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Cetta, Francesca [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].

Quindici.

Rome: Albatros, 2018.

First edition of this coming-of-age novel. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, in the original Italian. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “to Madame Justice Ruth Ginsburg, thank you for not only being my role model, but also my friend! Francesca.” American lawyer and jurist, Ruth Bader GinsburgContinue reading "Quindici."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148314

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Krugman, Paul.

Exchange-Rate Instability.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition of Krugman’s provocative analysis of the extraordinary exchange-rate volatility of the 1980s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken, Paul R. Krugman.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-148346

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Nicklaus, Jack.

Jack Nicklaus’ Lesson Tee.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.

First edition of this instructional by this golfing legend. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by Jim McQueen. Written with Ken Bowden.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148344

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Nisbet, Robert.

Sounds of the Town.

United Kingdom: Alun Books, 1982.

First edition of this collection of short stories about Welsh life and culture. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ewan, with best wishes, Robert Nisbet 30 Aug. ’82.” In very good condition. Ownership stamp to the top. Books signed by Nisbet are rare.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148342

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Hurston, Zora Neale; Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr. [Editors].

You Don’t Know Us Negroes: and Other Essays.

New York: Amistad 35/An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022.

First edition of this collection of provocative essays. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Jacket design by Stephen Brayda. Jacket art by Jessica Coppet.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148334

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Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939.

Rare first edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In very good condition with rubbing and bumping to both volumes.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147832

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Pelz, Dave; James A. Frank.

Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible: Master the Finesse Swing and Lower Your Score.

New York: Broadway Books, 1999.

First edition of the first book in The Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with color and black and white photographs, charts, and diagrams. Boldly signed on a PGA Tour Shops bookplate by Dave Pelz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Lee Janzen. JacketContinue reading "Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible: Master the Finesse Swing and Lower Your Score."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-148318

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Rowling, J.K. [Kennelworthy Whisp].

Quidditch: Through the Ages.

London: Bloomsbury/Whizz Hard Books, 2001.

First British edition of this “amazingly imaginative work” (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare signed.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148087

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Lawrence, D.H.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger.

Paris: Privately Printed [LeCram Press], 1929.

The unabridged popular edition was the second authorized edition of D.H. Lawrence’s most ambitious, significant, and explicit work on sex and romance. Octavo, rebound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine, original mulberry wrappers with white paper spine label and central Phoenix motif to the front panel bound in at the end ofContinue reading "Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-148341

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Butler, Octavia E.

Xenogenesis Trilogy: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago.

New York: Warner Books, Grand Central Publishing, 1987-1989.

First editions of each volume in Butler’s acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each are signed or inscribed by Octavia E. Butler. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustrations by Enric and Wayne Barlowe. A very sharp set, uncommon signed.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-137805

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Rushdie, Salman.

Midnight’s Children.

London: The Folio Society, 2009.

The Folio Society edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, with nine color illustrations. In fine condition. Illustrations by Anna Bhushan. Housed in the original slipcase.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-148340

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Dickens, Charles.

Little Dorrit.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, “William” for “Frederick” on page 317 line 27, lacking errata on page 467, and “Rigaud” for “Blandois” on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe withContinue reading "Little Dorrit."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-148221

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Faulkner, William.

The Wild Palms.

New York: Random House, 1939.

First edition first printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s grandly inventive, heart-stopping classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-147414

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Richards, Keith.

Life: Keith Richards.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

First edition, second printing of Richards’ autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed and dated by the author year of publication on the half-title page, “Keith Richards ’10.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148338

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Dinesen, Isak. [Karen Blixen].

Out of Africa.

New York: Random House, 1938.

First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original pictorial half cloth, top stain green. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148336

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Roth, Philip.

Goodbye, Columbus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional example.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148093

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Vargas Llosa, Mario.

The War of The End of The World.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A pamphlet from Gergetown University for a symposium featuring Llosa, the author Claudio Magris, and moderated by Charlie Rose on April 18, 2017 laid in. Translated by Helen R.Continue reading "The War of The End of The World."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148333

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Fisher, Kenneth L.

Super Stocks.

Illinois: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1984.

First edition of this work to achieve superior investment returns. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-148331

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Hopkins, Samuel.

The System of Doctrines, Contained in Divine Revelation.

Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793.

First edition of this comprehensive theological work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spines. In very good condition with some rubbing, shelf and toning, bookplates to the front pastedowns.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147930

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Butler, Octavia E.

Bloodchild: and Other Stories

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Uncommon signed.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148326

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Uris, Leon.

Redemption.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.

First edition of this sequel to Leon Uris’ epic novel Trinity. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “For Phyllis and Lyonel / Leon Uris.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-148325

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Coxwell, Charles Fillingham [Ivan Krylov].

Krilòff’s Fables.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD, c. 1900.

Early edition of this collection of fables by Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with four black and white plates. In near fine condition. Translated from the Russian into English in the original metres by Charles Fillingham Coxwell.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-148323

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Carlos II, King of Spain.

Carta Executoria of King Carlos II of Spain for Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas and His Sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas.

Valladolid, Spain: 1685.

Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Carlos II of Spain for the late Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas, represented by two procurators, and his sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas, residents of Lugar de Cavecuela. Quarto, bound in early red velvet over pasteboards with red and yellow silk cordContinue reading "Carta Executoria of King Carlos II of Spain for Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas and His Sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148310

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Keen, Sam.

Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man.

New York: Bantam Books, 1992.

First trade paperback edition of this seminal work that challenges traditional conceptions of masculinity. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Christin and Paul Sarbanes Sam Keen.” In fine condition. Jacket illustration by Kuso Sano.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-148317

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