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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.].

The Road to Serfdom.

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1944.

First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with two small chips to the front panel. Foreword by John Chamberlain. First editions are rare.

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-135903
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Johnson, James Weldon.

The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.

New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1927.

First edition of this re-issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare in the original dust jacket.

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$1,850.00
Item Number: RRB-137553
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Singer, Josh [James R. Hansen] [Neil Armstrong].

First Man.

London: Titan, 2018.

First edition of Singer’s annotated screenplay of First Man, based on the life of Neil Armstrong. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Signed by Josh Singer on title page. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generationContinue reading "First Man."

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$400.00
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Sloan Jr., Alfred P.

My Years With General Motors.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

First edition of Sloan’s influential work, which has since become a classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed in the year of publication by the author on the half-title page, “For my good friend Harry F. Barr ‘Here is how we work together’ With this goes my profound appreciation Alfred P. Sloan Jr.Continue reading "My Years With General Motors."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-137691
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.

Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Para Susi, con la amistad de Gabo 1967.” In near fine condition. Housed in aContinue reading "Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude]."

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$42,000.00
Item Number: RRB-137469
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Dickens, Charles.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full calf by Root and Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine condition, remnant of a bookplate to the front freeContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit."

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$1,800.00
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Marias, Javier.

Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.

New York: New Directions, 2009.

First edition of the author’s final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Hans Geel. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.

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$250.00
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Poe, Edgar Allan.

The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845.

First appearance in print of The Raven, one of the most famous and recognizable poems ever written, which Poe considered his finest poem, calling it “the greatest poem that was ever written.” Octavo, original wrappers. In keeping with the policy of The American Review which required that poems be published anonymously or with a pseudonym,Continue reading "The Raven. [In The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. II February, 1845."

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Russell, William Howard.

My Diary: North and South.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.

First edition of this work by Russell. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding map in volume one. In very good condition.

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$850.00
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Frost, Robert.

A Masque of Reason.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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Hunter, Evan. [Ed McBain].

The Blackboard Jungle.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954.

First edition of the author’s definitive 1954 novel dealing with juvenile crime and the New York City public school system, adapted into the award-winning film of the same name. Octavo, original publisher’s half grey cloth over red boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "The Blackboard Jungle."

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$600.00
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Wilder, Thornton.

The Merchant of Yonkers.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939.

First edition, inscribed by Wilder in the year of publication, the year after he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Our Town. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Julie, coeur d’or with the lasting regard of Thornton, New York AprilContinue reading "The Merchant of Yonkers."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-137443
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Freud, Sigmund.

A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1920.

First edition in English of the most popular and widely translated of Freud’s works, containing 28 lectures regarding his views on the unconscious, dreams, and neuroses. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Authorized translation with a preface by G. Stanley Hall. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate and ownership signature to the pastedown.Continue reading "A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis."

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$8,800.00
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Camus, Albert.

Actuelles Chroniques 1944-1948; Actuelles Chroniques 1948-1953; Actuelles, III Chronique Algerienne 1939-1958.

Paris: Gallimard, 1950-1958.

First editions of all three volumes in Camus’s collected articles and commentaries. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Each volume is fine condition. A rare complete set in exceptional condition.

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$600.00
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Price, Richard.

Three Screenplays: The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

First edition of this compilation of three classic screenplays. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Price on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Caleb.

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$375.00
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Sloan Jr., Alfred P.

My Years With General Motors.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

First edition of Sloan’s influential work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. on an bookplate to the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Jacket painting of Sloan by Robert Weaver, courtesy of Fortune Magazine. Edited by John McDonald with CatherineContinue reading "My Years With General Motors."

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$850.00
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Porter, Eleanor H.

Pollyanna.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1913.

First edition of Eleanor H. Porter’s classic of children’s literature. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled endpapers, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Stockton Mulford. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.

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$1,500.00
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Brooks, Donald.

Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing.

1983.

Original Dance a Little Closer is a pencil and watercolor drawing depicting the Cynthia character in a full length pink and peach gown with a second drawing depicting the back of the gown, signed lower right by legendary designer Donald Brooks. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 22 inches. Brooks was theContinue reading "Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing."

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$2,000.00
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Popper, Karl R.

The Open Society And Its Enemies.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950.

First American edition of Popper’s magnum opus. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Karl Popper on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are rare and desirable signed.

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$28,000.00
Item Number: RRB-137328
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Collins, Mrs. Jane S.

Free At Last.

Pittsburgh: Murdoch, Kerr & Co, 1896.

First edition of this historical story of Black civil rights in the Jim Crow era. Octavo, original cloth, with 16 drawings and portraits, including Frederick Douglass and Abolitionist Wendell Phillips. Rare with only one example appearing at auction in the last 90 years.

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Item Number: RRB-137487
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Euripides; Translated by Robert Potter.

The Tragedies of Euripides.

London: J. Dodsley, 1783.

First translation of Euripides into English, translated by Robert Potter, from his own library. Octavo, two volumes, bound in contemporary leather, engraved frontispiece to volume I, list of subscribers. The translator’s own copy with his inscription, “From the Library of the Rev Robert Potter, M.A., Rector of Lowestoft from 1789 to 1804” to volume one ofContinue reading "The Tragedies of Euripides."

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$2,200.00
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Cash, Johnny.

Man In White.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.

First edition of the only novel by the legendary singer. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jud, Love Johnny Cash.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Marty. Uncommon signed.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-137539
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Doyle, Arthur Conan.

The Maracot Deep.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929.

First edition of Conan Doyle’s seminal collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.

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$125.00
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Watson, James D.

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.

New York: Atheneum, 1968.

First edition of Watson’s ground breaking work regarding the discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Octavo, original blue cloth, with numerous diagrams and photographic illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Frank from JimContinue reading "The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA."

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-99462
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