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Editorial Wild Oats.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original jacket.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-68027

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Card, David and Alan B. Krueger

Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.

First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. “For John As we say at the close of the book...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-78635

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Dietrich, Marlene. [Joe DiMaggio]

Marlene Dietrich Autograph Note Signed to Joe DiMaggio.

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Rare autograph note signed by German-American actress Marlene Dietrich to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. The note accompanied an 18-page Astrological Horoscope report by Hollywood astrologer Carroll Ri...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-102561

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Roth, Philip [Richard Benjamin]

Portnoy’s Complaint.

New York: Random House, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Roth’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who st...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142668

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Yang, Chen Ning

Elementary Particles: A Short History Of Some Discoveries In Atomic Physics.

United States of America: Princeton University Press, 1962.

First edition of this overview of the evolution of atomic physics, focusing on the discovery and understanding of elementary particles. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Chen...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141088

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Verne, Jules

Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed.

:, January 4, 1889.

Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. One page, the letter reads in full (translated), “I ask Madame Poritzer to please supply Mr. Debry with his tickets f...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146475

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Trollope, Anthony

The Prime Minister.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.

First edition of this classic work, which examines one of the most enduring questions in government; whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Octavo, original cloth, four v...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131836

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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

The Everglades: River of Grass.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1947.

First edition of this environmental classic and foundational text in American conservation literature about the Everglades. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pict...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151563

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Bell, Daniel

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.

New York: Basic Books, 1973.

First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-18062

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Baum, L. Frank

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1908.

First edition, first printing of the fourth book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. First printing with the verso of the half-title page listing three Baum titles. Quarto, original publisher...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151861

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Yezierska, Anzia

Hungry Hearts.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Anzia Yezierska’s rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jack...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-42019

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Wilkerson, David with John & Elizabeth Sherrill. [Pat Boone]

The Cross and the Switchblade: A True Story of the Saving Power of Faith.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967.

First edition of the author’s best-selling “modern day sequel to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament” (Pat Boone). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Wilkerson on the...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137030

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Russell, Bertrand

The Principles of Mathematics. Volume 1.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903.

First edition of Russell’s groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein, with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-autho...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-97331

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Simon, Andre L

The History of the Wine Trade in England.

London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.

First editions of Simon’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Volumes I and III are signed Andre Simon, Volume II is inscribed by him, “With the author’s Complimen...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-90384

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by P...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149213

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol Signed Miniature Facsimile One Dollar Bill.

:, c. 1980.

Rare Andy Warhol signed miniature facsimile one dollar bill. Dollar bill removed from a novelty PaperBox stationery pad, “Memorandum” printed on the verso with printed ruling. Boldly signe...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149335

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Eisenhower, Dwight D

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Columbia University Banquet Program.

Cincinatti: Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti, 1949.

Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet program signed by the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Large octavo, the program was printed for the Regional Columbia University Alum...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-121022

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Didion, Joan

Play It As It Lays.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.

First edition of Didion’s classic third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151345

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Kane, Bob

Bob Kane Signed Original Batman Sketch.

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Rare original Batman sketch signed by cartoonist and co-creator Bob Kane. One page, heavyweight off-white cardstock, in fine point black marker. Sketch of Batman in his superhero suit and wearing his...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151770

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Faulkner, William

Light In August.

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.

First edition, first issue, with first printing statement on copyright page, and “Jefferson” for “Mottstown” on page 340, line 1; first-issue binding, lettered in blue and orange. Octavo, original clo...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133611

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Potter, P

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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Lowell, Robert

Near The Ocean.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

First Noonday printing of Lowell’s renowned collection of poems, including his famous Waking Early on Sunday Morning. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the aut...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142550

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