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	ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719), Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author By Mr. Tickell Dublin, Ireland R. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, for George Risk, George Ewing, and William Smith, Booksellers in Dame-Street, 1735. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Complete three volume set in contemporary calf bindings with armorial seal with the script "Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg. Elizab. Juxta Dublin" in gilt on each front and rear cover, raised spine bands bordered in gilt with gilt decoration in compartments, elaborate Jacobean armorial prize bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume, the name Richard Dickinson filled in by hand in each. Decorative design woodcuts in volume I, ten plates of "medals illustrated by the antient poets" in volume II, additional woodcuts of medals scattered in the text of volume III; [6], xvi, [3], 2-322; [13], 12-323; [9], 2-266, [10] pages; each volume with its own title page plus series title and advertisement in volume I. Externally scuffed with minor chipping to spine ends, joints cracked but secure, spine labels absent, spines lightly crackled from dryness but stabilized, text blocks sound, pages clean and unmarked. A clean and sound set. USD 2250.00 [Appr.: EURO 1501 \| £UK 1352.25 \| JP¥ 198579] Book number: 020836 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS. FRONTISPIECE BY JEFFREY SMITH, Diary of a Yuppie Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1986. First, Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Special, limited signed first edition for members of The Signed First Edition Society, associated with The Franklin Library. Signed by the author on the preliminary blank. Full black leather with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration in gilt, four raised spine bands, all edge gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark, 215 pages, promotional letter from the publisher laid in loosely at the front. Looks and feels new and unread, with no other names or markings. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 019486 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	W. H. AUDEN AND NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON, EDITORS. ILLUSTRATED BY EUGENE KARLIN, Romantic Poets: William Blake to Edgar Allan Poe. The Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books New York The Franklin Library - Oxford University Press, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Well-kept copy of this special edition, part of the Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books. Rust colored gilt decorated cloth with deeper rust leather spine, raised spine bands with spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Very minor rubbing to rear cover, otherwise fine condition, looks and feels new, with firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 020297 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	VARIOUS AUTHORS, Antiquitatum Variarum Autores, Quorum Catalogum Sequens Continent Pagella Lugduni Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1552. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. In Latin. Collected works of Greek and Latin authors from antiquity through the early days of the Italian Renaissance. Full vellum, mostly likely from the early to mid-nineteenth century, gilt spine lettering, 887 pages, 12 cm tall. Vellum scuffed and spotted, old paper label near base of spine, covers flat and square, good hinges with minor stress tears to top edges of pastedowns, sound text block, "Charles O'Connor, Rome, 1900" on front free endpaper, minor dampstaining to final few leaves, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 433.75 \| £UK 390.75 \| JP¥ 57367] Book number: 019137 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BAZIN, RENE, Une Tache d'Encre Paris Calmann-Levy, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Undated, ca. 1910. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 318 pages . Light edge rubbing, minor surface scuff to spine head, good joints/hinges, sound text block, gift inscription on preliminary blank, lightly age-toned but clean pages with no other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020572 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BOWDEN, SAMUEL, Poems on Various Subjects; with Some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. And a Treatise on Health Bath Leake and Frederick et al; Printed By T. Boddely for the Author, 1754. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Collected poems, letters and essays by Samuel Bowden, M.D. of Frome, Somersetshire, locally known as The Poet of Frome. The volume dedicated to Charles Boyle, Lord Viscount Dungarvan, and contains a long list of subscribers. Bowden was also a contributor to Gentlemen's Magazine and friend of the poet Elizabeth Rowe. Late 19th or early 20th century binding in full burgundy calf with lettering and subtle decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark, xii, (11), 390 pages. Some external rubbing, mainly along the joints and spine, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a name at the head of the title page, no other markings. USD 950.00 [Appr.: EURO 633.75 \| £UK 571 \| JP¥ 83845] Book number: 019013 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, Poems New York Hurst & Co., 1880. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1880. Lightly worn copy in a full alligator or crocodile grained leather binding over padded boards. The leather has distinctive reptile grain, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, pages bordered in red, 347 pages. Externally good to very good with light edge rubbing, internally worn with front hinge repaired, text block sound, endpapers chipped, pages age-browned and a little brittle, no names or other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 022518 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BURGESS, ANTHONY, The Kingdom of the Wicked Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1985. