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Collins, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.

First edition, first printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “All the Best to Ro...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151475

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Hogrogian, Nonny

One Fine Day.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971.

First edition of this classic work, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1972. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author with a drawing of a fox on the half-title page, “With...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143374

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Eliot, George

The Mill On The Floss.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

First edition of Eliot’s most deeply autobiographical work. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf by H. Sotheran & Co. with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartment...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147792

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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, In the Strand, 1979.

Bicentenary edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147731

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Buber, Martin

Die Fünf Bücher Der Weisung [Five Books of Moses].

Berlin: Lambert Schneider, 1930.

First edition of this German translation and interpretation of the Torah. Small octavo, original publisher’s black cloth with leather spine labels, top stain yellow. Boldly signed by Martin Bube...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148291

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Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1869.

Finely bound example of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bou...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139645

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Arnim, Elizabeth von [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

The Princess Priscillas Fortnight.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1906.

Tauchnitz edition of this comedy-drama novel from the Collection of British and American Authors Vol. 3880; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Small duodecimo, or...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145599

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Train, John [Peter Matthiessen]

The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.

: Artisan Press, 2011.

First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of no...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-144372

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Williams, John

Nothing But The Night.

Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.

First edition of the re-issue of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, “For Bob an...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-122674

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Conroy, Pat

The Great Santini.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

First edition, second printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Pat Conroy and his father Donald Conroy on the title and half-title pages respectively. Lengthily in...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146097

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Keller, Helen

Midstream: My Later Life.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929.

First edition of Keller’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with plates from photographs. Signed by the author in pencil on the front free endpaper, “Helen Keller,”...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146469

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Saramago, Jose

Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.

Lisbon: Caminho, 1994-1997.

First Portugese editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, 4 volumes. Each volume...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148

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Kazantzakis, Nikos; Translated by Peter A. Bien

Report to Greco: An Autobiographical Novel.

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1965.

First edition of Kazantzakis’ deeply personal semi-autobiographical classic testament. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the translator on the half-titl...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-136597

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[Warhol, Andy]

The Thistle: Andy Warhol 1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook.

: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1949.

1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook featuring a rare photograph of Andy Warhol as a college senior. Folio, original boards, illustrated. Warhol is pictured as a member of Modern Dance club....

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-134091

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Nehru, Jawaharlal

Jawaharlal Nehru Signed.

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Signed note by Jawaharlal Nehru in both Sanskrit and English dated Nov. 1961. Matted and framed with a black and white photograph of Nehru. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 17.5 inches.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-74072

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Morpurgo, Michael

War Horse.

Kingswood, UK: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1982.

First edition of this powerful novel that follows the journey of a horse during WWI. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards. In near fine condition. Cover design by Victor Ambrus.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141014

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Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie

Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].

Brussels: Lithographed by H. Ode, 1825.

Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays So...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-137108

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Kazan, Elia

America America.

New York: Stein and Day, 1962.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To June El...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138692

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Byron, Lord

The Works of the Right Hon. Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Printed for John Murray, 1815.

Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt title and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt tur...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-134016

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Caruso, Enrico

Enrico Caruso Signed Pri Fixe Menu.

:, 1890.

French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, “Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90,” Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One pa...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-117751

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Grady, James

Six Days of the Condor.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1974.

First edition of the author’s first thriller, basis for the classic film film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Octavo, or...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145182

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Sloan, Alfred P

Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of legendary executive and longtime president and CEO of General Motors Alfred Sloan, inscribed by him. Black and white photograph of the General Motors president in a handsome half-length...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146991

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Marias, Javier

Manana en la batalla piensa en mi [Tomorrow In the Battle Think On Me].

Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1994.

First edition of the author’s classic novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-3434

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Fuentes, Carlos

Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].

Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.

First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily in...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-132766

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