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Lewis, C.S. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle.

London : Geoffrey Bles/The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.

Complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’s best-selling work, one of the best-selling series of all time which has sold 120 million copies in 47 languages. “Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, and scarce” (Connolly, 186). Octavo, seven volumes, original publisher’s cloth, each volume illustrated with plates, in-text illustrations,Continue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149763

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Lewis, C.S. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle.

London : Geoffrey Bles/The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.

Complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’s best-selling work, one of the best-selling series of all time which has sold 120 million copies in 47 languages. “Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, and scarce” (Connolly, 186). Octavo, seven volumes, original publisher’s cloth, each volume illustrated with plates, in-text illustrations,Continue reading "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149763

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Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit or There and Back Again.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955.

First edition, seventh impression of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Cover painting by J.R.R. Tolkien.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151384

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Smith, Adam

Essays on Philosophical Subjects… To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Dugald Stewart.

London : Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795.

First edition of this important collection of Smith’s essays, featuring the important first publication of his History of Astronomy. Quarto, bound in quarter calf with gilt titles to the spine. One of 1,000 copies. Containing the first publication in book form of Dugald Stewart’s Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith, which hadContinue reading "Essays on Philosophical Subjects… To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Dugald Stewart."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151270

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Smith, Adam

Essays on Philosophical Subjects… To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Dugald Stewart.

London : Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795.

First edition of this important collection of Smith’s essays, featuring the important first publication of his History of Astronomy. Quarto, bound in quarter calf with gilt titles to the spine. One of 1,000 copies. Containing the first publication in book form of Dugald Stewart’s Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith, which hadContinue reading "Essays on Philosophical Subjects… To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Dugald Stewart."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151270

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Jordan, Michael

Rare Air: Michael on Michael.

San Francisco : Collins Publishers, 1993.

Signed limited edition from Upper Deck of this work which share the thoughts and observations and photographs of important moments in Michael Jordan’s life, and career highlights. Folio, original cloth, original slipcase. Contains the original shipping box and tissue. Boldly signed by Michael Jordan on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151355

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Bush, Barbara [George W. Bush]

Barbara Bush: A Memoir.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.

First edition of the first lady Barbara Bush’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Barbara Bush and President George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a photograph of George W. Bush at Station Square in Pittsburgh, taken during his visit on August 4, 2000, as part ofContinue reading "Barbara Bush: A Memoir."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151323

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Bush, Barbara [George W. Bush]

Barbara Bush: A Memoir.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.

First edition of the first lady Barbara Bush’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Barbara Bush and President George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a photograph of George W. Bush at Station Square in Pittsburgh, taken during his visit on August 4, 2000, as part ofContinue reading "Barbara Bush: A Memoir."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151323

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Waller, Robert James

The Bridges of Madison County.

New York : Warner Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling romance novella, the basis for the 1995 film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with photographs by the author. Signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Bridges of Madison County."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150721

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Waller, Robert James

The Bridges of Madison County.

New York : Warner Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling romance novella, the basis for the 1995 film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with photographs by the author. Signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The Bridges of Madison County."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150721

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Galbraith, Robert. [J.K. Rowling]

The Silkworm.

London : Sphere, 2014.

First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.

$55.00

Item Number: RRB-151222

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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves

Marina.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2013.

Signed limited first edition of Zafón’s gothic tale for all ages. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 188. In fine condition. Design by kid-ethic.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-145039

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[Lord Byron]

Don Juan. [Cantos I & II].

Philadelphia : Published by M. Thomas, 1819.

Scarce first American edition, first printing of Byron’s great work which was widely criticized as immoral upon publication and is now considered one of the greatest poems of the Romantics. Duodecimo, original publisher’s boards and printed paper spine label, half-title page. In good condition, stamp to the verso of the title page. Light dampstaining toContinue reading "Don Juan. [Cantos I & II]."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151228

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Charignon, Antoine Joseph Henri

Le Livre de Marco Polo. [The Book of Marco Polo].

Peking : Albert Nachbaur, 1924.

First edition of each volume of French sinologist Antoine Joseph Henri Charignon’s monumental work on the life and discoveries of Marco Polo. Quarto, three volumes bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, text in Chinese and French, originalContinue reading "Le Livre de Marco Polo. [The Book of Marco Polo]."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151227

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White, T.H

T. H. White Verses.

Alderney : Privately Printed For The Author, 1962.

Signed limited edition of the final book published during White’s lifetime. Royal octavo, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece portrait. One of one hundred numbered copies signed and dedicated by the author with an original drawing, this is number 4. In nearContinue reading "T. H. White Verses."

$1,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151235

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Henry, Marguerite; Illustrated by Wesley Dennis

Misty of Chincoteague.

New York : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 1997.

Signed limited edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Wesley Dennis. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 77. Fine in the original publisher’s matching slipcase which is in fineContinue reading "Misty of Chincoteague."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151225

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Calvin, John. Translated from the French by Thomas Stocker

Two and twentie Sermons of Maister John Calvin. In which Sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalme of David, by eight verses aparte according to the Hebrewe alphabet.

London : [Printed by Thomas Dawson] For John Harison and Thomas Man, 1580.

Scarce first edition in English of this collection of John Calvin’s sermons. Octavo, bound in full levant morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling and central gilt arabesques to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, wide typographical borderContinue reading "Two and twentie Sermons of Maister John Calvin. In which Sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalme of David, by eight verses aparte according to the Hebrewe alphabet."

$82,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149640

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. [The History of Don Quixote].

New York : The Hispanic Society of America, c. 1905.

The Hispanic Society of America’s notable, limited, and highly regarded facsimile edition of Don Quixote. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, all edges deckled, volume I is a facsimile reproduction of the first edition of 1605, volume II is a facsimile reproduction the 1615 first edition of the secondContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. [The History of Don Quixote]."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150967

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Tolkien, J.R.R

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956-1960.

Complete set of each title in Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt facsimile signature of TolkienContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150964

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Tolkien, J.R.R

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956-1960.

Complete set of each title in Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt facsimile signature of TolkienContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150964

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Parker, Robert M.

Bordeaux: A Consumer’s Guide to the World’s Finest Wines.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.

First printing of the fourth edition of Robert M. Parker’s first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed with a star by Robert M. Parker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Beth Middleworth. Author photograph by the author’sContinue reading "Bordeaux: A Consumer’s Guide to the World’s Finest Wines."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-150771

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom

Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.

New York : Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.

First edition of Edith Grossman’s definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-145074

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Ferrari, Enzo; Foreword by Stirling Moss

The Enzo Ferrari Story. [with] Enzo Ferrari Signed Postcard.

New York : MacMillan, 1964.

First edition of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Enzo Ferrari in his customary purple ink on a Ferrari postcard featuring Gilles Villeneuve on the verso, “February 22, 1978 Thank you for your warm birthday wishes and many kind regards in full, “Enzo Ferrari. ” The book is boldly signed byContinue reading "The Enzo Ferrari Story. [with] Enzo Ferrari Signed Postcard."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-20091

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Shakespeare, William

The Works of William Shakespeare.

London : Macmillan and Co., 1887.

The Victoria edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, “Via Veritas Vita” pictorial vignette stamped in gilt to the front panels, allContinue reading "The Works of William Shakespeare."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-151128

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