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Dickens, Charles.

The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.

First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of aContinue reading "The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-132035

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Wolfe, Tom.

Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, sketches by the author. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Dan, with thanks- for a pleasant mid-day in the bowels of the NBC Building! Tom Wolfe December 9, 1976.” Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine And Other Stories, Sketches, and Essays."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-131703

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[Bernstein, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb].

A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.

New York: Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.

Leonard Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb’s personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby’s auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb’s notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from himContinue reading "A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-135684

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Peale, Norman Vincent.

The Power of Positive Thinking.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.

First edition of Norman Vincent Peale’s enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Norman Vincent Peale on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-133171

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Mandela, Nelson.

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.

First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dr. Ivan May Compliments and bestContinue reading "Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130735

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Wilde, Oscar.

The Works of Oscar Wilde.

London : Methuen , 1909-10.

The works of Oscar Wilde. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130510

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O'Rourke, P.J.

Eat The Rich: A Treatise on Economics.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.

First edition, early printing of the best-selling author’s economic treatise. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Lucie Bon Appetite! P. J. O’Rourke 4/27/99 NYC.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman and Charles Rue Woods.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-133080

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Carroll, Lewis. [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge].

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard present. With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-130522

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Hopkins, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].

The Kipling Country.

London: Cecil Palmer, 1924.

First edition of Hopkins’ illustrated homage to Kipling’s home in rural Burwash and its surrounds. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with drawings by Captain Irvine B. Bately and Gordon Volk. In good condition. Bookplate.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-135263

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Vincent Peale, Norman.

The Power of Positive Thinking.

New York: Foundation For Christian Living, 1956.

Early printing of Norman Vincent Peale’s enduring classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Dr. Richard Shaw who with his great skill demonstrated the ideas in the book- Norman Vincent Peale 10/6/89.” In near fine condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-133991

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First Edition of Our Mutual Friend: Dickens final completed novel; elaborately bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere

Dickens, Charles.

Our Mutual Friend.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

First edition of Dickens’ final completed novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated by Marcus Stone with forty plates.Continue reading "Our Mutual Friend."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-130506

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Church, Albert Cook.

Whale Ships and Whaling.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1938.

First edition of Church’s work on the history of whaling. Octavo, bound in full gilt-decorated morocco, illustrated with numerous photographs of whaling operations at sea and whaleship plans, pictorial endpapers reproducing two facing pages from the logbook of whaler Royal William dated 1834. In fine condition.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-130850

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Retold by C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Cinderella.

London: William Heinemann, 1919.

Edition de Luxe, signed limited issue of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated rendition of the beloved children’s classic. Quarto, original publisher’s vellum-backed pictorial boards decorated in gilt, pictorial green endpapers, top edge gilt, tipped-in color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, illustrated. One of 325 copies on Japanese vellum signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, this isContinue reading "Cinderella."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149736

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.

First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “with love Roald Dahl April, 1989.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130928

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Carroll, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.

Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped in to rear of each volume. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an early printing. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found ThereContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130848

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Aubry, Octave. [Napoleon Bonaparte].

Ecrits de Napoleon.

Paris: Editions Buchet / Chastel, 1969.

Finely bound example of Octave Aubry’s Ecrits de Napoleon. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central vignette to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles,Continue reading "Ecrits de Napoleon."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-130509

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Churchill, Winston S.

Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.

First American edition (which precedes the British first) of Churchill’s singular attempt at full-length fiction. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable in this condition, Churchill’s only work of literature.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-129733

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Hughes, Langston.

The First Book of Africa.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.

First edition of Hughes’ concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Richardsons ~ Sincerely ~ Langston New York, July 24, 1960.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-129607

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Boorstin, Daniel J.

The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World.

New York: Random House, 1998.

First edition of the third and final volume in Boorstin’s “knowledge” trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Boorstin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art: frontispiece plate from William Blake’s Europe: a Prophecy, 1794.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-128155

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Hume, David.

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1751.

First edition, first state of what Hume, himself, considered his masterpiece with leaf L3 uncancelled and with the catchword “than” on recto. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with five raised bands to the spine, burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt-turn ins. Half-title, errata, and advertisements at rear. In very good condition. OwnershipContinue reading "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129419

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Buchan, William [William Safire].

Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines.

London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Caldwell and W. Davies, Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1803.

Early printing of the book that brought detailed descriptions of the causes and prevention of diseases to the domestic home for the first time. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Title page, advertisement and prefaceContinue reading "Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-129584

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Henderson, W. A. [William Safire].

The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.

London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].

Early printing of Henderson’s bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking the frontispiece, one plate and with loss to another plate. Corrected and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William SafireContinue reading "The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-123841

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Strachey, Lytton.

Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1960.

Finely bound example of the work that placed Strachey firmly in the top rank of biographers. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-129185

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Waugh, Evelyn.

Decline and Fall.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1962.

First revised edition of Waugh’s first published novel. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Decline and Fall."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-129591

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