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Eddy, Sarah J. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

Alexander and Some Other Cats.

Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1929.

Early edition of this collection of facts and stories about cats, compiled by Sarah J. Eddy; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original light green cloth...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-145596

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Tarbell, Ida M

The Life of Abraham Lincoln.

New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909.

Bound set of Tarbell’s classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front pa...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-129092

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment.

:, 1906.

Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as twenty-sixth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the document is dated 18 January, 1906 and appoints Fre...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-147219

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Schweitzer, Albert

Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.

:, January 18, 1963.

Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, inscribed by him, “En canoe sur la fleuve Ogooué a monsieur Glarvey Robbins avec ma profon de reconnniass avec Lambaréné Alber...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-135832

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Racinet, Auguste

Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.

Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.

First edition of Racinet’s monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers,...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-135242

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Morrison, Toni

Beloved.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacke...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-139112

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French Book of Prayer.

Paris:, c. 1697.

Rare late 17th century Book of Prayer. Octavo, bound in one quarter vellum over speckled red boards with a hand painted coat of arms to the front panel, all edges red, illustrated with two engravings,...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-116083

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Merton, Robert K

Social Theory and Social Structure.

Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1949.

First edition of this landmark work in sociology. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Fred, your friend for quite some time, Bob....

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-126746

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Reagan, Ronald

Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed.

:, 1982.

Typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president. One page on Reagan’s White House letterhead, the letter reads: February 3, 1982 Dear Sarah and Charlie: Please forgive this belated note to tha...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-133078

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Introduction by O.M. Green

Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1927.

First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt backgro...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-49089

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Stewart, Rory

The Places In Between.

London: Picador, 2004.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, “I recited and followed this s...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-91569

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The Duchess of Windsor

The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor.

New York: David McKay Company, 1956.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Fay and Harry with my love and devoted friendship Wallis Windsor.” With a Holid...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-144117

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Estienne, Robert and Henri

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.

Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnis, 1740.

Folios, 4 volumes. Bound in contemporary vellum. In very good condition. Presents nicely.

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-3016

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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, two pages partially printed in three languages, the document is dated March 1, 1822 and certifies the b...

$1,750.00 Item Number: RRB-147492

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Thomas, Dylan; Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg

A Child’s Christmas In Wales.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Thomas’ beloved Christmas reverie, one of 100 copies signed by illustrator Fritz Eichenberg, accompanied by an extra suite of five plates on large paper, each signed in...

$1,700.00 Item Number: RRB-150993

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Fourcroy, Antoine-Francois De

Systeme des Connaissances Chimiques, et de leurs applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l’art..

: Paris, An IX-X, 1800-01..

First Octavo edition, published simultaneously with an edition in quarto format. Contemporary vellum, gilt lettered spine-labels, 10 volumes in 5. With the stamped signatures of Fourcroy and the publi...

$1,700.00 Item Number: RRB-1835

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Lucas, Jr., Robert E

Lectures on Economic Growth.

Oxford/ New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

First edition of this collection of papers “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, i...

$1,700.00 Item Number: RRB-142133

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Einstein, Albert

Relativity: The Special And General Theory.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1920.

First British edition of Einstein’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece of Einstein, illustrated with five diagrams. In very good condition with toning to the spine. T...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-149244

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White, T.H

England Have My Bones.

London: Collins, 1936.

First edition of the author’s classic memoir. Octavo, original cloth, with 8 full page woodcut illustrations by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-135368

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Waugh, Evelyn

Black Mischief.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1962.

First revised edition of Waugh’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth, with 9 line-drawings by the author. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Patrick...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-95269

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Rainsford, Marcus

An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: Comprehending a View of The Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint Domingo; With Its Antient and Modern State.

[London]: Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row, 1805.

First edition of this important turn-of-the-19th century work on the inhabitants of Haiti and St. Domingo which discusses at length the struggle for independence among the black colonies, slavery, and...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-151802

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Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-150439

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Woolf, Virginia

The Years.

London: Hogarth Press, 1937.

First edition of the most successful of Woolf’s later novels, often viewed as her masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised...

$1,650.00 Item Number: RRB-140038

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Merrill, James

First Poems.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.

First edition of the author’s first regularly published book. Octavo, original maroon cloth. One of 990 numbered copies printed, this is number 912. Association copy, signed and inscribed by the...

$1,600.00 Item Number: RRB-143437

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