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What I Saw In America. [with] G.K. Chesterton Signed Postcard.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1922.

First edition of this paradoxical travelogue of Chesterton’s visit to America in 1921. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Accompanied...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148966

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Tibbets, Paul; Theodore Van Kirk

Paul Tibbets and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk Signed Photographic Print.

:, 1945.

Distinctive photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud signed by two crew members of the Enola Gay. Black and white photographic print of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud captured just after the release o...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-147781

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Mead, Shepherd

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front a...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146086

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Baruch, Bernard M

Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.

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A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, “For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from o...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-71053

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Lawrence, D.H

Women in Love.

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1920.

First edition of the author’s classic work which many consider his masterpiece, one of only 1250 examples. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, name to the f...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-139392

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Cohen, Leonard

The Favourite Game.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.

First printing of this edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Abbott all the best Leonard Cohe...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140854

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Reagan, Ronald

The March of Freedom: The Westminster Speech.

Washington, D.C: The Heritage Foundation, 1996.

First edition of this lecture by President Reagan. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition. Foreword by Edwin J. Fuelner, Jr. Although not marked, this if from the library of William Safire. Safi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-141529

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Heaney, Seamus

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.

London: Faber and Faber, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-142996

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Moore, Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d..

The Albion edition of Moore’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-129405

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Stevens, Wallace

Harmonium.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.

Rare first edition of this landmark Modernist poetry collection. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth-backed paper-covered patterned boards, paper titles to the spine, top stain red. In very...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-151850

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Select Poetry. Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Printed for L. B. Seeley and Son, 1825.

Finely bound poetry collection decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. 18mo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-141053

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Hitchens, Christopher

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

New York: Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2007.

First edition of this classic polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Linda Heheman Christopher Hitchens.” Fine in...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-151091

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Aldrin, Buzz

Buzz Aldrin Signed Life Magazine: Anniversary Edition of Apollo 11.

New York: Life Magazine, 1969.

Rare original Life Magazine July 20, 1969 commemorative issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed on t...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148484

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Burgess, Anthony [William Shakespeare]

The World of William Shakespeare.

London: The Arcadia Press, 1971.

Signed limited edition of this comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare’s life, works, and lasting cultural influence, blending historical context with literary analysis to highlight his endurin...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-147850

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York, Alvin C

Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928.

First edition of this classic work by one of the most decorated soldiers, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Tom Skeyhill. Near f...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146815

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Eliot, T.S

The Cocktail Party.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950.

First edition of the most popular of Eliot’s seven plays published during his lifetime. First issue with “here” for “her” on page 29, line 1. Octavo, bound in full morocc...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-152121

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Rickenbacker, Edward [Eddie]

Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.

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Rare black and white photograph of American in World War I fighter ace Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker. Inscribed by Rickenbacker, “With best wishes to Jerome Miller Capt. E. V. Rickenba...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-109853

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Scott, Captain Robert F

The Voyage of the ‘Discovery.’

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1905.

First edition of this pioneering journey of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front pane...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148924

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Hemingway, Ernest

Death in the Afternoon.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Er...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-122893

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Homer; TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE

The Iliad.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931.

The Nonesuch Press limited edition of Alexander Pope’s monumental translation of Homer’s Iliad. Royal octavo, bound in full russet morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within rais...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148778

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Goldsmith, Oliver

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.

Finely bound example of Goldsmith’s complete poetical works, decorated with a fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spi...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140226

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Uris, Leon

Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.

First edition, early printing of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to historian Arnold Kra...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-115423

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Huxley, Aldous

Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.

First collected edition of Huxley’s biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to th...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-130128

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Bryant, William Cullen

A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.

Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins a...

$1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-139346

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