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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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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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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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Bocuse, Paul

Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1977.

First American edition of Bocuse’s classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Paul Bocuse on the title page....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149872

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Auspitz, Rudolf and Richard Lieben

Untersuchungen Uber Die Theorie Des Preises. [Studies on the Theory of Price.]

Leipzig: Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, 1889.

Scarce first edition of this work by eminent Viennese economists Auspitz and Lieben. Octavo, original brown hard-grain cloth with spine and boards lettered and ruled in black, decorative endpapers, il...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145337

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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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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. Boldly sign...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145993

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Forester, C.S

Single Handed.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First American edition of this classic maritime adventure novel that showcases themes of duty, resilience, and individual impact during wartime. Octavo, original publisher’s full cloth. Presenta...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149365

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Satrapi, Marjane

Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2003.

First edition of “the most original coming-of-age story from the Middle East yet” (People). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Marjane Satropi on the front free endpaper...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152994

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Warren, Robert Penn

All the King’s Men.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.

First edition of Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of American politics. Octavo, original cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endp...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152268

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Kubrick, Stanley & Anthony Burgess

Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1972.

First edition of the book recreation of Stanley Kubrick’s epic film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ dystopian masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150514

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Williams, George C. [Richard Dawkins]

Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critic of Some Current Evolutionary Thought.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966.

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the half-title page. Many aspects of this book were popularized by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfis...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-112392

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Naughton, Bill

Alfie.

London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1966.

First edition of the novelization of Naughton’s popular stage play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page, “Bill Naughton” and lengthily i...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143918

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Levin, Ira

Rosemary’s Baby.

New York: Random House, 1967.

First edition of this influential horror classic, which helped launch the “horror boom.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five...

$2,450.00 Item Number: RRB-150653

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Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London: Published by the Author, 1841.

First edition, first issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engrave...

$2,450.00 Item Number: RRB-147796

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