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    God Knows.

    Heller, Joseph

    God Knows.

    Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984.

    The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this humorous retelling of King David’s life story from his own perspective, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edit...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-151605
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    Tom Brown’s School-Days.

    [Hughes, Thomas]

    Tom Brown’s School-Days.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897.

    Finely bound example of the author’s popular and influential work. Octavo, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco by Morrell, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments with...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-139643
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    The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February – July, 1899.

    [Rackham, Arthur]

    The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February – July, 1899.

    London: Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899.

    The second volume of the collected issues of the Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Quarto, Vol. II, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with photographs and...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-142672
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    Breathing Lessons.

    Tyler, Anne

    Breathing Lessons.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.

    Signed limited first edition of this Pulitzer prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-147060
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    My Little Husband and If Only.

    Philips, Francis Charles

    My Little Husband and If Only.

    Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.

    Finely bound example Philips’ two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tool...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-114507
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    Two Years Ago.

    Kingsley, Charles

    Two Years Ago.

    Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.

    First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout &...
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    $125.00 Item Number: RRB-151104
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    Edinburgh and its Story.

    Smeaton, Oliphant. Illustrated by Herbert Railton & J. Ayton Symington

    Edinburgh and its Story.

    London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1904.

    First edition of Smeaton’s history of Edinburgh. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt with others uncut, marbled endpap...
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    $100.00 Item Number: RRB-96044
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    The Golden Age.

    Grahame, Kenneth

    The Golden Age.

    London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, c. 1920.

    Finely bound example of the author of Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame’s collection of short stories for children. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards wi...
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    $100.00 Item Number: RRB-111086
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    Hong Kong.

    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-gr...
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    $100.00 Item Number: RRB-147058
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    Good As Gold.

    Heller, Joseph

    Good As Gold.

    Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982.

    The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this work by the author of Catch – 22. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised b...
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    $100.00 Item Number: RRB-151632
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    Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

    Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

    Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

    London: Saunders and Otley, 1834.

    Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the s...
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    $95.00 Item Number: RRB-114061
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    Cartas de Mujeres.

    Benavente, Jacinto

    Cartas de Mujeres.

    Madrid: Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.

    Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, p...
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    $95.00 Item Number: RRB-145262
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    Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

    [Rackham, Arthur]

    Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

    London: Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.

    Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issue...
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    $75.00 Item Number: RRB-142537
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    Amelia.

    Fielding, Henry

    Amelia.

    New York: White and Stokes, 1882.

    Finely bound example of Fielding’s fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gil...
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    $75.00 Item Number: RRB-101438
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    The Moon and Sixpence.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    The Moon and Sixpence.

    New York: The Heritage Press, 1941.

    The Heritage Press illustrated edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, floral stamped detailing to the front panel, top stain brown, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece...
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    $75.00 Item Number: RRB-149773
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    A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962.

    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 title...
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    $65.00 Item Number: RRB-146857
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    Roosevelt and Churchill: 1939-1941 The Partnership That Saved the West.

    Lash, Joseph P

    Roosevelt and Churchill: 1939-1941 The Partnership That Saved the West.

    Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976.

    The Franklin Library limited edition of this account on the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the early events of World War II. Octavo, bound in full leather with...
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    $60.00 Item Number: RRB-151723
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    Le Roman de La Kahena: d’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes.

    Boisnard, Magali

    Le Roman de La Kahena: d’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes.

    Paris: Édition d'Art, 1925.

    Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt tu...
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    $30.00 Item Number: RRB-145217
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