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The World According to Garp.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.

First edition of Irving’s fourth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page in a contemporary hand, “For John another world according to a water-met...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-15003

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Lee, Harper

First edition, first printing of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147849

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Euripides; Translated by Robert Potter

The Tragedies of Euripides.

London: J. Dodsley, 1783.

First translation of Euripides into English, translated by Robert Potter, from his own library. Octavo, two volumes, bound in contemporary leather, engraved frontispiece to volume I, list of subscribe...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-135391

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Stone, Oliver and Zachary Sklar [Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman]

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

New York: Applause Books, 1992.

First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film, starring Kevin Cosner, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151402

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Mandela, Nelson

I Am Prepared to Die.

Kent: A.G. Bishop & Sons, Ltd, c. 1965.

Second edition of Mandela’s Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated on the front panel, “NMandela 25.3.05.” In fine condition.

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-125089

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Claxton, William and Berendt, Joachim E

Jazzlife [Jazz Life].

Offenburg: Burda Druck und Verlag, 1961.

First edition of Claxton’s seminal photobook on jazz. Quarto, original black cloth, pictorial front endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Presentation copy, inscribed by the p...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-393

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Chaplin, Charlie

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

:, 1914.

Rare original sepia-toned photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin, signed, “With Love Charles Aug 26th 14.” Signed along the left edge in white, “Witzel L.A.” for the photographe...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145797

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Woods, Tiger

How I Play Golf.

Boston: Warner Books, 2001.

First edition of this work in which the legendary Masters champion displays his techniques. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title pag...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-1501000

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Knight, Hilary

Hilary Knight Original Vanity Fair 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...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95328

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Conrad, Joseph

Lord Jim.

London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.

First edition of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. First printing with the first issue points including the misprints “anyrate” p. 77, l. 5, “cure” (instea...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-144315

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.

10 Downing Street, Whitehall:, October 15, 1954.

Rare typed letter signed by Winston Churchill as Prime Minister to “Mrs. Martin.” Octavo, one page on Prime Minister Downing Street headed paper, the letter reads in full, “15”...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146845

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Ellard, Harry

Baseball In Cincinnati: A History.

Cincinnati: Press of Johnson & Hardin, 1907.

First edition of this rare baseball work. One of 500 numbered examples, this copy is 309. Octavo, original cloth. Rubbing to the cloth extremities, one page has an old tape repair, in very good condit...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-3964

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Roosevelt, Eleanor and William DeWitt

UN: Today and Tomorrow.

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of this work on the United Nations by the former First Lady. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-22053

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Rowling, J.K. [Kennelworthy Whisp]

Quidditch: Through the Ages.

London: Bloomsbury/Whizz Hard Books, 2001.

First British edition of this “amazingly imaginative work” (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148087

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Chaplin, Charlie

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, “Faithfully Chas Chaplin.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95208

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Great Boer War.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1903.

Complete final edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work on the Boer War, which he revised sixteen times throughout the course of the war. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-96130

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Warm...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-12046

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

This Is My Story.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s first autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Small bookplate to the front pastedown, near fi...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-21057

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Allen, Frederick Lewis

The Lords of Creation.

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1935.

First edition of Allen’s classic account of the financial history leading up to the Great Crash. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Illustrated...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-84532

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Pinter, Harold

The Birthday Party.

London: Methuen & Co, 1960.

First edition of Pinter’s modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the ext...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-3718

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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 very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A sharp example.

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151588

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Solow, Robert Merton

Price Expectations and the Behavior of the Price Level: Lectures Given in the University of Manchester.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969.

First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Solow in the University of Manchester. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Joh...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150327

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Jackson, Andrew

Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt.

City of Washington: General Land Office, 1830.

Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated January 4, 1830 and grants a quarter of lan...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146758

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Edwards, Robert D. and John Magee, Jr

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends.

Springfield, MA: Stock Trend Service, 1948.

First edition of Edwards and Magee’s Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, which is widely considered to be one of the seminal works of the discipline. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fi...

$2,200.00 Item Number: RRB-79069

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

The World According to Garp.

To Kill A Mockingbird.

The Tragedies of Euripides.

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

I Am Prepared to Die.

Jazzlife [Jazz Life].

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

How I Play Golf.

Hilary Knight Original Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration.

Lord Jim.

Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.

Baseball In Cincinnati: A History.

UN: Today and Tomorrow.

Quidditch: Through the Ages.

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

The Great Boer War.

India and the Awakening East.

This Is My Story.

The Lords of Creation.

The Birthday Party.

The Spy Who Loved Me.

Price Expectations and the Behavior of the Price Level: Lectures Given in the University of Manchester.

Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt.

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends.