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Rackham, Arthur.

Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes.

London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1913].

First edition of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated rendition of the classic nursery rhyme collection. Octavo, bound in full polished calf Zaehnsdorf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 13 full-page color plates with captioned tissueContinue reading "Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes."

$1,150.00

Item Number: RRB-135055

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Retold by C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Cinderella.

London: William Heinemann, 1919.

Edition de Luxe, signed limited issue of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated rendition of the beloved children’s classic. Quarto, original publisher’s vellum-backed pictorial boards decorated in gilt, pictorial green endpapers, top edge gilt, tipped-in color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, illustrated. One of 325 copies on Japanese vellum signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, this isContinue reading "Cinderella."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149736

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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865.

First edition of Vol. III the Official Congressional Report on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-132562

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Ayer, I. Winslow.

The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War. Most Dangerous, Perfidious, Extensive and Startling Plot Ever Devised! Imminent Hidden Perils of the Republic. Astounding Developments Never Before Published.

Chicago: U.S. Publishing Co, n.d..

Early printing of Ayer’s Civil War account. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-132537

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Colacello, Bob. [Andy Warhol] [William Safire].

Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up.

New York: Vintage Books, 2014.

First Vintage Books edition of “by far the best of Andy Warhol’s portraits, including his own” (George Plimpton). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication, “To Bill Zwecker, with fondness, Bob Colacello 2014 Chicago.” The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainmentContinue reading "Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-133037

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Achebe, Chinua.

Home and Exile.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Chinua Achebe.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-131982

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Seeger, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.

The Incompleat Folksinger.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.

First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David Pete Seeger.” Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-133172

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Roth, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].

The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes to John Rogers, Alvin E. Roth Stanford, 4 Nov ’13” and “For John Bob Aumann.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-132360

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Lewis, C.S.

George Macdonald: An Anthology.

London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1946.

First edition of C.S. Lewis’ anthology of extracts from the sermons and writings of George Macdonald. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mansell. An exceptional example.

$700.00

Item Number: RRB-132399

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Friedman, Milton & Rose.

Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

First edition of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-133148

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Greene, Graham.

The Heart of the Matter.

New York: The Viking Press, 1948.

Limited edition, one of 750 examples given to friends of the publisher of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.

$550.00

Item Number: RRB-132711

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Karsten, Karl G.

Charts and Graphs: An Introduction to Graphic Methods In the Control and Analysis of statistics.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1923.

First edition of this seminal work on charts and graphs. Octavo, original leatherette boards, illustrated throughout. Introduction by Carl Snyder. In very good condition. First editions are rare.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-132351

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Fowles, John.

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.

First edition of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-132106

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Kerouac, Jack.

Vanity of Duluoz.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.

First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-132201

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Von Clausewitz, Carl Philipp Gottfried.

On War.

London: N. Trubner & Co, 1873.

First edition in English of arguably the most important treatise on political-military analysis and strategy ever written. Small quarto, three volumes complete in one, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Clausewitz. Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham from the third German edition. In near fine condition. From the library of Lt. Colonel Walter Pipon Braithwaite withContinue reading "On War."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127055

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Aristotle.

Politiques, or Discourses of Government.

London: Adam Islip, 1598.

Rare first edition in English of one of the world’s most important and influential political texts, “the most valuable work on that branch of philosophy that has descended to us from antiquity.” Small folio, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels. In near fine condition, bookplate, smallContinue reading "Politiques, or Discourses of Government."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-138658

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Wharton, Edith.

Twilight Sleep.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.

First edition of Wharton’s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller upon publication. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “A monsieur Louis Gillet mon tres amical souvenir Edition Wharton 1927.” The recipient, Louis Gillet was Wharton’sContinue reading "Twilight Sleep."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130064

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.

First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “with love Roald Dahl April, 1989.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130928

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Santayana, George.

Realms of Being. [The Realm of Essence, The Realm of Matter, The Realm of Truth].

London: Constable, 1928-37.

First editions of the first three volumes of the author’s classic work. Octavo, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by George Santayana on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-130543

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Wilson, Bill and Lois.

Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon.

New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc, 1964.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson on the front free endpaper, “From Lois B. Wilson, all good wishes” and “Yours, Bill.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson.

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130675

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Blunden, Edmund.

Undertones of War.

London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928.

First edition of Blunden’s moving narrative of life on the Western Front told in prose and verse,. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-130487

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Crum, W.L. and Joseph A. Schumpeter.

Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians.

1946: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1946.

First edition of this classic work by Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Rare.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-130196

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Sarnoff, David.

Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.

First edition, early printing of the papers of this business pioneer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dr. George Rich With appreciation and all good wishes David Sarnoff 68.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-130197

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Sale, Richard.

The Oscar.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.

First edition of the author and director’s explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Ysidra and Thelusa amigos viejos con amor Richard Sale.” Near fineContinue reading "The Oscar."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127539

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