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Eva Perón Signed Photograph.

:, 1950.

Rare photographic portrait of the First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón, signed and lengthily inscribed and dated by her in Spanish. Retaining the original mount. Double matted and framed, the entire piec...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116038

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

New York: Pantheon, 1955.

First edition, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the title page. Additionally inscribed by Charles Lindbergh on...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120706

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Frigyes, Karinthy

Minden Másképpen Van (Ötvenkét Vasárnap). [Everything is Different (Fifty-Two Sundays)].

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1929.

Rare first edition of this collection of stories in the original Hungarian which introduced the sociological phenomena of “six degrees of separation.” Octavo, original wrappers with titles...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146211

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"Anti-Vaccinator"

A New Year’s Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an Essay Shewing that the Delusive Practice of Vaccination is Ruinous to the National Health.

Glasgow: John Thomson, 1874.

First edition of this anti-vaccination work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt embossed to the front panel. Laid in is a 1901 circular, one sheet printed on both sides. In very good condition, bookpl...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129341

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Nash, John F.; Edited by Harold W. Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar

The Essential John Nash.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.

First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash’s most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “John F....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147384

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Breuer, Marcel

Marcel Breuer Signed Photograph.

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Black and White photograph taken by Pach Brothers of architect Marcel Breuer. Boldly signed by Breuer on the lower left. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.8 inc...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-67091

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Schola Italica Artis Pictoriae sive Tabulae insigniores in Romanis Pinacothecis Adservatae.

Rome: Petri Pauli Montagnani-Mirabili, 1806.

Rare first edition of Schola Italica Artis Pictoriae sive Tabulae insigniores in Romanis Pinacothecis Adservatae. Folio, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised b...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-90342

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Welcome to Christmas.

:, 1875.

Rare 19th century album on Christmas. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, elaborate ruling in blind and in gilt, silk moire endpapers, eight cardstock leaves, six in cream and two in grey, all hand l...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139519

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[Charlie Kirk]

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings.

San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2017.

Finely bound example of the Constitution of the United States. Octavo, bound in full leatherette, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the half-title page. Kirk sign...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150507

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Eliot, T.S

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939.

First British edition of Eliot’s beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original pictori...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149333

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Goldman, Emma

Anarchism and Other Essays.

New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.

Second revised edition of Goldman’s most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good c...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144296

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President.

:, 1870.

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Octavo, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Se...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151389

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Writings of Longfellow.

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1886.

Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set numb...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3612

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Sloan, Alfred P

Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of legendary executive Alfred Sloan, boldly signed, “Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., May 1 , 1937.” Framed in a custom gilt stamped morocco frame. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-82378

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Sloan Jr., Alfred P

My Years With General Motors.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

First edition of Sloan’s influential work, which has since become a classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed in the year of publication by the author on t...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137691

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Martínez, Tomás Eloy [Chip Kidd]

Santa Evita.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

First American edition of this international bestselling historical novel based, one of the best-selling novels in the Spanish language. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Tomas Eloy Martinez o...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148508

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White, Stanford

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of American architect Stanford White. Four pages, dated March 6th 1896 and addressed to Mrs. Frederick McMonnies, the letter reads, “The sketc...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95110

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Rodd, Rennell. Introduction by Oscar Wilde

Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf.

Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co, 1882.

First edition of Rodd’s first book of verse which was published with the assistance of Oscar Wilde. 12mo, original publisher’s vellum with gilt inner dentelles, silk watered endleaves, top...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140655

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Hurston, Zora Neale

Mules and Men.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.

First edition of Hurston’s classic work, “the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore” (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustration...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141719

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O'Brien, Tim

If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.

First edition of O’Brien’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O’Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142299

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Ben-Gurion, David

Shderot D. Ben Gurion [David Ben-Gurion Boulevard].

Israel:, .

Rare original Israeli boulevard sign named after the first Prime Minister of Israel. Blue metal street sign written in Hebrew, “Boulevard D. Ben-Gurion.” In very good condition. Framed, th...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148070

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Rand, Ayn. [Annie Dillard]

Night of January 16th.

New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. From...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151371

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Fleming, Ian

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151427

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Howitt, Margaret. [Fredrika Bremer]

Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.

London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 1866.

First edition of Howitt’s work on the twelve months she spent with close friend and writer Fredrika Bremer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and fr...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124150

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