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Fonda, Peter; Dennis Hopper; Terry Southern. [Jack Nicholson].

Easy Rider.

New York: Signet, 1969.

First edition of the complete script, with a selection of black white and color stills, interviews and articles. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. Boldly signed by three time Academy Award-winning actor on the front panel. Nicholson is one of four male actors to win three Academy Awards and one of only two actors to be nominatedContinue reading "Easy Rider."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152838

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Cherry-Garrard, Apsley.

The Worst Journey in the World.

London: Constable & Company, 1922.

First edition of this classic memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Octavo, two volumes, original half white cloth, gray paper boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Apsley Cherry-Garrard in each volume. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. First editions signed and inscribed are rare,Continue reading "The Worst Journey in the World."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-33035

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Davidson, William H.; John A. Davidson.

The Story of Harley-Davidson.

Milwaukee, WI: Harley-Davidson Motor Co, Inc, [1970s].

First edition of this history of the legendary motorcycle company published by Harley-Davidson. Quarto, original brown pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by both William H. Davidson and John A. Davidson. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by both John and William Davidson, who bothContinue reading "The Story of Harley-Davidson."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147523

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Hillary, Edmund.

High Adventure.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.

First British edition of Hillary’s account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "High Adventure."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-144006

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Boorstin, Daniel J.

The Americans: The Colonial Experience.

New York: Random House, 1958.

First edition of the first volume in Daniel J. Boorstin’s celebrated trilogy The Americans, a landmark study of the colonial roots of the American character. Octavo, original cloth, top stain blue. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152711

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Blume, Judy.

Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson.

New York: Orchard Books, 1993.

First edition of the author’s sequel to her best-selling young adult novel ‘Just as Long as We’re Together.’ Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Elana Love, Judy Blume Dec.1993.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by JimContinue reading "Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152682

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Child, Julia and Jacques Pepin.

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this work by these two legendary chefs. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with 328 color photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-152164

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Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said]; Samuel Hazo.

The Blood of Adonis.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.

First paperback edition of the poet’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in English and French on the title page, “For David, Bien cordialement Adonis Paris 15.11.2008.” Additionally signed by the translator Samuel Hazo beneath his name. In near fine condition. Translated by SamuelContinue reading "The Blood of Adonis."

$700.00

Item Number: RRB-152679

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Muir, John.

Letters to a Friend.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.

First edition of the collected letters of the great naturalist John Muir to his early friend and mentor Jeanne Carr. Octavo, original paper-covered boards printed in green, several pages uncut. One of 300 copies. Fine in the original printed dust jacket in near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. A scarce and desirableContinue reading "Letters to a Friend."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152650

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Roth, Philip.

The Professor of Desire.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A very sharp example.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152144

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Caldwell, Erskine.

We Are the Living: Brief Stories.

New York: The Viking Press, 1933.

Signed limited first edition of this early collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell, the acclaimed chronicler of the rural American South, published the same year as his notorious novel God’s Little Acre. Octavo, original tan cloth decorated in blue and green, top edge gilt. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 54. BoldlyContinue reading "We Are the Living: Brief Stories."

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-152796

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Greene, Asa.

The Perils Of Pearl Street, Including A Taste Of The Dangers Of Wall Street.

New York: Betts and Anstice, and Peter Hill,, 1834.

First edition of a very early Wall Street work. Octavo, original cloth, leather label. In very good condition, rebacked, with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable.

$3,250.00

Item Number: RRB-24014

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Adams, Sarah.

Sarah Adams Victorian Mortgage Indenture 1862.

Hampshire, England: January 14, 1862.

Original Victorian mortgage indenture, engrossed in manuscript on a single large vellum membrane and dated the fourteenth day of January 1862. The document records a mortgage in fee of a messuage and premises situate in Ringwood in the County of Southampton, now Hampshire, by which Sarah Adams mortgages the property to William Chapple of FridayContinue reading "Sarah Adams Victorian Mortgage Indenture 1862."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152521

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Crown, A.W.

Thoughts Written in India.

Calcutta: Mercantile Stationers Syndicate,

Rare pamphlet of this charming little volume of verse written in British India, gathering the poet’s impressions of the subcontinent in simple, songlike rhymes such as Song of the Train. Octavo, original printed wrappers. In very good condition.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152645

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Burchard, Peter.

Sea Change.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984.

First edition of this remarkable novel by the American author and illustrator Peter Burchard. Octavo, original half cloth, the title-page ornamented with the author’s own delicate shell illustrations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An attractive first edition.

$30.00

Item Number: RRB-153067

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Masefield, John.

The Dream.

London: William Heinemann, 1922.

Signed limited first edition of The Dream, a visionary narrative poem by John Masefield, one of the most beloved English poets of the twentieth century. Octavo, original paper boards backed in cream cloth, with a printed paper label to the front cover. This is copy number 379. Signed on the title page by both theContinue reading "The Dream."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-152644

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Hemingway, Ernest.

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

First edition, first printing of Hemingway’s third novel, a tragic exploration of love, duty, and the futility of war. Octavo, original publisher’s tan cloth. With the first printing issue point of Scribner’s “A” on the copyright page. Near fine in a good first issue dust jacket without the photographer name on the rear panel, withContinue reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152648

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Moore, Robin.

The Green Berets.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.

First edition, early printing of this monumental work, basis for the classic film starring John Wayne. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes Robin Moore.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by the original wrap around band laid in. Jacket design by Harsh/ Finegold. RareContinue reading "The Green Berets."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152723

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Diderot, Denis.

Rameau’s Nephew and Other Works.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1926.

Limited edition of this gathering one of the supreme satirical dialogues of the French Enlightenment. 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 108. In near fine condition. Translated from the French by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. IntroductionContinue reading "Rameau’s Nephew and Other Works."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152740

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Faulkner, William.

Sanctuary.

New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.

First edition of the novel that established Faulkner’s literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, top stain black. Very good in a good dust jacket with chipping and losses to the spine.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152643

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Hicks, J. R.

A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s influential theory of the trade cycle, a landmark attempt to explain the recurring booms and slumps of industrial economies through the interaction of the multiplier and the accelerator. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with equations and graphs. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chipping and edge wearContinue reading "A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle."

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-152789

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Herbert, Frank.

Dune.

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1965.

First edition, first issue of the best-selling science fiction novel ever written and the first work ever to win both the Nebula and Hugo awards. Octavo, publisher’s original light blue cloth with white titles to the spine, patterned endpapers. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket with the publisher’s imprint inContinue reading "Dune."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152529

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Lowell, James Russell.

Poems of James Russell Lowell.

London: Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press, 1912.

Finely bound example of the collected poems of James Russell Lowell, one of the celebrated Fireside Poets of nineteenth-century America. Octavo, finely bound in full mottled calf, the spine gilt-tooled in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieceContinue reading "Poems of James Russell Lowell."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152669

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MacLeish, Archibald.

Songs for Eve.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954.

First edition of this late collection of lyric poems by the three-time Pulitzer Prize winning poet Archibald MacLeish, its title sequence a meditation on Eve, Adam, and the fall from Eden. Octavo, publisher’s red cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in the near fine original glassine wrapper. Housed in the originalContinue reading "Songs for Eve."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152642

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