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Emïn, Joseph; Amy Apcar [Editor].

The Life and Adventures of Joseph Emïn 1726-1809, an Armenian.

Calcutta: Printed and Published by the Baptist Mission Press, 1918.

English translation of 18th-century autobiography detailing the life of an Armenian patriot dedicated to liberating his people from Persian and Ottoman rule. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with two plates and one map. In very good condition, inscription to the half-title page. Written by himself. EditedContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Joseph Emïn 1726-1809, an Armenian."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150768

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Goldin, Claudia Dale.

Urban Slavery in the American South 1820-1860: A Quantitative History.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1976.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s classic first book, an economic analysis of enslaved labor in Southern cities during the 1800s. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with maps and graphs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Nov. 2024 For Ruth – My first book! Regards – Claudia Goldin.” Fine inContinue reading "Urban Slavery in the American South 1820-1860: A Quantitative History."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150746

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Follett, Ken.

The Pillars of the Earth.

London: Macmillan, 1989.

First British edition of Follett’s immensely popular bestseller, widely considered his masterpiece which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “with best wishes – Ken Follett.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration by AndrewContinue reading "The Pillars of the Earth."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150763

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Christie, Agatha.

Postern of Fate.

London: The Crime Club, 1973.

First edition of Christie’s final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Margaret Murray.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-150739

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Follett, Ken.

Whiteout.

London: Macmillan, 2004.

First edition of Follett’s internationally bestselling novel, a high-stakes thriller of human betrayal, medical peril, and a race against time. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Ken Follett on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger. Jacket illustration by John Alvin.Continue reading "Whiteout."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-150758

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Dahl, Roald.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Donald Cameron and all his family with love Roald Dahl.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150757

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Huxley, Aldous.

Eyeless in Gaza.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1936.

First edition of Huxley’s classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-150147

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Heilbroner, Robert .

Visions of the Future: The Distant Past, Yesterday Today, and Tomorrow.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

First edition of this prescient work by the author of The Worldly Philosophers. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Barnhad with many thanks- Robert Heilbroner.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, date to the front endpaper.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-151094

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Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd] [Peter Matthiessen].

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to writer Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page, “For Peter Best wishes Stephen Breyer.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the half-title page in the year of publication, front panel [in the month ofContinue reading "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-151208

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Thompson, Hunter S.; Illustrations by Ralph Steadman [Jimmy Carter, George McGovern].

Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.

San Francisco: Arrow Books, 1973.

First edition of the author’s third book and hallmark of campaign journalism. Octavo, original black boards, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Boldly signed on the half-title page by Hunter Thompson, Ralph Steadman and Jimmy Carter opposite the half-title page. Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the white border around the photographContinue reading "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150999

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

Mani: Travels In The Southern Peloponnese.

London: John Murray, 1958.

First edition of the author’s travelogue about the rocky Mani, later complementing it with Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece and title-page vignette by John Craxton, map of the southern Peloponnese by John Woodcock, and illustrated with 26 photographs. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket design byContinue reading "Mani: Travels In The Southern Peloponnese."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-150829

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

London: John Murray, 1966.

First edition of the author’s travelogue companion piece to Mani. Octavo, original cloth, a map, and illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of small closed tears. Jacket design by John Craxton. Photographs by author’s wife Joan Eyres Monsell. A very sharp example.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150828

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Crantz, David.

The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country, and Its Inhabitants.

London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767.

First edition in English of Crantz’s elaborate account of the history of Greenland. first published in German in 1765. Octavo, two volumes bound in full period-style full speckled calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, illustrated with two folding maps and sevenContinue reading "The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country, and Its Inhabitants."

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150760

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Parker, Robert M..

Bordeaux: A Consumer’s Guide to the World’s Finest Wines.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.

First printing of the fourth edition of Robert M. Parker’s first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed with a star by Robert M. Parker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Beth Middleworth. Author photograph by the author’sContinue reading "Bordeaux: A Consumer’s Guide to the World’s Finest Wines."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-150771

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Follett, Ken [Erica Jong].

The Third Twin: A Novel.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.

First edition of Follett’s New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Erica and Ken with love – Ken Follett.” The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known forContinue reading "The Third Twin: A Novel."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142322

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McCarthy, Justin.

A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress.

London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1879.

Finely bound edition of this classic historical work. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarter red calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, black morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-150765

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Crichton, Michael.

Rising Sun.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Crichton on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Rising Sun."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151207

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Aristotle; Translated by William Ellis.

A Treatise on Government. Translated From The Greek of Aristotle.

London: T. Payne, 1776.

First edition in English of this important work on government by Aristotle. Quarto, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, full, morocco spine label, raised bands. In very good condition. Translated by William Ellis. An exceptional example of this cornerstone work.

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151205

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Ferguson, Niall.

The Ascent of Money.

London: Allen Lane, 2008.

First British edition of this original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go round, destined to become a modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151204

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Churchill, Winston S.

Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.

London: Cassell and Company, 1941-46.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s classic war speeches. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in full crushed morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt decorated with gilt tooled Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt, illustrated with 50 half-toneContinue reading "Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151203

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Ellis, Bret Easton.

Imperial Bedrooms.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the sequel to Easton’s bestselling literary debut, Less Than Zero. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Meghan best wishes Bret Easton Ellis.” Additionally signed two times by legendary dust jacket illustrator Chip Kidd in gold with the horns outlined in his hand, onContinue reading "Imperial Bedrooms."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-151202

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Crichton, Michael [Chip Kidd].

Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008 .

Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Jurassic Park is signed by Michael Crichton and with a large original drawingContinue reading "Jurassic Park and The Lost World."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151181

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Christie, Agatha.

Dead Man’s Folly.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1956.

First edition of this classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150694

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom.

Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.

New York: Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.

First edition of Edith Grossman’s definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-145074

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