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Little Caesar.

New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.

First edition of Burnett’s classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Mrs. Brown with best wis...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-59019

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Weiner, Jonathan [Edward Wilson; Chip Kidd]

The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to naturalist Edward O...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152288

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Reagan, Ronald and Nancy

Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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Original photograph of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan and their two children: Ronald Jr. and Patti. Signed by the Presidential couple below each of their portraits, “Ronald Rea...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88159

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Rare 18th century Spanish printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full velvet with silver cornerpieces and central ornament bearing the Sacred Heart, silver clasps, ribbons bound in, printed in...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149607

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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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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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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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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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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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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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First Edition Books for Sale Online

Little Caesar.

The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.

Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Missale Romanum.

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings.

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

Anarchism and Other Essays.

The Essential John Nash.

Marcel Breuer Signed Photograph.

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

Welcome to Christmas.

Mules and Men.

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

Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President.

The Writings of Longfellow.

Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.

My Years With General Motors.

Santa Evita.

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf.

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

Night of January 16th.

Rosemary’s Baby.

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.