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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

London: Hesperus Press, 2012.

First British edition of this comedic, picaresque international bestselling novel. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151513

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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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Fulford, Roger

Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle.

London: Readers Union/Faber and Faber, 1958.

Reader’s Union edition of Fulford’s work on the UK women’s suffrage movement. Octavo, original cloth. English journalist, historian, writer and politician Roger Fulford authored seve...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-135490

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Edwards, Jonathan

Historisch Verhaal: An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend David Brainerd.

The Netherlands: T'Utrecht, 1756.

Early example of “one of America’s most important and original philosophical theologians” American theologian Jonathan Edwards’ biography of Reverend David Brainerd. Title read...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-147984

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Valtin, Jan (aka Richard Julius Herman Krebs)

Out of the Night.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1940.

First edition of Valtin’s bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Ben Mande...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-75068

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Williams, Tennessee

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

New York: New Directions, 1955.

First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-147041

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Vardon, Harry) Edgar Guest

The Time I Played With Vardon.

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Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-100920

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Dumas, Alexandre

The Borgias.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911.

Finely bound edition of Dumas’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-140821

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Ludlow, John Malcolm

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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[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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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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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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