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Gibbon, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

London : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776-1788.

Rare complete first edition set, including the rare first state of volume one, of Gibbon’s landmark work of historiography. Quarto, 6 volumes bound in full contemporary mottled calf, with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins, three engraved folding maps by Kitchin ofContinue reading "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."

$27,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144594

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Arrow, Kenneth; Eric Maskin; Amartya Sen; Joseph Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta

The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).

New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.

First edition of this work which explores Kenneth Arrow’s impossibility theorem. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sen on the front free endpaper, “To John, best wishes always Amartya Sen 3.31.15.” Additionally signed by Joseph Stiglitz, who contributed to this volume on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series)."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145886

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Irving, John

The Water-Method Man.

New York : Random House, 1972.

First edition of Irving’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Hal Seigal. An exceptional example.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-145987

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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1981.

First British edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Charles- Salman Rushdie.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144363

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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.

New York : Random House, 1985.

First edition of the author’s fifth novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original half red cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper, “For John & Lanelle With much love Cormac.” The recipients were close friends of McCarthy during his time spent in Knoxsville, Tennessee. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144532

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Lindbergh, Charles A

Of Flight and Life.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.

First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Dean Walter Bartky with affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948.” The recipient, Walter Bartky was an American educator and mathematician and friend of theContinue reading "Of Flight and Life."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144537

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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’Neil.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eileen Kramer. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144893

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).

: Steidl Verlag, 2004.

Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview’s first decade; metallic cloth hardcover / 160 pages / color printing. Book 2: The Pictures. A selection of Interview photo-shoots from the first decade; printed fabricContinue reading "Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase)."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144220

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Beerbohm, Max

The Works of Max Beerbohm.

London : William Heinemann, 1922-1928.

The Harlequin edition of the collected works of Max Beerbohm. Octavo, ten volumes bound in three quarter calf by Henry Sotheran Ltd. with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of seven hundred and eighty sets signed byContinue reading "The Works of Max Beerbohm."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145008

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Lesage, Alain-René

Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage.

Paris : De L'Imprimerie De Didot Jeune, n.d.

Finely bound example of Lesage’s famed picaresque novel. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings by the best artists of Paris. In fine condition. A beautifulContinue reading "Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-145006

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Dreze, Jean and Amartya Sen

The Political Economy of Hunger.

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, 3 volumes. Each volume is near fine in near fine dust jackets. First editions are uncommon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-144378

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939.

First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this landmark work.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147704

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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

New York : Pantheon, 1955.

First edition of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Elizabeth and Walter Barky from Anne Lindbergh March 1955.” Additionally signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the title page. The recipient, Walter Bartky was an AmericanContinue reading "Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144533

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano’s, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edgesContinue reading "Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-144546

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Savir, Uri. [Madeleine Albright]

The Process: 1,100 Days That Changed the Middle East.

New York : Random House, 1998.

First edition of this first hand account of the Middle East peace process initiated in Oslo. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, maps, letters, and sketches. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, The Process that started in 1993Continue reading "The Process: 1,100 Days That Changed the Middle East."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147355

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Scoppettone, Sandra; Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh

Suzuki Beane.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1961.

First edition of this classic children’s book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page “My name is Suzuki Beane Sandra Scoppettone.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, signed examples exceptionally so.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144579

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Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene-Emmanuel

Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L’Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance. [Dictionary of French Furniture from the Carlovingian Period to the Renaissance].

Paris : Librairie Centrale d'Architecture, n.d.

Finely bound example of Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc’s authoritative resource on the evolution of furniture styles in France from the Carolingian Period to the Renaissance. Royal octavo, 6 volumes bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with numerousContinue reading "Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L’Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance. [Dictionary of French Furniture from the Carlovingian Period to the Renaissance]."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-144610

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Herzl, Theodor

Old-New Land [Altneuland].

Haifa : Haifa Publishing Company, 1961.

Second edition in English of Herzl’s classic work, by the founder of political Zionism. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Paula Arnold. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-68046

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Churchill, Winston S

Ian Hamilton’s March.

London : Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Ian Hamilton’s March."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-144787

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]

Happy Birthday To You!

New York : Random House, 1959.

First edition, later printing of Seuss’s whimsical birthday book, with the printer’s error on page 34 corrected. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small ownership name to the front free pictorial endpaper.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-144618

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Irving, John

The Hotel New Hampshire.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1981.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s fifth novel. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with the review information laid in.

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-144884

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King, Stephen

Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah.

Hampton Falls, NH : Donald Grant, 2004.

First trade edition of King’s sixth installment in his acclaimed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Darrel Anderson.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-144596

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Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-144688

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Kornberg, Arthur

DNA Synthesis.

San Francisco : W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974.

First edition of this important work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Morris: With affection and gratitude for getting me started in DNA synthesis and for your key contributions to the story Arthur.” The recipient, Morris Friedkin conducted research on metabolism.Continue reading "DNA Synthesis."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-144689

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