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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 Markowitz.” In near fine condition, without the dust jacket.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-2688
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Fisher, Irving

Stable Money.

New York : Adelphi Publishers, 1934.

First edition of Fisher’s classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Alden A. Potter with the compliments and good wishes of Irving Fisher November, 1941.” Near fine in the rare dust jacket that has a small chip to the crown and lightContinue reading "Stable Money."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-2825
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Hansen, Alvin H

Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1941.

First edition of this work by the “American Keynes.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-2272
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Buchanan, James M

The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.

First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan’s papers. Each volume is signed and dated by James M. Buchanan. Octavo, original half cloth, 19 volumes. In fine condition, dust jackets were not issued for these volumes.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-2374
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Phelps, Edmund S

Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.

New York : W.W. Norton & Norton Company, Inc., 1966.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book, a collection of twelve essays in mathematical economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Slip for review laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-2375
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Samuelson, Paul A

The Collected Papers of Paul A. Samuelson: Volumes 1-4.

Cambidge, MA : MIT Press, 1966.

First edition of the first four volumes of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson collected papers. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Each are fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Included are the contents pages in volumes 1,2, and 4.

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-2152
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Samuelson, Paul A

Foundations of Economic Analysis.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1948.

First edition, second printing published one year after the first edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by Paul Samuelson on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Foundations of Economic Analysis ranks as one of the most influential economic texts of the 20th century.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-2136
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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The New Industrial State.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest of wear. A very sharp example of this economic highspot.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-1499
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Markowitz, Harry M

Portfolio Selection.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1959.

First edition of the economist’s work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken Best wishes Harry Markowitz.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-1292
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Sen, Amartya Kumar

Choice of Techniques: An Aspect of the Theory of Planned Economic Development.

Oxford : Basil Blackford, 1960.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s dissertation. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed on the title page by Amartya Sen to a fellow economist. In very good condition.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-1049
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Loeb, Gerald M. (G.M.)

The Battle for Stock Market Profits.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1971.

First edition of this classic work on high-risk investment for maximum profit, including the Loeb Checklist for managing stocks. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Signed by Gerald Loeb on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-820
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Bernstein, Peter

Capital Ideas Evolving.

New York : Wiley, 2007.

First edition of Bernstein’s final book. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For William The idea man Peter Bernstein.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-321
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Bernstein, Peter

The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession.

New York : Wiley, 2000.

First edition of this work on the history of gold. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For William good as gold- Peter Bernstein.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-322
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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. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4274
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Carret, Philip L

The Art of Speculation.

New York : Barron's, 1927.

First edition of the Wall Street legend’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-18027
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Sachs, Jeffrey D

Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2008.

First edition of this work by the award-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and scientist Edward O. Wilson, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. &

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-46
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Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.

First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-1254
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Paterson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

New York : Thomas Crowell, 1978.

First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-4088
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Stead, Rebecca

When You Reach Me.

New York : Wedy Lamb Books/ Random House, 2009.

First edition of the author’s Newberry Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Rebecca Stead on the title page. Also laid into this copy are pictures of the author at the booksigning. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-4104
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Carle, Eric; Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Why Noah Chose The Dove.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.

First edition of this work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tall quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Shub.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-3496
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Tudor, Tasha

Thistly B.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1949.

First edition. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the title page. In very good condition, lacking the dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-1148
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Montgomery, L.M

Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).

London : George G. Harrap, 1936.

First British edition of this novel in Montgomery’s acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-892
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Burton, Virginia Lee; Selected and Edited by Anne Malcolmson; Music Arranged by Grace Castagnetta

Song of Robin Hood.

Cambridge, MA : The Riverside Press, 1947.

First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation, inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton, “Greetings to the ‘Caner’ from Virginia Lee Burton.” Near fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-641
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Brown, Marcia

Stone Soup.

New York : Charles Scribner, 1947.

First edition [with the Scribner’s A] of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To _____ _______ A handy recipe- May he never go hungry Bon Appetit! Best Wishes Marcia Brown.” Brown has also drawn an original drawing. Near fine in a goodContinue reading "Stone Soup."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-344
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Hoover, Herbert

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929-1941 The Great Depression.

