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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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Wallace, David Foster [Steve Snider]

Infinite Jest: A Novel.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace with his added smiley face on the front free endpaper a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152258

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Huxley, Aldous

The Art of Seeing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.

First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley’s experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, origi...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139661

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Cohen, Leonard

Beautiful Losers.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966.

First edition of Cohen’s second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Matthew all the best Leonard Cohen 2008.”...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-94686

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Dyson, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson]

Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics.

New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966.

First edition of this work by the famed physicist. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Edward Best wishes Freeman Dyson.” The recip...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138193

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Knight, Hilary (John Galliano)

Hilary Knight Original John Galliano Watercolor Illustration.

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Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated mode...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95326

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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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Mishima, Yukio

After The Banquet.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.

First edition in English of “the biggest and most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Translated from...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129580

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Washington, Booker T

The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.

First edition of this work by Washington after his visit to Europe. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “L.M...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130288

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Habermas, Jurgen

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition in English of this analysis of the historical rise and decline of a space for critical, rational debate between citizens and the state. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151430

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Nixon, Richard M. [Henry A. Kissinger]

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon’s memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Signed by Richard Nixon. Additionally signed by Henry Kissinger, who served as a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151700

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von Braun, Wernher

Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.

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Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, “For “Busher” Bill affectionately W...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136509

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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-148722

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Beaton, Cecil

Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

First edition of Beaton’s Fair Lady, a witty compilation of his personal diary entries recorded while managing the costume and set design of the 1957 Warner Brothers film starring Audrey Hepburn...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141409

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Brown, Dan [Tom Hanks]

The Da Vinci Code.

New York: Doubleday, 2003.

First edition of this best-selling work, basis for the 2006 Ron Howard directed film starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Brown and Academy Award-winning actor Tom Han...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150412

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Tartt, Donna

The Secret History.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentatio...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143517

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Russell, Bertrand

My Philosophical Development.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117453

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Affluent Society.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.

First edition of the economist’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Laid in this book i...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3855

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Gunther, John

Inside U.S.A.

New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.

First edition of this classic work, “riveting from start to finish” (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, pullout map. Boldly signed by Joh...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134601

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Wilde, Oscar

The Works of Oscar Wilde. [Double Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Collins, 1931.

First Naschen edition of Oscar Wilde’s collected works, decorated with a concealed double fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in twentieth-century light brown morocco with gilt titles and five raised ba...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152272

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Kelly, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III

Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace holding United Nations pamphlets. Octavo, black and white photograph. Boldly signed by Princess Grace, “Grace de Monaco” and Prince Rainier, “Raini...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148715

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Knight, Hilary

Hilary Knight Original Christian LaCroix Watercolor Illustration.

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Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated mode...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95330

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