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Clarke, Arthur C. and Stanley Kubrick [Keir Dullea].

2001: A Space Odyssey.

New York: New American Library, 1968.

First edition of the novel of the landmark “proverbial good science fiction movie” created by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Arthur C. Clarke and lengthily signed by star of the film, Keir Dullea on the front free endpaper, “‘Open theContinue reading "2001: A Space Odyssey."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152629

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Ali, Muhammad.

The Greatest: My Own Story.

New York: Random House, 1975.

First edition of Ali’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Muhammad Ali on the half-title page, “Muhammad Ali 1-17-88.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written with Richard Durham.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151566

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Fleming, Ian.

Moonraker.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.

First edition, first issue with “shoo” for “shoot” on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Kenneth Lewis.Continue reading "Moonraker."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149912

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Kazantzakis, Nikos.

Zorba The Greek.

Athens: Plateia Syntagmatos, 1946.

First Greek edition, preceding all other editions of the author’s classic work, which was the basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by The Harcourt Bindery.Continue reading "Zorba The Greek."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152628

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Huxley, Aldous.

Brief Candles.

New York: The Fountain Press, 1930.

First signed limited edition of Huxley’s fifth collection of short fiction. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. In near fine condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152627

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Roth, Philip. [Ewan McGregor].

American Pastoral.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1997.

First signed limited edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the 2016 debut directed Ewan McGregor film, starring McGregor and Jennifer Connelly. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated. Signed by Philip Roth and by Ewan McGregor on the limitation page. InContinue reading "American Pastoral."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152941

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Clark, Eleanor. [Julia and Paul Child].

Eyes, Etc.: A Memoir.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1977.

First edition of Eleanor Clark’s memoir of confronting the sudden loss of her sight. Octavo, publisher’s blue cloth with blue and gilt detailing. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Julia and Paul Child on the flyleaf, “For Julia and Paul with friendly greetings, Eleanor Sept. 1977.” Clark and her husband, the poet and novelistContinue reading "Eyes, Etc.: A Memoir."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-152585

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Baum, L. Frank.

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1914.

First edition of the eighth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. First printing with the verso of the half-title page listing Baum titles through The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Octavo, original publisher’s full medium blue cloth with pictorial label affixed to the front board, spine stamped in black with the publisher’s spineContinue reading "Tik-Tok of Oz."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151857

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Begley, Louis. [Sonny Mehta].

About Schmidt.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

First edition of Louis Begley’s acclaimed novel of a retired Wall Street lawyer’s late-life reckoning, a modern classic of manners and quiet melancholy. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Sonny Mehta with thanks, Louis Begley 5/ix/96.” The recipient, Sonny Mehta, wasContinue reading "About Schmidt."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152626

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O'Neill, Eugene.

Mourning Becomes Electra.

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc, 1931.

Signed limited edition of O’Neill’s classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum with gilt titles to the spine, black morocco spine label. One of 550 numbered copies, this is number 387. Boldly signed by Eugene O’Neill on the limitations page. In near fine condition with the original acetate dust jacket. An exceptional example.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-152625

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Sheridan, Philip. [George Armstrong Custer].

Philip Sheridan Autograph Letter Signed to George Armstrong Custer.

Chicago: June 25, 1869.

Rare autograph letter signed by General Philip Sheridan, addressed to General George Armstrong Custer and concerning Custer’s attempt to secure a transfer to West Point. The first letter is signed “Sheridan”, four pages, octavo, written from Chicago and dated June 25, 1869. The letter reads in full: “I am in receipt of your confidential telegram.Continue reading "Philip Sheridan Autograph Letter Signed to George Armstrong Custer."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152485

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Stevengraph Bookmark of the Star-Spangled Banner.

c. 1876.

Rare Stevengraph bookmark of the Star-Spangled Banner. Jacquard-woven from silk with the American flag at the top above “The Star-Spangled Banner”, musical stanzas and lyrics in the center, and a gold and red star at the bottom, circa 1876. In near fine condition. The piece measures 2.5 inches by 10 inches.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-151881

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Agricola, Georgius [Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover].

Georgius Agricola. De Re Metallica.

London: The Mining Magazine, 1912.

First edition in English of the foundational treatise on mining and metallurgy, translated by Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, this copy signed by both. Folio, original full vellum gilt-lettered and stamped with the crossed-hammers mining device, dated 1556 and 1912 at the foot of the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated throughout withContinue reading "Georgius Agricola. De Re Metallica."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152618

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Pinter, Harold.

Other Places: Three Plays.

London: Methuen, 1982.

