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The Life and Exploits Of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha.

Cervantes, Miguel de. Translated by Charles Jarvis

The Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha; Translated From the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

London : J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1742.

First edition of Jarvis’ translation of Cervantes’ masterpiece, with the eight page translator’s preface present in volume one. Quarto, two volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges stained red, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel. IllustratedContinue reading "The Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha; Translated From the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148972

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Crowley, Aleister

The Works of Aleister Crowley.

Foyers : Society For The Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-1907.

First collected edition, “Essay Competition” issue of the collected writings of the noted occult writer. Octavo, three volumes bound into one as issued in the original publisher’s limp linen with gilt titles to the front panel, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. Boldly signed by the author on the second free endpaper, “With Mr. AleisterContinue reading "The Works of Aleister Crowley."

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149730

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Joyce, James; Pablo Picasso; Gertrude Stein; Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul [Editors]

Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928.

Paris : Transition, 1928.

The summer 1928 issue of Transition, number 13, containing James Joyce’s ongoing piece “Continuation of a Work in Progress.” Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with the cover portrait by Picasso, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout including Berenice Abbott’s famed portrait of James Joyce. “Continuation of a Work in Progress” is an excerpt of Joyce’sContinue reading "Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149110

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London : Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition in the rare original cloth of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes, original pink cloth with floral design stamped in blind, gilt titles and detailing of a clown to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi, with 11 illustrations by George Cruikshank. Mixed state withContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149060

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Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a unique binding of a blue suit jacket and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, “Bernard Marx” in gilt on the front panel. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the copyright page, “Yes!!!!Continue reading "Brave New World."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149102

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Gilman [Stetson], Charlotte Perkins

Concerning Children.

Boston : Small, Maynard & Company, 1900.

First edition of this book on child rearing. Octavo, original blue pictorial cloth. The dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page to her daughter Katharine, who the book is dedicated to, “First copy received- to Katharine from Mother. Dec. 10th 1900.” Additionally inscribed in pencil by Katharine with her Pasadena address onContinue reading "Concerning Children."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145600

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Wasserstein, Wendy

The Heidi Chronicles.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1990.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Liz – All best – Wendy Wasserstein.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149087

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

The Last Temptation of Christ [First Edition in Greek].

Athena : Thiphros, 1955.

First edition in Greek of the author’s masterpiece, preceding the English translation of this historical novel, basis for the 1988 Academy Award nominated film. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the half-title page. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed andContinue reading "The Last Temptation of Christ [First Edition in Greek]."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150434

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Ford, Lauren

The Little Book About God.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1934.

First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Lauren Ford on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-147713

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Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

First edition in the scarce original parts of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 88 weekly parts as issued, original white wrappers printed in black with wood-engraved title, engraved frontispieces, illustrated with wood-engravings and initials after George Cattermole & Hablot Knight Browne. Accompanied by a 4 page announcement by Chapman & Hall forContinue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149070

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Dickens, Charles. Illustrations by H.K. Browne

Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48.

First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm. Octavo, 20 parts in 19, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing all advertisements as issued. A mixed state set with the following points: Part I with no ads on inner front wrapper, rearContinue reading "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149076

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Kipling, Rudyard

Day By Day.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1913.

First edition of this selection of lines from Kipling’s works for each day of the year. Duodecimo, bound in full suede with gilt titles to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition, inscription to the second free endpaper.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-149048

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Tennyson, Alfred

Enoch Arden and The Two Locksley Halls.

Boston : D.C. Heath & Co, 1897.

Finely bound example of three of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece of Tennyson. In very good condition. Edited with notes by Calvin S. Brown. Ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper and rear endpapers.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-149047

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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “ForContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149046

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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Signed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas TomieContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149018

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Absent-Minded Beggar.

England and The United States : The Daily Mail Publishing Co, 1899.

First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling’s poem The Absent-Minded Beggar, a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto, silk moire wrappers, six pages, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with tissue-guards between the two pages of facsimile stanzas, cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Originally printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. TheContinue reading "The Absent-Minded Beggar."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-149009

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Henry Sotheran, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated with 40Continue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149762

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The Hobbit

Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrationsContinue reading "The Hobbit."

$975,000.00

Item Number: RRB-135801

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Hop-o' my-Thumb and Seven League Boots

Cruikshank, George

George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots.

London : David Bogue, 1853.

First edition of this retelling of the classic French fairy tale. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco by W.J. Mansell with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, and illustrated with six etchings by GeorgeContinue reading "George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library: Hop-O’My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148885

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston and Cleveland : John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition, first issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, striped endpapers, illustrated with title vignettes and sixContinue reading "Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148986

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Davies, Valentine [Buddy Adler]

Miracle On 34th Street. [with] Valentine Davies Typed Letter Signed.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Valentine Davies and regarding staging that year’s Academy Awards presentations. Octavo, one page, on Universal-International Pictures letter head, the letter reads in full, “February 5, 1957 Dear Buddy: Thank you very much for the kind words aboutContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street. [with] Valentine Davies Typed Letter Signed."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148982

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Dumas, Alexandre. [Alexander]

The Works of Alexandre Dumas.

Boston : Estes and Lauriat, 1893-1896.

The Edition De Luxe of the works of Alexandre Dumas, limited to one thousand numbered copies. Octavo, 40 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard to each volume, illustrated with platesContinue reading "The Works of Alexandre Dumas."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149543

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition, first printing of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, with the frontispiece in the first state and misprints (p. 37, line 7 up, “fee” for “feel,” p. 46, line 11, “2oo” for “200,” p. 414, line 9 up, “spirting” for “spurting,” p. 465, line 4, “stuck”Continue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-149768

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Il Decamerone.

Amsterdam : Giovanni Ghiara, 1703.

Early eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Duodecimo, original full brown calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled blue, illustrated with engraved headpieces and initials. In very good condition, contemporary ownership signatures to the front and rear flyleaves.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146400

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