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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.

:, .

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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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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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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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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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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Davies, Valentine

Miracle On 34th Street.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the first edition point of “Double Your Enjoyment” on the rear panel....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149673

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Banks, Lynne Reid

The Indian In The Cupboard.

London: J.M. Dent, 1980.

First edition of the author’s classic novel and one that has went on to sell over 10 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Robin Jacques. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150896

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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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Roosevelt, Franklin

The Democratic Book 1936.

:, 1936.

Signed Limited edition, number 1858, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text half-tones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution. Large fol...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-38075

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Campbell, Donald

Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.

:, [1960].

Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, “To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell.” The recipient, G...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-131544

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Baldwin, James

Just Above My Head: A Novel.

London: Michael Joseph, 1979.

First edition of Baldwin’s final novel “the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on th...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-131579

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Friedman, Milton

There’s No Such Thing As a Free Lunch: Essays On Public Policy.

Chicago, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Company, 1975.

First edition of a collection of key writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, “one of the 20th century’s leading economic scholars, on a par with giants like John Maynard Keynes and...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-133798

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Ernst, Bernard M.L.; Hereward Carrington [Harry Houdini; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Oscar Teale]

Houdini and Conan Doyle.

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, Inc, 1932.

First edition of this historical account on the friendship between writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and magician Harry Houdini. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth, top stain green, frontispi...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-149956

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