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The Godfather.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.

Finely bound edition of Puzo’s definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, boldly signed by director Francis Ford Coppola. Octavo, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly si...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150897

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Huxley, Aldous

Point Counter Point.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.

First edition of Huxley’s classic satiric novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ru...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-143179

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Solow, Robert M. [Peter Howitt]

Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.

Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.

First edition of this collection of writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Robert M. Solow and Peter Howitt on the...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-132181

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Lewis, Sinclair

Main Street.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

First edition, first printing of Lewis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151686

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Lefevre, Edwin

The Making of a Stockbroker.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.

First edition of this classic Wall Street narrative. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In near fine condition.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-115693

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Nineteenth Century Carte de Visite Album.

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Rare late nineteenth century carte de visite album containing dozens of original portraits of prominent members of the Griffith family of New York and several contemporary celebrities including Henry...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-136095

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Macaulay, Lord Thomas Babington

The History of England From the Accession of James the Second.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1869-1870.

Finely bound example of one of the most influential historical works of the nineteenth century, first published in 1848. Small octavo, 8 volumes bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine labe...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149509

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Durrell, Lawrence [Charles Norden]

Panic Spring.

New York: Covici Friede, 1937.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Heil Anthony, from Larry Durrell, ‘old hat...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150921

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Kennedy, Margaret and Basil Dean

The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.

First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy’s Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-124809

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Balzac, Honore de

Eugenie Grandet I.

Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.

Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac’s short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangor...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-130184

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Dickens, Charles

Hard Times. For These Times.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ attack on the living conditions of England’s mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo, bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and too...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148215

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Gaddis, Thomas E

Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.

New York : Random House, 1955.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, ” Best- Th...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138123

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

La Mala Hora.

Madrid: Propiedad Literaria Reservada, 1962.

First edition of this work written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition with some light rubbing and wear.

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-48742

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Thompson, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight

Eloise in Paris.

New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1957.

First edition of the second book in Kay Thompson’s cherished Eloise series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight. Signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper,...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140791

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de Bourrienne, M. [Napoleon]

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: With a Fore-Edge Painting of Napoleon Leading His Troops to Battle. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Scott, Webster & Geary, 1836.

Rare finely bound example of the Memoirs of Napoleon with a fine fore-edge painting of Napoleon on horseback leading his troops to battle. 12mo. bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-98390

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Di Maggio, Joe [DiMaggio]

Lucky To Be A Yankee.

New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.

First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin’ Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rea...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140408

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Kaye, S. L.; [David Ben-Gurion]

David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.

:, 1960.

Framed rare graphite artist’s sketches of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion by artist S. L. Kaye. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion below the portrait, “D. Ben-Gurion 9. 3. 60.”...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145560

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Christie, Agatha

The Moving Finger.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942.

First American edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery, which preceded the first English edition by 11 months. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-143554

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Tingay, Lance. [Carlos Alcaraz]

100 Years of Wimbledon.

London: Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1977.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Barry Newcombe, t...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146249

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Waugh, Evelyn

Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.

First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Carolyn with love from Ev...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146276

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Gretzky, Walter; Jim Taylor [Wayne Gretzky]

Gretzky: From the Back Yard Rink to the Stanley Cup.

Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1984.

First edition of this biography of the greatest hockey player of all-time told through the eyes of his father, Walter Gretzky, to respected columnist, Jim Taylor. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated w...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148212

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Farquhar, George

The Complete Works of George Farquhar.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930.

The Nonesuch Press limited edition of this comprehensive collection of the plays and writings of Irish dramatist George Farquhar. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148782

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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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