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Thomas, Helen [President Gerald R. Ford].

Dateline: White House.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1975.

First edition of this firsthand account of America’s Presidents and their families from the perspective of a pioneering journalist. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author to President Ford on the half-title page, “To the President and Mrs. Ford with my deepest respect and admiration forContinue reading "Dateline: White House."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148463

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McCarthy, Cormac.

Suttree.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptionalContinue reading "Suttree."

$10,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149770

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[Lincoln, Abraham].

[Emancipation Proclamation]. General Orders, No. 1. War Department Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, January 2, 1863.

Washington: Government Printing Office, January 2, 1863.

Rare first War Department and fifth overall printing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Twelvemo, General Orders No. 1 extracted from the larger volume of orders for 1863, 4 pages, disbound. President Lincoln had intended to issue the order earlier in 1862 but deliberately delayed its release until after the Union’s strategic victory at Antietam, at whichContinue reading "[Emancipation Proclamation]. General Orders, No. 1. War Department Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, January 2, 1863."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149486

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Stephens, James.

The Crock of Gold.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.

Signed limited edition of this whimsical and philosophical novel. Quarto, quarter vellum over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine, printed on hand-made paper, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with illustrations and decorations by Thomas Mackenzie. Boldly signed by the author on the limitations page, one of 525 copies. In near fine condition.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148485

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Collins, Michael; James Lovell; Edward H. White II; Frank Borman; Jim McDivitt; Clifton Williams.

Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965.

Indialantic, Florida: C.W. Scarboro, 1965.

First edition of this visual chronicle documenting the early development of the U.S. space program at Cape Canaveral. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by six Gemini astronauts on the dedication page: Michael Collins, James Lovell, Edward H. White II, Frank Borman, Jim McDivitt, and Clifton Williams. Foreword by Kurt H. Debus. InContinue reading "Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148483

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Szymborska, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins.

Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.

Orlando: Harcourt Inc, 2006.

First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page and by Billy Collins on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare CavanaghContinue reading "Monologue of a Dog: New Poems."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148475

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Hughes, Richard.

A High Wind in Jamaica.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1929.

First edition of the author’s classic novel, one of Modern Library’s 100 greatest novels of the 20th century and an inspiration for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Hughes on the half-title page, “Richard Hughes Dun Laoghaire, 10 Sept 1971.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.Continue reading "A High Wind in Jamaica."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149714

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Rice, Anne.

Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, 1993, 1994.

First editions of each volume in the author’s classic Mayfair Witches Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes. Each volume is signed or inscribed by Anne Rice and The Witching Hour and Lasher signed three times each by Chip Kidd; on the front panel, below Rice’s signature and on the rear jacket flap. Each are fine in fineContinue reading "Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149831

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Hughes, Langston.

Shakespeare in Harlem.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.

First edition of Hughes classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Alice LeVeen- Sincerely- Langston Hughes.” Near fine in a good dust jacket. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Uncommon signed and inscribed and in the rare original dust jacket.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149891

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Kipling, Rudyard; Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson..

A Song of the English.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1909.

Signed limited edition of Kipling’s collection of songs of the seas and cities, elaborately illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, original publisher’s full pictorial vellum decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with 30-tipped in plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. One of 500 numbered copies signed by theContinue reading "A Song of the English."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148683

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Staunton, Sir George. [Sir George Macartney].

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, In Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary.

London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797.

Rare first edition of the official account of Lord Macartney’s voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, the failure of which led to the establishment of the British trading post at Hong Kong. Three volumes (two quarto volumes of text and one folio atlas volume of plates) bound by Clarke Preston in full diced calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raisedContinue reading "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, In Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149247

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Towles, Amor.

A Gentleman In Moscow.

New York: Viking, 2016.

First edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amor Towles on the title page and with his custom-designed stamp of the Kremlin opposite the title page in red ink. Towles adopted the practice of adding a custom-designed stamp when signing his books as requests for signedContinue reading "A Gentleman In Moscow."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-149445

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Hughes, Langston.

The Langston Hughes Reader.

New York: George Braziller, Inc, 1958.

First edition of this compilation of the selected writings of Langston Hughes. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149626

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Jones, James.

The Thin Red Line.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1962.

First edition of Jones’classic sequel to his first novel, From Here to Eternity. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, blind ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-149839

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1876.

First edition, second issue of one of the great masterpieces of American literature and Twain’s best-selling book. Octavo, original blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, illustrated with frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by True Williams and others. Second issue with the half-title and frontispiece printed on the same leaf. The first and second printings wereContinue reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149830

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McPherson, James M.

Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Chris Ripple Regards from James McPherson.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James M. Wall.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-149848

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Green, Henry.

Loving.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1945.

First edition of the author’s classic work, which was named one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century by Modern Library. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the verso. Edward Robinson name to the front free endpaper, name to the title page. Jacket designContinue reading "Loving."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149845

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Lindbergh, Charles A.

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the title page, “To Marjory Douglas, with admiration and best wishes Charles A. Lindbergh Sept. 1953 PublicationContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149841

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Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1886.

First English edition, cloth issue of Stevenson’s classic work, printed simultaneously in wrappers. Octavo, original publisher’s salmon cloth with black lettering to the front panel, olive green patterned endpapers. From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. In very good condition.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148204

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Dukas, Helen; Banesh Hoffman [Albert Einstein].

Albert Einstein: The Human Side.

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1979.

First edition, early printing of this curated collection of Einstein’s writings. Octavo, original leather, frontispiece. Boldly signed by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman on the front free endpaper. Helen Dukas (1896–1982) was Albert Einstein’s longtime secretary and trusted confidante, serving in that role from 1928 until his death in 1955. Deeply involved in preserving andContinue reading "Albert Einstein: The Human Side."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148235

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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia [Chip Kidd].

Until August.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

First edition of this extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel in the year of publication, on the title pageContinue reading "Until August."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-149873

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Austen, Jane.

Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”

London: Printed for John Murray, 1816.

First edition of the final novel published during Austen’s lifetime, one of only 2000 copies printed. Small octavo, three volumes finely bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards by Birdsall & Son with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, topContinue reading "Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”"

$42,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149280

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Sumner, Charles. Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar.

The Complete Works of Charles Sumner.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900.

The Statesman edition of the complete works of Charles Sumner, with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt,Continue reading "The Complete Works of Charles Sumner."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149581

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[Gerald R. Ford].

We The People: The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1985-1992.

The National Archives, 1992.

First edition of this account of the Bicentennial Commission and the planning, coordination, and execution of national events and educational programs celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated throughout. Foreword by Warren E. Burger. From the collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. Gerald R.Continue reading "We The People: The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1985-1992."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148468

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