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Ballade in G Minor.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1938.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tr...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-136398

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Preston, Shaffner Taliaferro

1862 Shaffner Taliaferro Preston Map of the United States of America.

London:, 1862.

Rare hand-colored lithographed folding map from the American Civil War. The map displays the Federal or non-slaveholding states, the border or slaveholding states, the Confederacy, and the Indian rese...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145577

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Bush, George H.W.; Yitzhak Rabin

George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph.

:, 1992.

Photograph of President George H.W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Color glossy photograph of George Bush and Yitzhak Rabin walking on a sidewalk near Bush‘s vacation home in Ken...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150888

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Richter, Gerhard

Atlas.

Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989.

Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989. First edition of one of the most revealing collections of the photographic work of Gerhard Richter. Folio, original cloth. Signed and dated in the year of publication o...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-1000

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Brunhoff, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak]

Histoire de Babar le petit elephant. [The Story of Babar the Little Elephant].

Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931.

First edition of the first book in de Brunhoff’s Babar the Elephant series in the original French; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original half cloth over pictorial bo...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147153

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Jacobi, Lotte [Carl Zahn; Yousuf Karsh; Estrellita Karsh]

Lotte Jacobi.

Danbury, New Hampshire: Addison House, 1978.

First edition of this autobiography of Lotte Jacobi, exploring her journey from running a premier Berlin studio to becoming a renowned photographer of cultural icons in New York. Square quarto, origin...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151772

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Frost, Robert

A Further Range.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151924

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Amis, Martin

Martin Amis First Edition Collection.

Lonson: Jonathan Cape, 1984-2020.

Extensive collection of first editions by acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, including his best-known works Money and London Fields. Octavo, 18 volumes, original cloth and half-cloth. 15 volumes signed b...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-134198

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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

First American edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Alan Paton Johannesburg May...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-43091

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[Davis, Jefferson]

Capture of Jefferson Davis Collection.

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Fine collection of pieces related to the capture of Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. The collection includes an original carte-de-visite of Davis’s captor, Colonel B.J....

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132583

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Pei, I.M.; Carter Wiseman

I.M. Pei: A Profile In American Architecture.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.

First edition of this monograph on the work of the Pritzker award-winning architect. Folio, original black cloth, illustrated with 335 illustrations. Fine in a near fine jacket. Boldly signed by the a...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150001

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Di Maggio, Joe [DiMaggio]

Lucky To Be A Yankee.

New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.

First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand, “To Dick- Hope the star...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-107322

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Marryat, Frederick

The Novels of Captain Marryat.

London: J.M. Dent, 1895-96.

Finely bound set of the works of Captain Marryat, one of 750 copies printed on handmade paper. Octavo, complete in 24 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt t...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-110464

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Arnold, Matthew

New Poems.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1867.

First edition of Arnold’s 1867 book of poems. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double gilt ruling to the panels. In near fine condition. Rare with only a handful of examples...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124039

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Shakespeare, William

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice. [Fore-edge Painting].

Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, n.d.

Finely bound example of Inglis’ compilation of the dramas of Shakespeare. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138237

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Kennedy, Robert F

To Seek A Newer World.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967.

First edition of Robert Kennedy’s classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert F. Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Ja...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131782

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133790

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Jerrold, Blanchard. [George Cruikshank]

The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.

First edition of the definitive biography of famed illustrator and satirist George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137182

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Keller, Helen

Helen Keller Signed Photograph.

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Original photograph of Helen Keller with her Great Dane, Sieglinde, and beloved teacher Anne Sullivan’s Scottish Terrier. Inscribed by Helen Keller, “To Perry Finkelstein, with cordial gre...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89153

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Waugh, Evelyn

Scoop.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1964.

First revised edition of Waugh’s satire of sensationalist journalism. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Patrick, with regar...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-95271

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, 1984.

Rare color photograph of Mother Teresa. Color semi-glossy book photograph headshot of Mother Teresa. Boldly signed in blue ink, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In near fine condition. The pi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148225

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Levin, Ira [Katharine Ross]

The Stepford Wives.

New York: Random House, 1972.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1975 film starring Katharine Ross. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly inscribed by Ira Levin and actress Katharine Ross on the front free endpaper. F...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142445

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Baum, L. Frank

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902.

First edition of this Christmas classic with the first state headings “Book First, Book Second and Book Third.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery wit gilt titles and t...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142836

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Puzo, Mario

The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw.

New York : Platt & Munk Publishers, 1966.

First edition of this early work by the author of The Godfather. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For ? When you read this book eig...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-121292

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