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The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

New York: The Publishers Printing Co, 1908.

First edition of this work by Houdini regarding his one-time idol. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Houdini, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Harry Houdini on the front free endpaper. B...

$3,250.00 Item Number: RRB-99655

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Wharton, Edith

The Age of Innocence.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good with some light toning to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$3,250.00 Item Number: RRB-92355

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Young, Brigham

Brigham Young Signed Document.

Salt Lake City:, 1872.

Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose’s signature on verso. The entire piec...

$3,250.00 Item Number: RRB-123738

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Camus, Albert

The Stranger.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

First American edition of Camus’ first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a single closed tear. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150923

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Hoover, Herbert

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.

New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.

First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets....

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-94356

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Aldrin, Buzz; Charles Conrad; Alan Bean; Edgar Mitchell; Dave Scott; Charlie Duke; Gene Cernan

Apollo Moonwalkers Signed Photograph.

:, 1969.

Rare color satin-finish photograph of the Apollo spacecraft over the lunar surface. Boldly signed around the Apollo spacecraft in black felt tip by seven moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, Gene C...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148897

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Warhol, Andy

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

First edition, early printing of this work by Warhol. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed in green by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed by Warhol on the title page, “T...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146539

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Spreckels, Claus

Claus Spreckels Signed Stock Certificate for the San Francisco & San Joaquin Railway.

San Francisco: San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway, 1895.

Rare San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway stock certificate signed by industrialist Claus Spreckels. Quarto, one page page partially printed in red, green, black, and accomplished in manuscrip...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146754

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.

First edition of Schumpeter’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-133796

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de Vargas Ponce, José

Relacion Del Ultimo Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata De S. M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los Anos de 1785 y 1786. [Account of the Last Voyage to the Strait of Magellan by His Majesty’s Frigate Santa María de la Cabeza in the Years 1785 and 1786].

Madrid: Por La Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Compania, 1788.

First edition of this important work on the Strait of Magellan. Quarto, two volumes bound into one in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label letter...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149200

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Carter, Forrest

The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.

Ganit, Alabama: Whipporwill Publishers, 1973.

First edition of this Western novel, adapted into the 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales by Clint Eastwood. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. One of only 75 copies of the true first edition. Nea...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148846

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Harriet Beecher Stowe Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe, boldly signed by her. The photograph is a portrait by Hastings, showing her in profile. Signed on the mount below the image. The photograph measures 5.5 inches by...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-81117

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Reagan, Ronald. [John F. Kennedy]

Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait.

:, 1967.

Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connall...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-94707

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Clarke, Arthur C. and Stanley Kubrick [Keir Dullea]

2001: A Space Odyssey.

London: Hutchinson, 1968.

First British edition of the novel of the landmark “proverbial good science fiction movie” he and Stanley Kubrick created, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly s...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150203

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Churchill, Winston S.; Randolph Churchill

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London: George G. Harrap, 1938.

First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill’s son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-115632

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.

London: Printed for J. Bew, 1783.

Rare first edition in English of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, 2 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calfskin over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in fi...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149924

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Donleavy, J.P

The Ginger Man.

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.

First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-110478

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Frank Darabont [William Goldman] [Stephen King]

The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script.

New York : Newmarket Press, 1996.

First edition of the shooting script of one of the greatest films in history. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed to William Goldman, “4-30-96 For Bill, From a stu...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-144749

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Knight, Hilary

Original Hilary Knight Lisa Kirk Watercolor Portrait.

:, 1950.

Rare original Hilary Knight watercolor portrait of Kiss Me Kate Star Lisa Kirk performing at the Waldorf Astoria in 1950. Knight designed the glove for Kirk for her opener in the Waldorf’s swank...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95365

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Steinbeck, John

East of Eden.

New York: The Viking Press, 1952.

First edition, first issue of Steinbeck’s epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptionally fresh example.

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140275

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Roosevelt, Franklin D

Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government, 1935.

Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-4680

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President.

:, 1876.

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Se...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150576

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Roosevelt, Eleanor & Regina Tor

Growing Toward Peace.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition of this work by Roosevelt and Tor. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a pub...

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-5476

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Dog’s Tale.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904.

First edition of Twain’s “powerful indictment of cruelty to animals.” Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with four color plates by W.T. Smedley including tissue-guarded frontispiece....

$3,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150701

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