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American Prospects.

Houston: Times Books, 1987.

First edition of Sternfeld’s acclaimed first photobook. Oblong quarto, original cloth, with 55 plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows a small closed tear. Signed by Joel Sternfeld on the t...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-1440

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Hughes, Langston

Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

[Washington, D.C.]: [Howard University], [1947].

Original Howard University Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Afternoon Forum Program signed by Langston Hughes. One page, quarto, folded sheet, typescript, contemporary copy of typed program for forum organi...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147803

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Barrett, Judith and Ron

Old MacDonald Had An Apartment House.

New York: Atheneum, 1969.

First edition of the first book in the Barrett’s collaboration. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by the illustrator with an original illustration on the front pastedown, “Mak...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148018

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Muhammad, Elijah

Elijah Muhammad Signed First Day Cover.

:, 1965.

First Day Cover honoring the Salvation Army, boldly signed by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, postmarked New York, NY July 2, 1965. In near fine condition. Autographs of Muhammad are rare.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-134571

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Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said]

The Blood of Adonis.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.

First edition of the poet’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in both English and Arabic on the title page, “...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138130

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Harris, Thomas

The Silence of the Lambs.

United States: Suntup , 2021.

Signed limited first edition of Harris’ third and most famous novel. Octavo, bound in full silk, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Thomas Harris and illustrator Tom Bag...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-136994

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Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London: David Bogue, 1844.

Finely bound fourth edition of this detailed anthropological history. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gi...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147797

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Gehry, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb

The Architecture of Frank Gehry.

New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.

First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine d...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-44675

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Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, Treated Upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation For the Province of Canterbury, and the Rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province: And Agreed upon with the Kings Majesties License in their Synod begun at London, Anno Domini 1603.

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1683.

Rare 17th century printing of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of the Province of Canterbury. Quarto, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartmen...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140232

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Copland, Aaron

Aaron Copland Autograph Letters and Programs Signed.

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Rare collection of three programs and two typed letters signed by American conductor Aaron Copland. The programs include a 1957-1958 Season Program for the Juilliard School of Music presenting The Wor...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-104920

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Baron, Peter [Pseudonym of Leonard Worswick Clyde]

The Opium Murders.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1930.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some light expert restoration to the spine tips. Jacket design by Beth Krebs Mor...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-112463

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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London: Chapman and Hall and Bradbury Evans, 1858.

Rare finely bound Library Edition of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and elab...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-119937

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Bainbridge, George C

The Fly Fisher’s Guide.

Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1816.

First edition of this guide to fly fishing, covering everything from equipment and techniques to the different types of fish that can be caught. Octavo, bound in half morocco over cloth covered boards...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150432

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[Lincoln, Abraham]

Abraham Lincoln Engraving.

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Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. Displayed in an antique wooden frame. The engraving measures 4.5 inches by 6 inches. The entire piece measures...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146474

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Compiled by Abel Chevalley and Marguerite Chevalley

The Concise Oxford French Dictionary.

London: Oxford University Press, 1966.

Finely bound example of The Concise Oxford French Dictionary. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-130149

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Marias, Javier

Los Dominios del Lobo.

Barcelona: Edhasa, 1971.

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

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-994

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Ford, Gerald R. and John R. Stiles

Portrait of an Assassin.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.

First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both authors on the front f...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148153

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Penick, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Tom Kite] [Ben Crenshaw]

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Al Nelso...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147829

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Cobbe, Frances Power

Why Women Desire The Franchise.

London: Spottiswoode & Co., Printers, 1869.

First edition of prolific Anglo-Irish suffragette Frances Power Cobbe’s feminist treatise. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, burgundy morocco spine...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-135210

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Searle, John R

Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy In The Real World.

New York: Basic Books, 1998.

First edition of this classic philosophical work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John R. Searle on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Storrings.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-152211

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P.B. Socci (Cary Grant)

Cary Grant Signed Sketch.

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Rare graphite artist’s sketch of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant. Boldly signed by Cary Grant below his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, Ameri...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-89100

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Freeman, Douglas Southall

George Washington: A Biography.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54.

First edition of the author’s monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning work, widely considered the definitive biography of Washington. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cart...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149571

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Durrell, Lawrence

The Alexandria Quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea.

London: Faber & Faber, 1962.

Signed limited first edition of Durrell’s masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper bo...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-97421

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Hughes, Langston

Five Plays.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963.

First edition of this collection of five of Hughes’ best-known plays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-139812

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