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London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990.

First edition. Octavo, original red cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed by author who has added the last lines of this work as follows, “He brought out a metal detector bin from benea...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-997

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Coetzee, J.M

Waiting for the Barbarians.

Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.

First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetz...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-116489

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Borman, Frank

Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.

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Glossy color photograph of the iconic ‘Earthrise‘ image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman, “Apollo 8 Earthrise, Frank Borman,...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-146733

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Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)

Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].

Geneve:, 1768.

First edition of one of Voltaire’s best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condi...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-82403

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Churchill, Winston S

Lord Randolph Churchill.

London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1906.

First editions of Winston S. Churchill’s biography of his father. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Rand...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-149803

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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol VIII.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Sir Archibald Alison was a Scottish historian, writer, and advocate whose most no...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-149394

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Stevens, Mark [Oliver Stone]

The Insiders: The Truth Behind the Scandal Rocking Wall Street.

New York:, 1987.

First edition of this work on Wall Street, from the library of Oliver Stone, with his numerous pen markings, underlinings ticks, crosses and annotations, “Rewrite – Charlie talking about G...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-132602

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Sloan Jr., Alfred P

My Years With General Motors.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

First edition of Sloan’s influential work, which has since become a classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the page preceding the half-title page, “Al...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-150012

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Schein, Edgar H

Process Consultation: Its Role In Organization Development.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969.

First edition of this seminal work in organizational development and management studies. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed and dated by the author on the title page, “June 2, 2015 For...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151461

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Aday, Michael Lee [Meat Loaf]; Edgar Winter; Todd Rundgren; Roger Powell; Kasim Sulton

Meat Loaf Signed Bat Out of Hell Album.

New York: Cleveland International Records, 1977.

Meat Loaf’s debut studio album, released in 1977. Boldly signed by Meat Loaf, Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, and Kasim Sulton on the front panel. Each of the artists which appear her...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147517

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Butterfield, Frederic William Louis [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]

The Battle of Maldon, and Other Renderings from the Anglo-Saxon; Together with Original Verse.

Oxford: James Parker and Co, 1900.

First edition of this collection of English verse published to raise contributions for the Widows’ and Orphans’ Branch of the Transvaal War Fund. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Arthur C...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-92491

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Vachon, Marius. [Edouard Detaille; Edward VIII Duke of Windsor]

Detaille.

Paris: A. Lahure, 1898.

Finely bound example of Vachon’s biography of Detaille from the library of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edoua...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135461

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Sagan, Carl; F.D. Drake; Anne Druyan; Timothy Ferris; Jon Lomberg; Linda Salzman Sagan

Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record.

New York : Random House, 1978.

First edition of this fascinating story which covers the story of the interstellar record. Quarto, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket....

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-74002

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Mailer, Norman

The Naked and the Dead.

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Paul after the pleasure of our...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-118122

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Betrothed.

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Rare pamphlet of Kipling’s humorous and ironic poem. Duodecimo, original wrappers, frontispiece of Kipling, pictorial initials, six pages. In very good condition. Rare with none appearing at auc...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149559

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Mala Hora.

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, S.A. Editores, 1979.

Early printing of this classic novella written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In near fine condition.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150387

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Wolfe, Tom [Tom Hanks]

The Bonfire of the Vanities.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987.

First edition of the author’s first novel, basis for the film starring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Academy Award-winning ac...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150489

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Baumol, William J.and Alan S. Blinder

Economics: Principles and Policy.

New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1979.

First edition of this cornerstone of economics, which is now in its thirteenth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, “For John Wi...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144390

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Kurokawa, Kisho; Introduction by Charles Jencks

Metabolism in Architecture.

London: Studio Vista, 1977.

First edition of this seminal work in architecture. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Signed in both English and Japanese by Kurokawa and also signed by Charles Jencks, who contributed the introdu...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-3955

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von Mises, Ludwig

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949.

First edition of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-130677

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Bayle, Pierre

Dictionaire Historique Et Critique, Par Mr. Pierre Bayle.

Amsterdam: Chez P. Brunel, P. Humbert, J. Wetstein & G. Smith, et al, 1740.

18th century printing of the author’s magnum opus. Folio, four volumes bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt titles to the spine, engraved vignette to each title page, text in two columns....

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149737

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Miller, Henry

Journey Into an Antique Land.

Big Sur: Ben Ben Press, 1970.

First edition of Miller’s short illustrated work on a visit to St. Remy in the South of France. 12mo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. One of only 2000 copies. Association copy, inscrib...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-95358

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McPherson, James M. [Ken Burns]

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

First edition, early printing of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150300

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Dyson, Freeman J

Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, “For John Rogers from Freeman Dyson We must be care...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-111045

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