New York : The MacMillan Company, 1952.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Herbert Hoover on the title page. An excellent near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the foot of the spine and extremities.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-260
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Wiener, Norbert

Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Weiner’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-3729
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Maharaj, Mac] O'Malley, Padraig; Foreword by Nelson Mandela

Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.

New York : Viking, 2007.

First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$55.00
Item Number: RRB-3557
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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatsho: The XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet

The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.

Bangkok : The Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1968.

First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan “with prayers.” A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4545
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McPhee, John

A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “For Hazel and Louis Landa I can hear you saying to one another: “Has he some quelque chose of his own upon the anvil?” “I expect it from him since poor Bradley helped to makeContinue reading "A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-3974
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de Mare, Eric

The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.

London : Allen Lane, 1973.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973.” Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panelContinue reading "The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2474
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Canetti, Elias

The Torch In My Ear.

New York : FSG, 1982.

First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the back panel. The second volume in the Nobel Prize winning author’s autobiography.

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$25.00
Item Number: RRB-1737
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Rollins, Sonny; Eric Nisenson

Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

First edition of this work on the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Sonny Rollins on the front free endpaper, “To John- many thanks Sonny Rollins.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. Foreword by Sonny Rollins.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-1655
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Lessing, Doris

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949.

New York : Harper Collins, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-1535
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Chagall, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie

Jerusalem Windows.

New York : George Braziller, 1962.

First edition. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contains the rarely seen original slipcase, also present is the original blue ribbon. The rear panel of the acetate shows some wear.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4235
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Wright, Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd Wright Autographed Letter.

Taliesin 1940.

Important autograph letter signed by Frank Lloyd Wright to friend and architectural critic, Lewis Mumford. Letter is 19 inches by 8.5 inches. It reads, “My dear Lewis: I’ve read “The Brown Decade” you so kindly sent me and it is a useful work in your splendid style. I didn’t agree in total but admire andContinue reading "Frank Lloyd Wright Autographed Letter."

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$9,000.00
Item Number: RRB-3790
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Le Corbusier [Charles Edouard Jeanneret]

L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille.

Souillac : Le Point, 1950.

First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille, which inspired theContinue reading "L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3784
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White, Stanford

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, “To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a typewritten letter signed from Saarinen to Casey’s daughter requesting additional background information on her mother’s affair with White. The handwritten letter reads, “My dear dear AnaisContinue reading "Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3779
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Kiefer, Anselm

Anselm Kiefer: The High Priestess.

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1989.

First edition of the artist’s monumental work which comprises a bookcase filled with gigantic books made from lead: ‘. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-2304
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Eisenman, Peter

Blurred Zones: Eisenman Architects 1988-1988.

New York : Monacelli Press, 2003.

First edition. Folio, original gray cloth. Inscribed by architect Peter Eisenman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-2327
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Zocchi, Giuseppe

Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).

New York : Walker and Company, 1967.

Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library inContinue reading "Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze)."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2363
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Jencks, Charles

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

Sixth edition of this seminal work in the field of architecture. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-2263
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Chagall, Marc & Jean Laymarie

Jerusalem Windows.

New York : Braziller, 1962.

First edition. Folio, original red cloth, with two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-1376
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Jencks, Charles

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, .

Later enlarged edition of this classic work. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. In very good condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-1365
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Gehry, Frank

FOG: Flowing in All Directions.

Los Angeles : Circa Publications, 2003.

First edition. Folio, Original illustrated boards. In fine condition. Signed and dated in 2005 by Frank Gehry on the front panel.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1357
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1965-1981.

Zurich : Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1982.

First edition. Oblong quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Richard Meier on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear to the extremities.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-878
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier Museums.

New York : Rizzoli, 2006.

First edition of this monograph that details the museum projects undertaken by Richard Meier. Folio, original boards. Signed by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$575.00
Item Number: RRB-877
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Libeskind, Daniel

Daniel Libeskind: Countersign.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-817
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.

First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970’s to the 1980’s. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$470.00
Item Number: RRB-874
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