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Kirm, Walter [George Clooney and Jason Reitman].

Up In The Air.

New York: Doubleday, 2001.

First edition of this work, basis for the 2009 film directed by Jason Reitman, starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walter Kirn and Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, and director Jason Reitman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Umi Kenyon. JacketContinue reading "Up In The Air."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-152988

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Bergaust, Erik. [Wernher von Braun; Carol Sue Rosin].

Wernher von Braun.

Washington, D.C.: National Space Institute, 1976.

First edition of this biography on the legendary father of modern rocketry. Octavo, original cloth, astrological endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by Wernher von Braun on the half-title page. Lengthily inscribed by aerospace industry pioneer Dr. Carol Sue Rosin, who worked closely with von Braun at Fairchild Corporation, on the verso of theContinue reading "Wernher von Braun."

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152093

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Satrapi, Marjane.

Persepolis 2: The Story of Return.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2004.

First edition of “the most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet” (People). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Marjane Satropi on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine jacket. Jacket design and binding by Jean-Christophe Menu.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-152998

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Arendt, Hannah.

The Human Condition.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958.

First edition of Arendt’s classic penetrating examination of the human condition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Cordially Hannah Arendt.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, TheContinue reading "The Human Condition."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152143

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Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book.

Buffalo, New York: Union Souvenir Co. [Plates printed by] The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early photographic souvenir view book of Palm Beach, Florida. Oblong format, 16 pages, original printed wrappers bound with the publisher’s silk cord, the upper wrapper lettered “Palm Beach, Florida” and mounted with a hand-colored view of a solitary coconut palm at the water’s edge, a small rowboat at rest beyond. The plates record PalmContinue reading "Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152161

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Laurents, Arthur [Charles Strouse].

Original Story By: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

First edition of the candid memoir of playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, author of the books for West Side Story and Gypsy. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by Arthur Laurents on the half-title page. From the collection of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographerContinue reading "Original Story By: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152199

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Asimov, Isaac.

The Collapsing Universe: The Story of Black Holes.

New York: Walker and Company, 1977.

First edition of Asimov’s lucid popular account of black holes and the fate of the universe. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Near fine in a good dust jacket with closed tears to the front and rear panels.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-152410

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Haggadah for Passover

Shahn, Ben.

Haggadah for Passover.

The Trianon Press: Paris, 1966.

Signed limited edition of Lithuanian-born American artist Ben Shahn’s magnificently illustrated retelling of the Haggadah for Passover. Large folio, original wrappers, gilt titles to the front panel, loose leaves as issued, illustrated by Shaun with 21 color pictorial borders and line drawings and an additional double-page color lithograph also signed by him. One of onlyContinue reading "Haggadah for Passover."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152160

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Millard, Candice.

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President.

New York: Doubleday, 2011.

First edition of this Edgar Award-winning narrative history reconstructing the assassination of President James A. Garfield. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Candice Millard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-152148

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Goleman, Daniel.

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.

New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

First edition of this important work on emotional intelligence. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Michal, With deep appreciation of your role as a culture shaper and secret Bodhisattva. Dan Goleman.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus OneContinue reading "Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152195

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Steinbeck, John.

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts.

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937.

First edition of Steinbeck’s dramatization of his poignant novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good first issue dust jacket with the publisher’s price of $2.00 and loss to the crown of the spine.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-143012

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Slocum, Joshua.

Voyage of the Liberdade.

Boston: Press of Robinson & Stephenson, 1890.

First edition of Slocum’s classic account of his fifty-five days at sea with his wife and sons aboard the 35-foot junk-rig The Liberdade. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt title to the front panel, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs C.E. Staples in kind recollections ofContinue reading "Voyage of the Liberdade."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152147

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Shirer, William L.

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.

First edition, later printing of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the colophon, “To D.J. Jaffle – Best wishes William L Shirer.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brownjohn,Continue reading "The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152156

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Pinter, Harold.

A Slight Ache and Other Plays.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1961.

First edition of this essential early collection by Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter. Duodecimo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152140

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Bannerman, Helen.

Little Black Sambo.

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., 1955.

The long-running Platt & Munk edition of Helen Bannerman’s Little Black Sambo, illustrated by Eulalie and first issued in 1928. One of the most popular and, in later years, most controversial of all children’s picture books. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial blue cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by Eulalie. Published by The Platt & Munk Co.,Continue reading "Little Black Sambo."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152405

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Pinter, Harold.

The Collection and The Lover.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1963.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Duodecimo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152139

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Reeve, Philip.

Predator’s Gold.

London: Scholastic Press, 2003.

First edition of the second volume in Philip Reeve’s award-winning Mortal Engines Quartet. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by David Frankland.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-152137

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Goodwin, Doris Kearns.

Leadership in Turbulent Times.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.

First edition of this New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Doris Kearns Goodwin on a page tipped in by the publisher. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-152152

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Isaacson, Walter [Vint Cerf; Leonard Kleinrock; Robert Kahn; Tim Berners-Lee; Linus Torvalds].

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

First edition of this sweeping history of the computer and the Internet, signed by Isaacson and several legendary internet pioneers. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, circuit board endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page by Walter Isaacson, Vint Cerf, and Robert Kahn, “To Ken.” Boldly signed on the title page by Leonard Kleinrock,Continue reading "The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152132

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Nabokov, Vladimir. [Dmitri Nabokov].

Invitation to a Beheading.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.

First edition of this “wonderful tour de force” (Gilbert Highet). Octavo, original half cloth, red topstain. Boldly signed by the translator Dmitri Nabokov on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152989

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Frank, John P. [Earl Warren; Hugo L. Black; William O. Douglas; Tom C. Clark; John Marshall Harlan; William Brennan; Potter Stewart; Bryan R. White; Arthur J. Goldberg].

The Warren Court.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964.

First edition of this glimpse into the personalities of the justices of the Warren Court. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with two intimate portraits of each justice by Yousuf Karsh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to celebrated portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh, “To Yousuf Karsh with good wishes John P.Continue reading "The Warren Court."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151959

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Miller, Henry.

Henry Miller Original Watercolor Painting.

1969.

Rare original watercolor painting by American writer and artist Henry Miller. Signed and dated by the artist, “Henry Miller 8/69.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 31 inches by 27 inches. To read Miller without his watercolors is to miss something essential. The two practices were never separate compartments ofContinue reading "Henry Miller Original Watercolor Painting."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-130551

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Zweig, Martin E.

Winning on Wall Street.

New York: Warner Books, 1986.

First edition of this classic work on how to make informed investment decisions. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Angelo – Best of Luck. Marty 4/23/86.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning andContinue reading "Winning on Wall Street."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152112

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Fowles, John. [Michael Caine].

The Magus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.

First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author’s most well-known work, basis for the 1968 cult film starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine on the front free endpaper. Caine, who took the lead role of Nicholas UrfeContinue reading "The Magus."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-142119

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