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Winning Colors of Benetton: Michael Schumacher 1994 F1 Drivers’ Champion.

Italy: Printed by SADEC Italy, [1994].

First edition of this commemorative work on the Benetton Formula team and Formula One World Drivers’ Champion Michael Schumacher. Square octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards, unpa...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-151852

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Dyson, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson]

Imagined Worlds.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.

First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Edward Freeman Dyson.” The recipient, Edwar...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-138177

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Lewis, Edna and Evangeline Peterson

The Edna Lewis Cookbook.

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.

First edition of Lewis’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. Fir...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-146318

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Bird, Larry; Julius Erving; Jerry West; Dave Bing; Bill Walton; Kevin McHale; Robert Parrish; Rick Barry; Dolph Schayes, et al.

NBA Warm-Up Jacket Signed by Larry Bird and Others.

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Rare Nike NBA warm-up jacket signed by some of the most influential players of basketball. Size medium, signed in black felt tip on the front by NBA legends including Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Jerry...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-147525

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Cain, James M

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and to...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-146083

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Nikiforos Fokas.

Athena:, 1927.

First edition of this early work by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis. In good condition, with the signatures originally bound.

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-2646

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Williams, Tennesse. [Sylvia Miles]

The Night of the Iguana Original Shooting Script.

New York: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc, .

Rare original shooting script of Tennessee Williams’ great stage play. Quarto, original blue Studio duplicating service leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. Advertisements laid in. Sylvia Mil...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-110701

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Tolstoi, Count Leo. [Tolstoy]

The Kingdom of God is Within You: Or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-Conception.

London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1894.

First edition in English of the culmination of 30 years of Tolstoy’s thinking which lays out a new organization for society based on an interpretation of Christianity focusing on universal love....

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-124089

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Friedman, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz

A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated throughout with graphs and charts. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper. A very sharp...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148082

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Bradbury, Ray [Yousuf Karsh; Estrellita Karsh]

The Art of Playboy.

New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1985.

First edition of this curated collection of art commissioned by Playboy magazine, showcasing the magazine’s effort to blend “high” and “low” art and highlighting visual l...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151638

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Pershing, John J. [President Herbert Hoover]

John J. Pershing Autograph Letter Signed to President Herbert Hoover.

:, 1931.

Autograph letter signed by the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces to President Herbert Hoover. Octavo, one page on John J. Pershing’s personal letterhead, handwritten...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149123

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McCarthy, Cormac [Chip Kidd]

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 front free endpaper. Additionally si...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151479

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Perry, Fred and Ellsworth Vines

Fred Perry vs. Ellsworth Vines Signed Photograph in Palm Beach.

Palm Beach, Florida:, 1937.

Rare signed photograph of a tennis match with the caption in the photo entitled “Palm Beach Presentation” with Ellsworth Vines of United States, World’s Professional Champion vs. Fre...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147318

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Du Bois, W.E.B

John Brown: American Crisis Biographies.

Philadephia: George W. Jacobs, 1909.

First edition of this scarce biography on Brown, which was printed in a very small run. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Edited by Ellis Paxton Oberholzer.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-86458

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Nolan, Christopher [Cillian Murphy]

Unleashing Oppenheimer: Inside Christopher Nolan’s Explosive Atomic-Age Thriller.

: Insight Editions, 2023.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the Academy Award-winning film. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Christopher Nolan and Academy Award-winning acto...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150518

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Drexler, Rosalyn [Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman]

I Am the Beautiful Stranger; The Line of Least Existence: and Other Plays; To Smithereens.

New York: Grossman Publishers; Random House; The New American Library, 1965-72.

First editions of this collection of works from the Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and professional wrestler. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth and half-cloth. To Smithereens is...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149446

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Aldrin, Buzz

Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.

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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module ‘Eagle’ onto the surface of the moon. Color photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 l...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145294

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Persian Miniature Painting. [Ancient Game of Polo].

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Rare Persian miniature painting depicting an ancient game of Chovgan, later adopted in the Western World as the game of polo. Affixed to an elaborately decorated paper mount, the painting depicts two...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-124633

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O'Hara, John

The Works of John O’Hara.

New York: : Random House, .

First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An a...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4370

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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York: The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good first issue...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-58004

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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 full calf by Root and Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dent...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-137984

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Victoria, Queen

Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.

:, 1854.

Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 13th June 1854 and appoints Francis Eastwood Newport Tuiley to the posit...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-125238

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Selby Jr., Hubert. [Darren Aronofsky]

Requiem For A Dream.

London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1979.

First edition of this work, which served as the basis for the 2000 film directed by Darren Aronofsky starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, original half clot...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151581

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Bernays, Edward L

Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. Bernays.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.

First edition of the father of public relations’ biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward L. Bernays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-49006

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