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President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed.

London: Alexander Strahan, 1866.

First edition of President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed, the scarce variant imprint, which was printed in London as indicated on p. 240 and the priority of which is unknown (M 864). Octavo, original publis...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-105063

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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 the author in the year of publication, “Paule Marshall Dec. 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-144354

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Hoover, Herbert

The Challenge to Liberty.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

First edition of Herbert Hoover’s challenge to Roosevelt’s New Deal arguing it abandoned “the heritage of liberty.” Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-125711

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Shanken, Marvin R

Cigar Aficionado’s World of Cigars.

Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1996.

First edition, early printing of this work by the legendary founder of Cigar Aficionado. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Marvin R. Shanken on the title page. Fine in a near fine...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-150155

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Kagan, Elena

Elena Kagan Collection of Signed Photographs and Typed Letter Signed.

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A pair of original photographs of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The first photograph is of Kagan being sworn in and is signed by her in blue felt tip. The second is of Kagan signing documents and...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151397

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Eaton, William Arnold. [Winston S. Churchill]

William Arnold Eaton Autograph Letter Signed.

Natal, South Africa: Durban Club, March 22, 1900.

Rare autograph letter signed by General William Arnold Eaton. Octavo, four pages on Durban Club stationary, the letter reads in part, “22 March 1900 My dear mama, I go back tomorrow to join the...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146687

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Vidal, Gore

1876: A Novel.

New York : Random House, 1976.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the “Kit love Gore.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s secon...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-131323

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Silverstein, Dr. Charles; Felice Picano; Edmund White

The New Joy of Gay Sex.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers , 1992.

First edition of this revised guide to the classic bestseller. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Edmund White, co-author of the original “The Joy...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-148605

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Macaulay, Frederick R

The Movement of Interest Rates, Bond Yields And Stock Prices in the United States Since 1856.

New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1938.

First edition of the work known for introducing the concept of bond duration. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear. With a preface by Wesley...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-10012

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St. Marylebone Air-Raid Precautions Bulletin: July-August, 1939.

London: Air-Raid Precautions Dept., 1939.

First edition of this World War II wartime pamphlet. Octavo, original blue wrappers. In very good condition with sunning to the extremities. Rare.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-148103

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Naipaul, V.S

A House For Mr. Biswas.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips and wear. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146208

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Peckham, Ann

The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife: Being a Collection of the Most General, Yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery.

Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, c. 1790.

Early edition of this 18th century collection of inexpensive and nourishing recipes for beginners. Duodecimo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams of table settings for different meals and t...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146430

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Cobb, Thomas

Crazy Heart.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.

First edition of this work which “might be the finest country-western novel ever written, bar none” (Houston Post), basis for the 2009 film starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, and...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146492

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Milton, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart

The Poetical Works of John Milton.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1857.

Finely bound example of this compilation of Milton’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated with engra...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-131221

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[Mayo, Winifred]

The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 33. April 1908 to September 1908.

London: The Idler Magazine, 1908.

First edition of Vol. 33 of The Idler, containing the first appearance of Winifred Mayo’s Prison Experiences of a Suffragette. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over pebbled boards, illustr...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-135904

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Fogle, James. [Matt Dillon]

Drugstore Cowboy.

New York: Delta Fiction/Dell Publishing, 1990.

First edition of James Fogle’s autobiographical novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by actor Matt Dillon on the half-title page. Illustrated on the covers with stills from...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-152159

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Kerr, Judith

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-137100

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Koolhaas, Rem & Bruce Mau

S, M, L, XL [Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large].

New York: Monacelli Press, 1995.

First edition of this work, which combines essays, manifestos, diaries, fairy tales, travelogues on the contemporary city. Thick octavo, original silver boards, yellow lettering to the spine, illustra...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-150102

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Cooke, Francis B

Single-Handed Cruising.

London: Edward Arnold, 1919.

First edition of this essential early manual on single-handed cruising by one of the greatest yachting writers of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James Steph...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-115637

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Darwin, Charles; Edited by James D. Watson

Darwin: The Indelible Stamp.

Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005.

First edition of this compilation of Charles Darwin’s most influential works in their entirety contained for the first time in one volume. Thick Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warml...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-140401

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Seiple, Robert A. [Madeleine Albright]

Ambassadors Of Hope: How Christians Can Respond To The World’s Toughest Problems.

Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 2004.

First edition of this framework of Biblical teachings to apply to the issues of the world today. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpa...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-149058

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Komroff, Manuel [Editor]

The Apocrypha or Non-Canonical Books of the Bible: The King James Version.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1946.

Finely bound 20th century printing of the Apocrypha. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple ruling stamped in blind to the...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-148891

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Volkamer, Johann Christoph

Phaseolus Indic Cochleatus Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.

Nuremberg: Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.

Hand-Colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Phaseolus Indic Cochleatus, or the Runner...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-145499

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Valens, E.G. [Jill Kinmont]

A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-124068

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