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The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County and of Its Several Towns. Including the District of Mashpee.

Boston: Printed For the Author, 1858-1863.

First edition of the classic history of Cape Cod. Octavo, ten parts as issued bound into four volumes in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with tissue-guarded...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-130559

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Copland, Robert [Translator] Wynkyn de Worde; Robert Hoe

The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan.

The City of New York: The Grolier Club, 1901.

Limited edition of the Grolier Club’s beautiful and literal facsimile reprint of Robert Hoe’s unique copy of the 1512 edition of the classic medieval tale. Octavo, original publisher...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-147203

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Wieser, Friedrich von

Social Economics.

New York: : Adelphi Company, 1927.

First edition in English. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-3682

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Ayer, Alfred J. [A.J.]

The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge.

London : Macmillan & Co, 1962.

Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “with best wishes A.J. Ayer Mexico City September 11 1963.” In very good condit...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-133103

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Hayes, Billy with William Hoffer. [Oliver Stone]

Midnight Express.

New York: Thomas Congdon Books/E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1977.

First edition of Hayes’ classic true story of survival and escape. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. Stone adapted the memoir into a screenplay for the 197...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140323

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Fontaine, Jean de La; Edward Marsh [Translator]; Stephen Gooden [Illustrator]

The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931.

Signed limited edition of Jean de La Fontaine’s classic fables. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded title page vignette, genuine deckled...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148845

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Franklin, John Hope

Reconstruction After the Civil War.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961.

First edition of the historian’s study of the Reconstruction era. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charlie Harris, with th...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-90369

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Heller, Joseph

Something Happened.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.

First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stacy Hunt, With good wishes, to...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-142094

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Malamud, Bernard

The Magic Barrel.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.

First edition of Malamud’s first collection of short stories, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free e...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-111744

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Doriot, Georges F

The Management of Racial Integration in Business [Special Report to Management].

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.

First edition of this work by the father of venture capitalism. Quarto, original half cloth. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-112869

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Carpenter, M. Scott; Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr., Glenn, John H., Jr., Grissom, Virgil I., Schirra, Walter M., Jr., Shepard, Alan B., Jr., Slayton, Donald K.

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mer...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-144379

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Hammett, Dashiell

The Glass Key.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.

First edition of Hammett’s personal favorite novel. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy, with the slip pasted to the front free endpaper, in very good condition, corner clipped, name to...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-145902

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Durant, Will

Caesar and Christ.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1944.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on h...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-123718

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Gehry, Frank

FOG: Flowing in All Directions.

Los Angeles: Circa Publications, 2003.

First edition. Folio, Original illustrated boards. In fine condition. Signed and dated in 2005 by Frank Gehry on the front panel.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-1357

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Scott, Sir Walter

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Frederick Warne and Co, n.d.

The Lansdowne Poets edition of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-136573

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Stephens, James

The Crock of Gold.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.

Finely bound example of this whimsical and philosophical novel. Octavo, bound in full green pictorial morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gi...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-148370

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Dana, James (Jonathan Edwards)

The “Examination of the Late Rev’d President Edwards’s Enquiry on Freedom of Will,” Continued.

New Haven: Printed for Thomas and Samuel Green, 1773.

First edition of American Protestant clergyman James Dana’s second published response to Jonathan Edwards’ Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of the Freedom of the Will, preceded b...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-82405

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Campbell, George

Log-Letters From “The Challenger.” [Fore-edge Painting].

London: Macmillan and Co, 1881.

Finely bound example of Campbell’s account of the cruise of The Challenger. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-138428

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Hoover, Herbert and Hugh Gibson

The Problems of Lasting Peace.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942.

First edition of this analysis for peace post-World War II. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “To Harvey P. Keller With...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-140460

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Sample, Tim; Introduction by Stephen King

The New Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner.

Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1996.

First printing of the second edition. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed by Tim Sample on the title page. Additionally signed by Stephen King, who wrote the introduction to this volume. I...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-19022

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Pickard, Samuel T. [John Greenleaf Whittier]

The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895.

Riverside edition of the collected writings of abolition advocate John Greenleaf Whittier. Octavos, nine volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-109568

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Scholes, Myron S. and Mark A. Wolfson

Taxes and Business Strategy. A Planning Approach.

Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1992.

First edition of this classic work, now in it’s sixth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “_____ Good luck in all of yo...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-117632

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Thomas, Lewis

Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.

New York: The Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Margaret Carson with regards Lewis Thomas.” Fine...

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-118459

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Eliot, T.S

The Cocktail Party.

London: Faber & Faber, 1950.

First edition of Eliot’s most popular play published in his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles. In fine condition.

$975.00 Item Number: RRB-121029

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