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[Johnson, Andrew].

Ticket to the Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson.

Washington: Philp & Solomons, April 2, 1868.

Rare original ticket to the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson before the United States Senate, the first presidential impeachment trial in American history. Printed admission ticket in black on rose-colored card stock with the ticket stub detached, reading “U.S. Senate, Impeachment of the President, Admit the Bearer, April 2 1868, Gallery,” with the engravedContinue reading "Ticket to the Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152470

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Nixon, Pat.

Pat Nixon Typed Letter Signed.

1967.

Original typed letter signed by the thirty-seventh First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon. Duodecimo, one page, typed on “Mrs. Richard Nixon” letterhead, addressed to Loretta Stuart. The letter reads in full, “Dear Loretta Stuart: All of us were distressed to hear that you have had a set-back on your road to complete recovery.Continue reading "Pat Nixon Typed Letter Signed."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-151890

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Weller, Michael [Alan Schneider].

Moonchildren.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1971.

First edition of Michael Weller’s celebrated comic play of the 1960s generation, originally produced in London under the title Cancer. Octavo, original publisher’s black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the director Alan Schneider, “For Alan, Did you catch this one? With deep affection and anticipation of the nextContinue reading "Moonchildren."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152229

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Rubenstein, Richard L. [David Ben-Gurion].

Israel, Zionism and the New Left.

New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1969.

First edition of this work on Zionism. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the title page, “3.3.73 D. Ben Gurion.” Rare and desirable as Ben-Gurion passed away in December of 1973. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding box.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-72028

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Dick, Philip K.

The Man in the High Castle.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.

First edition of Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, top stain yellow. Boldly signed by Philip K. Dick on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with expert restoration to the extremities. Jacket design by Robert Galster. Photograph by Arthur Knight. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "The Man in the High Castle."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152457

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Thoreau, Henry David.

The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906.

The manuscript edition of the writings of Henry David Thoreau with an original folding double-sided manuscript fragment from Thoreau’s journal tipped in to Vol. I. Octavo, 20 volumes, original publisher’s three quarter green levant morocco over Morris paper boards, bound for Houghton Mifflin by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt toolingContinue reading "The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152359

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Kennedy, William. [Jack Nicholson].

Ironweed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1983.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the film starring Jack Nicholson. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Boldly signed by William Kennedy on the title page and by Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152905

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Sheehan, Neil.

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.

New York: Random House, 1988.

First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “May 17, 1989 To Comdr. Barbara Williams, USN, Who cares! With All Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan.” Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-145959

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Lamb, Charles.

The Last Essays of Elia.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1899.

Attractive Altemus edition of Charles Lamb’s The Last Essays of Elia, the second and final collection of the beloved essays he published under the pen name Elia. Duodecimo, original decorative paper-covered boards, elaborately printed in colors and gilt in the Art Nouveau style, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Lamb and a title page printedContinue reading "The Last Essays of Elia."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152475

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Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns.

The American Revolution: An Intimate History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

First edition of this compendium volume to Burns’ Revolution. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ken Burns on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-151019

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King, Stephen. [Rob Reiner].

Misery.

New York: The Viking Press, 1987.

First edition of this “classic King…full of twists and turns and mounting suspense” (Boston Globe), basis for the film directed by Rob Reiner. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Academy Award-nominated director Rob Reiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. An exceptional example, rareContinue reading "Misery."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152904

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Kahn, Gordon [Herbert Biberman; Lester Cole; Adrian Scott; Ring Lardner Jr; Alvah Bessie].

Hollywood on Trial: The Story of the Ten Who Were Indicted.

New York: Boni & Gaer, 1948.

First edition of this early and courageous account of the case of the Hollywood Ten, published at the height of the postwar Red Scare. Octavo, original grey cloth stamped in green. Signed by five members of the Hollywood Ten on the front free endpaper: Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Adrian Scott, Ring Lardner Jr., and AlvahContinue reading "Hollywood on Trial: The Story of the Ten Who Were Indicted."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-152471

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Thorne, Kip; Lia Halloran.

The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves.

New York: Liveright, 2023.

