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Bugatti

Bugantics and Bugatti Ephemera.

: Various, .

Bugantics: The Bugatti Owners Club Magazine London. Buggatti Owners Club. 1951-1955 20 Issues in 10 Volumes. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, advertising, drawings. Octavo, bound in publisher’s original pictorial gilt titled and decorated binding notebooks. Run extends: Volume 1 No.2 (September 1931) – Volume 18 No. 4 (December 1955). Also, an extremely rare copy ofContinue reading "Bugantics and Bugatti Ephemera."

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-22091
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Bugatti

Bugantics: Bugatti Owner’s Club.

London : Bugatti Owner's Club, 1931-1955.

One Hundred Issues of Bugantics. Octavo, 9 Volumes, bound in the original publisher’s cloth, gilt titles and decorated tooling. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, brilliant period advertising and drawings. These bound volumes, prepared by the Bugatti Owner’s Club by special subscription, were compiled without covers, the design of which has remained the same since itsContinue reading "Bugantics: Bugatti Owner’s Club."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-22082
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Trilling, Lionel

The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

New York : The Viking Press, 1950.

First edition of one of the influential works of criticism published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Sue and George in friendship and regard Lionel March 1950.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-22071
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Roosevelt, Eleanor and William DeWitt

UN: Today and Tomorrow.

New York : Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of this work on the United Nations by the former First Lady. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the extremities. Rare signed.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-22053
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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 design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-22051
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Breuer, Marcel

Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.

New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer.” The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an industrialist and philanthropist most noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform theContinue reading "Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect."

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-22041
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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1973-1979.

First editions of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, 3 volumes, original black cloth. Volume one is inscribed on the front free endpaper by F.A. Hayek to his colleague and legal scholar, Theo Mayer-Maly with his bookplate below. Mayer-Maly’s work Rechtsgeschichte der Freiheitsidee in Antike und Mittelalter is cited in volume one of Law, Legislation andContinue reading "Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy."

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$22,000.00
Item Number: RRB-22040
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Herbert Hoover and Andrew Mellon

World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph.

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Signed photograph of the members of The World War Foreign Debt Commission and the Belgian Commission. Signed below by each member, including Herbert Hoover (Secretary of Commerce and future President of the United States), Andrew W. Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury), Frank B. Kellogg (Secretary of State and 1929 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize),Continue reading "World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-21058
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Bloom, Allan; Foreword by Saul Bellow

The Closing of the American Mind.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1987.

First edition, early printing of Bloom’s landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Richard A. Ware, One of the most admirable men I have met during my career and my special benefactor. Gratefully, Allan Bloom September, 1987.” The recipient Richard A. Ware served under PresidentContinue reading "The Closing of the American Mind."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-22016
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Mitchell, Margaret

Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.

1941-42.

Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.

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Item Number: RRB-21082
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Kinsey, Alfred C., Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin and Paul H. Gebhard

Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.

Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders Company, 1953.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Boldly signed by Alfred C. Kinsey and Wardell B. Pomeroy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-21049
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Ogilvy, David

Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy.

New York : Atheneum, 1978.

First edition of Ogilvy’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by David Ogilvy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear and closed tears.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-21071
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Roosevelt, Eleanor

This Is My Story.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s first autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Small bookplate to the front pastedown, near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition and signed.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-21057
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Steinbeck, John

The Pearl.

New York : The Viking Press, 1947.

First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Bob Kriendler with best wishes John Steinbeck.” The recipient was the owner of the legendary New York City landmark restaurant and speakeasy ”21”. Steinbeck was a frequentContinue reading "The Pearl."

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-21019
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Eden, Sir Frederic Morton

The State of the Poor: Or an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period; in Which are Particularly Considered Their Domestic Economy with Respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel and Habitation.

London : J. Davis, for B. & J. White, G. & G. Robinson, T. Payne, 1797.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, 3 volumes, bound mottled full calf, raised bands, gilt titles to the spine, gilt lined, black morocco spine labels. In excellent condition with the folding table facing p. viii of the appendix in Volume III.

