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The Golden Notebook.

London: Michael Joseph, 1962.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul on the front free endpaper. V.S. Naipaul...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149113

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Russell, Bertrand

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front pastedown. With a note from the recipient that it was signed in 19...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-119625

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Waugh, Evelyn [Daphne Fielding]

Scott-King’s Modern Europe.

London: Chapman & Hal, 1947.

First edition of this classic novella. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Daphne with love fr...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150292

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Thieu, Nguyen Van

Nguyen Van Thieu Signed Time Magazine Cover.

:, August 27, 1968.

Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the September 15, 1967 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Nguyen Van Thieu painted by Boris Chaliapin. Boldly...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146627

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Jodidio, Philip; Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009.

New York: Tashen, 2009.

First edition of the most comprehensive volume on the work of Zaha Hadid. Folio, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Zaha Hadid on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-26063

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Gorbachev, Mikhail [Lech Walesa]

Memoirs.

New York: Doubleday, 1996.

First edition of Gorbachev’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and additionally signed by Lech Walesa on the title page. Lech Wałęsa is...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150442

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Zorba The Greek.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six co...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143544

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Venturi, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi and Vincent Scully on the title page. Fine in a near fin...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150581

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Rothbard, Murray N

For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto.

New York: Collier Books, 1978.

First edition of Rothbard’s classic treatise on libertarianism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “J...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145961

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[General William T. Sherman] [Ulysses S. Grant]

General Sherman’s Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant.

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Rare bronze sculpture of an elephant, most likely used as an ink well, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147816

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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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Roosevelt, Eleanor & Helen Ferris

Partners: The United Nations and Youth.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.

First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferr...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4553

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North America XIV Florida: Published Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834.

Rare 19th century English map of the state of Florida, published by Baldwin & Cradock under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. One page, the map shows the pl...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146853

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Peale, Norman Vincent

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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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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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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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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First Edition Books for Sale Online

The Golden Notebook.

The Scientific Outlook.

Scott-King’s Modern Europe.

Nguyen Van Thieu Signed Time Magazine Cover.

Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009.

Memoirs.

Zorba The Greek.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto.

General Sherman’s Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant.

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

Partners: The United Nations and Youth.

North America XIV Florida: Published Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The Power of Positive Thinking.

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

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

Cheaper by the Dozen.

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

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge.

Neil Armstrong Twice Signed Clark Anniversary Celebration Program.

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.

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

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.