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A Quartette of Comedies.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

First British omnibus edition of four comic novels culminating in “1100 pages from Mr. Wells’ magic pen.” Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148954

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Arendt, Hannah

The Life of the Mind. Volume One: Thinking; Volume Two: Willing.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

First editions of “the most intriguing…and thought-provoking book that Hannah Arendt wrote (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Fine in fine dust jackets. First e...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145761

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Wright, Richard

Native Son.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

First edition, first issue with “A – P” on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full calf, marbled endpapers, housed in a full calf slipcase. A beautiful presentation.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146347

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Yarrow, David

Wild Encounters: Iconic Photographs of the World’s Vanishing Animals and Cultures.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2016.

First edition of this unparalleled collection of high-art photography of fauna and cultures from around the world with a foreword by HRH the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. Presentation copy, inscr...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147871

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Watson, Thomas J. and Peter Petre

Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond.

New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

First edition of the classic autobiography of “the greatest capitalist in history” (Fortune Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation c...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152154

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Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142474

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Churchill, Winston S

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gil...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145964

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Glut, Donald F. With Introductions by Christopher Lee and William Marshall

The Dracula Book.

Metuchen, N.J: The Scarecrow Press, 1975.

First edition of Glut’s authoritative history of the literary and cinematic presentations of Count Dracula, including Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Octavo, original publisher’s decora...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145253

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Gilder, George F. & Bruce K. Chapman [William F. Buckley

The Party That Lost Its Head: The Republican Collapse and Imperatives for Revival.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper, “For Wil...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2939

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Venturi, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket wi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2585

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Calvino, Italo

Difficult Loves.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Italo Calvino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket de...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-22051

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Schulz, Charles M

See You Later, Litigator! Peanuts at Work and Play.

San Francisco: Collins Publisher, 1996.

First edition of this comical work by the creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the title page. Fine in a fin...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147683

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Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140434

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Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.

First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled board...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96777

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Stanhope, Eugenia

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects.

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774.

First edition of one of the great classics of English letters. Quarto, period quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece. Second state...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141377

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Bonington, Chris

Mountaineer: Thirty Years of Climbing the World’s Great Peaks.

London: Diadem Books, 1993.

First edition of this work by the legendary mountaineer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow explorer Steve Fossett on the half-title page, “...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-111326

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Duke, Charlie [Neil Armstrong]

Charlie Duke Signed Photograph of Neil Armstrong on the Moon.

:, July 20, 1969.

Large photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Color photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon. Lengthily inscribed in gold felt tip by Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145297

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De Quincey, Thomas

The Logic of Political Economy.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1844.

First edition of this study on economics. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, black morocco spine labels, gilt borders...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146689

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Aday, Michael Lee [Meat Loaf]

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 on the front panel. In fine condition. Record included.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146751

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The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration.

Jerusalem: [Memorandum by His Britannic Majesty's Government Presented in July 1947, to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine], 1947.

Scarce printing of this political history. Thin octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In good condition with toning throughout, rubbing to the extremities, institutional stamps to the first lea...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146808

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DeLillo, Don

White Noise.

New York: The Viking Press, 1985.

First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “T...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133723

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Jackson, Andrew

Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural Address Broadside.

Pennsylvania: Marietta, March 10, 1829.

Rare broadside of the seventh President of the United States’ first inaugural address, printed in the Marietta Pilot six days after his being sworn in on March 4, 1829. Quarto, broadside printin...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147278

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Hogan, Ben

Power Golf.

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1948.

First edition of this classic “how to golf” book by one of golf’s greatest players. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Very good in a...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151631

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