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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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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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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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Stravinsky, Igor

Igor Stravinsky Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1966.

Rare autograph letter signed by Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky. One page, type-written, dated December 21st, 1966 and addressed to John McClure at Columbia Records, the letter reads, “Dea...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95109

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1975.

First Spanish edition of this “majestic, superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Si...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-46985

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Brock, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie

Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.

New York: Random House, 1969.

First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by Arlo Guthrie on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with th...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143058

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Laxness, Halldor

The Bread of Life.

Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 1987.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to actress Julie Andrews on the front free endpaper,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116748

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

Dr. Seuss’s ABC.

New York: Random House, 1963.

First edition, early printing of this classic children’s book. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “With Be...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149460

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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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Japanese Western Fashion Collection.

Japan:, c. 1800.

Collection of six plates depicting the traditional attire of countries west of Japan including England, Germany, Portugal, Holland, Denmark, and Russia. Folio, each painting housed in a custom mat wit...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132604

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Mandela, Nelson

The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Yearbook 2003-2005.

South Africa: The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, 2005.

First limited edition of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Yearbook 2003-2005. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Nelson Mandela on the limitati...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148504

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