Here I Stand.
London: Dennis Dobson, 1958.
First edition of Robeson’s powerful first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-133146
Biography and Autobiography
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John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
New York: Viking, 2000.
First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-16014
All In: An Autobiography.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
First edition of the tennis champion’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Billie Jean King and twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel and again on th...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-145811
The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.
London: Methuen & Company, 1906.
First British edition of Conrad’s first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-55033
In the Track of Speed.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.
First edition of this early work by the legendary driver. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-110914
One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn’t Everything).
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of this work by the great Masters champion. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Mickelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-136983
Margaret Ogilvy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1869.
First British edition of the author of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie’s classic memoir of his mother. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In nea...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-109891
The Incredible Giants.
New York : A.S. Barnes and Company, 1955.
First edition of this work on the Giants. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To my old pal, Al, Tom Meany.” Additi...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-120627
The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography.
London: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Kirk Douglas’ insightful autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by him in the year of publication on the title page...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-123711
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton’s account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, il...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-137101
Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First editions of the autobiography of the first president of Israel. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Near fine in very good dust jackets, inscription to the front free endp...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-150061
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,...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-150870
Bird, Larry; Foreword by Magic Johnson
Drive: The Story of My Life.
New York: Doubleday, 1989.
First edition, early printing of the Celtics’ legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front fre...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-151465
Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)
Vie de Moliere.
Lausanne: Chez Francois Grasset & Comp, 1772.
Early edition of Voltaire’s biography of one of the most influential and widely translated writers of all time. Octavo, bound in full sprinkled sheepskin. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, p...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-95126
![Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RRB-144945.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.")
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1966-1967.
First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octa...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-144945
WWII.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1975.
First edition of this personal account of the Second World War from a soldier’s perspective. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with news prints, political cartoons, charco...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-150295
Einstein: His Life and Universe.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
First edition of the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Walter Isaacson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-144608
Giffords, Gabrielle and Kelly, Mark
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.
New York : Scribner, 2011.
First edition of this unforgettable autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the co-author on the title page, “To Bob, With Best Wishes! Mark Kell...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-146479
Huie, William Bradford. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]
He Slew the Dreamer: My Search, With James Earl Ray, For the Truth About the Murder of Martin Luther King.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970.
First edition of the sensational journalist’s report on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Bradford Huie on the half-title page. Fine in a...
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-121041
Freedom Triumphant: The Fourth Period of the War of the Rebellion From September 1864, To Its Close.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891.
First edition of the acclaimed journalist’s work on the fourth period of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
$350.00
Item Number: RRB-132827
Hype & Glory.
New York: Villard Books, 1990.
First edition of this classic memoir by the author of The Princess Bride. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page,...
$300.00
Item Number: RRB-147475
My Larger Education: Being Chapters From My Experience.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911.
First edition of this uncommon collection of the author’s speeches and essays concerning education. Octavo, original cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In good con...
$300.00
Item Number: RRB-137463
New York Monuments Commission [William Tecumseh Sherman]
In Memoriam: Henry Warner Slocum 1826-1894.
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1904.
First edition of this work dedicated to the memory of an esteemed Union general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cloth, botanical endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece...
$300.00
Item Number: RRB-145997
Lederman, Leon with Dick Teresi
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light s...
$300.00
Item Number: RRB-141416
