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The Wind and The Rain: An Easter Book For 1962.

London: Seeker & Warburg, 1962.

First edition of Braybrooke’s “Easter book” of modern literature. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, “To: J.D. Saling...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-139746

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Hueffer, [Ford] Ford Madox

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

London: John Lane Company, 1915.

First edition, first issue without the 16 pp. of advertisements of this literary highspot, one of the great novels of the first half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine cond...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142068

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Melville, Herman

White Jacket; or the World in a Man-Of-War.

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1850.

First edition, first printing with 6pp. of publisher’s advertisements, brown cloth with Harper and Brothers New York stamped at center. In very good condition, previous ownership inscription, bookplat...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144154

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Dyson, Freeman J

Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, “The expansion of life and mankind into the univers...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-117097

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Ford, Gerald R. Sidey, Hugh; Fred Ward [Photographer]

Portrait of a President.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975.

First edition of this intimate, behind-the-scenes look at President Gerald R. Ford during his early days in office. Square octavo, original publisher’s cloth with a vignette of the Whitehouse st...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151131

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Buchanan, James M

The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.

Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.

First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan’s papers. Each volume is signed and dated by James M. Buchanan. Octavo, orig...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-2374

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Darwin, Bernard

A Friendly Round.

London: Mills & Boon, 1922.

First edition of this collection of Darwin’s golf columns from The London Times. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard Darwin on the front free endpaper, “To G.M....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-68590

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-92470

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1902.

The Virginia edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison. Octavo, 17 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138956

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Porter, Eleanor H. [Hayley Mills]

Pollyanna.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1913.

First edition of Eleanor H. Porter’s classic of children’s literature. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Inscribed by actress Hayley Mills. Mi...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138834

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Collins, Michael

Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Oversized Photograph.

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Oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad. Glossy color oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad on the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins,...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145790

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Speech.

New York:, 1902.

Rare speech on missionaries signed by as president by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, one page, dated May 20, 1902. Printed speech given by Theodore Roosevelt at the Centennial Meeting of the Home Mission...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151765

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Frost, Robert

North of Boston.

London: David Nutt, 1914.

First edition, second issue (with “Printed in Great Britain” ink-stamped on title verso), of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and f...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147529

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Verne, Jules

Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.

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Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to “mon cher Peragillo” and mentioning “Le Tour du Monde....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-138073

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Wilder, Thornton

The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the au...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96138

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Clarke, Arthur C

Earthlight.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1955.

First edition of this early classic Clarke collection. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150274

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Varnedoe, Kirk [Jasper Johns]

Jasper Johns: A Retrospective.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996.

Deluxe Limited Edition of this most complete and authoritative book on the artist Jasper Johns. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, profusely illustrated throughout. The endpapers are fragments...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149231

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

New York: Random House, 1934.

First American edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, double gilt rul...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149451

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Coetzee, J.M

Waiting for the Barbarians.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.

First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146894

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Baring-Gould, Sabine

The Book of Were-Wolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1865.

First edition of this pioneering, scholarly study of lycanthropy. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters leather over marble covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments wi...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151122

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Boyle, Robert

The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Six Volumes to which is prefixed The Life of the Author.

London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, E. Johnston, S. Crowder, et al., 1772.

New edition of the complete works of the first modern chemist and pioneer in modern experimental scientific method. Quarto, six volumes, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, r...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-131348

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Dickey, James [John Boorman and Jon Voight]

Deliverance.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970.

First edition of Dickey’s first and most famous novel, basis for the classic John Boorman directed film, starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-136477

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Sargent, Thomas J

Macroeconomic Theory.

New York: Academic Press, 1979.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To James Best wishes, Thoma...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-106789

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham, Printer to the University, 1745.

Rare 18th century Book of Common Prayer, formerly used in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt royal cyphers of King George II to the spine in s...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149785

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