Titles starting with R from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

1871. first edition. Trollope As Dr. PhilBut Better At ItTROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 in; 184 x 117 mm). [4], 342; [4], 338; [4], 347, [1] pp. Handsomely bound, c. 1894, in full late nineteenth-century morocco. With the Carysfort coat of arms in gilt on cover and spine, all edges gilt. Volume III bound without publisher's catalogue at end. With the armorial bookplate of the Earl of Carysfort, dated 1894, on front ... more information

1884. Johnson's Didactic Romance on the 'Choice of Life'JOHNSON, Samuel. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Being a Facsimile Reproduction of the First Edition Published in 1759. In Two Volumes. With an Introduction by Dr. James Macaulay; and a Bibliographical List of Editions of Rasselas Published in England and Elsewhere. London: Elliot Stock, 1884. Two small octavo volumes (8 x 5 5/8 inches; 203 x 143 mm.). [2], xxx, [2], viii, 159, [1 blank]; viii, 165, [3, blank] pp.Original paper-backed blue ... more information

1904. first edition. With Eight Half-Tone Plates by Arthur RackhamRACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. CHOLMONDELEY, Mary. Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley, Author of "Diana Tempest." Illustrated by A. Rackham. London: George Newnes, Limited, [1904]. First edition. Octavo. [2] ads; 206 pp. [16]. advertisements. Wrappers with advertisements on inside front cover, inside back cover and back. Eight half-tone full page plates by Rackham. Original front tan wrapper lettered in red, original spine lettered i... more information

1920. Forty-Eight Original Kyd Watercolors"The Law is an Ass"But the Artwork is SublimeKYD, (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke) artist. [DICKENS, Charles]. Representatives of the Law. (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker’s man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by “Kyd” in a series of 48 Character Studies drawn in colours. London: ca. 1920.Calligraphic title page in an orange border and with a judge’s head at the top, calligraphic list of plates in a green ... more information

1905. first edition. “‘Holmes!’ I cried. ‘Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive?Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?’”—the Third Collection of Sherlock Holmes StoriesDOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. London: George Newnes, 1905.First English edition of the third collection of Sherlock Holmes stories (preceded by the first American edition by about one month). Small octavo (7... more information

1910-11. Rackham Does Wagner[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: William Heinemann, 1910.First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 5/16 inches; 249 x 186 mm.). [2, blank], ix, [1], 159, [1] pp. Thirty-four color plates, mounted on tan paper, with descriptive tissue guards. Fourteen drawings in black and white. [Together with:][RACKHAM, Arthur, Illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard. Siegfried &... more information

1926. first edition. With A Color Frontispiece by Arthur Rackham[RACKHAM, Arthur]. FAY, Erica. A Road to Fairyland. London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition, with color frontispiece by Rackham. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 in; 193 x 124 mm). [2, blank], [10], 219, [1] pp. Publisher's original cloth. A miraculously crisp, clean, tight, partially unopened, and very fine copy.A Road To Fairyland is dedicated to all children between the ages of seven and seventy, and the author has indeed p... more information

1888. first edition. The “True Tale” of an Australian Bushranger Gang, Led by the Englishman Captain StarlightBOLDREWOOD, Rolf. Robbery Under Arms. A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia. By Rolf Bolderwood [sic]. Three Volumes. London: Remington and Co Publishers, 1888.First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 inches; 182 x 122 mm.). [4], 300; [4], 300; [4], 291, [1, blank] pp.Original smooth grass-green cloth with front covers decoratively stamp... more information

1917. First American Trade Edition[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged From Malory's Morte D'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First American trade edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in; 218 x 160 mm). xxiv, [2], 517, [1, blank], [5, adv], [3, blank] pp. Sixteen color plates with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece. Seventy black and white illustrations.Publisher's g... more information

1922. first edition. Max Beerbohm’s “Rossetti and His Circle”BEERBOHM, Max. Rossetti and His Circle. London: William Heinemann, [1922].First edition. Small quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 248 x 185 mm.). ix, [1, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-two color plates mounted on heavy buff stock, with descriptive tissue guards.Original blue cloth over boards. Front cover lettered in gilt within a blind single-rule border, spine lettered in g... more information

[c. 1730]. first edition. Scarce, Early Forerunner to Peepshow BooksYet "Engelbrecht's Work is Beyond Compare"[PEEP-SHOW BOOK aka Miniature Theater]. ENGELBRECHT, Martin (designer and engraver). [Royal Jousting]. [N.p., Ausburg]: [n.p., Christian and Martin Engelbrecht], [n.d., c. 1730]. Number forty-one in an ongoing series of unknown total, complete, as issued. Six hand-colored, hand cut-out copperplate engravings (6 1/2 x 8 in; 167 x 204 mm) mounted on cardboard, each signed Cum Priv. S.C.... more information