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The Power of Positive Thinking.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.

First edition of Norman Vincent Peale’s enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Norman Vincent Peale on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First p...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133171

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Johnson, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey

Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.

:, January 20, 1965.

Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound i...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133502

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (Jose Saramago)

El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1975.

First Spanish edition of this “majestic…superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrapper...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-74033

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[Hill, Tex; Ken Jernstedt; Paul J. Greene; Robert T. Smith; Dick Rossi; Erik Shilling; Bob Layher; Ed Rector; Charlie Bond; Robert M. Smith; Edward F. Gallagher; Frank Losonsky; Rolland Richardson; Carl Quick; Al Kaelin]

Chennault’s Flying Tigers: A Commemorative History of the American Volunteer Group.

Minnesota: Flying Tigers 14th Air Force Association, Inc, 1982.

First edition of this detailed and richly illustrated tribute to American Volunteer Group’s pivotal role in early World War II air combat. Quarto, original blue boards with an inlay of a flying...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148756

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Tucker, George; [Thomas Jefferson]

The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States; With Parts of His Correspondence Never Before Published, and Notices of his Opinions on Questions of Civil Government, National Policy, and Constitutional Law.

London: Charles Knight and Co, 1837.

First British edition of this classic biography of the United States’ third president, published simultaneously with the American edition in Philadelphia. Royal octavo, original publisher’...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147403

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Waters, R.J

Early Twentieth Century R.J. Waters Ship Photograph Collection.

:, [1856-1937].

Collection of approximately 393 photographic prints of ships in the San Francisco Harbor, taken at the turn of the twentieth century. Photographs of full rigged sailing ships, clipper ships, whaling b...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147681

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Gilbreth, Jr., Frank B. and Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth

Cheaper by the Dozen.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1948.

First edition of this hilarious memoir, the basis for the 1950 and 2003 film adaptation. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald McKa...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-97548

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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol IV.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Sir Archibald Alison was a Scottish historian, writer, and advocate whose most no...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148824

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three full quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-121789

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Connell Jr., Evan S

Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959 & 1969.

First editions of the author’s classic work and its sequel. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Evan Connell. Each are fine in a near fine to fine dust jackets. Jacket de...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151087

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Twice Signed Clark Anniversary Celebration Program.

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Rare original 75th Anniversary Celebration program of the Clark Equipment Company signed by astronaut Neil Armstrong. Square duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white ph...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150916

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Goldoni, Carlo

Le Commedie Del Dottore Carlo Goldoni Avvocato Veneziano Fra Gli Arcadi Polisseno Fegejo Prima Edizione Fiorentina Dell’ Autore correta, riveduta, ed ampliata.

Firenze: Eredi Paperini, 1753-1755.

First corrected Florentine edition of Goldoni’s comedic works. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in full vellum, frontispiece portrait of Goldoni by Pitteri after Piazetta. In good condition. Armorial b...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-129344

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Stern, Robert A.M.; Thomas Mellins; David Fishman

New York 1880, 1900, 1930, 1960, 2000.

New York: The Monacelli Press, 1983-2006.

First editions of each of the acclaimed volumes on the architectural history of New York. Thick quartos, five volumes, original cloth, with photographs and illustrations. New York 1880 is boldly signe...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148265

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Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

My Own Words. [with] Typed Letter Signed by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016.

First edition of this work which gives “unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the Supreme Court and garner unparalleled appreciation for one of its finest minds” (Booklist). Oct...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148500

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Kahneman, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust j...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-44758

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Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a unique binding of a blue suit jacket and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel, g...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149102

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Edwards, Phil with Bob Ottum

You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago: The Stoked Side of Surfing or How to Hang Ten Through Life and Stay Happy.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of this classic profile of ‘the surfer’s surfer.’ Octavo, original sky blue cloth, illustrated with full-page photographs. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the c...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145184

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Kaufman, Sue [Richard Benjamin]

Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel.

New York : Random House, 1967.

First edition of this classic, bestselling novel of Central Park West ennui — and a seminal piece of urban women’s fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the auth...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-124902

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Adams, Douglas

The Illustrated Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994.

First illustrated edition of Adams’ modern classic. Folio, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146617

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Nabokov, Vladimir [Chip Kidd]

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. [with] Original Chip Kidd Cover Art.

New York: Vintage International , 1990.

First Vintage International edition of Nabokov’s greatest masterpiece. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the artist and dust jacket designer Chip Kidd on the front...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151984

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Homer, Sidney and Martin L. Liebowitz

Inside the Yield Book: Tools for Bond Market Strategy.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1972.

First edition of the classic work that created the science of bond analysis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Martin Liebowitz on the half-title page. A few marks,...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-74534

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Wilde, Oscar

The Works of Oscar Wilde.

London and Paris: Methuen Charles Carrington, 1907-22.

The works of Oscar Wilde, bound in the original cloth, one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo, 14 volumes, original cream cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. One of 1000 se...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-111362

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Sharma, Robin S

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny.

San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1997.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To David- Live life fully! Warmly Robin Sharma.” Fine in a f...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147742

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Maximilian, Emperor Ferdinand

Estatuto Provisional del Imperio Mexicano.

Mexico: Imprenta de Andrade y Escalante, 1865.

Rare first edition pamphlet declaring the provisional laws of Mexico declared by Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian at the start of his brief three-year reign. Octavo, original wrappers, six pages. Text in...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-89060

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