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Houdini, Harry.

Harry Houdini Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate.

New York: The Brown-Green Co., January 23, 1922.

Rare stock certificate signed by the world’s greatest escape artist, master illusionist Harry Houdini. One page, partially printed in brown and black ink with an embossed seal, the document is dated January 23, 1922 and certifies that W.E. Jefferson hereby owns twenty shares of the Capital Stock of Houdini Picture Corporation. Signed by Harry HoudiniContinue reading "Harry Houdini Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129031

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Wolfe, Thomas.

Look Homeward, Angel.

New York: The Modern Library, 1934.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Beryl Burk, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Oct. 30, 1935.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127273

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Durrell, Gerald.

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1977.

First edition of this classic account. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-127563

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909.

First edition, second state of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime with C-F on the copyright page. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, paper spine label, frontispiece in blue and white. In very good condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-127097

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].

The American Claimant.

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892.

First edition of Twain’s comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. From the library of William Safire withContinue reading "The American Claimant."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127681

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Twain, Mark .

The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress.

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, third state of the author’s second book with “The History of the Bible advertisement on page 654. BAL 3316. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. From theContinue reading "The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims’ Progress."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127837

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Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Micah Clarke: His Statement.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889.

First edition of Doyle’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. In very good condition.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-127396

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].

Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.

New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d..

Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author,Continue reading "Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-127530

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Coetzee, J.M.

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.

First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-129195

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King Jr., Martin Luther.

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1958.

First British edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Trevor Huddleston.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-127636

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Sorkin, Andrew Ross. [Warren E. Buffett].

Too Big To Fail.

New York: The Viking Press, 2009.

First edition of Ross Sorkin’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Peter- Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The price tag of the bailout this time. Andrew Ross Sorkin.” Additionally signed by “Warren E. Buffett”Continue reading "Too Big To Fail."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127359

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Tolstoy, Leo.

What Shall We Do?

London: The Free Age Press, n.d..

The Free Age Press edition of Tolstoy’s critique of social conditions in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-127628

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Sandburg, Carl. [William Safire].

Good Morning America.

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-127368

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Merton, Robert C. [Kenneth Arrow].

The Review of Economics and Statistics: Lifetime Portfolio Selection Under Uncertainty.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969.

Volume LI of Harvard University’s Review of Economics and Statistics containing Robert Merton’s Lifetime Portfolio Selection Under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization later featured in his landmark work Continuous-Time Finance. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands,Continue reading "The Review of Economics and Statistics: Lifetime Portfolio Selection Under Uncertainty."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127335

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Tolstoy, Leo.

Resurrection: A Novel.

London: The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900.

Second edition in English of Tolstoy’s final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Tall octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-127408

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Tolstoy, Leo.

Patriotism and Christianity.

London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.

First English edition of Tolstoy’s important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. Scarce.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127590

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Sandburg, Carl.

Remembrance Rock.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.

First trade edition of Sandburg’s self-described “epic, weaving the mystery of the American Dream with the costly toil and bloody struggles that have gone to keep alive and carry further that Dream.” Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Remembrance Rock."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-127433

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Bellow, Saul.

Ravelstein.

New York: The Viking Press, 2000.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press ‘compliments of the author’ card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race,Continue reading "Ravelstein."

$325.00

Item Number: RRB-127950

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Addams, Charles. [Chas Addams].

Monster Rally.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

First edition of this early Addams work. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Gert and Dave with all best Chas Addams 1978.” In near fine condition. Rare signed.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127955

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Addams, Charles. [Chas Addams].

Favorite Haunts.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.

First edition of the cartoonist’s second collection of Addams Family classics. Quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the flyleaf, “For Gert and Dave Copper with all best Chas Adams 1976.” Addams has also added an original drawing of Wednesday Addams. Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "Favorite Haunts."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-127304

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Gardner, John.

Licence Renewed.

London: Jonathan Cape , 1985.

First edition of John Gardner’s License Renewed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan, using a commissioned watercolor painting by Richard Chopping.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-127673

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Galbraith, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].

Lethal White.

London: Sphere, 2018.

First edition of the fourth book in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling.Continue reading "Lethal White."

$3,600.00

Item Number: RRB-127099

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Wecker, Johannes Jacob.

Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, Being The Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested. First designed by John Wecker Dr in Physick, and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr. R. Read. A like work never before in the English tongue.

1660: Printed for Simon Miller at the Starre in St. Pauls Church-yard, London.

First edition in English of Reade’s 17th century adaptation of Johann Jacob Wecker’s De secreti libri xvii [Book of Secrets] of 1582. Folio, bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, woodcut printer’s device to the title, woodcut head and tailpieces and initials, numerous woodcut diagramsContinue reading "Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, Being The Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested. First designed by John Wecker Dr in Physick, and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr. R. Read. A like work never before in the English tongue."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-127083

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Einstein, Albert; Hermann Struck.

Albert Einstein Signed Etching.

1923.

Lithograph portrait of “the father of modern physics”, Albert Einstein by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by Einstein, “Albert Einstein 1923” and Struck, “Herman Struck 138/150”. In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 15.5 inches. An exceptional piece.

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-127204

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