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Milton, John.

Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. [Regained].

London: J.M. for John Starkey, 1671.

First edition, first issue, of Milton’s Paradise Regain’d, the sequel to Paradise Lost, together with the first edition of his tragedy Samson Agonistes. Octavo, two parts in one volume, separately paginated, in contemporary panelled calf, retaining the initial licence leaf and the terminal errata leaf. The rare first issue, with “loah” for “loth” on pageContinue reading "Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. [Regained]."

$11,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152700

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Besenval, Pierre-Victor de.

Spleen and Other Stories.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1927.

First edition in English of a collection of eighteenth-century French tales by Pierre-Victor, Baron de Besenval, the Swiss-born courtier and memoirist of the court of Louis XVI.Octavo, original half-cloth over decorated paper boards, top edge gilt, beautifully printed at the celebrated Curwen Press. One of only 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 58. Near fineContinue reading "Spleen and Other Stories."

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-152739

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Durey de Sauroy, Joseph.

The Masked Lady.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1926.

First edition in English of Le Masque, an eighteenth-century French work of anecdote and memoir by Joseph Durey de Sauroy, Marquis du Terrail. Octavo, original half-cloth over decorated paper boards, top edge gilt, beautifully printed at the celebrated Curwen Press. One of only 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 64. Very good in the originalContinue reading "The Masked Lady."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152738

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Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard.

Now We Are Six.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.

First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series. Octavo, original cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Among the most beloved of all children’s books, and a cornerstone ofContinue reading "Now We Are Six."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152734

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Valery, Paul.

Eupalinos or The Architect.

London: Oxford University Press, 1932.

First edition in English of Paul Valéry’s celebrated Socratic dialogue on architecture and the creative mind. Octavo, original cream linen with gilt titles to the spine, the front board stamped in gilt with the title and an architectural ground plan. One of only 750 numbered copies, of which only the first 250 were signed byContinue reading "Eupalinos or The Architect."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152733

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McCarthy, Cormac.

Cities of the Plain.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of the final volume in the author’s acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152769

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Sagan, Carl.

The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective.

Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1973.

First edition of this early work by the legendary astronomer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Produced by Jerome Agel. Jacket painting by Jon Lomberg. Jacket typography by Jim McWilliams. Uncommon signed.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-152779

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Koestler, Arthur.

Darkness At Noon.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979.

Signed limited edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated. Boldly signed by Arthur Koestler on the front freeContinue reading "Darkness At Noon."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152726

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Galbraith, John Kenneth.

John Kenneth Galbraith: The Abiding Liberal.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970-1992.

A collection of three first edition works by John Kenneth Galbraith, America’s most celebrated liberal economist, gathering his political and occasional writings as a public conscience. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth or half-cloth. The collection comprises: Who Needs the Democrats and What It Takes to Be Needed (Doubleday, 1970), his bracing call to theContinue reading "John Kenneth Galbraith: The Abiding Liberal."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152759

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Galbraith, John Kenneth.

John Kenneth Galbraith: Money, Power, and Economic Systems.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975-1988.

A collection of four first edition works by John Kenneth Galbraith on money, power, and the rival economic systems of the modern age. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s cloth or half-cloth. The collection comprises Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went (Houghton Mifflin, 1975), his history of money and its mysteries; The Anatomy of PowerContinue reading "John Kenneth Galbraith: Money, Power, and Economic Systems."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-152758

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Ponicsan, Darryl.

Cinderella Liberty.

New York: Harper & Row, 1973.

First edition of this novel of a Navy sailor stranded on liberty in Seattle, the basis for the acclaimed 1973 film. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Diane – smooth sailing, Darryl Ponicsan.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A desirable inscribed copy.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152721

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Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Crusade in Europe.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1948.

First edition of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Crusade in Europe, his acclaimed memoir of the Allied campaign in the Second World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt innerContinue reading "Crusade in Europe."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152783

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Lewis, C.S.

The Problem of Pain.

London: The Centenary Press, 1940.

First edition of Lewis’s classic discussion of the nature of good and evil. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt author signature in facsimile to the front panel, giltContinue reading "The Problem of Pain."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-152781

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Roth, Joseph.

Job: The Story of a Simple Man.

New York: The Viking Press, 1931.

First edition of one of the most affecting parables of faith and suffering in modern literature. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "Job: The Story of a Simple Man."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152775

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Dunton, John.

John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.

Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867.

The Prince Society edition of Dunton’s letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-135164

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.].

The Sensory Order. An Inquiry Into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1952.

First edition of Hayek’s foundational study of cognitive behavior, “an exercise in profound thinking.” Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a uncommon dust jacket which is in good condition with loss to the spine and chips. Introduction by Heinrich Kluver.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-152715

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McCord, David [Julia and Paul Child].

Odds Without Ends.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954.

First edition of a collection of light and occasional verse by David McCord, one of America’s most cherished poets of light verse. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Julia and Paul Child on the front free endpaper in a verse that plays on the book’s title, “To Julia, Paul, ThisContinue reading "Odds Without Ends."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-152748

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Ellison, Ralph [Arnold Newman].

Invisible Man.

New York: Random House, 1952.

First edition, third printing of the author’s landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award, his first and only work published during his lifetime. Octavo, publisher’s black-and-white pictorial cloth stamped in white and grey. Association copy, uniquely inscribed by Ellison on the title page to the legendary photographer Arnold Newman, “ForContinue reading "Invisible Man."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152713

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Merton, Thomas.

The Seven Storey Mountain.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.

First edition of one of the most influential religious books of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbledContinue reading "The Seven Storey Mountain."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-152782

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Cooke, Alistair. [William Safire].

Alistair Cooke Typed Letter Signed.

New York: 1987.

A wonderful typed letter signed by the broadcaster and writer Alistair Cooke to the columnist William Safire, together with the annotated typescript of one of Cooke’s Letter from America broadcasts. One page, dated 27 August 1987 on Cooke’s Fifth Avenue stationery. The letter welcomes Safire back from his travels, praises his “Punish The Guilty” columnContinue reading "Alistair Cooke Typed Letter Signed."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-152754

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Yavlinsky, Grigory. [William Safire].

Я выбираю свободу. [I Choose Freedom.]

Moscow: EPIcenter, 1996.

First edition of Grigory Yavlinsky’s 1996 presidential campaign program, I Choose Freedom, issued for his candidacy in the Russian presidential election. Octavo, written in Russian, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to William Safire in English on the title page on the day of the first round of the Russian presidential election,Continue reading "Я выбираю свободу. [I Choose Freedom.]"

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152753

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Egan, Pierce.

Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life, Who have acquired Notoriety from their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field.

London: Printed For Sherwood, Jones, and Co, 1825.

First edition with colored plates of Egan’s classic collection of sporting anecdotes. Octavo, bound in full red straight grain morocco by Lloyd with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signedContinue reading "Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life, Who have acquired Notoriety from their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147752

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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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