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The Fire Next Time.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the half-title page. Ja...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-150667

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Solow, Robert; Edited by Mauro Boianovsky and Kevin D. Hoover

Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.

Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this volume.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-15051

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Dos Passos, John

Most Likely to Succeed.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-127665

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Rodgers, Richard; Oscar Hammerstein; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

The Sound of Music: A New Musical Play.

New York: Random House, 1960.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Meyer Wagman. An exceptional example.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-147915

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Langello, Charles J. [Harry S. Truman]

Log of the President’s Vacation Cruise: August 16, 1946 to September 2, 1946.

:, 1946.

Rare keepsake book of President Truman’s 18-day vacation cruise, known as “A Journey into Nowhere.” The log records activities including games, fishing, and reports of members, featu...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-147718

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Groening, Matt

Love is Hell.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.

Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, origi...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-146908

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Sign of the Four.

New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, n.d.

Later printing of the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Conan Doyle. In very good condition.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-135247

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Saramago, Jose

La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo.

Madrid: Alfaguara, 2001.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s only children’s book. Thin quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-141

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Borman, Frank

Countdown.

New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.

First edition, second printing of the astronaut’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bo...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-144619

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Bellow, Saul

The Dean’s December.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-182

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Asch, Sholem

East River: A Novel of New York.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, “For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes S...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-143629

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Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

London: William Heinemann, 1950.

First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-149027

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Asimov, Isaac

Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.

First edition of Asimov’s wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asim...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-142352

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Oz, Amos

A Tale of Love and Darkness.

New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2004.

First American edition of “one of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books”(The New Republic). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amos Oz on a University of the Negev bookpla...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-107479

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New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.

: Various, 1938-1960.

Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a “Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-117352

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Faulkner, William

Pylon.

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.

First edition of Faulkner’s explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear and toning to the spi...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-146052

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Burger, Warren E

Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.

Washington, D.C.:, June 11, 1986.

Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-122766

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Shakespeare, William

The Works of William Shakespeare.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1887.

The Victoria edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt ba...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-151128

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Fuller, Buckminster

Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.

First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ed Westhoff in friendship Buckminster Fuller.” Edited b...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-125971

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Barzun, Jacques. [William Safire]

A Stroll With William James.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

First edition of Barzun’s intimate biography of “Father of American psychology”, William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publi...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-128020

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Aldrin, Buzz and Malcolm McConnell

Men From Earth.

New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

First edition of Aldrin’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, :To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin” and...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-144989

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Powell, Anthony

At Lady Molly’s.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957.

First edition of this classic work in the author’s ‘Dance to the Music of Time’ series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed i...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-145804

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James, Henry

The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters.

New York: Harpers & Brothers, Publishers, 1880.

First Harper’s Half-Hour Series edition of this duo of James novellas. 12mo, original wrappers as issued. In good condition.

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-81095

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Player, Gary

Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.

London: Collins, 1962.

First edition of this early instructional by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “With Very Best Wishes G...

$500.00 Item Number: RRB-988

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