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Housman, Laurence.

The New Hangman: A Play in One Act.

London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.

Signed limited first edition of this one-act play by Laurence Housman, the versatile English dramatist, artist, and social reformer and brother of the poet A. E. Housman. Octavo, original blue-grey cloth lettered in gilt to the upper cover, top edge gilt, printed on hand-made paper. One of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author,Continue reading "The New Hangman: A Play in One Act."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-152793

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Rand, Ayn.

Textbook of Americanism.

New York: Nathaniel Branden Institute, circa 1959.

First separate edition of Ayn Rand’s concise question-and-answer primer contrasting the principles of individualism and collectivism. Octavo, stapled in the original printed wrappers. Bringing together the twelve completed articles that first appeared in The Vigil in 1946, this Nathaniel Branden Institute pamphlet predates the later Objectivist printing. In very good condition with light toning andContinue reading "Textbook of Americanism."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152792

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Juster, Norton.

The Dot and the Line.

New York: Random House, 1963.

First edition of this classic work. Octodecimo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Very good in a very good dust. First editions are rare, especially signed.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152736

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Sassoon, Siegfried.

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1930.

First edition of the second volume in Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152731

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O'Brien, Liam [Alan Schneider; Una Merkel; Glenn Anders].

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker.

New York: Random House, 1954.

First edition of Liam O’Brien’s hit Broadway comedy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs of the original production. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed to him by two members of the original cast on the verso of the dedication page: Una Merkel, who played Aunt Jane Pennypacker, “To Alan, with deepest affection, Una,” and Glenn Anders,Continue reading "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152245

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Hansberry, Lorraine.

A Raisin In the Sun.

New York: Random House, 1959.

First edition of this groundbreaking play, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by Lorraine Hansberry on the front free endpaper. Early in April 1963, Hansberry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was in and out of University HospitalContinue reading "A Raisin In the Sun."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152786

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Einstein, Albert.

Out of My Later Years.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.

First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with bumping and chipping to the rear panel.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152705

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Fitzgerald, Edward. [Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe].

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: Siegle, Hill & Co., 1911.

Signed limited edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe. Quarto, in the publisher’s original elaborately decorated full vellum, the front panel elaborately stamped in gilt with a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to the spine, brown giltContinue reading "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152703

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Allen, Ida Bailey.

Pressure Cooking.

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1947.

First edition of the pioneering radio and television cooking personality Ida Bailey Allen’s guide to pressure cooking, inscribed by her. Octavo, original red gingham cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Cordially, Ida Bailey Allen.” Gathering 750 recipes and menus for the pressure cooker. Near fine in the rare original dustContinue reading "Pressure Cooking."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152699

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[Rockefeller, John D.; Henry Morrison Flagler].

John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate.

New York: Standard Oil Trust, 1888.

Rare Standard Oil Trust stock certificate signed by both John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler. Partially printed document signed “J.D. Rockefeller” as President and “H.M. Flagler” as Secretary, numbered A1241 and dated the 9th of July, 1888, at the City of New York. A certificate for one hundred shares in Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust,Continue reading "John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152698

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Mackenzie, Alexander.

Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America.

London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1801.

First edition of one of the great narratives of North American exploration, a presentation copy inscribed by the author. Quarto, contemporary streaked calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled edges, engraved frontispiece portrait ofContinue reading "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152697

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The New Hangman: A Play in One Act.

Textbook of Americanism.

The Dot and the Line.

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker.

A Raisin In the Sun.

Out of My Later Years.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Pressure Cooking.

John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate.

Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America.

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