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full burgundy leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 023894 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796), The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. With A Sketch of the Author's Life. Three Volumes. British Poets Boston James R. Osgood & Co., 1871. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Attractive three volume set in three quarter green polished calf over marbled boards, dual spine labels in red and brown (top label is printed with British Poets), gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume about 6.75 inches tall. Some edge rubbing and scuffing, spines slightly darkened and a bit dried but stabilized, some roughness to the spine ends, good joints/hinges, sound text blocks, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 020976 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764), The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, With Copious Notes and a Life of the Author By W. Tooke, F.R.S. Three Volumes. British Poets Boston James R. Osgood & Co., 1864. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Attractive three volume set in three quarter green polished calf over marbled boards, dual spine labels in red and brown (top label is printed with British Poets), gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume about 6.75 inches tall. Some edge rubbing and scuffing, spines slightly darkened and a bit dried with a few minor surface chips but stabilized, some roughness to the spine ends (some minor chipping to the spine heads of volumes I and III), good joints/hinges, sound text blocks, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 020978 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	CONAN DOYLE, A., Works of A. Conan Doyle. Authors Edition. Thirteen (13) Volumes New York D. Appleton & Company, 1902. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Author's Edition. Hard-to-find complete thirteen volume set, including Hound of the Baskervilles. Three quarter polished black leather over textured black boards, gilt spine lettering and ruling, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, tissue-protected sepiatone frontis in each volume, each volume just more than 8.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide, and averaging 1.75 inches thick. Some external wear, mainly edge rubbing and numerous tiny chips to the spine ends, gilt lettering and ruling not affected by the chips, good hinges, frontis and title page of Brigadier Gerard detached but present, otherwise sound text blocks with no loosened pages but with the binding fabric visible between just a few of the gatherings, and with the exception of a few margin fingerprints, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 2950.00 [Appr.: EURO 1967.75 \| £UK 1773 \| JP¥ 260359] Book number: 025288 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE, L'Immortel: Moeurs Parisiennes Paris Alphonse Lemerre, 1888. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Handsomely bound copy in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and ruling, marbled edges and endpapers, 382 pages. Light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 021198 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, MADAME ALPHONSE, Souvenirs Autour d'Un Groupe Litteraire Paris Eugene Fasquelle, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 257 pages . Very light edge rubbing, good joints/hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages with no names or other markings. USD 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 96.75 \| £UK 87.25 \| JP¥ 12797] Book number: 020573 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE. ILLUSTRE PAR ARANDA, DE BEAUMONT, MONTENARD, DE MYRBACH, ROSSI, Tartarin Sur Les Alpes: Nouveaux Exploits Du Heros Tarasconnais Paris C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, 1886. Quatre-vingt-unieme Mille. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus hand colored frontis. Handsomely bound copy in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and ruling, marbled edges and endpapers, 365 pages. Light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, a bit more rubbing to the joints, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age- toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 021199 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES. ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, The Chimes New York Limited Editions Club, Printed By George Jones, 1931. F Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good Slipcase, Very Good. Number 92 of 1500 copies, signed by Rackham. One of Dicken's lesser-known Christmas stories. Tan cloth over beveled boards with black and gilt lettering and cover decoration, gilt top, uncut lower edge, illustrated endpapers, 130 pages, illustrated tan slipcase. The book has some external age-toning, especially to the spine, and some scattered foxing to the covers, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from other names or markings. The slipcase has some soil and uneven coloration (most likely from the glue used to assemble it), light edgewear, structurally sound. Signed: I Signed by the Illustrator USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 015686 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES, A Christmas Carol in Prose West Springfield, Massachusetts Privately Printed By the J. H. Bordeaux Company, 1938. F Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Very Good. Number 95 of an unspecified limited edition, with a personalized inscription by the publisher, Louis Bordeaux on the verso of the preliminary blank. Includes an original tissue-protected frontis etching pencil signed by Gillette Freech. Red boards with faux vellum spine, uncut edges, illustrated endpapers, 69 pages, no dustjacket. Tiny spot at lower front cover, light soil to spine, very minor warp to front board, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from other names or markings. Signed: I Inscribed by The Publisher USD 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 90.25 \| £UK 81.25 \| JP¥ 11915] Book number: 022087 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870), Sketches By "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People London Walter Scott, Limited, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1905. Attractive copy in a prize binding for the Ulverston Victoria Grammar School. Full polished royal blue calf with school seal on front cover in gilt, gilt spine lettering and decoration, raised spine bands, blind tooled inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, 386 pages. Includes a school prize bookplate presented to Sydney Robinson in 1907-08 on the front pastedown. Spine subtly faded, additional fading to top ten percent of front cover, light rubbing to the extremities, good joints/hinges, sound text block, pages clean and unmarked. