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The Infantry Exercise of the United States Army, Abridged For the Use of the Militia of the United States.

Poughkeepsie: P. & S. Potter, Printers, 1817.

First edition of this classic work of military instruction. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustrated with 13 plates. From the library of Ensign Edmond...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132610

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Venizelos, Eleftherios

Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1922.

Autograph letter signed by “the maker of modern Greece,” Eleftherios Venizelos. One page, typescript on Delegation Hellenique letterhead, the letter reads, “Lausanne, 7th December 19...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-82459

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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks]

Forrest Gump.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2002.

Signed limited first edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, elaborately bound in full leather, gilt titles and too...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150200

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Trail, Armitage. [Al Pacino]

Scarface.

New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1959.

First Dell paperback edition of Trail’s sensational American organized crime novel, the basis for one of the greatest gangster films ever made directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149364

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Roosevelt, Eleanor and Lorena A. Hickok

Ladies of Courage.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.

First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok’s tribute to women in America. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good ...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116277

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Gibbon, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1846.

Finely bound second edition set of Gibbon’s masterpiece. Octavo, 6 volumes bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red and brown mor...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146461

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Huxley, Aldous

Antic Hay.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For James Murphy, thirty years later, Aldous Huxley, 1954....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-119728

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Working, Holbrook

Selected Writings of Holbrook Working.

Chicago: Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, 1977.

First edition of Working’s selected writings. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Bill Jones, with warm good wishes, Ho...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126837

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Schein, Edgar H

Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View.

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1985.

First edition of Schein’s classic text on organizational culture. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page with the following transcrip...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138204

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Scoppettone, Sandra; Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh

Suzuki Beane.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961.

First edition of this classic children’s book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page “My...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144579

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Bates, Daisy

The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir.

New York: David McKay Company, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this powerful work by the NAACP activist behind the successful integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentatio...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146037

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Markandaya, Kamala

Nectar In a Sieve.

London: Putnam, 1954.

First Edition of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best Wishes and love, Kamala Markandaya January 1955.”...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-855

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Pecora, Ferdinand

Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.

First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine con...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3824

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Shirer, William L

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.

Later printing “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147360

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Wells, H.G

The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926.

First editions of each volume in Wells’ longest novel. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by H.G. Wells in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133426

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de'Medici, Cosimo II

Statuti dell’Ordine De’ Cavalieri di S.to Stefano.

Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.

Rare early 17th century printing of the Statutes of the The Order of Saint Stephen; founded by Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1561. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved title page by Jacq...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140375

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Williams, Tennessee

A Streetcar Named Desire Script.

New York: Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Inc, .

Rare script from the first Broadway revival production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece performed at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in 1973. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine co...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109905

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Modiano, Patrick [Philip Roth]

So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.

Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, “Pour Philip,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117832

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Wyckoff, Richard D

Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.

Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octav...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145810

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Frank, Pat

Mr. Adam.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.

First edition of the author’s classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpape...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122192

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Reagan, Ronald

An American Life.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.

First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “T...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151315

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Letter Signed.

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Rare handwritten letter signed by Arthur Conan Doyle to lecture manager James B. Pond, Jr. Octavo, one page on Windlesham letterhead, the letter reads in full, “Dear Mr. Pond It is pleasant to s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147770

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Sidgwick, Henry

The Methods of Ethics.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1874.

First edition of Sidgwick’s magnum opus, which “in many ways marked the culmination of the classical utilitarian tradition” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Octavo, original br...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126877

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