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Kesey, Ken, [Jack Nicholson].

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999.

Signed limited first edition of the Easton Press edition of Kesey’s classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by Milos Forman, starring an unforgettable role by Jack Nichoson. Octavo, original black leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in. Boldly signed byContinue reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152903

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Buckley Jr., William F.

God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom”.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951.

First edition of the author’s first book and seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152909

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Locke, John.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

London: John Bumpus, 1824.

Finely bound edition of this foundational text of British empiricism and one of the most influential works of philosophy ever written. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Locke by Freeman after SirContinue reading "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152575

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Curtis, Edward S.

The Lure of Gold.

Los Angeles: c. 1950.

Rare original carbon copy typescript of The Lure of Gold, the unpublished last project of the celebrated photographer Edward S. Curtis, bearing his own autograph pencil corrections. Quarto, housed in a folder with metal fasteners, 32 pages typed on rectos only, numbered 1 to 31 and including a leaf numbered 7 1/2, being carbon copiesContinue reading "The Lure of Gold."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152544

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Hone, William.

Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays.

London: Printed for William Hone, 1823.

First edition of William Hone’s pioneering account of the medieval English mystery and miracle plays and the folk customs of old England, drawn from the manuscripts of the British Museum. Octavo, rebound in modern half-cloth over blue-grey boards, printed paper spine label, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and engravings on copper and wood. In veryContinue reading "Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-152573

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Lyle, R.C. [Aga Khan; Lionel Edwards].

The Aga Khan’s Horses.

London: Putnam, 1938.

Signed limited first limited edition of this celebrated chronicle of the racing stable of the Aga Khan III, among the most successful owner-breeders in the history of the Turf. Quarto, bound in half olive green vellum over cloth boards, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt,Continue reading "The Aga Khan’s Horses."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152604

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Ginsberg, Allen.

Ankor Wat.

London: Fulcrum Press, 1968.

First edition of Ginsberg’s brooding long poem, composed by night amid the ruined temples of Angkor in Cambodia in 1963, a hallucinatory meditation on time, empire, memory, and the self. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs of Angkor Wat by Alexandra Lawrence. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author with his red inkedContinue reading "Ankor Wat."

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-152542

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Haydn, Joseph.

A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations.

London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1860.

Finely bound example of Haydn’s celebrated Dictionary of Dates, one of the great single-volume reference works of the Victorian age. Thick octavo, finely bound in full polished calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments within raised bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152568

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Maugham, W. Somerset [Gerald Kelly].

The Explorer: A Melodrama in Four Acts.

London: William Heinemann, 1912.

First edition of Maugham’s four-act melodrama that follows Lucy Allerton, a woman whose family is disgraced by her father’s financial fraud. Duodecimo, original red cloth lettered in black. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Gerald Kelly from W. Somerset Maugham.” Somerset Maugham and Sir Gerald Festus Kelly enjoyed one ofContinue reading "The Explorer: A Melodrama in Four Acts."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152502

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Arafat, Yasser.

Yasser Arafat Signed Magazine Interview.

U.S. News & World Report, 1991.

Signed magazine leaf bearing an interview with the PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, boldly signed and dated by him during the fraught diplomacy that followed the Madrid Peace Conference, together with the original letter from his office returning it. A single leaf torn from the August 26 and September 2, 1991 issue of U.S. News &Continue reading "Yasser Arafat Signed Magazine Interview."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-152552

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Maugham, W. Somerset.

The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts.

London: William Heinemann, 1921.

First edition of Maugham’s finest comedy, one of only 500 copies issued in the scarce board binding. Duodecimo, original beige paper boards lettered in black. Of the 2,000 copies of the first edition, only 500 were issued in boards, the remaining 1,500 appearing in the publisher’s usual champagne wrappers. Heinemann was experimenting with this formContinue reading "The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152489

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Austen, Jane.

Sense and Sensibility.

London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1908.

First deluxe edition of Jane Austen’s first published novel, her subtle comedy of the contrasting Dashwood sisters. Octavo, original cloth with the upper cover and spine decorated in gilt with an elaborate floral design and a basket of flowers, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue guarded color frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated with twenty-four color illustrations byContinue reading "Sense and Sensibility."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152562

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Churchill, Winston S.

The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition.

London: Library of Imperial History in Association with Cassel & Company Limited, 1973-76.

The Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s complete Works. Octavo, original full vellum stamped in gilt with the Churchill arms, spines gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with plates and maps, housed in the original gilt-decorated slipcases. Originally projected to comprise 3,000 sets, the edition was left unfinished when the publisher collapsed, and perhaps 1,750Continue reading "The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152558

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Levy, Sidney J.

Stalking the Amphisbaena.

Journal of Consumer Research, 1996.

Rare offprint of the December 1996 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, containing Sidney J. Levy’s Essay “Stalking the Amphisbaena”. Quarto, original printed wrappers, reprinted from the Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 23, Number 3. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “John Rogers, thank you for your interest, Sidney.” InContinue reading "Stalking the Amphisbaena."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152557

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Seifert, Jaroslav.

Verše o růži. [Verses on a Rose].

Čáslav: Okresní lidová knihovna, 1955.

Scarce Czech literary keepsake printing of the poem Verše o růži by Jaroslav Seifert, the future Nobel laureate, issued to commemorate the poet’s visit to the town of Čáslav. Slim octavo, original printed wrappers, written in Czech, printed in red and black with a rose illustration by Josef Lejček and typographic decoration by Zdeněk Sejček.Continue reading "Verše o růži. [Verses on a Rose]."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-152556

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Reagan, Ronald. [Mickey Rooney].

Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed.

Washington, D.C.: December 6, 1984.

Typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as President of the United States, written to the actor Mickey Rooney and his wife Jan shortly after Reagan’s landslide reelection in November 1984. One page on White House stationery, dated December 6, 1984, and signed “Ron.” The letter reads in full, “Dear Jan and Mickey: Thanks for yourContinue reading "Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152514

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Homer [Emily Wilson].

The Iliad.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

First edition of Emily Wilson’s acclaimed new translation of Homer’s Iliad, the first woman to publish a translation of the Odyssey into English. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the translator Emily Wilson on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper. A beautiful signed copy ofContinue reading "The Iliad."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152580

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Skinner, Cornelia Otis. [Charles Strouse].

Madame Sarah.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

Early printing of Cornelia Otis Skinner’s acclaimed biography of Sarah Bernhardt. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. From the library of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman, with Strouse’s ownership stamps to the front free endpaper. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote the music for suchContinue reading "Madame Sarah."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152240

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Ignatius, Archbishop of Taron.

Պատմութիւն Եկեղեցեական. [Ecclesiastical History].

Venice: Mekhitarist Press of San Lazzaro, 1848.

Rare first edition of this Armenian ecclesiastical history. Octavo, written in classical Armenian, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within elaborately gilt bands, green morocco spine label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved allegorical vignette to the title page. In good condition with rubbing, variable damp-staining andContinue reading "Պատմութիւն Եկեղեցեական. [Ecclesiastical History]."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152554

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African Institution.

Seventh Report of the Directors of the African Institution.

London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson; Sold by J. Hatchard, 1813.

Exceptionally rare first edition of the seventh annual report of the African Institution, the influential London society formed in 1807 to suppress the slave trade and promote the improvement of Africa in the wake of British abolition. Octavo, bound in contemporary full calf with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "Seventh Report of the Directors of the African Institution."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152520

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Rabin, Yitzhak.

Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph.

1990.

Color photograph of Nobel Prize-winner Yitzhak Rabin, inscribed and signed by him two years before his return to the premiership of Israel, showing Rabin in a dark suit before a wall map. Boldly inscribed by him along the lower margin, “To John H. Bullard with best wishes Y. Rabin 6.5.90.” Rabin was serving as aContinue reading "Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152549

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Hull, Brett.

Brett Hull Signed 1993 Upper Deck Card.

California: The Upper Deck Company, 1993.

1993-94 Upper Deck #160 Brett Hull card, picturing the St. Louis Blues star in action in his home white uniform. Boldly signed by Hull in blue felt tip across the front. Housed in a hard plastic case. In fine condition.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-152592

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Gilbert, W. S.; Arthur Sullivan [Charles Strouse].

A Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941.

First edition of this richly illustrated treasury of the words and music of one hundred and two songs drawn from the eleven Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Quarto, original half cloth, with color illustrations and musical arrangements. From the library of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman, withContinue reading "A Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-152448

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Ben-Gurion, David.

David Ben-Gurion Letter Signed.

circa 1948.

Rare letter of condolence signed by David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, declaring the death in action of the soldier Ernest Yakov Muller. One page in Hebrew, executed in a neat calligraphic hand on parchment and signed “D. Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister.” The letter reads in translation: “We hereby declare in great sorrow thatContinue reading "David Ben-Gurion Letter Signed."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152490

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