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$7,800.00
Item Number: RRB-20029
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Carle, Eric

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

New York : Philomel, 1994.

One of only 500 signed limited edition of the 25th Anniversary edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original silver boards. Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing on the front panel. In fine condition as is the original cardboard box.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-20036
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Sagan, Carl; F.D. Drake; Anne Druyan; Timothy Ferris; Jon Lomberg; Linda Salzman Sagan

Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record.

New York : Random House, 1978.

First edition of this fascinating story which covers the story of the interstellar record. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by both Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan on the half-title page to her family in the year of publication, “Dear Les, Edie, Larry and Erica, With my deep love and wishes of joyful explorations for all of you-Continue reading "Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record."

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-20028
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Friedman, Milton

Milton Friedman Signed Photograph.

1980.

Black and white photograph of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Inscribed and dated by Milton Friedman in 1980 on the lower right. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-20008
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Putnam, Hilary [Daniel Bell]

Meaning and the Moral Sciences.

London 1978.

First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. From the library of Harvard colleague Daniel Bell, with his signature above Putnam’s. A nice association linking these two giants of their respective fields.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-19096
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Merton, Robert K

Social Theory and Social Structure.

Glencoe, IL : The Free Press, 1949.

First edition of this landmark work in sociology. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Fred, your friend for quite some time. Bob.” Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear. Rare signed and inscribed.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-19087
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Truman, Harry S

Harry Truman Signed Photograph.

1966.

Photograph of  President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of the photograph bears a Harry S. Truman Library stamp. It measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In near fine condition.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-19073
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Locke, John

Second Letter Concerning Toleration and A Third Letter for Toleration.

London : Awnsham and John Churchill, 1690, 1692.

First editions of both volumes of Locke’s Second and Third Letter Concerning Toleration. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo, contemporary calf, rebacked. In excellent condition with the text clean contents clean, except for light browning, rebacked. From the library of James Stonhouse with his signatures and armorial bookplate. Exceptionally rare.

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-19072
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Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

First edition, first state with “First published 1964” on the copyright page of the last James Bond novel published in Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For James You have my best wishes from Ian Fleming.” Near fine in aContinue reading "You Only Live Twice."

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$24,000.00
Item Number: RRB-19060
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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York : Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, “For Asa Bordages with best wishes Jack Kennedy.” The recipient, Asa Bordages was a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play BrooklynContinue reading "Why England Slept."

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$18,500.00
Item Number: RRB-19055
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de Beauvoir, Simone

The Second Sex.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare and noneContinue reading "The Second Sex."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-21090
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Thackeray, William

The Works of William Thackeray.

London : Various Publishers, 1840-1867.

First edition of the works of William Thackeray. Octavo, 34 volumes, uniformly bound in three-quarters morocco. From the library of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, with his bookplate to each volume. Harmswoth was a British newspaper and publishing magnate who exercised vast influence over British popular opinion. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, allContinue reading "The Works of William Thackeray."

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$8,000.00
Item Number: RRB-19005
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Milgram, Stanley

Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stanley Milgram on the front free endpaper, “To Nat with warm regards, Stanley.” The recipient was a student at Yale University of Milgram’s. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-18064
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Bell, Daniel

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.

New York : Basic Books, 1973.

First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Dave and Evie Riesman, with regard, DanContinue reading "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-18062
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Merton, Thomas

Thomas Merton Original Calligraphic Artwork.

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Original signed artwork from Thomas Merton. In the last decade of his life, while living as a hermit-monk in dialogue with the world, Thomas Merton created a body of visual art, drawing from the Zen Buddhist tradition. When he was a student at Columbia University, Merton sought out a Hindu monk named Bramachari for counsel.Continue reading "Thomas Merton Original Calligraphic Artwork."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-17032
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Reich, Steve

Writings About Music.

Halifax : The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1974.

First edition, third issue of this classic work. Octavo, wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Happy Birthday to Peter from Steve Reich.” Dampstaining to the lower part of the text, otherwise an excellent example in the original dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-17009
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Wilde, Oscar

An Ideal Husband.

London : Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899.

First edition, signed limited edition. Octavo, original lavender publisher’s cloth. One of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde. In very good condition with some light rubbing and darkening to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$22,000.00
Item Number: RRB-16085
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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. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has added a drawing of an ant. From the library of MIT biomedical professor Robert Mann, with his stamp on the front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-16093
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Bell, Daniel

The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.

New York : Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1976.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Daniel Bell on the front free endpaper a month before publication, “For George and Nancy Homans with affectionate regards, Dan Bell Dec. 18, 1975.” The recipient, George Homans was a sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology and a colleague of Bell’s at Harvard University. HeContinue reading "The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism."

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-16092
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Allais, Maurice (Kenneth J. Arrow)

Economie & Interet.

Paris : Imprimerie National, 1947.

First edition of Allais’ groundbreaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Maurice Allais on the title page of volume one. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his name in each volume. In near fine condition with light shelfwear, minor mending to the first few pages ofContinue reading "Economie & Interet."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-16078
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Diamond, Jared

The Third Chimpanzee.

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.

First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-15078
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Goldman, William

Which Lie Did I Tell You? More Adventures in the Screen Trade.

New York : Pantheon Books, 2000.

First edition of the sequel to Adventures in the Screen Trade. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Goldman on the half-title page to George Christy, former reviewer and society columnist for the Hollywood Reporter. Review material laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-15073
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Olah, George A

Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.

New York : Wiley-Interscience, 2001.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Inscribed by George Olah on the front free endpaper. In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-15069
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Putnam, Hilary [Richard Rorty]

Reason, Truth and History.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981.

First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow philosopher Richard Rorty, “For Richard to remind you of the year of the William James Lectures with gratitude for the instruction Hilary April 20, 1982.” Fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Reason, Truth and History."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-15060
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Samuelson, Paul A.]; Edited by Seymour Harris; Essays by J.M. Keynes, Gottfried Haberler, Wassily Leontief, Abba Lerner, Joan Robinson, Joseph A. Schumpeter, Jan Tinbergen, James Tobin

The New Economics: Keynes’ Influence on Theory and Public Policy.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.

First edition of this collection of essay regarding the influence of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Paul Samuelson, who contributed an essay to this volume. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Other contributors include John Maynard Keynes, Wassily Leontief, Lloyd Metzler,Continue reading "The New Economics: Keynes’ Influence on Theory and Public Policy."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-15058
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Modigliani, Franco; Charles C. Holt; John F. Muth; Herbert A. Simon [Kenneth A. Arrow]

Planning Production, Inventories, and Work Force.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1960.

First edition of collection of essays, from the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his signature to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$975.00
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Edison, Thomas Alva

Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

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Large photograph of Thomas Edison, signed by him. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches.

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$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-15050
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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 condition with light shelfwear. Uncommon signed and inscribed, as Man Ray passed away in November of 1976.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-15047
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Morgenstern, Oskar

The Question of National Defense.

New York : Random House, 1959.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, “Hon. Frank Pace Jr. with high esteem O. Morgenstern Oct. 1959.” The recipient, Frank Pace, Jr. was the 3rd United States Secretary of the Army under Harry Truman and a business executive, who in 1964, PaceContinue reading "The Question of National Defense."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-15044
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Friedman, Milton & Rose

Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

First edition, early printing of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Milton Friedman on the half-title page to mathematician David Cox. Light rubbing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. A niceContinue reading "Free To Choose: A Personal Statement."

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$2,000.00
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North, Douglass C. and Robert Paul Thomas

The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History.

New York/ Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1973.

First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Douglass C. North on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-15036
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Putnam, Hilary

Renewing Philosophy.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1992.

First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-15027
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Irving, John

The World According to Garp.

New York : E.P. Dutton, 1978.

First edition of Irving’s fourth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page in a contemporary hand, “For John another world according to a water-method man, John Irving.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso. A warm inscription linking Irving’s second and fourth novel, the latter proving toContinue reading "The World According to Garp."

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-15003
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Ruse, Michael and Joseph Travis, Editors; Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.

Cambridge, MA : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-14051
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