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    On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script

    Schulberg, Budd and Elia Kazan

    On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script

    Hollywood and New York: Samuel French, 1980.

    Signed limited first edition of this classic Academy Award–winning screenplay, one of only 300 copies, this is number 82. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-135323
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    Get Home Free.

    Clellon Holmes, John

    Get Home Free.

    New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.

    First edition of Clellon Holmes’ third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Phyllis- all good wishes- John Clellon Holmes....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-10022
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    The Soldier’s Art.

    Powell, Anthony

    The Soldier’s Art.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1966.

    First edition of the eighth novel in the ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ series and second volume in the ‘War’ trilogy. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine pric...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-145148
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    The Pic Nic Papers.

    Dickens, Charles

    The Pic Nic Papers.

    London: Henry Colburn, 1841.

    First edition, first issue of this anthology edited by Charles Dickens. Small octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147636
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    Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

    Schelling, Thomas C

    Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

    Washington, D.C: American Enterprise Institute, 1998.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Warm regards to John Rogers T...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-133495
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    Pygmalion and Candida.

    Shaw, George Bernard; Clarke Hutton [Illustrator]

    Pygmalion and Candida.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148812
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    Birds of America.

    McCarthy, Mary

    Birds of America.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Harlan Umansky my thanks, Mary McCarthy November 5, 1984.” Nea...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-142315
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    The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.

    Kundera, Milan

    The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.

    New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.

    First edition of Kundera’s eleventh fictional work. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated by Milan Kundera in the the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-26003
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    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    Caro, Robert

    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

    First edition of Caro’s memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Robert Caro on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149348
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    The Red Tent.

    Diamant, Anita

    The Red Tent.

    New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

    First edition, later printing of this historical reimagining of the biblical story of Dinah. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Anita Diamant on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148513
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    Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.

    Chekhov, Anton; Lajos Szalay [Illustrator]

    Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of these two groundbreaking  plays by famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdo...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148693
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    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149197
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    The Steep Ascent.

    The Steep Ascent.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1944.

    First edition of this work which chronicles Lindbergh’s travels to the Alps, with the engaging philosophical observations which made her Listen, the Wind! so popular. Octavo, original cloth. Pre...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-120837
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    Children of Dune.

    Herbert, Frank

    Children of Dune.

    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

    Berkley Medallion edition of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octodecimo, pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150237
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    The Judgement Seat.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    The Judgement Seat.

    London: The Centaur Press, 1934.

    Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150525
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    One Hundred Years of Solitude.

    Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

    One Hundred Years of Solitude.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.

    First English edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-137048
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    Christie, Agatha

    4.50 from Paddington.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1957.

    First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery, adapted several times for television and film. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very bright examp...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149976
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    My Father Mark Twain.

    Clemens, Clara. [Samuel L. Clemens]

    My Father Mark Twain.

    New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.

    First edition of this memoir by Mark Twain’s daughter. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double ruling and a vignette of Mark Twain stamped in blind to the...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150110
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    Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

    Weegee

    Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

    New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.

    First edition of the famed photographer’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Frances...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-2292
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    Epistemological Problems of Economics.

    von Mises, Ludwig

    Epistemological Problems of Economics.

    Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.

    First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-139902
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    The Member of the Wedding.

    McCullers, Carson

    The Member of the Wedding.

    New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946.

    First edition of McCullers’ classic coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl’s fascination with her brother’s wedding, which has been compared to The Catcher in the Rye a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149748
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    Broken Trail.

    Geoffrion, Alan [Robert Duvall, Scott Cooper, Olivia Cheng]

    Broken Trail.

    Golden, Colorodo: Fulcrum, .

    First edition of the paperback original. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Geoffrion on the title page, additionally signed by Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-117349
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    Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson Signed Photograph.

    Mantle, Mickey and Brooks Robinson

    Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson Signed Photograph.

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    Color photograph of baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Signed by both Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Framed on a custom mount with a commemorative plaque. The entire piece measure...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-115289
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    Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service.

    McGrath, Amy with Chris Peterson. {Madeleine Albright}

    Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

    First edition of McGrath’s adventurous autobiography Honor Bound. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with color photographs of author throughout the years. Presentation copy,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148448
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