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Dog Years.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965.

First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s third and final novel in his acclaimed Danzig Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Gun...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-145663

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Blanford, W.T

Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia: Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to That Country in 1867-68.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1870.

First edition of this work dedicated to the geology and zoology of Northern Abyssinia. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments w...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-145447

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Thordike, Lynn

Whatever Was, Was Right.

: American Historical Review, 1956.

First separate edition of the Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, ins...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-129202

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Tibbets, Paul W

Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.

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Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945.” The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches....

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-147884

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Meriwether, Louise [Rosa Parks]

Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.

First edition of this children’s book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear a...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-137547

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Barry, Philip

The Philadelphia Story.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1939.

First edition of this play, basis for the 1940 classic film, directed by George Cukor starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-150276

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Monroe, Anne Shannon

Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930.

First edition of this collection of the author’s popular articles on beautiful living. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the a...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-115861

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Johnson, Osa

I Married Adventure: The Life and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1940.

First edition of Johnson’s classic work. Octavo, original striped cloth, photographic endpapers illustrated with 83 aquatone illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-143893

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Antique Valentine Collection Album.

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Folio scrapbook containing a collection of Valentines printed in the early 1900s. Quarto, original boards with gilt central floral motif. From the collection of Marilyn Cox. In very good condition.

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-116024

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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1853.

Finely bound example of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Baytun with morocco spine l...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-119805

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Second Jungle Book.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.

First edition of Kipling’s Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated....

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-119977

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Edited by M. Dresher; L.S. Shapley; A.W. Tucker [W.H. Fleming]

Advances In Game Theory.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.

First edition of collection of papers on game theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by mathematician W.H. Fleming on the title page, next to his name. Wendell Helms Fleming was a mathematician, sp...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-146321

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Nicklaus, Jack

On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.

First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-145390

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Herbert, Frank

The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

New York: Ace Books, 1977.

First mass market edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, all edges stained orange. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-150263

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Isaacson, Walter; Evan Thomas

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.

First edition of this biography on how six influential American statesmen shaped U.S. foreign policy and the global order during the Cold War. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrate...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-151134

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Maguire, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.

New York: Orbis, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Maire...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-831

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Kranz, Gene and Sy Liebergot

Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

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Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz,...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-147225

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933.

First edition of Maugham’s final play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The author’s last play for Elsie Tritton W. Som...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-133056

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Weegee

Weegee’s People.

New York: Essential Books/ Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Sam Clemente Weegee 1956.” An excellent near fine example with the original very good dust jacket...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-19034

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Pacino, Al

Sonny Boy: A Memoir.

New York : Penguin Press, 2024.

First edition of the autobiography of one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with ph...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-148278

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Palestine: Blue Book 1931.

Jerusalem: Printing and Stationary Office, 1931.

Original printing of this record of the movement of money in Palestine during the calendar year of 1931. Quarto, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with tables. In good condition with rubbing to...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-146825

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Pohl, Frederik

Gateway.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977.

First edition of the master of science fiction’s suspenseful mystery adventure. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susan- Frede...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-148090

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Burton, Captain Sir Richard F

A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.

London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893.

Memorial edition of this mid-19th-century travel narrative by British explorer Richard Burton. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco over cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-148409

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Voltaire (Arouet, François-Marie)

Sofonisba, Mariamne, Orestes: Tragedia de Mr. de Voltaire: Traduzida Em Portuguez.

Lisboa: Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira, 1790.

First Portuguese edition of Voltaire’s three tragedies translated into Portuguese. Octavo, bound in full period calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine label, marbled endpapers. In...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-88112

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