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Joe DiMaggio Signed Model Builder Magazine.

Mount Morris, Illinois: Lionel Corporation, December, 1939.

December 1939 Issue of Model Builder Magazine, the ‘The Magazine of Model Railroading for Men and Boys’ published every other month by Lionel Corporation. Imperial octavo, original wrapper...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-145454

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le CARRÉ, John

John le Carré Autograph Letter Signed.

Cornwall:, 2006.

Autograph letter signed by British author John le Carré. Quarto, two pages on John le Carré’s personal stationary, the letter reads in full, “Dear Stacy, Thanks for your letter. Mine will...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-146942

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Fletcher, Colin

The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.

First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on half t...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-132615

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Griswold, Frank Gray

The Cascapedia Club.

Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.

First edition of Griswold’s guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-88022

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Signal Corps

World War I Original Photographs.

Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Company, .

Rare original Signal Corps photographs from the First World War. Over one hundred warfare photographs including: troops, destruction, invasion, tanks, and casualties. In fine condition with slight cur...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-146551

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Dahl, Roald

Two Fables.

Middlesex: Viking, 1986.

Signed limited edition of Dahl’s short fable collection. Octavo, original half leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Graham Dean. One of a limited edition of 300...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-129318

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Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said]; Translated by Samuel Hazo

The Blood of Adonis.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.

First edition of the poet’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust j...

$950.00 Item Number: RRB-1544

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Dickens, Charles

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.

First edition, bound from the original parts of Dickens’ final novel. Octavo, original bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels...

$925.00 Item Number: RRB-131055

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Ali, Muhammad

Prayer and Al-Islam.

Chicago: Muhammad Islamic Foundation, 1982.

First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86.” In fine condition.

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-123489

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James, William

A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.

London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817.

First edition of James’ naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt’s account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full contempora...

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-132919

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Churchill, Winston S

Shall We Commit Suicide?

New York: Eilert Printing Co, 1924.

First separate edition of Churchill’s ominously prophetic article. 12mo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare, especially in this condition.

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-135844

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Coolidge, Calvin

Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919.

Second enlarged edition of this collection of speeches. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Coolidge. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-151229

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Bolano, Roberto [Natasha Wimmer; Charlotte Strick]

2666.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece published posthumously in English, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated en...

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-148774

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Baum, L. Frank

The Lost Princess of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1917.

First edition of the eleventh book in Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Quarto, original publisher’s light blue cloth with large pictorial paper onlay to the front panel (Bienvenue and Schmidt...

$900.00 Item Number: RRB-151940

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

On My Own: The Years Since The White House.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.

First edition of Roosevelt’s last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

$875.00 Item Number: RRB-92117

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Lawrence R. Klein & Michael K. Evans

The Wharton Econometric Forecasting Model.

: University of Pennsylvania, 1967.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with some offsetting and light spotting the front panel. Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Lawrence Klein on the title page.

$875.00 Item Number: RRB-3797

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Buckley, Gail Lumet

The Hornes: An American Family.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “T...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-141137

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Ono, Yoko

Yoko Ono Signed Heart Play: Unfinished Dialogue: A Spoken Word Documentary Album.

New York: Ono Music and PolyGram Records, 1983.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Heart Play: Unfinished Dialogue vinyl album. Boldly signed by Ono on the front panel, “Love, Yoko, NYC ’87.” In near fine condition, PSA/DNA authenti...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-146740

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Saramago, Jose

Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].

Lisbon: Caminho, 1999.

First edition of the author’s Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-1503

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Stephens, Alexander H

A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States; It’s Causes, Character, Conduct and Results. Presented in a Series of Colloquies at Liberty Hall.

Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1868.

First edition of the “most elaborate—and best—argument for the constitutional validity of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of secession” (Howes), featuring 16 full-page steel engraved p...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-132870

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Stinson, George. [Abraham Lincoln]

The Lincoln Family George Stinson Original Lithograph.

Portland, ME: George Stinson and Co., Publishers, 1871.

Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson. Framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 20.5 inches.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-135435

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Bond, Michael

Paddington At Work.

London: Collins, 1966.

First edition of this early title in the author’s beloved Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Boldly signed by Michael Bond on the front free endpaper. Near...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-152995

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Bierce, Ambrose

The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1967.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this gothic novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, g...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-148686

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Ghosh, Amitav

Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire.

London: John Murray, 2008-2015.

First British editions of this critically acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, floral endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page of each volume. Sea of...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-149660

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