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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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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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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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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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Sloan, Alfred P

Adventures of a White-Collar Man.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941.

First edition of the story of Alfred P. Sloan’s rise to become General Motors executive. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Alfred P. Sloan. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the fro...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-54084

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Thomas, Helen [President Gerald R. Ford]

Dateline: White House.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1975.

First edition of this firsthand account of America’s Presidents and their families from the perspective of a pioneering journalist. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated wit...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148463

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DeLillo, Don

White Noise.

New York: The Viking Press, 1985.

First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Joe Don DeLillo.” Fin...

$1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138126

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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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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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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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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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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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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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