First edition in wrappers of Pinter’s late trilogy, published simultaneously with the hardback in 1982. Octavo, original printed wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Alan All my love Harold,” with Alan Schneider’s ownership inscription, “Alan Schneider May 1983 London.” Schneider acquired the book in London the year before heContinue reading "Other Places: Three Plays."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152204

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. [Peter Matthiessen].

Portrait of the Anti-Semite.

New York: Partisan Review, 1946.

First edition in English of Sartre’s searching analysis of the anti-Semite, issued as the first number of the Partisan Review series and an early appearance in English of the essay he would expand into Anti-Semite and Jew. Slim octavo, original printed wrappers. Boldly signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the front free endpaper. From the libraryContinue reading "Portrait of the Anti-Semite."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152496

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Beloved Belindy.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1926.

Early printing of the fifth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “With Raggedy Ann’s most magical wishes for happiness. Johnny Gruelle, March 1937.” In very good condition, inscription toContinue reading "Beloved Belindy."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152437

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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, original stapled wrappers, with an added plain brown outer wrapper and contents page. Bringing together the twelve completed articles that first appeared in The Vigil in 1946, this Nathaniel Branden Institute pamphlet predates the later Objectivist printing. InContinue reading "Textbook of Americanism."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152497

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Schulz, Charles M.

Peanuts Jubilee: My Life and Art with Charlie Brown and Others.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.

First edition of the Peanuts creator’s illustrated account of his life and work, published to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the strip. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout in color with Peanuts strips and photographs. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “With appreciation, Charles M. Schulz.” In very good condition. Uncommon signed.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152495

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Malkiel, Burton G.; John G. Cragg.

The Journal of Finance: The Consensus and Accuracy of Some Predictions of the Growth of Corporate Earnings.

University of Chicago: The Journal of Finance, 1968.

Rare offprint of the March 1968 issue of The Journal of Finance, containing John G. Cragg and Burton Malkiel’s article “The Consensus and Accuracy of Some Predictions of the Growth of Corporate Earnings.” Octavo, original wrappers, volume 23. Boldly signed by Burton Malkiel on the front wrapper. Burton Gordon Malkiel (born 1932) is one ofContinue reading "The Journal of Finance: The Consensus and Accuracy of Some Predictions of the Growth of Corporate Earnings."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152011

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[Washington, George].

General George Washington Kerchief 1775.

Newburgh, New York: Thornwillow Press, 2025.

Limited-edition facsimile, one of only 250 copies printed at Thornwillow Press in Newburgh, New York. Folio, loose as issued, the kerchief reproduced in two shades of red on handmade paper, with letterpress title and colophon leaves, drawn from the collection of John R. Monsky. The facsimile faithfully reproduces the celebrated General George Washington kerchief ofContinue reading "General George Washington Kerchief 1775."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152193

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Darwin, Charles.

Charles Darwin Autograph.

1880.

Rare autograph from Charles Darwin, on a page possibly extracted from a book with gilt-edged right and lower margins. Boldly signed in a large hand in brown ink on wove paper, “My dear Sirs yours very faithfully Charles Darwin.” In near fine condition. The piece measures 9 inches by 3.75 inches. Rare and desirable.

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152084

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Sherman, William Tecumseh. [George Armstrong Custer].

William Tecumseh Sherman Autograph Letter Signed To George Armstrong Custer.

Washington, D.C.: July 7, 1869.

Rare autograph letter signed by General William Tecumseh Sherman, addressed to General George Armstrong Custer and concerning Custer’s attempt to secure a transfer to West Point. The letter is signed “W.T. Sherman”, three pages, octavo, on Head-Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead and dated July 7, 1869. The letter reads in part: “I receivedContinue reading "William Tecumseh Sherman Autograph Letter Signed To George Armstrong Custer."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152506

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Lins, Paulo.

Ciutat de Deu. [City of God].

Barcelona: Proa Beta, 2001.

First Spanish edition of this work, basis for the 2002 epic crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and one of the finest films of the 21st century. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed Paulo Lins on front free endpaper. In near fine condition. First editions are rare, especially signed.

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-152809

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[Kennedy, John F.; Lyndon B. Johnson].

Official Inaugural Program of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Washington, D.C: Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Committee, 1961.

Rare Limited DeLuxe Edition of the official program for the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as thirty-fifth President of the United States and Lyndon B. Johnson as Vice President, held on January 20, 1961. Quarto, finely bound in full navy blue morocco with the Great Seal of the United States and the title stamped inContinue reading "Official Inaugural Program of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-152504

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