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Brickell, Paul.

Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader.

London: Collins, 1954.

First edition, early printing of the biography of one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by Douglas Bader on the frontispiece in the year of publication, “Douglas Bader 27/6/54.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirableContinue reading "Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146974

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Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Novelle Ventotto.

Padua: Giuseppe Comino, 1769.

Eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s twenty-eighth novella from his ‘Decameron.’ Octavo, original full vellum, engraved frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio. In very good condition with light toning to the front and rear panel, rubbing to the spine.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-146403

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Povich, Shirley [Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Jim Busby, Chuck Stobbs and Calvin Griffith'.

The Washington Senators.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.

First edition of this informal history of one of the oldest baseball teams in the United States. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To John Howard Shirley Povich.” Additionally signed by members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators Eddie Yost,Continue reading "The Washington Senators."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-146647

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West, Cornel.

Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Sis’ Elizabeth, Stay Strong! Love, Cornel West.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-146863

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Moore, Thomas.

Irish Melodies. [Double Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1854.

Finely bound selection of lyrics set to Irish tunes. Duodecimo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, slightContinue reading "Irish Melodies. [Double Fore-Edge Painting]."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146642

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Groves, Leslie R. [Tom Ferebee].

Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1962.

First edition of this work by the director of the Manhattan Project. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project and by Tom Ferebee, the bombardier of the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Fine in a very good dustContinue reading "Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146227

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Kirk, Russell.

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

London: Faber & Faber, 1954.

First British edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some marginalia. Rare in the original jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146640

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Santoli, Al.

Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It.

New York: Random House, 1981.

First edition of this reminder of the Vietnam War in thirty-three reports from ordinary American soldiers. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty – Al Santoli.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146639

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Camus, Albert.

L’Exil et Le Royaume.

Paris: Gallimard, 1947.

First edition of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a design of Mario Parassinos’. One of only nine-hundred and fifty numbered copies on alfa Cellunaf, this is number 878. In near fine condition. Housed in the original cardboardContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146462

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Yeats, William Butler [W.B.].

The Tower.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928.

First edition of what is generally considered Yeats’ single most important volume, one of 2000 copies. Octavo, original publisher’s elaborately gilt-decorated pictorial olive green cloth with Thomas Sturge Moore’s iconic engraving of Thoor Ballylee. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. A veryContinue reading "The Tower."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146520

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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Larry Peerce].

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. Boldly signed Philip Roth on the title page and additionally by the director of the film Larry Peerce and by actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, who starred in the 1969 film. Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "Goodbye, Columbus."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146869

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ELIZABETH II, Queen and Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.

1955.

Rare photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their children. Vintage matte-finish photograph removed from a Royal Christmas card from 1955, featuring a charming photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posing outdoors with their two young children, signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the bottom margin, “Philip” and “Lilibet, 1955.”Continue reading "Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146530

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Handel, George Frideric.

XXIV Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts as they were Perform’d at the King’s Theatre [AND] Six Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts from the Oratorios.

London: Printed for I. Walsh, c. 1760.

Rare second and third edition collection of overtures by the greatest composer of the “high baroque” style. Quarto, five volumes, original half calf over marbled boards with hand-written paper labels to the front panel, engraved throughout with sheet music. The collection includes three volumes containing a second edition of XXIV Overtures as they were Perform’dContinue reading "XXIV Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts as they were Perform’d at the King’s Theatre [AND] Six Overtures for Violins, &c. in Eight Parts from the Oratorios."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146573

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Bunyan, John.

The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Complete in Three Parts: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: To Which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author.

Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1790-91.

Likely first illustrated edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Small octavo, early half sheep over marbled boards, three frontispieces, illustrated with eleven nearly full-page woodcuts, publisher’s error jump in page number from p. 324 to p. 343. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and loss to theContinue reading "The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Complete in Three Parts: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: To Which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146540

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Choate, Joseph Hodges [William Tecumseh Sherman].

The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate.

New York: Privately Printed, 1917.

First edition of this autobiographical recollection of a lawyer and American ambassador to the United Kingdom, privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original half cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Joseph Hodges Choate at the age of seventeen, illustrated throughout with several tissue-guarded photographs, “With the Compliments ofContinue reading "The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-145989

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Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

First deluxe edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original original cloth, all edges gilt, cover illustration by Thomas Taylor. Signed by the illustrator Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter on the dedicationContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-144093

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York, Alvin C.

Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.

Alvin C. York’s first edition copy of his autobiography, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original yellow cloth, frontispiece of a portrait of Alvin C. York, illustrated with eleven plates of black and white photographs. York’s personal corrections penciled in throughout, including several notations on the front freeContinue reading "Sergeant York: The Story of His Life."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145328

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Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan].

The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.

New York: Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “June 1st 1975 M’Lady Roberta Felson: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of ‘M’Lady’ – is because you have got to beContinue reading "The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146630

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Goodall, Jane with Phillip Berman.

Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.

New York: Warner Books, 1999.

First edition of Goodall’s moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Barbara and Nancy Together we can make this a better world for all. Jane Goodall.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.

$425.00

Item Number: RRB-146888

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Carver, Raymond.

Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.

Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher’s morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate spiral gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon tipped in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Steve JohnsonContinue reading "Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-146628

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Coetzee, J.M.

Waiting for the Barbarians.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.

First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146894

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James, P.D.

Cover Her Face.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, “And when that happened the right words would be found. P.D. James 4/8/14.” The inscription is the final lines of this novel. Near fine in a near fine dust jacketContinue reading "Cover Her Face."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146895

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Dahl, Roald.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Timothy Love Roald Dahl.”Continue reading "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146383

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Nicklaus, Jack.

My Most Memorable Shots In the Majors.

New York: Golf Digest Book, 1988.

First edition of this classic work by the Golden Bear. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Ken Bowden. Illustrations by Jim McQueen. Foreword by Barbara Nicklaus.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-146898

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