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Kidder, Tracy. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].

The Soul of a New Machine.

Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brown and Company, 1981.

First edition of Kidder’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on the title page, “For Jacqueline With Best Wishes Tracy Kidder. “From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with the bookplate from the Sotheby’s 23 – 26 April 1996 sale of the estate of JacquelineContinue reading "The Soul of a New Machine."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151509

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Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Hobbit.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Tolkien’s classic tale, “among the very highest achievements of children’s authors during the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 530). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Published on September 21, 1937 with a first printing of only 1500 copies, The Hobbit hadContinue reading "The Hobbit."

$275,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150464

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Earhart, Amelia.

20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.

Early printing of Earhart’s thrilling account of her experience as a passenger aboard the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air in 1928. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain orange, with 61 illustrations. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rareContinue reading "20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150000

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.].

A Tract on Monetary Reform.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.

First edition, advance review copy of Keynes’ breakthrough work in the field of economics, blind-stamped ‘Presentation copy’ on the title page. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Laid in is an autograph letter stamped ‘British Trade Review 31 Dec 1923’ which reads in part, “Dear Chris: Please let us have 300Continue reading "A Tract on Monetary Reform."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-151322

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Proprietors of Dodsley's Annual Register.

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1789-1790, 1793-1801.

London: Printed by J. Wright, 1792 - 1813.

Uniformly bound collection of The Annual Register, a long-established reference work, written and published each year beginning in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke. Octavo, 11 out of 43 original volumes, uniformly bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,Continue reading "The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1789-1790, 1793-1801."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151025

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Wilder, Thornton.

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts.

New York: Coward McCann, 1938.

First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by Thornton Wilder on the half-title page with a quotes added, “”A star’s mighty give company.” “Yes…yes, ’tis.” Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have handled.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151489

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Burrough, Bryan and John Helyar.

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990.

First edition of this business classic. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, “Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned. John Helyar” and “Bryan Burrough.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. An exceptional inscription.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151721

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Bouvier, Jacqueline and Lee. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].

One Special Summer.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.

First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket calligraphy by Joe West.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-151232

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Tennyson, Alfred.

Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1867.

Finely bound example of one of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting of twoContinue reading "Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting]."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151178

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.].

The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1919.

First British edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In very good condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151434

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Dershowitz, Alan M..

Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case.

New York: Random House, 1986.

First edition of this detailed legal narrative of the highly publicized trial and appeal of Claus von Bülow, basis for the 1990 film directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close and Ron Silver. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan M. Dershowitz to televisionContinue reading "Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150619

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Hardy, Thomas.

The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.

The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. InContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]"

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147339

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Isaacson, Walter.

American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009.

First edition of this collection of biographical and historical essays. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walter Isaacson on the title page, “To Ed, All the best, Walter Isaacson.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150870

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Ryan, William.

The Constant Soldier.

London: Mantle, 2016.

First edition of Ryan’s “complex and gripping tale of love and guilt” (A.L. Kennedy). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by William Ryan on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-150669

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Habermas, Jurgen.

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition in English of this analysis of the historical rise and decline of a space for critical, rational debate between citizens and the state. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Jürgen Habermas on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Thomas Burger with the assistance of Frederick Lawrence.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151430

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Robinson, Jackie; Alfred Duckett.

Breakthrough to the Big League: The Story of Jackie Robinson.

New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1965.

First edition of this autobiography detailing Robinson’s journey as the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Octavo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece, illustrated with 21 black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jackie Robinson in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “4-18-65 To Robert Weiss with best wishes. Thanks forContinue reading "Breakthrough to the Big League: The Story of Jackie Robinson."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151428

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Didion, Joan.

After Henry.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition of this collection of eleven essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the colophon page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151447

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Fleming, Ian.

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151427

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Fleming, Ian.

For Your Eyes Only.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First edition of the eighth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151425

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Burrough, Bryan [Michael Mann and Christian Bale].

Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this work, basis for the 2009 film, directed by Michael Mann, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bryan Burrough, Michael Mann and Christian Bale. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151493

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Sondheim, Stephen and Hugh Wheeler; Christopher Bond; Harold Prince.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of this Tony Award for Best Musical. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Frank Verlizzo.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-151496

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Jones, Robert T. [Bobby].

Golf Is My Game.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960.

First edition of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Freeman With all sorts of best wishes, Bob.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. An exceptional example.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151497

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Robinson, Kim Stanley.

The Ministry for the Future.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2023.

Signed limited edition of this New York Times bestselling science fiction novel set in the near future. Thick octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers. One of 400 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, this is number 129. Boldly signed by Kim Stanley Robinson on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrationContinue reading "The Ministry for the Future."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151423

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King, Stephen.

It.

New York: The Viking Press, 1986.

First edition of this “landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times). Thick octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Stephen King on the front free endpaper, “For Nancy – Happy birthday from Florida! Stephen King April 6, 1999.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by BobContinue reading "It."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151421

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