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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First edition of volume three of the Yale edition of Stein’s unpublished writings, collected under the general editorship of Carl Van Vechten.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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McElroy, Joseph

Women and Men.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of this modern classic compared with Joyce’s Ulysses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph McElroy on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a to...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138905

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Kazantzakis, Nikos; Translated by Peter A. Bien

The Last Temptation of Christ.

London: Bruno Cassirer, 1960.

First British edition of this historical novel, basis for the 1988 Academy nominated film. Octavo, original boards. Translated from the original Greek by Peter A. Bien. Signed by the translator on the...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150437

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Bourdain, Anthony

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.

New York: Bloomsbury, 2000.

First edition, later printing of the legendary chef’s bestselling memoir and first work of non-fiction. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149281

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Michener, James A. [Lech Walesa]

Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome.

Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1990.

First edition of this memoir of Michener’s travels in Poland and Rome. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by James Michener on the title page and signed by Nobel Peace Prize wi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150419

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Sign...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-115782

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Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Inauguration Invitations and Programs.

:, 1961.

Rare collection of original materials from events held upon the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. The collection includes a menu from the Inauguration Luncheon held on January 20th 1961 at th...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96015

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Watson, James D. & Andrew Berry [Edward O. Wilson]

DNA: The Secret of Life.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by James Watson, Andrew Berry and also signed by scientist Edward O. Wilson on the front free endpaper. In fine condit...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2632

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Markowitz, Harry M

Portfolio Selection.

Cambridge: Blackwell, 1991.

Second edition of the economist’s ground breaking work. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author, “Dear Mike: Thank you for your interest and attention. Best Wishes Harry Mark...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2688

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Man Ray

Man Ray: Photographs.

New York: East River Press, 1975.

First edition. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Man Ray on the half title page, “For Roberta with thanks for her interest in this resurrection! Man Ray 1976.” In near fine...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-15047

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McKay, Claude. [Introduction by Max Eastman]

Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.

First edition of McKay’s groundbreaking volume of over 50 poems together in book form for the first time; the first book of poetry to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance. Octavo, original publish...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149309

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Maurette, Marcelle; Bolton, Guy

Anastasia.

New York: Random House, 1955.

First edition of Guy Bolton’s English adaptation of Marcelle Maurette’s Anastasia. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the director of the...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152201

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Dinesen, Isak. [Karen Blixen]

Out of Africa.

New York: Random House, 1938.

First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original pictorial half cloth, top stain green. Near fine in a ne...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148336

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Williams, Ted; Joe Di Maggio; Casey Stengel; Phil Rizzuto; et al

1950 American League All Stars Signed Baseball.

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Rare Reach Official American League Baseball signed by 19 members of the 1950 American League All Stars team. Signed by Ted Williams, Jerry Coleman, Hoot Evers, Art Houtteman twice, Bob Lemon, Ted Gra...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148865

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Holstein, Anna Morris

Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1867.

First edition of Anna Morris Holstein’s “perceptive reminiscences [of] the decidedly unglamorous side of war with the Army of the Potomac” (Nevins II, 128). Octavo, original cloth wi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101404

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Amis, Martin

Money.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Helen, with best wishes Martin Amis.” Fine in a near fine du...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142202

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Thackeray, William M

William M. Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by William M. Thackeray to Lady John Russell, wife of the Prime Minister. One page, the letter reads, “I have an engagement contracted 3 weeks ago unfortunately, or I sho...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145284

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Isherwood, Christopher

A Single Man.

London: The Land Press, 1980.

Signed limited edition of Isherwood’s highly-regarded work, adapted into the film of the same name directed by fashion designer Tom Ford and starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Quarto, boun...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124605

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Tennyson, Alfred

Enoch Arden, etc. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1867.

Finely bound example of one of Tennyson’s most famous poems. Duodecimo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ela...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151178

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Roosevelt, Jr, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray.

:, 1924.

Rare engraved silverplate presentation tray. Oval silverplate tray with wire loop sides interrupted on each long side with a vacant panel, raised on flattened bun feet. Engraved in the center, “...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147200

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Leigh Fermor, Patrick; George Psychoundakis

George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.

Athens: The American College of Greece, 1999.

First edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis to John Leatham, who contr...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3911

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le Carre, John

[The Karla Trilogy]: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974-1979.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. From the library of English writer, editor, and broadcaster Edward Anthony Thompson, also k...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146972

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Roberts, Charles G.D

Earth’s Enigmas: A Volume of Stories.

Boston and New York: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1896.

First edition of this collection of short stories, delving into the enigmatic aspects of both nature and human experience. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148056

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