1891.

Limited large paper edition of the complete works of Alexander Dumas. Octavo, 40 volumes bound in three quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original red silk ribbon tipped in, frontispiece to most volumes, elegantly illustratedContinue 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."

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$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146760

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Catlin, George W

Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a Series of Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing.

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1851.

Finely bound edition of this classic detailed anthropological history. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with 360 black and white illustrationsContinue reading "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a Series of Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing."

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$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-149611

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Becher, H.C.R

A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey From Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back.

Toronto : Willing and Williamson, 1880.

First edition of this nineteenth-century travel narrative through Mexico. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, vignette of the Aztec calendar stamped in gilt to the front panel. Illustrated with 13 tissue-guarded mounted albumen photographs, a lithographed map, and a plate of hieroglyphics. In very good condition.

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-149600

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Berkeley, M.J

Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : H. Bailliere, 1857.

First edition of this pioneering study establishing foundational principles for modern mycology and cryptogamic botany. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, gilt turn-insContinue reading "Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. [Fore-Edge Painting]."

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-149471

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Reftelius, Johannes Martinus; Carl Linnaeus

Reformatio Botanices. [Reformation of Botany].

Uppsala : Uppsala University, December 18, 1762.

First edition of this academic dissertation presented under the supervision of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University, Sweden. Square octavo, written in Latin, bound in three quarters morocco over speckled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands. In near fine condition. Rare.

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$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149466

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Apcar, Amy

Melodies of the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: The Liturgy as Sung in Ordinary, During Lent, and on Festivals.

Leipzig : Printed by Breitkopf & Haertel, 1920.

Second and enlarged edition of these rich chant traditions of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Octavo, three volumes, written in English and Armenian, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt cross vignette to the front panels, musical stanzas throughout. Written down in modern notation by Amy Apcar. In very good condition.

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$975.00

Item Number: RRB-149490

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Gibbon, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

London : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1846.

Finely bound second edition set of Gibbon’s masterpiece. Quarto, 6 volumes bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red and brown morocco spine labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with numerous folding maps in each volume. In very good condition, antiquarianContinue reading "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."

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$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146461

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Tolstoi, Count Leon. [Leo Tolstoy]. Translated from the French by Clara Bell

War and Peace. A Historical Novel.

New York : William S. Gottsberger, Publisher, 1886.

First edition in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece, a pillar of world literature. Octavo, six volumes in the publisher’s original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, brown coated endpapers, with the cursive imprint in each part. Translated by Clara Bell. In near fine condition. Housed in two custom marbled slipcases. An exceptional set of Tolstoy’sContinue reading "War and Peace. A Historical Novel."

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$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149532

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[Armenian Bible]

Girkr Astuatsashunchʿi hin ew nor Ktakaranatsʿ. [The Books of the Old and New Testaments in Armenian].

Venice : Printed at the Mekhitarist Monastery of Saint Lazarus, 1860.

Later edition of the Bible in classical Armenian. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine, title page vignette. In good condition with rubbing to the spine and extremities. Translated from the original languages and carefully corrected.

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$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-149517

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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.

London : Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1948-1954.

First editions of each volume in Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth with spines lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, illustrated with in-line and folding maps and documents. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page of Vol. V, “Winston S. Churchill.” Each volume is near fine in a veryContinue reading "The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy."

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$17,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150572

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The Rivals; The Critic; The Duenna.

London : Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1797.

Finely bound editions of three of Sheridan’s most well known and popular comic plays. Duodecimo, three volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "The Rivals; The Critic; The Duenna."

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$350.00

Item Number: RRB-149481

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Davies, Valentine

Miracle On 34th. Street.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. 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. In fine condition. AnContinue reading "Miracle On 34th. Street."

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$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-143561

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Cain, Alfred E. [Martin Luther King Jr.] [Sammy Davis, Jr.]

The Winding Road to Freedom: A Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America.

Yonkers : Educational Heritage, Inc, 1965.

First edition of this comprehensive anthology that compiles historical documents, speeches, and firsthand accounts to trace the evolving struggle for African American freedom and equality. Quarto, original publisher’s orange cloth boards, with black and white illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. to Sammy Davis Jr. on the front free endpaper, “To myContinue reading "The Winding Road to Freedom: A Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America."

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$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149476

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Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice.

London : George Allen, 1894.

The Peacock edition of Jane Austen’s most popular novel. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial cloth elaborately decorated in gilt with the iconic, highly detailed peacock design, all edges gilt, illustrated by Hugh Thomson. With a preface by George Saintsbury. In very good condition with a small closed tear to the head of the spine, splitting toContinue reading "Pride and Prejudice."

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$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149639

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Shirer, William L

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1960.

First edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signedContinue reading "The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany."

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$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149342

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Morris, Jan

Hong Kong.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this incredibly vibrant history of Hong Kong, 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 six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "Hong Kong."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-147058

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Kissinger, Henry

White House Years and Years of Upheaval.

Boston : Little, Brown & Company, 1979-1982.

Signed limited editions of Kissinger’s White House Years and Years of Upheaval. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs, ribbons bound in. Both volumes are signed by Henry Kissinger. Both volumes are in fine condition and housed in the original slipcases.

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-139305

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