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[Martin, George R.R.]. [The Harcourt Bindery]

Complete A Song of Ice and Fire Custom Half Morocco Clamshell Box Collection Made By The Harcourt Bindery.

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Fine collection of custom half morocco clamshell boxes hand made by The Harcourt Bindery to house each of the five signed first editions in George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones series. Octavo,...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-152283

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Levi-Strauss, Claude

Tristes Tropiques.

New York: Criterion Books, 1961.

First edition in English of Levi-Strauss’ landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Boldly signed by Claude Levi-Strauss...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150084

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Smith, Dodie

The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

London: Heinemann, 1961.

First edition of the author’s beloved children’s classic, adapted into the 1961 animated film produced by Walt Disney Studios. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gi...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150386

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Eliot, T.S

Ash-Wednesday.

New York: The Fountain Press Inc./London Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930.

Signed limited edition of T. S. Eliot’s classic “conversion poem.” Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. One of six hundred numbered copies, this is number 329. Boldly signed by...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149679

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Crantz, David

The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country, and Its Inhabitants.

London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767.

First edition in English of Crantz’s elaborate account of the history of Greenland. first published in German in 1765. Octavo, two volumes bound in full period-style full speckled calf with moro...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150760

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Beebe, William

Signed limited first edition, one of only 100 numbered copies, this is number 54, boldly signed by William Beebe, the father of modern ecology. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Illustrat...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-84953

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Hyams, Peter

Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.

: ITC Entertainment, Inc., 1976.

Rare original shooting script from from the 1978 science fiction thriller Capricorn One. Quarto, original leatherette wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the writer/director on the title page,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124688

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Hersey, John

Hiroshima.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

First edition of Hersey’s classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments with...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151265

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Lenin, Vladimir

Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh’ Razivitya Kapitalizma v’ Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed. Shtatat Ameriki. [New information on the Development of Agricultural Capitalism. Part I: Capitalism and Agriculture in the United States].

Petrograd: Zhizn i Znaniye, 1918.

First edition of this work by Lenin. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare with only one library holding for this, at the State Library of Germany.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133222

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Toner, Joseph Meredith [George Washington]

George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address Delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891, by J.M. Toner, M.D.

Washington, D.C.: Press of Gedney & Roberts Co, 1891.

First separate edition of Turner’s address delivered at Mount Vernon on the occasion of the visit of the officers and members of the Patent Centennial Celebration. Octavo, bound in three quarter...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133402

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Lewis, Michael [Daniel Kahneman]

The Undoing Project.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page and by Nobel Prize-winning economist and subject, “Best wishes! Daniel Kahnema...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138129

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Diana, Princess of Wales; King Charles III

Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.

:, 1983.

Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145672

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Brown, John. [Woodrow Wilson; Charles A. Salmond; Alexander Stewart; James Stark; et al]

John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work.

London: Wm. Ibister Limited, n.d..

Early edition of Reverend John Brown’s important biography of his predecessor and the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, English Puritan preacher John Bunyan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentati...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-121964

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Fisher, Irving

Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles.

New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1932.

First edition of Fisher’s classic work connecting monetary fluctuations to extreme periods of the business cycle. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear to...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3664

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

New York: Everyman's Library, 2008.

Everyman’s Library edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151348

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Pope Pius XI. (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti)

Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.

:, c. 1930.

Rare hand-illuminated apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius XI with a circular portrait of him. The blessing in elaborate script reads, “Most Holy Father, Margaret, Katherine, Regina, John,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88158

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Russell, Bill and Taylor Branch

Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of this powerful memoir by the legendary champion and civil rights advocate. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed the author and co-author Taylor Branch on the front free endpaper,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134622

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Boesky, Ivan F

Merger Mania. Arbitrage: Wall Street’s Best Kept Money-Making Secret.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

First edition of Boesky’s first and only book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “6/4/85 To Den...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150251

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Illuminated 16th Century French Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf. [The Annunciation of the Shepherds].

Paris:, c. 1500.

Rare illuminated leaf from a 16th Century French Book of Hours, likely executed by Gilles and Germain Hardouyn. The detailed miniature is elaborately decorated with gold leaf and depicts the Annunciat...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132104

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Schuyler, George S

Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.

First edition of “the first novel about Africa written by an African American” (Aric Putnam). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “T...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116439

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Watson, James C; Charles J. McDonald

Creek Indian Muscogee County, Georgia Land Grants.

:, 1826-1839.

Four rare 19th century Creek Indian land surveys and lottery winning land grants. Octavo, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, each with the official wax seal attached by a pale red ribbo...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146855

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Kerr, Judith

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

London: Collins, 1968.

First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children’s book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151775

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Whitney, John F

St. Augustine, Florida. Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists. Cost of Living, and How to Get There.

St. Augustine, Florida:, 1873.

First edition of this early travel guide to the city of St. Augustine, Florida by the Editor and Proprietor of The Florida Press. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with advertisements. In good co...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138377

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Bourdain, Anthony

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2000.

First edition, early printing of the legendary chef’s bestselling memoir and first work of non-fiction. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150290

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

Complete A Song of Ice and Fire Custom Half Morocco Clamshell Box Collection Made By The Harcourt Bindery.

Tristes Tropiques.

The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Ash-Wednesday.

The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country, and Its Inhabitants.

Galapagos: World’s End.

Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.

Hiroshima.

Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh’ Razivitya Kapitalizma v’ Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed. Shtatat Ameriki. [New information on the Development of Agricultural Capitalism. Part I: Capitalism and Agriculture in the United States].

George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address Delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891, by J.M. Toner, M.D.

The Undoing Project.

Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.

John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work.

Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles.

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.

Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man.

Merger Mania. Arbitrage: Wall Street’s Best Kept Money-Making Secret.

Illuminated 16th Century French Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf. [The Annunciation of the Shepherds].

Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.

Creek Indian Muscogee County, Georgia Land Grants.

The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

St. Augustine, Florida. Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists. Cost of Living, and How to Get There.

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.