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Churchill, Winston S

The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.

London : Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.

First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of them folding and in color. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129393

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Loeb, Marshall and William Safire

Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.

New York : David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.

First edition of Safire and Loeb’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire’s copy with his bookplateContinue reading "Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-128605

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Melville, Herman

Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed.

1888.

Herman Melville autographed letter signed to his wife’s cousin Ellen Marrett Gifford completely in his hand, which reads, “164 E. 26th St. Nov. 6th 1888 My Dear Mrs. Gifford: By mail I send you a small volume, some portions of which, I hope may prove more or less interesting to you- Lissie tells me sheContinue reading "Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129820

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Churchill, Winston S

Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.

New York : Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.

First American edition (which precedes the British first) of Churchill’s singular attempt at full-length fiction. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable in this condition, Churchill’s only work of literature.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-129733

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Coetzee, J.M. [Translated and Introduced by]

Landscape with Rowers: Poetry from the Netherlands.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.

First edition of this collection of poetry translated and introduced by Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by J.M. Coeztee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Maria Lindenfeldar.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-129194

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Schiller, Friedrich

The Works of Friedrich Schiller.

Boston : Francis A. Niccolls, c.1900.

Finely bound example of the Connoisseur edition of the works of Schiller, number 34 of only 150 sets printed. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in full red morocco, ornate gilt tooling to the spine, with pastedowns of red leather borders and central green morocco panel, with floral decorations at the corners and a central gilt sprigContinue reading "The Works of Friedrich Schiller."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129287

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Hughes, Langston

Montage of a Dream Deferred.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1951.

First edition of Hughes’ classic jazz poem suite. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Marion ~ good wishes ever, Sincerely ~ Langston New York January 30, 1951.” The recipient, Marion Palfi, was a German-born social-documentary photographer who fled Nazi Germany forContinue reading "Montage of a Dream Deferred."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-129081

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Hughes, Langston

The First Book of Africa.

New York : Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.

First edition of Hughes’ concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Richardsons ~ Sincerely ~ Langston New York, July 24, 1960.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-129607

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Locker, Frederick

London Lyrics.

London : John Wilson, 1868.

Rare privately printed edition of Locker’s first book. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “John S. Smith from the author July 28 1868.” In very good condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-124134

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Marshall, Paule

Triangular Road: A Memoir.

New York : Basic Civitas Book, 2008.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the famed author’s insightful memoir. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Paule Marshall on the the title page. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-129301

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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, inscribed by the author on the front panel, “To Dr. H. Justin Ross from Lynn Thorndike.” In very good condition, one page of underlining. Books signed by Thorndike areContinue reading "Whatever Was, Was Right."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-129202

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Marshall, Paule

Soul Clap Hands and Sing.

New York : Atheneum, 1961.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paule Marshall on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-129197

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Mann, William d'Alton

Fads and Fancies of Representative Americans at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Being a Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions and Achievements.

New York : Town Topics Publishing Company, 1905.

First edition of this lavishly published work regarding New York’s wealthy society at the time, including names such as John Jacob Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington. Folio, original full green morocco, elaborate tooling to the spine, front and back panels, green silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt. Illustrated hundreds of photogravures, allContinue reading "Fads and Fancies of Representative Americans at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Being a Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions and Achievements."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129391

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Fanon, Frantz

Studies in a Dying Colonialism.

New York : Monthly REview Press, 1965.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ernest Socolov. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. Introduction by Adolpho Gilly.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-129464

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Finn, David

Corporate Oligarch.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1969.

First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Fran Horn with warm regards David Finn.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Toller.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-129554

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Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander]

The Count of Monte-Cristo.

London : London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.

First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece, published just one year after the original French edition and before the American first, the Richard Manney copy. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s terracotta cloth, decoratively blind-embossed, gilt titles to the spine. Twenty wood-engraved plates after Henry Valentin. In near fine condition with only light rubbing toContinue reading "The Count of Monte-Cristo."

$110,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129384

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Dailey, Abram H. [Mollie Fancher]

Mollie Fancher: the Brooklyn Enigma. An Authentic Statement of Facts in the Life of Mary J. Fancher, The Psychological Marvel of the Nineteenth Century.

Brooklyn : Eagle Book Printing Dept, 1894.

First edition of this work on Mollie Fancher. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Mollie Fancher on the title page. In very good condition. Books signed by Fancher are rare.

$3,250.00

Item Number: RRB-129342

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"Anti-Vaccinator"

A New Year’s Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an Essay Shewing that the Delusive Practice of Vaccination is Ruinous to the National Health.

Glasgow : John Thomson, 1874.

First edition of this anti-vaccination work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt embossed to the front panel. Laid in is a 1901 circular, one sheet printed on both sides. In very good condition, bookplate from the Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department library, moderate marginalia and commentary to the text, from someone who disagreed with the sentimentsContinue reading "A New Year’s Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an Essay Shewing that the Delusive Practice of Vaccination is Ruinous to the National Health."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129341

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Sōseki, Natsume

Botchan (Master Darling).

Tokyo : Ogawa Seibundo, 1918.

First edition in English of one of the most popular novels in Japan. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Yasotaro Morri. In very good condition. Scarce.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-123022

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Keynes, J.M. [John Maynard]

Laissez-Faire and Communism.

New York : New Republic, 1926.

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “J.M. Keynes 17 Feb 1927.” In very good condition. Books signed by Keynes are exceptionally rare.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129838

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Hemingway, Ernest

To Have and Have Not.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937.

First edition of Hemingway’s classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130514

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Williamson, Oliver E

The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting.

New York : The Free Press, 1985.

First edition of Williamson’s modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-126832

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Boorstin, Daniel J

The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World.

New York : Random House, 1998.

First edition of the third and final volume in Boorstin’s “knowledge” trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Boorstin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art: frontispiece plate from William Blake’s Europe: a Prophecy, 1794.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-128155

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Kipling, Rudyard

The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne (Le Premier Assault Contre la Sorbonne).

Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.

Rare first American edition of Kipling’s classic work on the Sorbonne. Octavo, original publisher’s half vellum, text in French and English. One of fifty copies. In near fine condition. Scarce.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-123604

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