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Recherches Sur L’état Actuel de la Distillation du Vin en France, et Sur Les Moyens d’Améliorer la Distillation des Eaux-de-vie. (Research on the Current State of Wine Distillation in France, and on Ways to Improve the Distillation of Eaux-de-vie).

Paris, Saint Petersbourg: Klostermann, 1811.

Scarce first edition of early work on the distillation of wine and eau-de-vie. Octavo, bound in full period tree calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label, five folding maps...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95242

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Dietrich, Marlene and Burt Bacharach

Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach’s Orchestra Featuring The Jacques Loussier Trio.

[San Francisco]:, 1964.

Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach’s Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signe...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140205

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Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere.

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1878.

Finely bound set of Moliere. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in full red morocco, illustrated with plates, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, inner dentelles, m...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-104673

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Owen, Hon. Robert L. [Ben Bernanke]

The Federal Reserve Act as Amended to October 1, 1935.

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1935.

Rare first edition of this work on the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Rare...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150270

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Howe, Henry [William T. Sherman]

Historical Collections of Ohio.

Columbus: Henry Howe & Son, 1889-1891.

Centennial edition of this general and local history of the state of Ohio; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, three volumes bound into two, original publisher’s binding,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145974

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Stokey, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas, Jr. with Edward C. Prescott

Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, “For Mark- with...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142699

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Nash, John F. and Harold W. Kuhn [Louis Nirenberg and Peter Sarnak]

A Celebration of John F. Nash Jr.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.

First edition of this collection of Nash’s writings. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the mathematician on the title page, “To John Rogay Best wishes Louis Nire...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144405

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Roth, Philip

American Pastoral.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page and additionally by legendary designer Milton Glaser on the fron...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151796

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.

University of Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1716.

Rare 18th Century Oxford Book of Common Prayer printed by John Baskett. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco richly decorated in gilt with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within ra...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140601

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O'Connor, Sandra Day and Dan Quayle

Sandra Day O’Connor and Dan Quayle Signed Photograph.

:, January 20, 1989.

Rare original photograph of Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor administering the vice presidential oath of office to Dan Quayle. Signed by Sandra Day O’Connor and inscribed by Dan Quayl...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101584

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Kahneman, Daniel

Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Toronto: Doubleday, 2011.

First edition, early printing of this contemporary classic “in the same league as Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams” (Nassim Nicholas Tale...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144887

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Collins, Max Allan; [Tom Hanks]

Saving Private Ryan: A Film by Steven Spielberg.

New York: Dream Works, 1998.

First edition of this novel, based on the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. Quarto, original cloth. Boldly signed by Academy Award-win...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150826

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Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist.

London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846.

First single volume edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine i...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149159

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Wilson, Edward O

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.

First edition of Wilson’s classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Rogers Edward...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-100332

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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. Boldly signed and dated...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149298

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O'Neil, William J

How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.

First edition, early printing of this investment classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Matthew Keep up the good work William O...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144893

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King, Stephen

Stephen King Signed Photograph.

: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, 1992.

Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror,” with Clovis, the feline hero of ‘Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers,’ a 1992 Columbia Pictures release featuring Brian Krause, Alice Krige,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145397

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Hansen, James R. [Ryan Gosling] [Neil Armstrong]

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.

First edition of the authorized biography of the first man to touch the moon, basis for the 2018 starring Ryan Gosling as Armstrong. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151037

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Merrill, James

James Merrill First Edition Collection: Scripts for the Pageant, From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976, The Changing Light at Sandover, Late Settings: Poems, Recitative: Prose, and A Different Person: A Memoir

: Various Publishers, 1980-1986.

Collection of six first editions of the works of James Merrill; from the library of American playwright Michael Feingold. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth and wrappers, the collection includes: Sta...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145436

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Marshall, Paule

Brown Girl, Brownstones.

New York: Random House, 1959.

First edition of Marshall’s classic coming-of-age tale and a vivid portrait of one family’s struggle to achieve the American Dream. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-128761

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Yogananda, Paramhansa

Autobiography of a Yogi.

New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.

First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Uncommon...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130643

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Rueff, Jacques

The Monetary Sin of the West.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1972.

First edition of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Jacques Rueff on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by J...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-4384

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Rodin, Auguste

Auguste Rodin Autograph Signed Letter.

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Autographed letter signed by August Rodin on Exposition A. Rodin Place de l’Alma letterhead. In full: “Hui madame, Oui demain matin l’exposition vers 11 heures. Je serai bonne heure...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-36010

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Miller, Glenn

Glenn Miller’s Method For Orchestral Arranging.

New York: Mutual Music Society, 1943.

First edition of the great swing-era American jazz musician’s guide to orchestral arranging. Royal octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free e...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141030

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