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020940 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DRURY, ALLEN. ILLUSTRATED BY MALCOLM LIEPKE, Decision Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1983. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Very Good. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full emerald green leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Internally fine condition, externally very good with some rubbing to the gilt on the covers, some fading of the gilt on the rear cover, minor scuffing to the gilt top edge. Otherwise, the book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 023900 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FIELDING, HENRY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY T.M. CLELAND, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. Collector's Edition in Full Leather. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series Norwalk, Connecticut The Easton Press, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Fine. From the Easton Press series: The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Handsome copy in rich burgundy grained leather with raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt, rose moire silk endleaves, frontis portrait, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new, with a firm binding, publisher's original bookplate with name neatly typed in affixed to front pastedown, wear to gilt edge in lower right corner, no other markings or names. A very clean and attractive copy. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 019402 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FOGAZZARO, ANTONIO, Traduit De l'Italien Par G. Herelle Paris Hachette, 1907. Cinquieme Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. In French. Half black morocco over marbled boards in a bold amoeba-like pattern, slightly raised spine bands, gilt letering, marbled endpapers, title page and publisher's frontis advertisement in black and vermilion, 380 pages. Light rubbing to the extremities, small scuff to front joint near the spine head, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 021203 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	LA FONTAINE [LAFONTAINE], Fables De La Fontaine Paris Ernest Flammarion, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Undated, ca. 1910. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 385 pages . Very light edge rubbing, good joints/hinges, sound text block, gift inscription on half-title, age-toned but clean pages with no other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020570 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FRANCE, ANATOLE. FRONTIS PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY BELLERY-DESFONTAINES, L'Eglise et La Republique Paris Edouard Pelletan Editions d'Art, 1904. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Attractively bound in half bright red morocco over marbled boards, spine intentionally mottled, spine label in tan, gilt ruled raised spine bands, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 021556 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FRAPIE, LEON, Les Contes De La Maternelle Parigi (Paris) Calmann-Levy, 1930. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1930. In French. Handsome binding in full saddle brown morocco with an overall blindstamped design bordered in gilt, raised spine bands with gilt lettering and gilt decorated compartments, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, decorative endpapers, 292 pages. Some surface chipping to the joints, minor chips to spine head, joints/hinges secure, text block sound, pages lightly age-toned but very clean and free from names or other markings. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 021155 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	GODWIN, GAIL. FRONTISPIECE BY MILT KOBAYASHI, The Finishing School Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1984. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full emerald green leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 023898 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield: With Some Account of His Life and Writings London George Routledge & Sons, 1867. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Goldsmith's collected works in a stunning deep rose-colored binding. Bright full polished calf with black spine label, raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, 711 pages, prize bookplate from Shifnal Grammar School, Salop, made out to C. H. Sykes, 1870, on front free endpaper. Light edge rubbing, spine slightly darkened, good joints/hinges, sound text block, some foxing to the first and final two leaves, pages otherwise very clean and unmarked. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 020966 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.

