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Hallam, Henry

View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages.

London : John Murray, 1880.

Finely bound volume of Hallam’s history of the United States. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, gilt emblem to the front panel. From the library of I.H. Echalaz with a periodContinue reading "View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-90436

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Chaucer, Geoffrey

Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

London : George Bell and Sons, 1878.

Finely bound set of Chaucer’s poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In nearContinue reading "Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer."

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-90435

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Alhazen (Hasan Ibn al-Haytham)

Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis. [Alhazen’s Book of Optics].

Basel : Eusebius Episcopius, 1572.

First edition of Alhazen’s fundamental work on optics and vision, which influenced Galileo and Kepler and paved the way for the modern science of physical optics. Folio, bound in full contemporary Basel vellum with central arabesques blind-stamped to the front and rear panels, titles stamped in black and five raised bands to the spine, woodcutContinue reading "Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis. [Alhazen’s Book of Optics]."

$142,000.00

Item Number: RRB-90395

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Conrad, Joseph

The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

London : William Heinemann, 1921-1927.

Signed limited edition of the complete works of Joseph Conrad, signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation-page of Volume I. Octavo, 20 volumes, finely bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. One of 780 copies signed by Conrad. In near fine condition. AContinue reading "The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-10004

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Aquinas, Thomas

Summa Theologica Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Divinae Voluntatis Interpretis: Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum.

Parisiis : Sumptibus Maturini Henault, 1638.

Early printing of Aquinas’ seminal work. Folio, bound in full leather with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut engraving of Aquinas in prayer to the title page. In very good condition with tape repairs to the title page.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-90390

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour andContinue reading "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-99840

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.

First edition in parts of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present, frontispiece, vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens’ classic work, with some of theContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-96702

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Eliot, George

Daniel Deronda.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood, 1876.

First edition in the original parts of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavos, four volumes in eight parts in the original wrappers with 4 half-titles and 8 section titles as issued, advertisements to each part with the exception of the final part, slips to the rear ofContinue reading "Daniel Deronda."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96596

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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, 1893.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, bound in original full red morocco by Putnam’s deluxe issue binding, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and CharlesContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-98320

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Isherwood, Christopher

Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties.

London : Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1938.

First edition of Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel about bohemian London in the 1920s. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-104893

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Reed, Andrew

The Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland and Innkeeper’s Guide.

Dublin : Alex Thom & Co, 1881.

Rare second edition of Reed’s Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland. Small octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. In very good condition. Cancelled library stamp to the front free endpaper, ownership signatures to the title page.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-105545

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Herodotus; Translated by Isaac Littlebury

The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury.

London : Printed for Edward Castle and Sam Buckley, 1709.

First complete edition in English of Littlebury’s translation of the histories of Herodotus, also the first appearance in English since Thomas Marshe’s 1584 incomplete translation of only the first two books. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red moroccoContinue reading "The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96521

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Kipling, Rudyard

Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas.

London : Methuen and Co. and George Newnes, 1899.

Finely bound early printings of Kipling’s collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-96168

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Baudelaire, Charles

Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Paris : Club de Livre, 1985.

The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpapers, top edge gilt, with original lithographic illustrations in color in each volume. Each volume is numbered and signed by its respective artist onContinue reading "Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-94702

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Camus, Albert

Oeuvres Completes de Albert Camus.

Paris : Imprimierie Nationale, 1965.

The Louis XIV national deluxe illustrated edition of the works of Albert Camus with over 90 original lithographs in color by Carzou. Quartos, 7 volumes, pages loosely bound within black vellum backed wrappers housed in glassine, elaborately illustrated throughout with additional suites of lithographs to the rear of each volume. In near fine condition. EachContinue reading "Oeuvres Completes de Albert Camus."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-94697

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Apollinaire, Guillaume

Oeuvres Poétiques de Guillaume Apollinaire.

Paris : André Sauret, 1965.

Deluxe illustrated Sauret edition of the works of Guillaume Apollinaire. Quartos, 5 volumes, bound in full black pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with colored engravings. Limited edition, one of 95 sets produced, this is number 88. Each volume housed in theContinue reading "Oeuvres Poétiques de Guillaume Apollinaire."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-94694

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Louÿs, Pierre

Chefs d’oeuvre de Pierre Louÿs: Aphrodite, Aventures du Roi Pausole, Chansons de Bilitis, Psyche, Poems Libres, La Femme et Le Pantin.

Paris : Les Editions de l'Ibis, 1972-73.

Deluxe limited Ibis edition of the works of Pierre Louÿs. Quartos, 6 volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the panels, top edges gilt, pictorial endpapers, with 12 original colored lithographs per volume by Brenot and others.Continue reading "Chefs d’oeuvre de Pierre Louÿs: Aphrodite, Aventures du Roi Pausole, Chansons de Bilitis, Psyche, Poems Libres, La Femme et Le Pantin."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-94692

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Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle

Les Quatre Claudine.

Paris : Pierre de Tartas, 1972-73.

Deluxe illustrated edition of Colette’s four Claudine books with the original lithographic frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau. Quartos, 4 volumes, bound in full gilt-decorated pebbled morocco with silk endleaves, top edges gilt, lithographic colored frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau, illustrated with 24 original colored lithographs per volume by Dauchot, Sala, Lelong and others. In nearContinue reading "Les Quatre Claudine."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-94691

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, May 1849 - November 1850.

First edition in the original monthly parts of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers, twenty parts in nineteen, frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates. In near fine condition, an unrestored example of Dickens’ classic work which is virtually complete with all preliminary advertisements withContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-96035

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Dumas, Alexandre (Alexander)

Henri III et sa Cour.

Paris : Vezard et Cie, 1829.

Rare first edition of Dumas’ first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-87497

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Tolstoy, Leo. (Count Lyof N Tolstoi)

War and Peace. A Historical Novel.

New York : William S. Gottsberger, 1886.

First editions in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece; one of the most important novels in world literature and widely considered the greatest novel ever written. Small octavo, six volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Translated into French by ‘A Russian lady’ and from the French byContinue reading "War and Peace. A Historical Novel."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96223

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Flaubert, Gustave

The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert.

New York and London : M. Walker Dunne, 1904.

The limited Académie Française edition of the complete works of Flaubert. One of only 50 sets produced on Japon paper, this is number 40. Octavos, 10 volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate floral gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, raised gilt bands, fleuron cornerpieces within gilt frames and central giltContinue reading "The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-95353

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española.

Madrid : Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

The deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Quartos, 4 volumes. Bound in full contemporary Spanish tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, gilt ruled borders, marbled endpapers, all edges green, engraved frontispiece to each volume andContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96763

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española.

Madrid : Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

The deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Quartos, 4 volumes. Bound in full contemporary Spanish tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red and black morocco spine labels, elaborate double gilt-ruled borders, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece toContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española."

$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96554

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