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Islands In The Stream.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.

First edition of Hemingway’s autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised ban...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140288

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Murad Tobacco

International Tobacco Silk Collection.

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Rare collection of Tobacco Silks decorated with a variety of international flags and university pennants. 35 flags in total, countries represented include Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Chile, Scotlan...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101561

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Drucker, Peter F

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition, early printing of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack Nold with warmest regards Pe...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142075

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Silverstein, Dr. Charles; Edmund White

The Joy of Gay Sex.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1977.

First edition of this classic bestselling guide. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated throughout in color and sepia. Boldly signed by co-author Edmund White on the title page. Fine in...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149267

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Melville, Herman

Redburn.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849.

First edition, second printing of this classic work with the extended publisher’s advertisements at end. Octavo, original plum cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt, yellow endpapers. In very good condit...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144187

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[Walesa, Lech]

The Berlin Wall: An Historical Artifact.

Montana: Hyman Products, Inc, 1989.

Rare authentic cut from the Berlin Wall. Fragmented piece of the Berlin Wall within a soft pouch, with an informative booklet. Boldly signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa on the verso. Lech...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149858

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Exposures.

New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.

First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Andy Warhol on the half-title, who has added a drawing of a heart a...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145874

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Aldrin, Buzz and James Lovell

James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin Signed Jetstream Photograph.

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Rare official NASA photograph of the jetstream over Egypt. Oversized, color semi-glossy photograph of the jetstream high over the Sahara Desert and Nile River, with the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147294

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White, Theodore H

The Making of the President 1960.

New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1961.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author to “For Barbara Norman- with all best wishes, after much too brief acquantaince,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-5011

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Chalmers, George

Opinions on Interesting Subjects of Public Law and Commercial Policy; Arising from American Independence.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1784.

First edition of Chalmers’ treatise regarding trade regulations between England and America following American Independence. Octavo, bound in paper wrappers. In very good condition. Exceptionall...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127018

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Huxley, Aldous

On Art and Artists.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1960.

First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the Aldous Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148084

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, morocco spine labels, top edge gilt, with the steel-engraved front...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136224

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Aquinas, Thomas

Summa Theologica Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Divinae Voluntatis Interpretis: Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum.

Parisiis: Sumptibus Maturini Henault, 1638.

Early printing of Aquinas’ seminal work. Folio, bound in full leather with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut engraving of Aquinas in prayer to the title page. In very good cond...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-90390

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Fowles, John

The Magus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.

First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate of famed coll...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142119

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Bull, Henrik Johan

The Cruise of the ‘Antarctic’ to the South Polar Regions.

London: Edward Arnold, 1896.

First edition of Antarctic pioneer Henrik Johan Bull’s account of his voyage aboard the steamship ‘Antarctic’ in search of the elusive Right whale which, arguably, put the first men...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-111093

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Biden, Joe

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.

New York: Random House, 2007.

First edition, early printing of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year o...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117774

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Thackeray, William

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. [Including The History of Henry Esmond, Vanity Fair, Pendennis, The Newcomes, and The Virginians].

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1900-1902.

The Biographical edition of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Maclehose with gilt titles and ruling to the spines...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126381

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Tolstoy, Leo

Patriotism and Christianity.

London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.

First English edition of Tolstoy’s important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. Scarce.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127590

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Moore, Thomas

Irish Melodies. [Double Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1854.

Finely bound selection of lyrics set to Irish tunes. Duodecimo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, ma...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146642

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Penick, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Bernhard Langer]

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dr. Don...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147082

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1978.

First British edition, early printing of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151318

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wa Thiong'o, Ngugi [Ngugi, James]

Petals of Blood.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.

First American edition of “the definitive African book of the twentieth century” (Moses Isegawa). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151617

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[Van Buren, John]

The Constitutions of the United States and State of New-York and Articles of Confederation; Together with the Rules and Orders, Standing Committees, List of Members of the Senate and Assembly for 1831, List of Counties, &c. &c. &c.

Albany: Printed by Croswell and Can Benthuysen, 1831.

John van Buren‘s first edition copy of this early American government handbook. 16 mo, bound in full morocco for Van Buren with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with 3 folding p...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134298

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Collins, James C.; Jerry I. Porras

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

New York: Harper Business, 1994.

First edition, early printing of this six-year Stanford study on legendary, visionary companies. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with diagrams and graphs. Boldly signed by J...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151956

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