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	ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719), Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author By Mr. Tickell Dublin, Ireland R. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, for George Risk, George Ewing, and William Smith, Booksellers in Dame-Street, 1735. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Complete three volume set in contemporary calf bindings with armorial seal with the script "Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg. Elizab. Juxta Dublin" in gilt on each front and rear cover, raised spine bands bordered in gilt with gilt decoration in compartments, elaborate Jacobean armorial prize bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume, the name Richard Dickinson filled in by hand in each. Decorative design woodcuts in volume I, ten plates of "medals illustrated by the antient poets" in volume II, additional woodcuts of medals scattered in the text of volume III; [6], xvi, [3], 2-322; [13], 12-323; [9], 2-266, [10] pages; each volume with its own title page plus series title and advertisement in volume I. Externally scuffed with minor chipping to spine ends, joints cracked but secure, spine labels absent, spines lightly crackled from dryness but stabilized, text blocks sound, pages clean and unmarked. A clean and sound set. USD 2250.00 [Appr.: EURO 1501 \| £UK 1352.25 \| JP¥ 198579] Book number: 020836 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS. FRONTISPIECE BY JEFFREY SMITH, Diary of a Yuppie Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1986. First, Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Special, limited signed first edition for members of The Signed First Edition Society, associated with The Franklin Library. Signed by the author on the preliminary blank. Full black leather with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration in gilt, four raised spine bands, all edge gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark, 215 pages, promotional letter from the publisher laid in loosely at the front. Looks and feels new and unread, with no other names or markings. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 019486 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	W. H. AUDEN AND NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON, EDITORS. ILLUSTRATED BY EUGENE KARLIN, Romantic Poets: William Blake to Edgar Allan Poe. The Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books New York The Franklin Library - Oxford University Press, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Well-kept copy of this special edition, part of the Oxford Library of the World's Greatest Books. Rust colored gilt decorated cloth with deeper rust leather spine, raised spine bands with spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Very minor rubbing to rear cover, otherwise fine condition, looks and feels new, with firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 020297 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	VARIOUS AUTHORS, Antiquitatum Variarum Autores, Quorum Catalogum Sequens Continent Pagella Lugduni Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1552. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. In Latin. Collected works of Greek and Latin authors from antiquity through the early days of the Italian Renaissance. Full vellum, mostly likely from the early to mid-nineteenth century, gilt spine lettering, 887 pages, 12 cm tall. Vellum scuffed and spotted, old paper label near base of spine, covers flat and square, good hinges with minor stress tears to top edges of pastedowns, sound text block, "Charles O'Connor, Rome, 1900" on front free endpaper, minor dampstaining to final few leaves, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 433.75 \| £UK 390.75 \| JP¥ 57367] Book number: 019137 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BAZIN, RENE, Une Tache d'Encre Paris Calmann-Levy, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Undated, ca. 1910. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 318 pages . Light edge rubbing, minor surface scuff to spine head, good joints/hinges, sound text block, gift inscription on preliminary blank, lightly age-toned but clean pages with no other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020572 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BOWDEN, SAMUEL, Poems on Various Subjects; with Some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. And a Treatise on Health Bath Leake and Frederick et al; Printed By T. Boddely for the Author, 1754. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Collected poems, letters and essays by Samuel Bowden, M.D. of Frome, Somersetshire, locally known as The Poet of Frome. The volume dedicated to Charles Boyle, Lord Viscount Dungarvan, and contains a long list of subscribers. Bowden was also a contributor to Gentlemen's Magazine and friend of the poet Elizabeth Rowe. Late 19th or early 20th century binding in full burgundy calf with lettering and subtle decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark, xii, (11), 390 pages. Some external rubbing, mainly along the joints and spine, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a name at the head of the title page, no other markings. USD 950.00 [Appr.: EURO 633.75 \| £UK 571 \| JP¥ 83845] Book number: 019013 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, Poems New York Hurst & Co., 1880. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1880. Lightly worn copy in a full alligator or crocodile grained leather binding over padded boards. The leather has distinctive reptile grain, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, pages bordered in red, 347 pages. Externally good to very good with light edge rubbing, internally worn with front hinge repaired, text block sound, endpapers chipped, pages age-browned and a little brittle, no names or other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 022518 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BURGESS, ANTHONY, The Kingdom of the Wicked Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1985. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full burgundy leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 023894 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796), The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. With A Sketch of the Author's Life. Three Volumes. British Poets Boston James R. Osgood & Co., 1871. