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Conrad, Joseph; Ward Ritchie [Designer and Printer]; Robert Shore [Illustrator]

Youth: A Narrative; Typhoon; The End of the Tether.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this collection of three maritime novellas. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the sp...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148649

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Schulz, Charles M

I Need All The Friends I Can Get.

San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.

First edition of this charming ‘little classic’ featuring Charles Schulz’s endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the fron...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-109011

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Beatty, Scott [Christopher Nolan; Christian Bale]

Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation.

New York: D.C. Comics, 2005.

First edition of the comic movie adaptation. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by director Christopher Nolan and Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale o...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151368

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Berners-Lee, Tim

Weaving the Web: The Original Destiny of the World Wide Web by It’s Inventor.

New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999.

First edition of this autobiography by the inventor of the world wide web. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Bob Tim Be...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151728

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Baum, L. Frank

Tik-Tok of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., c. 1920.

First edition, later printing of the eighth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Later printing with the verso of the half-title page listing Baum titles through Glinda of Oz. Octavo, orig...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151858

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Coe, Edwin Delos

The Black Hawk Tragedy: Read before the Loyal Legion at Milwaukee, May 6, 1896.

Milwaukee:, 1896.

First edition of this work on the Black Hawk Tragedy. Octavo, original publisher’s printed wrappers; 16pp. In very good condition with a few chips to corners of wraps, gift inscription to front...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142116

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Rosendahl, Commander C.E

What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1938.

First edition of this spirited defense of the airship that calls for America to secure and maintain airship superiority. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150890

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White, Edmund [Chip Kidd]

A Boy’s Own Story; The Beautiful Room is Empty; The Farewell Symphony.

New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc.; Alfred A. Knopf, 1982-1997.

First editions of this classic trilogy tracing the coming-of-age story of a gay man across mid-to-late 20th-century America. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth. A Boy’s Own Story is a fi...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151482

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Crichton, Michael

Rising Sun.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Crichton in the year of publication on the front free endpape...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151596

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Bowles, Paul

Collected Stories.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979.

Signed limited edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Bowles. In fine condition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Housed in a custom half morocco...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142140

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Gray, Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Bell and Daldy, 1857.

Finely bound collection of the collected poetical works of Thomas Gray decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles to t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142194

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[Schweitzer, Albert]. Photographs by Erica Anderson. Text and Captions by Eugene Exman

The World of Albert Schweitzer: A Book of Photographs by Erica Anderson. [With] Albert Schweitzer Autograph Note and Signed Photograph.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1955.

First edition of this magnificent volume of 169 photographs recording Albert Schweitzer’s life and work; with a rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer on a bank of the Ogooué River...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142709

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Friedman, Milton; Kenneth A. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson

Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980.

Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.

First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146250

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VergÉ, Roger

Roger Vergé’s New Entertaining in the French Style.

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997.

First edition of this cookbook by “the chef of the century” that presents an elegant yet approachable vision of French hospitality. Quarto, publisher’s original pictorial boards, pic...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149201

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

La Guerra del Fin del Mundo [The War of The End of The World].

Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 1981.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus in the original Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. In very good condition. Cover design by...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145391

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Campbell, John Lord

The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England

London: John Murray, 1845-69.

Finely bound set of Campbell’s works. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-130459

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Roth, Philip

Goodbye, Columbus.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional examp...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-144482

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Einstein, Albert. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp

Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

Evanston: The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949.

First edition of Einstein’s singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Presentation copy, inscribed by editor Paul Arthur Schilpp on the front free...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145894

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Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000.

The Easton Press Collector’s edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s full gilt-decorated leather, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Bo...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152080

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

A Revision of the Treaty. Being A Sequel To The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1922.

First edition of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148614

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Charles, Prince

Prince Charles Signed Photograph.

:, 1994.

Rare photograph of Prince Charles and his staff taken during the 1994 Royal Tour. Signed and dated by Prince Charles, “Charles 1994.” One of eleven original photographs presented by Prince...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95805

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Moxon, Elizabeth

English Housewifry: Exemplified in Above Four Hundred and Fifty Recipes, Giving Directions in Most Parts of Cookery.

Leedes: Printed by Griffith Wright for George Copperthwaite, et al., 1764.

Finely bound edition of this thorough etiquette and recipe book. Duodecimo, original full brown calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt borders to the front an...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146405

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Carter, Jimmy

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.

New York: Bantam Books, 1982.

First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-119599

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Reisman, David (James M. Buchanan)

The Demand and Supply of Public Goods.

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication (with a two page inscription) on the front free endpaper and onto the verso, “Betty, This will have to s...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-44012

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