First edition of this extraordinary collaboration between the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne and the artist Lia Halloran, a book-length odyssey in verse and painting. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout with ink paintings by Lia Halloran. Boldly signed by Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152467

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Din-Ve-Heshbon: Shel Va’ad-Ha-Hakirah Ha-Angli-Amerikani bi-devar Beayoteshen shel Yahadat Eropah Ve-Shel Palestinah. [Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine, Lausanne 20th April 1946].

Jerusalem: Government Printing House, 1946.

Scarce printing of this governmental report with text in Hebrew. Thin octavo, original wrappers. In good condition with some toning and losses to the extremities of the wrappers, institutional stamps to the front pastedown and rear free endpaper.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-146795

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Shaw, Charles G.

Nightlife: Vanity Fair’s Intimate Guide to New York After Dark.

New York: The John Day Company, 1931.

First edition of this witty illustrated guide to the after-dark world of Prohibition-era New York. Octavo, publisher’s elaborately decorated cloth, illustrated by Raymond Bret Koch, title page printed in blue and black, pictorial endpapers decorated with the names of New York clubs. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in very goodContinue reading "Nightlife: Vanity Fair’s Intimate Guide to New York After Dark."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152463

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Adams, Ansel. [Yousuf Karsh].

Yosemite and the Range of Light.

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979.

First edition of one of the most beautiful photography books ever published, inscribed by the legendary photographer Ansel Adams to another legend Yousuf Karsh. Oblong quarto, original half-cloth, frontispiece of Adams’ photograph of Yosemite Valley ‘Clearing Winter Storm,’ illustrated throughout with over 100 of Adams’ iconic black and white photographs. Association copy, signed and inscribedContinue reading "Yosemite and the Range of Light."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152322

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Bellow, Saul.

Herzog.

New York: The Viking Press, 1964.

First edition of the author’s second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt innerContinue reading "Herzog."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152478

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McCarthy, Cormac.

Child of God.

New York: Random House, 1973.

First edition of the author’s classic third novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signedContinue reading "Child of God."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152477

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Wood, Derek & Derek Dempster [Michael Caine].

The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the film starring Michael Caine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Michael Caine on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near dust jacket.

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-142906

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Lauretta, Dante S.

The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2024.

First edition of the OSIRIS-REx mission leader’s firsthand account of the daring NASA voyage to retrieve a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page with an autograph quotation, “Long ago, two carbon atoms were born entangled in the heart of a star. Dante.” FineContinue reading "The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152462

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Ray, Man. [Yousuf Karsh].

Man Ray Original Abstract Painting Gifted to Yousuf Karsh.

1959.

Rare original painting by American artist Man Ray from the collection of Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. Matte paint on board, in thick impasto in some places, features abstract amorphous shapes in black, blue, yellow, and orange. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner, “Man Ray 59.” From the collection of Yousuf KarshContinue reading "Man Ray Original Abstract Painting Gifted to Yousuf Karsh."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151643

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Neutra, Richard.

Mystery and Realities of the Site.

Scarsdale: Morgan & Morgan, 1951.

First edition of the pioneering modernist architect Richard Neutra’s meditation on the relationship between a building and its natural setting. Oblong quarto, original red cloth, illustrated with black-and-white photographs of his designs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “…with very heartfelt good wishes Richard Neutra 1952.” Near fine in a goodContinue reading "Mystery and Realities of the Site."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152460

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Lucas, George; Alan Dean Foster.

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

New York: Del Rey/ Ballantine Books, 1977.

First Ballantine edition of Lucas’ Star Wars. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harrison Ford on the front free endpaper and lengthily signed by the author, “May the force be with you Alan Dean Foster” on the title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Rampage. Cover art by JohnContinue reading "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152802

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Ernaux, Annie [Annie Dillard].

A Frozen Woman.

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

First edition in English of this early autobiographical work by the Nobel Prize-winning French writer Annie Ernaux, a fierce account of a spirited girl slowly frozen into the roles of wife and mother. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Annie Dillard, “For Annie, our historyContinue reading "A Frozen Woman."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152459

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