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Make New History.

Los Angeles: MOCA, 2009.

Signed limited edition of this rare artist’s book, or “art object” published on the occasion of the Gala of the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Obl...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143401

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Blinder, Alan S.; Andrew W. Lo; Robert M. Solow; Burton Malkiel; Ben Bernanke

Rethinking The Financial Crisis.

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2012.

First edition of this classic comprehensive analysis on the financial crisis. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Robert Solow, Ben Bernanke and famed economist...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150866

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Steichen, Edward [Yousuf Karsh; Estrellita Karsh]

A Life in Photography.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.

First edition of this autobiography of Edward Steichen, documenting his pioneering career as one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. Square quarto, original publisher’s c...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151771

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York: Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartme...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143648

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Marx, Groucho

The Groucho Phile.

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976.

First edition of this work by the legendary comedian. Quarto, original boards. Association copy, inscribed twice by the author on the dedication page and again on page 364, “To Sally from Goucho...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137602

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Hojarasca.

Bogota: Ediciones- S.L.B., 1955.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. In very good condition. A very sharp example.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138058

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Crowley, John

Little, Big.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.

First British edition and first hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For _...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-79887

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Oe, Kenzaburo

A Personal Matter.

New York: Grove Press, 1968.

First edition in English (preceding the British edition by one year) of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-139621

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Dryden, John

Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.

London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.

First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12,000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer, Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding, too...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-104852

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Burger, Warren E

The Supreme Court of the United States.

Washington, DC:, 1973.

First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by eight justices beneath their portraits accompanying their biographies. They include: Warren E. Burger, William J. B...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-120344

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Harriman, Edward Henry

Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company.

New York: Central Trust Company of New York, 1895.

Rare Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146742

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Victoria, Queen

Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.

:, 1898.

Rare large format Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 9th April 1898 and appoints Francis Duncombe Astley-Russell...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124088

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Camus, Albert

L’Exil et Le Royaume.

Paris: Gallimard, 1947.

First edition, Service de Presse-copy of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism, with “S P” perforated stamp at top of rear wrapper. Small oct...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146463

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Kipling, Rudyard

Kim.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.

First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-136986

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Disraeli, Benjamin

Vivian Grey.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826-27.

First edition of Disraeli’s first novel. Octavo, original gray boards with printed spine labels, 5 volumes, half-titles present in Volumes 2 and 5, as issued; terminal ads in Volumes 1-4. Bookpl...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-82398

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Shakespeare, William

The Poems of William Shakespeare.

London: Paradine Publications, 1975.

Paradine Publications limited edition facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Press edition of The Poems of William Shakespeare written in the original 16th and 17th century spelling. Octavo, bound in full...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148849

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Saramago, Jose

O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. [The Gospel According To Jesus Christ].

Lisboa: Caminho, 1991.

First Portuguese edition and true first of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. In near fine condition,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114809

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Ellinger, Barnard

The City: The London Financial Markets.

Westminster: P. S. King & Staples, Limited, 1940.

First edition of Ellinger’s work on the London financial markets. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124205

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Kipling, Rudyard

The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne (Le Premier Assault Contre la Sorbonne).

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.

Rare first American edition of Kipling’s classic work on the Sorbonne. Octavo, original publisher’s half vellum, text in French and English. One of fifty copies. In near fine condition. Sc...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-123604

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le Carre, John

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.

First edition of the le Carre’s classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. An exceptional...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146385

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Wharton, Edith & Ogden Codman Jr

The Decoration of Houses.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.

First edition of Edith Wharton’s first published book. Quarto, original marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 56 plates. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149521

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Cartier-Bresson, Henri

Moscou [Moscow].

Paris: Collection Neuf/ Robert Editeur, 1955.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138199

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Mandelbrot, Benoit

Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension.

San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1977.

First edition of the mathematician’s groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Samuel With the author...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144375

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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.

First British edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Charles- Salman Rushdie....

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144363

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