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Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume 1.

Springer: New York, 2005.

First edition of volume one of the selected papers of the legendary mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Roger...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-100027

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Trollope, Anothony

Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [Miss Mackenzie, Rachel Ray, Castle Richmond, The Eustace Diamonds, The Kellys and the O’Kellys, The Macdermots of Ballcloran, Tales of All Countries, and Ralph The Heir.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1875.

Finely bound collection of the selected works of Trollope. Octavo, eight volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-110324

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von Arnim, Elizabeth

The Enchanted April.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

Signed limited edition of this classic novel, one of only 377 copies. Octavo, original vellum, original slipcase. Near fine in a very good dust jacket in a very good slipcase. Rare and desirable.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-142579

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Grafton, Sue

A Is For Alibi.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982.

First edition of the author’s first book in her acclaimed series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sue Grafton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-144170

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Murdoch, Iris

Under the Net.

London: Chatto & Windus, .

Early printing of Murdoch’s first novel which announced “the emergence of a brilliant talent” (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-170039

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Oliver, Mary

Why I Wake Early.

Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.

First edition of this collection by the Pulitzer prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-124501

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Blacker, William

Blacker’s Art of Fly Making.

London: Rewritten and Revised By the Author, 1855.

Second edition of this classic work on the art of fly fishing and fly tying. Duodecimo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, floral gilt ruling t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150427

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Mead, Margaret

Coming of Age In Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928.

First edition of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised b...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-127605

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[Seeley, Emma Louise]

Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883.

Finely bound example of this classic on Knights and the Middle Ages. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inner dentell...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-131780

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York: Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the fr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-131837

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Lord Byron. [George Gordon Byron]

Hebrew Melodies.

London: John Murray, 1815.

First edition of Byron’s book of poetry written at the request of the Hon. D. Kinnaird. Octavo, bound in half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-120805

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Steinbeck, John

The Moon Is Down.

New York: The Viking Press, 1942.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. The first edition has a large period between “talk” and “this” on page 112, line 11. Octavo, bound in full moroc...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151684

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Christo et Jeanne-Claude [Madeleine K. Albright]

Barils, Barrels Christo et Jeanne-Claude.

Saint-Paul de Vence: Fondation Maeght, 2016.

First edition of this striking, bold, photography work done by Christo et Jeanne-Claude. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author “Madame For Ma...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149052

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Wyckoff, Richard D

Stock Market Technique: Number One.

New York: Published by The Author/One Wall Street, 1933.

First edition of Wyckoff’s early manual on trading stocks. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles, with advertisements to the rear. In very good condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148324

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Princess Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga [John Steinbeck]

The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace.

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First edition of this work, inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed opposite the title page, “To Mr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-111531

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Crichton, Michael

Airframe.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

First edition of Crichton’s compelling page-turner. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd with an original drawing of his design for Crichton’s The Lost Wor...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-124553

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Bowie, David

David Bowie Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of the “chameleon of rock” David Bowie in side-profile, boldly signed by Bowie. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146593

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Kasparov, Garry

Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.

London: Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.

First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional set.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-5380

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Peress, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone

The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.

New York: Scalo , 1998.

First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990’s. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peres...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-973

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Drucker, Peter F

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.

First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Keith Stephens from Pete...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-26011

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Markowitz, Harry M

Harry Markowitz: Selected Works.

New Jersey: World Scientific, 2008.

First edition of the collected works of Harry Markowitz. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For William: Best wishes Harry Markow...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-74578

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Smith, John Thomas

The Cries of London: Exhibited Several of the Iternerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times.

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839.

First edition of this collection of this work on the street cries of London. Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 30...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-71850

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Heyerdahl, Thor

The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas.

London: Theodore Brun Limited, 1950.

Signed limited edition of the explorer’s classic work, number 142 of 350 numbered copies signed by Thor Heyerdahl. Octavo, bound in leather, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain, ribbon bound...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139768

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Lefevre, Edwin

Simonetta.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919.

First edition of this work by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chipping to the spine. We have never seen another ex...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140668

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