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Sir Isaac Newton Autograph Manuscript Fragment on the Newton Family Lineage.

:, ca. 1700-1708.

Autograph manuscript fragment on the Newton family lineage. [England, undated]. A single leaf bearing autograph text in the hand of Sir Isaac Newton on both sides. 2.25 x 0.75 inches (approx. 5.7 x 1....

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151722

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Churchill, Winston S. and Clementine [Edward Steichen]

Winston S. Churchill Signed Photograph with Autographed Notes.

:, 1941.

Portrait photograph of Winston Churchill, taken by Edward Steichen, signed as prime minister, “Winston S. Churchill November 1940.” With two portrait photographs of Churchill and a telegra...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142492

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The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues. And With the former Translations dilligently compared & revised. [with] The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.

London: Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printer to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties, 1692-1693.

Rare 17th century Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer uniformly and exquisitely bound. Octavo, two volumes uniformly bound in full crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in s...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149744

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Orwell, George

Nineteen Eighty-Four.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

First edition of Orwell’s classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and a small chip. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147078

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Robinson, Jackie; Roy Campanella; Don Drysdale; Pee Wee Reese; Gil Hodges; Carl Furillo; Don Newcombe; Jim Gilliam; Walter Alston; et al

1956 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball.

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Rare Official National League baseball signed by 22 members of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed by Jackie Robinson in his last season, a rookie Don Drysdale, Roy Campanella in his second to last seas...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149854

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Gresham, William Lindsay. [C.S. Lewis]

Limbo Tower.

New York: Rhinehart & Company, Inc, 1949.

First edition of one of Gresham’s most significant works. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For C.S...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149537

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Capitalism Socialism and Democracy.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1943.

First British edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Easily the n...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96733

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Klein, William

New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo.

Various Places:, 1956-1964.

First editions of each of the photographers famed city books. Tall quarto, 4 volumes. Each are signed by William Klein, with the caption booklet of New York signed as well. Very good to near fine book...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-115672

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Thomas, Dylan

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1940.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dylan Thomas on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148096

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Leigh Fermor, Patrick [Xan and Daphne Fielding]

A Journey To Peru: July 27th-Sept 2nd 1971 (Three Letters From the Andes).

Kardamyli, Greece: Privately Printed, 1972.

An 88 page manuscript of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s book “Three Letters From the Andes” with Leigh Fermor’s hand corrections throughout. Quarto, photocopy typescript. Privately printed in Kard...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148840

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Bellow, Saul [Christopher Hitchens]

Henderson the Rain King.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959.

First edition of Bellow’s classic fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Christopher Hitchens, “For Christop...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-39004

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Marshman, Joshua [Confucius]

The Works of Confucius; Containing the Original Text, With a Translation. [The Analects of Confucius].

Serampore: Printed at the Mission Press, 1809.

First English translation of the Analects of Confucius printed at Serampore, the first major center of English printing in Chinese. Quarto, Vol. I [all published], bound in modern half calf, gilt-lett...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149588

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Nostradamus, Michael

True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus Physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning.

London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672.

First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio, contemporary calf, copper-engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, morocco spine label. The predictions of th...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151294

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Nixon, Richard; Gerald R. Ford; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush

Official Seal of the President of the United States Photograph Signed By Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

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Rare photograph of the official seal of the president of the United States signed by seven American presidents. Color glossy photograph of the official seal of the president of the United States cover...

$12,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148492

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Faulkner, William

A Fable.

New York: Random House, 1954.

First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “William Faulkner 2 March 1961 Oxford, Miss....

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145440

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Heller, Joseph [Richard Benjamin; Paula Prentiss]

Catch-22.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Ca...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151821

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Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881-82.

The “suppressed Boston edition” (seventh edition overall) of the most important volume in American poetry, one of 1,010 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher’s mustard cloth wit...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139829

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Philip III, King of Spain

Carta Executoria of King Philip III of Spain for Juan and Alonso de Rivera de la Cerda.

Valladolid, Spain:, 1612.

Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Philip III of Spain for the brothers Juan and Alonso de Rivera de la Cerda. Quarto, bound in full leather with gilt detailing, the pat...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148287

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Dumas, Alexandre. [Alexander]

The Works of Alexandre Dumas.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1893-1896.

The Edition De Luxe of the works of Alexandre Dumas, limited to one thousand numbered copies. Octavo, 40 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compart...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149543

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Kennedy, Jacqueline; Oleg Cassini

Jacqueline Kennedy Oleg Cassini Dress Design Archive.

:, 1961.

Rare collection of original Oleg Cassini dress designs, sketches, photographs, letters and a gown from Cassini’s personal collection. The collection includes a French magazine page inscribed by...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116093

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Gershwin, George

George Gershwin Signed Rhapsody in Blue Piano Score.

New York: Harms Incorporated, 1925.

Rare 1925 printing of the piano score for the orchestral composition that defined the jazz age, first published in 1924. Small folio, original illustrated wrappers, piano solo and second piano in scor...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145285

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Milne, A. A.; Ernest Shepard

A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.

:, 1928.

Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes s...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122600

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Loomis, Alfred F. [George S. Patton]

Ocean Racing: The Great Blue-Water Yacht Races 1866-1935.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936.

First edition of this classic yachting work, signed twice by General George S. Patton. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth stamped in blind and gilt, illustrated. From the library of General Geor...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151904

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Sumner, Charles

The Anti-Slavery Enterprise: its Necessity, Practicability, and Dignity, With Glimpses at the Special Duties of the North. An Address before the People of New York, At the Metropolitan Theatre, May 9, 1855.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.

Rare first separate edition of one of the most famous speeches by Sumner, “the most outspoken foe of slavery in the U.S. Senate.” Octavo, bound in period-style half sheep over marble cover...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152036

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