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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Winston S. Churchill. [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]

Sail On, O Ship of State! The Longfellow Verse in Mr. Roosevelt’s Message to Mr. Churchill.

: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., [1941].

Rare lithographic broadside signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the thirty-second President of the United States and Winston S. Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the Atlantic Conference; one of only two known examples of this broadside specially printed at Churchill’s direction and signed by both world leaders at their first wartimeContinue reading "Sail On, O Ship of State! The Longfellow Verse in Mr. Roosevelt’s Message to Mr. Churchill."

$125,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125419

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Flagg, Fannie

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

New York : Random House, 1987.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Jerry Ann Fannie Flagg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-125782

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Butler, Octavia E

Kindred.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979.

First edition of Butler’s bestselling novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with loss to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Larry Schwinger. Jacket typography by Elizabeth Levine. First editions of this classic Butler novel are difficult to find.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-125900

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Schuyler, George S

Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.

New York : Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.

First edition of “the first novel about Africa written by an African American” (Aric Putnam). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To William M. Stein from George S. Schuyler January 10,1932.” In very good condition. Laid in is an original program from 1938 Charter Day at Howard University.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-125792

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Martin, George R.R

A Dance with Dragons.

New York : Bantam, 2011.

First edition of the fifth novel in the author’s classic series. Octavo, original half boards, illustrated endpapers. Signed by the George R.R. Martin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Stevenson. Jacket illustration by Larry Rostant.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-125854

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Callender, James Thomson

The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the Year 1796.

Philadelphia : Printed and Sold by Bioren & Madan, January 19, 1797.

First edition, first issue in book form of Callender’s searing exposé. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Ownership inscriptions. The first printing of this work is exceedingly scarce as it wasContinue reading "The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the Year 1796."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125974

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Percey, William

The Compleat Swimmer: Or, The Art of Swimming: Demonstrating The Rules and Practice thereof, in an Exact, Plain, and Easie Method. Necessary to be Known and Practiced by All Who Studie or Desire their own Preservation.

London : Printed by J. C. for Henry Fletcher, 1658.

First and only edition of one of the earliest treatises on swimming, preceded only by Sir Everard Digby’s short Latin tract, published in 1589 and translated into English in 1595; and the Dutchman Nicholas Wynman’s De arte natandi, 1538. 12mo, bound in full 19th century calf with gilt titles and tooling the spine, gilt rulingContinue reading "The Compleat Swimmer: Or, The Art of Swimming: Demonstrating The Rules and Practice thereof, in an Exact, Plain, and Easie Method. Necessary to be Known and Practiced by All Who Studie or Desire their own Preservation."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-125337

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[Jefferson, Thomas]

Second Congress of the United States: At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the twenty-fourth of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. An Act to extend the Time limited for settling the Accounts of the United States with the Individual States.

Philadelphia : Childs & Swaine, 1792.

Scarce printing of an early United States law providing for the funding of the national debt, signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. Folio, one page. The document, which also carries the printed signatures of President George Washington, Vice President John Adams, and House Speaker Jonathan Trumbull, was approved January 23, 1792. Individual actsContinue reading "Second Congress of the United States: At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the twenty-fourth of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. An Act to extend the Time limited for settling the Accounts of the United States with the Individual States."

$82,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125388

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Haig, Matt

A Boy Called Christmas.

London : Canongate, 2015.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-125921

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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 author on the front free endpaper, “To my good friend and consultant- from Herbert Hoover Samuel Blythe.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice association.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-125711

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Hughes, Langston

The Dream Keeper.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.

First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Helen Sewell. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Helen Sewell. First editions are uncommon.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-125808

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Herge

The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon.

London : Methuen & Co, 1959.

First edition in English of Herge’s classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-125499

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.

First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cloth. One of one thousand copies printed. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page on the occasion of publication (andContinue reading "Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125163

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Victoria, Queen

Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.

1854.

Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated 13th June 1854 and appoints Francis Eastwood Newport Tuiley to the position of Captain of a Company in the 21st Regiment on foot. Signed by Queen Victoria in the upper left corner, “Victoria R.” Retaining theContinue reading "Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-125238

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Hall, Joseph

An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1800, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence.

Boston : From the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring, [1800].

First edition of Hall’s famed speech tracing the history of the American Revolution. Octavo, bound in paper-covered boards, original wrapper bound in at rear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Ephraim Williams Esq. from his friend J. Hall.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half moroccoContinue reading "An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1800, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-125043

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Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke. [Ulysses S. Grant]

Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust.

New York : Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co., [c. 1885].

Attractive bronze bust of of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army by famed American sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. The adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Kirke Bush-Brown was revered for his accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history. He produced three equestrian bronze sculptures erected at the Gettysburg battlefield depicting General GeorgeContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-125381

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Durant, Will

Transition: A Mental Autobiography.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1927.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-125898

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Rowson, Susanna Haswell

Charlotte. A Tale of Truth.

Philadelphia : Printed by D. Humphreys for M. Carey, 1794.

Exceedingly rare first American edition (and the earliest obtainable example) of the first American bestseller. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Although the first American edition was preceded by the first English edition published in 1791, no examples of theContinue reading "Charlotte. A Tale of Truth."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125183

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Vidal, Gore

Dark Green, Bright Red.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.

First edition of this “[w]ell-written work” (Kirkus). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Valerie from Gore, June 1954.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remainedContinue reading "Dark Green, Bright Red."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-126599

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Franklin, Benjamin

Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. Lately written by B. Franklin, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Society of London; Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris; President of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.

London : Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1787.

First edition of the last collection of Franklin’s writings to appear during his lifetime; a major collection of his political, philosophical and scientific writings, a second volume of which was planned but never published. First issue with page 25 mispaginated “52.” Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine,Continue reading "Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. Lately written by B. Franklin, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Society of London; Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris; President of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia."

$28,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125345

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Roosevelt, Theodore and Edmund Heller

Life-Histories of African Game Animals.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.

First edition of Roosevelt’s final work on big-game hunting. Octavo, 2 volumes, original buckram cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieces, with illustrations from photographs and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin and with forty faunal maps. In very good condition. A nice example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125598

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Bellow, Saul

The Victim.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1947.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A Burgess 99 title.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-125877

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Washington, George

George Washington Letter Signed.

April 10, 1781.

Highly important letter signed (“Go: Washington”), as Commander-in-Chief, 2 pages folio, “Head Quarters New Windsor April 10 [17]81”, to his French ally Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, the body of the letter in the hand of his trusted aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton; horizontal fold separation repaired, minor tears and chips along margins. In theContinue reading "George Washington Letter Signed."

$165,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125872

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Baldwin, James

Go Tell It On The Mountain.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by James Baldwin on the front free endpaper to his mother, “Mama from Rizzy from Jimmy – August 21st!” The recipient, Baldwin’s mother Emma Berdis Jones, left Baldwin’s biological father before moving to Harlem where Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924. WhenContinue reading "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125755

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