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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.

First edition of the novel that brought Kundera his first big international success. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacke...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131074

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Curtius Rufus, Quintus

De Rebus Alexandri Magni, Cum Commentario Perpetuo & Indice Absolutissimo Samuelis Pitisci. [History of Alexander the Great].

Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halma, 1685.

Rare 17th century printing of Rufus’ celebrated history of Alexander the Great. Octavo, bound in full vellum, with engraved title, folding map and 9 engraved plates (some folding) depicting the...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131499

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Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

London: Constellation Books, 1952.

Rare first British edition of “one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war” (Eleanor Roosevelt). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151624

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Samuelson, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman

Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.

New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.

First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed Paul Samuelson to colleague and close friend Francis Bator on the front free endpaper, “With thanks...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-88234

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Vidal, Gore [Anais Nin]

The City and the Pillar. [with] Gore Vidal Signed Dedication Page To Anais Nin.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948.

First edition of this landmark novel, from the library of Anais Nin. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a clipped dedication page that reads, “For...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144891

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. According to the Use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1701.

Rare early 18th century Book of Common Prayer in a royal binding bearing the ciphers of Queen Anne. Folio, bound in full contemporary green calf with gilt royal ciphers of Queen Anne to the spine in s...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149561

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Cohn, Roy

McCarthy.

New York : The New American Library, 1968.

First edition of this work by Cohn, who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated....

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-128627

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Bell, Daniel

The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.

New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1976.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-4274

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Nixon, Richard. [Henry A. Kissinger]

Leaders: Profiles and Reminisces of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World.

New York: Warner Books, 1982.

First edition of this work which recollects Nixon’s memories of leaders such as Churchill, de Gaulle and Khrushchev. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 photographs. Boldly signed b...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151742

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Vardon, Harry

Progressive Golf.

London: Hutchinson & Company, 1920.

First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with several folding plates from action-shot photographs. . Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-13012

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Lee, Harper

Harper Lee Autographed Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by Harper Lee on her personal monogram letterhead, June 26, 2009. The letter is written to her longtime friend Bruce Higgison. It reads, “My own Bruce: You are without a...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-65033

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Ethiopian Ge’ez Healing Scroll.

Ethiopia:, c. 19th century.

Rare original parchment healing scroll written in Ge’ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Portable manuscript on parchment in red and black ink, with a talismanic design at th...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148657

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Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S.PIIV. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum: Clementis VII. Et Urbani PP. VII.

Augsburg: Philippi Jacobi Veith, 1739.

Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate triple gilt rul...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-103526

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Wassilewska, Wanda [Wasilewska]

Rainbow. The Story of a Ukrainian Village Under German Occupation.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1945.

First edition of this work by Wassilewska. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Wanda Wassilewska Kiev. XI.63.” Near fine in a very good dust ja...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-112421

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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a copy of Kennedy’s Inaugural Add...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145871

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Light That Failed.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.

First edition of Kipling’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher’s gilt emblem to the front panel. In very good condition.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-121637

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Rothschild, Nathan Mayer

Nathan Mayer Rothschild Russian Imperial Bond Signed.

St. Petersburg, Russia: Imperial Commission of the Sinking Fund, 1822.

Rare Russian Imperial bond signed by banker and Lord of Finance Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Quarto, one page partially printed in three languages, the document is dated March 1, 1822 and certifies the be...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147780

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Hojarasca.

Buenos Aires: Editorial Suamerica, 1970.

First Argentinian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper. From the library of...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-60052

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Ferrier, David

The Functions of the Brain.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1876.

First edition of this groundbreaking work on the study of brain physiology. Octavo, original publisher’s brown cloth, illustrated with diagrams. In very good condition with light rubbing to the...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149329

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Churchill, Winston S

An Address by The Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain December 26th 1941.

Stamford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1942.

Rare first edition of Churchill’s historic address delivered before Congress on December 26th 1941. Octavo, original boards. One of on thousand copies printed. In near fine condition.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131554

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Collins, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.

First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Coke and B...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-128433

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Dreman, David N

Psychology and the Stock Market: Investment Strategy Beyond Random Walk.

New York: AMACOM, 1977.

First edition of Dreman’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to close friend Keniston Merrill, “To Ken With all good w...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-106537

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Armorial Binding.

[France]:, c. 1690.

Rare original armorial binding in gold and silver thread bearing a coat of arms reminiscent of the Durazzo family of Venice. Small octavo, empty, white silk with pink silk pastedowns, the outer border...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149153

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).

: Steidl Verlag, 2004.

Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview’s first d...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144220

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