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Attractive three volume set in three quarter green polished calf over marbled boards, dual spine labels in red and brown (top label is printed with British Poets), gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume about 6.75 inches tall. Some edge rubbing and scuffing, spines slightly darkened and a bit dried but stabilized, some roughness to the spine ends, good joints/hinges, sound text blocks, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 020976 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764), The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, With Copious Notes and a Life of the Author By W. Tooke, F.R.S. Three Volumes. British Poets Boston James R. Osgood & Co., 1864. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Attractive three volume set in three quarter green polished calf over marbled boards, dual spine labels in red and brown (top label is printed with British Poets), gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume about 6.75 inches tall. Some edge rubbing and scuffing, spines slightly darkened and a bit dried with a few minor surface chips but stabilized, some roughness to the spine ends (some minor chipping to the spine heads of volumes I and III), good joints/hinges, sound text blocks, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 020978 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	CONAN DOYLE, A., Works of A. Conan Doyle. Authors Edition. Thirteen (13) Volumes New York D. Appleton & Company, 1902. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Author's Edition. Hard-to-find complete thirteen volume set, including Hound of the Baskervilles. Three quarter polished black leather over textured black boards, gilt spine lettering and ruling, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, tissue-protected sepiatone frontis in each volume, each volume just more than 8.5 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide, and averaging 1.75 inches thick. Some external wear, mainly edge rubbing and numerous tiny chips to the spine ends, gilt lettering and ruling not affected by the chips, good hinges, frontis and title page of Brigadier Gerard detached but present, otherwise sound text blocks with no loosened pages but with the binding fabric visible between just a few of the gatherings, and with the exception of a few margin fingerprints, clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 2950.00 [Appr.: EURO 1967.75 \| £UK 1773 \| JP¥ 260359] Book number: 025288 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE, L'Immortel: Moeurs Parisiennes Paris Alphonse Lemerre, 1888. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Handsomely bound copy in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and ruling, marbled edges and endpapers, 382 pages. Light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 021198 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, MADAME ALPHONSE, Souvenirs Autour d'Un Groupe Litteraire Paris Eugene Fasquelle, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 257 pages . Very light edge rubbing, good joints/hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages with no names or other markings. USD 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 96.75 \| £UK 87.25 \| JP¥ 12797] Book number: 020573 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE. ILLUSTRE PAR ARANDA, DE BEAUMONT, MONTENARD, DE MYRBACH, ROSSI, Tartarin Sur Les Alpes: Nouveaux Exploits Du Heros Tarasconnais Paris C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, 1886. Quatre-vingt-unieme Mille. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus hand colored frontis. Handsomely bound copy in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and ruling, marbled edges and endpapers, 365 pages. Light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, a bit more rubbing to the joints, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age- toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 021199 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES. ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, The Chimes New York Limited Editions Club, Printed By George Jones, 1931. F Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good Slipcase, Very Good. Number 92 of 1500 copies, signed by Rackham. One of Dicken's lesser-known Christmas stories. Tan cloth over beveled boards with black and gilt lettering and cover decoration, gilt top, uncut lower edge, illustrated endpapers, 130 pages, illustrated tan slipcase. The book has some external age-toning, especially to the spine, and some scattered foxing to the covers, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from other names or markings. The slipcase has some soil and uneven coloration (most likely from the glue used to assemble it), light edgewear, structurally sound. Signed: I Signed by the Illustrator USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 015686 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES, A Christmas Carol in Prose West Springfield, Massachusetts Privately Printed By the J. H. Bordeaux Company, 1938. F Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Very Good. Number 95 of an unspecified limited edition, with a personalized inscription by the publisher, Louis Bordeaux on the verso of the preliminary blank. Includes an original tissue-protected frontis etching pencil signed by Gillette Freech. Red boards with faux vellum spine, uncut edges, illustrated endpapers, 69 pages, no dustjacket. Tiny spot at lower front cover, light soil to spine, very minor warp to front board, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from other names or markings. Signed: I Inscribed by The Publisher USD 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 90.25 \| £UK 81.25 \| JP¥ 11915] Book number: 022087 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870), Sketches By "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People London Walter Scott, Limited, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1905. Attractive copy in a prize binding for the Ulverston Victoria Grammar School. Full polished royal blue calf with school seal on front cover in gilt, gilt spine lettering and decoration, raised spine bands, blind tooled inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, 386 pages. Includes a school prize bookplate presented to Sydney Robinson in 1907-08 on the front pastedown. Spine subtly faded, additional fading to top ten percent of front cover, light rubbing to the extremities, good joints/hinges, sound text block, pages clean and unmarked. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020940 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	DRURY, ALLEN. ILLUSTRATED BY MALCOLM LIEPKE, Decision Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1983. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Very Good. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full emerald green leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Internally fine condition, externally very good with some rubbing to the gilt on the covers, some fading of the gilt on the rear cover, minor scuffing to the gilt top edge. Otherwise, the book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 023900 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FIELDING, HENRY. ILLUSTRATIONS BY T.M. CLELAND, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. Collector's Edition in Full Leather. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series Norwalk, Connecticut The Easton Press, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Fine. From the Easton Press series: The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Handsome copy in rich burgundy grained leather with raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt, rose moire silk endleaves, frontis portrait, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new, with a firm binding, publisher's original bookplate with name neatly typed in affixed to front pastedown, wear to gilt edge in lower right corner, no other markings or names. A very clean and attractive copy. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 019402 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FOGAZZARO, ANTONIO, Traduit De l'Italien Par G. Herelle Paris Hachette, 1907. Cinquieme Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. In French. Half black morocco over marbled boards in a bold amoeba-like pattern, slightly raised spine bands, gilt letering, marbled endpapers, title page and publisher's frontis advertisement in black and vermilion, 380 pages. Light rubbing to the extremities, small scuff to front joint near the spine head, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 021203 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	LA FONTAINE [LAFONTAINE], Fables De La Fontaine Paris Ernest Flammarion, 1910. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Undated, ca. 1910. In French. Attractive copy in fine binding by Brentano's, New York. Three quarter bright red morocco over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and decorated compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 385 pages . Very light edge rubbing, good joints/hinges, sound text block, gift inscription on half-title, age-toned but clean pages with no other markings. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 020570 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FRANCE, ANATOLE. FRONTIS PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY BELLERY-DESFONTAINES, L'Eglise et La Republique Paris Edouard Pelletan Editions d'Art, 1904. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. In French. Attractively bound in half bright red morocco over marbled boards, spine intentionally mottled, spine label in tan, gilt ruled raised spine bands, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 021556 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	FRAPIE, LEON, Les Contes De La Maternelle Parigi (Paris) Calmann-Levy, 1930. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Good. Undated, ca. 1930. In French. Handsome binding in full saddle brown morocco with an overall blindstamped design bordered in gilt, raised spine bands with gilt lettering and gilt decorated compartments, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, decorative endpapers, 292 pages. Some surface chipping to the joints, minor chips to spine head, joints/hinges secure, text block sound, pages lightly age-toned but very clean and free from names or other markings. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 021155 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	GODWIN, GAIL. FRONTISPIECE BY MILT KOBAYASHI, The Finishing School Franklin Center, Pennsylvania The Franklin Library, 1984. F First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, No, Fine. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in page at the front. Special edition for Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society. Full emerald green leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. The book looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, ribbon bookmark folded under bottom edge as it was when originally shipped, pages very clean with no other names or markings. Very clean and attractive copy. Signed: I Signed by the Author USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 023898 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.
	GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield: With Some Account of His Life and Writings London George Routledge & Sons, 1867. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover, Very Good. Goldsmith's collected works in a stunning deep rose-colored binding. Bright full polished calf with black spine label, raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, 711 pages, prize bookplate from Shifnal Grammar School, Salop, made out to C. H. Sykes, 1870, on front free endpaper. Light edge rubbing, spine slightly darkened, good joints/hinges, sound text block, some foxing to the first and final two leaves, pages otherwise very clean and unmarked. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 020966 Click here to order or inquire at Resource Books, LLC.