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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water.

New York: Viking, 1986.

First edition of this essential environmental text, named by The Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, ca...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148909

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O'Neill, Eugene

Mourning Becomes Electra.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1931.

Signed limited edition of O’Neill’s classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, signed by Eugene O’Neill, one of 550 copies this is number 363....

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142951

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Anderson, Ronald Lee. [Jean-Antoine Houdon; George Washington]

George Washington Houdon Bust Sculpture.

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Life-size sculpture of the head of George Washington, after the famed Houdon bust of George Washington of 1785. Plaster, the piece measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches and is attributed to American portra...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-121908

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Sydenham, Thomas

Thomae Sydenham Med Doct Ac Practici Londinensis Celeberrimi, Opera Medica. [Medical Works of Thomas Sydenham].

Geneva: Printed by Gabriel de Tournes & Sons, 1723.

The collected medical works of Thomas Sydenham. Royal octavo, written in Latin, volume one only, bound in full calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, mo...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151125

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Reagan, Ronald [Patti Davis]

Ronald Reagan Inscribed Christmas Card to His Daughter Patti Davis.

:, 1990.

Original Christmas card inscribed by President Ronald Reagan to his daughter Patti Davis. Christmas card from 1990 featuring a festive pinecone on the front. Inscribed by Reagan in black felt tip,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151330

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Friedman, Milton & Rose

Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

First edition, early printing of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Milton F...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-15043

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Borman, Frank

Frank Borman “The Moon as Seen Over Earth’s Horizon From Gemini 7” Photograph Signed.

:, 1965.

Oversized silk finish color photograph of the moon as seen over Earth’s horizon during Gemini 7. Signed by mission commander Frank Borman in silver ink, “Good night, Merry Christmas and Go...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147773

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Brooks, Donald

Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing.

:, 1983.

Original Dance a Little Closer is a pencil and watercolor drawing depicting the Cynthia character in a full length pink and peach gown with a second drawing depicting the back of the gown, signed lowe...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137699

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Buchanan, James [Mathew Carey]

James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1825.

Autograph letter signed entirely in the hand of the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan to Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey. Addressed to Mathew Carey, the letter reads, “Lanc...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-95838

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BRUNHOFF, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak]

Babar et le Père Noël.

New York : Random House, 1941.

First American edition of this charming holiday tale in the original French, from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original publisher’s pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147128

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Faulkner, William

Pylon.

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.

First edition of Faulkner’s explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom h...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96589

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Bellow, Saul

Seize the Day.

New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Gabels from their...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114568

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Hammerstein, Oscar

Carmen Jones.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.

First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Wolfe, with gratitude for all he did to succes...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116745

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994.

First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Additionally signed...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150948

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Williams, Tennessee

The Rose Tattoo.

New York: New Directions, 1951.

First edition of one of Williams’ most beautiful and powerful plays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket desi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143108

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[Kerouac, Jack; Jean-Pierre Lemaire]

RUpTure.

Paris, France: Printed at 21 Rue de Saintonge, 1965.

Rare vintage January 1965 issue of RUpTure, a left-leaning French-language literary magazine, gifted to and personally owned by Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo, written in French, original...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150642

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O'Brien, Tim

Northern Lights.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1975.

First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page as follows, “Peace Tim O’Brien “I guess we’re really brothers, aren’t we? Do...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-940

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, 1984.

Rare photograph portrait of Mother Teresa boldly signed, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In fine condition. The piece measures 5 inches by 7 inches.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147287

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[Parrish, Maxfield] SAUNDERS, Louise

The Knave of Hearts.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1925.

First edition of “one of the greatest of American illustrated books” (Porter, 84), the last and most lavish children’s book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with mounted cover design...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133869

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Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaty Collection.

Washington: Various Publishers, 1828-1826.

Rare collection of Congressional Reports the Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaties. Octavo, 7 reports bound in modern paper wrappers or disbound. The collection includes: Treaty with Eel River Indian...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-135497

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Hughes, Langston

Laughing To Keep From Crying.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952.

First edition of Hughes’ second major collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-61051

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Roosevelt, Eleanor; Jawaharlal Nehru; Indira Gandhi; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Eleanor Roosevelt, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Signed Photograph.

Hyde Park, NY:, c. 1949.

Rare original black and white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt with three Indian dignitaries Jahwaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Pandit at the Franklin D. Roosevelt gravesite at Hyde Park. Neh...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148419

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Williams, Tennessee

The Night of the Iguana.

New York: New Directions, 1962.

First edition of this powerfully compassionate play. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruli...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149896

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Kipling, Rudyard

Debits and Credits.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.

First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the fron...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140953

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