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Travers, P.L

Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936.

Later printings of this children’s classic and its sequel. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain navy blue, illustrated with 27 line cuts and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard in Mary Poppins, 44 line cuts and chapter tailpieces in Mary Poppins Comes Back. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper of each volume.Continue reading "Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147246

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Rendell, Ruth

A Judgement in Stone.

London : Hutchinson, 1977.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with a transcription from the opening line of this work, “Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write” Ruth Rendell.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. A unique example.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-44083

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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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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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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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Allende, Isabel

The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

First edition of each work in the author’s classic House of Spirits trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To ____ ____ ‘You can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found.’ Isabel Allende.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by MichelContinue reading "The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147493

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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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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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Milne, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard

The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924-1928.

First editions, first issues of each work in Milne’s wonderful Pooh quartet, with only When We Were Very Young being a first issue. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. When We Were Very Young is a first issue with page ix unnumbered,Continue reading "The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146840

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Stansell, Christine; [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1987.

Early printing of this historical analysis of the laboring women of New York. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Christine Stansell on the half-title page, “To Justice Ginsburg From the Class of New Magistrate Judges 2018. With gratitude For your warm welcome to the Federal Judiciary.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Continue reading "City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146930

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Lash, Joseph P

A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1984.

Signed limited first edition of this moving biography-in-letters, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbledContinue reading "A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962."

$65.00

Item Number: RRB-146857

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Allende, Isabel

The House of the Spirits: A Novel.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Presenation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Sharon with the compliments of the extravagant spirits of this story Isabel.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "The House of the Spirits: A Novel."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147059

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Green, Hetty

Hetty Green Signed Stock Certificate for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company.

New York : American Bank Note Co., 1902.

Rare Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company stock certificate signed by the ‘Queen of Wall Street.’ Octavo, one page, the certificate is dated October 6, 1902 and grants Hetty H. R. Green 4 shares in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Signed by Green on the verso, “Hetty H. R. Green.” InContinue reading "Hetty Green Signed Stock Certificate for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146770

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Oliver, Mary

The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972.

First edition of the author’s second collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Forbes. First editions are uncommon.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146637

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Yeats, William Butler

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats.

London : Imprinted at the Shakespeare Head Press for Chapman and Hall, 1908.

First collected edition of the works of William Butler Yeats. Octavo, original publisher’s half vellum over cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine and front panels, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, limited to 1060 copies, photogravure frontispiece portrait in volumes 1, 5 and 7 with tissue guards as issued, titles printed in redContinue reading "The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146956

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Doran, Dr.; [Ulysses S. Grant]

Table Traits with Something on Them.

New York : W. J. Widdleton, 1865.

Early printing of this anecdotal history of eatery; from the library of the eighteenth President of the United States. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Ulysses S. Grant’sContinue reading "Table Traits with Something on Them."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146695

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Austen, Jane

Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”

London : Richard Bentley, 1836.

Early separate issue from Bentley‘s Standard Novels series of the final novel published during Austen’s lifetime, a re-issue of the 1833 edition which was the first one-volume edition and first illustrated edition. Duodecimo, elaborately bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, all edges marbled,Continue reading "Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”"

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145588

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Woolf, Virginia

Flush: A Biography.

New York : Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.

First edition of Woolf’s fictional “stream of consciousness” tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders and facsimile signature stamped to the front panel, all edges gilt,Continue reading "Flush: A Biography."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-146583

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Garni, Joseph C. [Jean Vergnes]

Le Cirque Carte Des Vins. [Original Le Cirque Wine List].

[1974].

The original Le Cirque wine list used prior to the restaurant cataloging their wine cellar and printing a commercial style wine list, presented by front room captain Joseph C. Garni to Le Cirque co-founder Jean Vergnes. Quarto, bound in full leather with “Carte Des Vins Le Cirque” stamped in gilt, gilt ruling, and scrolling toContinue reading "Le Cirque Carte Des Vins. [Original Le Cirque Wine List]."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146731

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Bojaxhiu, Mary Teresa [Mother Teresa]; Terence Cardinal Cooke; [Pope John Paul II]

Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke Signed ‘Visit of Pope John Paul II’ New York Times Front Page Souvenir.

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Souvenir printing of The New York Times October 3, 1979 front page commemorating Pope John Paul II’s visit to New York, signed by Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke. One page, featuring a printed front cover of the New York Times from October 3, 1979, with images and articles commemorating Pope John Paul II’s visitContinue reading "Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke Signed ‘Visit of Pope John Paul II’ New York Times Front Page Souvenir."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146993

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Hemingway, Ernest. [John Steinbeck]

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.

First edition, second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology, containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Night Before Battle. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed on the pastedown by Carol Brown Steinbeck to herContinue reading "The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145913

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McCullers, Carson

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940.

First edition, first printing with the date of 1940 on the title page of the author’s first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carson McCullers on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A veryContinue reading "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-121376

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Child, Julia

From Julia Child’s Kitchen.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

First edition of Child’s fourth book. Octavo, original pictorial coated cloth boards. Boldly by the author on front free endpaper, “To Jackie Julia Child.” Additionally signed by Paul Child on the front free endpaper. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146345

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