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le Carre, John

The Karla Trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate, with two signed “John le Carre aka David Cornwell.” Each are inContinue reading "The Karla Trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People."

$5,200.00

Item Number: RRB-135339

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Samuelson, Paul A

Foundations of Economic Analysis.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1947.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century as published in Harvard Economic Studies as volume LXXX in the series. Octavo, original burgundy cloth. In near fine condition with light toning to the spine. Harvard College library bookplate to the pastedown, whereContinue reading "Foundations of Economic Analysis."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-135729

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York : Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer R.P. Dickey on the front free endpaper, “For R.P. Dickey, Here it is at last! With my thanks for your patience, and interest in my work. Sincerely Budd Schulberg Sept. 1,Continue reading "Waterfront."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-138005

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McCarthy, Cormac

All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-1998.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. Each volume is signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and each volume is signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd. All the Pretty Horses is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-titleContinue reading "All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain."

$11,500.00

Item Number: RRB-135233

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Cook, James

Carte d’une Partie de la Côte de la Nle. Galles Meridle…from: Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa majesté britannique, et successivement exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & l’Endeavour.

Paris 1774.

First French printing of this well-known first map of the east coast of Australia. The map measures 13.25 inches by 12 inches. Matted. The entire piece measures 29 inches by 18 inches. One of the first detailed maps of this part of Australia’s east coast and The Great Barrier Reef.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-120762

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Bentley, Edmund C

Trent’s Last Case.

London : Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [c. 1913].

First edition of Bentley’s groundbreaking detective novel, “one of the three best detective stories ever written” (Agatha Christie). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece in color. In very good condition. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-137405

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Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas

Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].

Paris c. 1750.

Eighteenth century map of the isles of the Pearl River (formerly the Canton River) by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, central fold. In very good condition. Later hand-coloring. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.25 inches by 14 inches.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-137244

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Zatto, Antonio [China]

Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]

Venice : Presso Antonio Zatta, 1784.

Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page, hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-137611

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Blaeu, Joan

Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].

[Amsterdam] c. 1645.

Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 26.5 by 22 inches.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-137508

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Herzog, Maurice

Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 Feet).

London : Jonathan Cape, 1952.

First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of one of the best-selling mountaineering books of all-time. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To James Helgar, with my compliments It is a pleasure to dedicate this book to you, Maurice Herzog Paris,Continue reading "Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 Feet)."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-135187

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Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste [China]

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].

: J. Wood, c. 1736.

Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important cartographic record of the region of the eighteenth century. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11.5 inches.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-137249

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Gluck, Louise

Ararat.

New York : The Ecco Press, 1990.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, “For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-138219

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

The Road To Serfdom.

London : Routledge & Sons, 1944.

Friedrich August von Hayek’s first edition personal copy of one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and the most popular exposition of classical liberalism ever published. Octavo, original cloth. Hayek’s personal copy with his ownership name to the front free endpaper, “F.A. Hayek” and notation, “published March 10th, 1944” and list ofContinue reading "The Road To Serfdom."

$750,000.00

Item Number: RRB-135374

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Stone, Oliver and Stanley Weiser

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

New York : Newmarket Press, 2010.

First edition. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-133568

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Kipling, John Lockwood

Beast and Man In India: A Popular Sketch Of Indian Animals In Their Relations With The People.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1891.

First edition of Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling’s, best-known work. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In very good condition. Rare.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-135029

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Vachon, Marius. [Edouard Detaille; Edward VIII Duke of Windsor]

Detaille.

Paris : A. Lahure, 1898.

Finely bound example of Vachon’s biography of Detaille from the library of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edouard Detaille in French to Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor in the year of Detaille’s death. The inscription translates as: “My Lord, In my Boulevard Malesherbes Studio,Continue reading "Detaille."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-135461

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Mottelay, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland

The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.

Richmond and New York : Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.

First edition of both volumes in this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, 2 volumes, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition. A rare complete set.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-134950

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Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig. [Translated by George Bancroft]

Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece.

Boston : Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824.

First American edition of Bancroft’s translation of Heeren’s monumental work on politics in Ancient Greece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was anContinue reading "Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-128205

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"The Joy of Color!" Ron Kovic Original Painting.

Kovic, Ron

“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting.

2013.

Rare original large format acrylic painting signed by Vietnam War Veteran and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter Ron Kovic. On thick Aquarell watercolor paper, the painting is signed three times by the artist on the verso, “Ron Kovic Oct 2013”, “‘The Joy of Color’ by Ron Kovic” and with a signed self-caricature. American anti-war activist, writer,Continue reading "“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-135265

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Racinet, Auguste

Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.

Paris : Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.

First edition of Racinet’s monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 500 plates including 300 chromolithographic plates in color decorated with gold and silver and 200 in monochrome. InContinue reading "Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-135242

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Krugman, Paul

The Age of Diminished Expectations: U.S. Economic Policy in the 1990s.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1990.

First edition of Krugman’s straightforward treatise on the position of the American economy in the 1990s. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by Paul Krugman on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Christopher Volet. Uncommon signed.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-135228

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Webber, Andrew Lloyd and Tim Rice

Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron 1919-1952.

London : Elm Tree Books, 1978.

First edition of this illustrated companion to the 1979 Broadway production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tim Rice on the title page, “Hello Richard all best Tim Rice.” In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-135264

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Winfrey, Oprah; Danny Glover; Thandiwe Newton; Kimberly Elise. [Toni Morrison]

Journey to Beloved.

New York : Hyperion, 1998.

First edition of Oprah Winfrey’s emotional account of playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who must come to terms with a haunting past in Jonathan Demme’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quarto, original illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Ken Regan. Presentation copy, inscribed on the second freeContinue reading "Journey to Beloved."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-135044

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Brown, Stephen [Editor]. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Introduction by David Allen Sibley [Peter Matthiessen]

Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Seattle : The Mountaineers Books, 2006.

First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008).Continue reading "Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-135489

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