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The Meaning of Relativity.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1956.

Sixth edition of Einstein’s clear and systematic exposition of the theory of relativity, with the ownership stamp on the front and rear pastedowns, “Stephen Hawking Newton Institute Univer...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149754

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Chomsky, Noam

First edition of this collection of writings by Chomsky. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Noam Chomsky on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by James P...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150287

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Dreman, David

Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of Dreman’s revolutionary work on the stock market success. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ken with be...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141431

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Lovell, Jim; Jeffrey Kluger [Tom Hanks]

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

First edition, early printing of this work, the basis of the 1995 film adaptation Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise. Octavo, o...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150341

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Balfour, Arthur James

A Fragment on Progress. Inaugural Address Delivered on his Installation as Lord Rector.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892.

First edition of Balfour’s Inaugural Address delivered on his installation as Lord Rector . Octavo, bound in full calf with Balfour’s signature stamped in gilt to the front panel. Presenta...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117521

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Cohen, Leonard; Irving Layton

Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems.

New York: Alan Brilliant, 1958.

First edition of this anthology of Canadian poetry. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, four issues of poetry, number two. Boldly signed and dated by Leonard Cohen on the title page, “Leonard C...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149947

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Williams, Tennessee

Summer and Smoke.

New York: New Directions, 1948.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145444

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King Charles III, Former Prince of Wales

King Charles III Signed Photograph.

:, 2001.

Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff. Framed glossy color photograph of King Charles as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff, signed and dated by him “Cha...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145406

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Crichton, Michael [Jasper Johns]

Jasper Johns.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc/Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977.

First edition of this comprehensive, insightful, and visually rich monograph on the influential American artist by famous author and art enthusiast Michael Crichton. Quarto, original pictorial wrapper...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150380

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Whyte, William H

The Organization Man.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.

First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best to Lydia Bronte about whom t...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2141

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Stone, Oliver and Zachary Sklar [Kevin Costner]

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

New York: Applause Books, 1992.

First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page and Kevin Costner on the half-title pa...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148274

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King Jr., Martin Luther

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of King’s “last grand expression of his vision” (Cornel West). Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear p...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135189

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Winfrey, Oprah; Danny Glover; Thandiwe Newton; Kimberly Elise. [Toni Morrison]

Journey to Beloved.

New York: Hyperion, 1998.

First edition of Oprah Winfrey’s emotional account of playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who must come to terms with a haunting past in Jonathan Demme’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pul...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135044

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Helm, Levon; Stephen Davis

This Wheel’s on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1993.

First edition of this memoir and cultural history by the legendary Levon Helm. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148945

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Lewis, C.S

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.

First edition of Lewis’ final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt ti...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141307

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Byron, Robert

The Road to Oxiana.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1937.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 15 plates and a map. From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd. Medd, who was an architect and best-known...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-111765

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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks]

Forrest Gump.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 2014.

First commemorative edition of this modern classic, basis for the 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, with the screenplay by Eric Roth. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Winston Groom and additi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150570

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Mather, Berkely [Ian Fleming]

The Pass Beyond Kashmir.

London: Collins, 1960.

First edition of this classical adventure novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with the rare original yellow Ian Fleming promotional wrap-arou...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150651

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Garfield, James A

James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.

:, 19th c.

Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, “Very truly yours J.A. Garfield.” In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing abo...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146775

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Benear, M. A.

Eastland Cosden Oil and Gas Company Oil Map.

Eastland, TX:, 1919.

Rare original oil map of the Cosden Oil and Gas Company in Eastland, Texas. Cadastral oil map of the central Texas county west-southwest of Ft. Worth, showing land ownership, oil, and mineral claims,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147521

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Fleming, Ian

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

First edition of the tenth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original brown cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Richa...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148035

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Burger, Warren

Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman.

:, 1969.

Autographed signed letter from Chief Justice Warren Burger to the Chief Judge of the Second Court of Appeals Irving Kaufman on The Supreme Court letterhead. The letter reads, “Dear Irving, Today...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-38008

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Stein, Gertrude. [Alice B. Toklas] Introduction by Virgil Thomson

Bee Time Vine and other Pieces [1913-1927].

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.

First edition of volume three of the Yale edition of Stein’s unpublished writings, collected under the general editorship of Carl Van Vechten. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscrib...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135240

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Jacobus, John M. [Philip Johnson]

Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture.

New York: George Braziller, 1962.

First edition of this work on the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Rosalind G...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132908

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

The Meaning of Relativity.

The Chomsky Reader.

Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.

A Fragment on Progress. Inaugural Address Delivered on his Installation as Lord Rector.

Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems.

Summer and Smoke.

King Charles III Signed Photograph.

Jasper Johns.

The Organization Man.

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

Journey to Beloved.

This Wheel’s on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band.

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.

The Road to Oxiana.

Forrest Gump.

The Pass Beyond Kashmir.

James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.

Eastland Cosden Oil and Gas Company Oil Map.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman.

Bee Time Vine and other Pieces [1913-1927].

Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture.