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Thomson, James

The British Poets: James Thomson.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of James Thomson, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: James Thomson."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151519

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Churchill, Charles

The British Poets: Charles Churchill.

London : British Literary Society, n.d.

The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Charles Churchill, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front andContinue reading "The British Poets: Charles Churchill."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151512

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Aristide, Jean-Bertrand

Shalom 2004.

Haiti : Bibliotheque nationale d'Haiti, 2003.

First edition of Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s political and social views during his presidency in Haiti. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout with color photographs, in the original Haitian Creole. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, “Shalom and Best wishes to you dear Prof. Lake. May “Shalom 2004” remember us whatContinue reading "Shalom 2004."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147953

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Musset, Alfred de

The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset.

New York : Edwin C. Hill Company, 1905.

The complete writings of Alfred de Musset, extra-illustrated with original miniature watercolor paintings in each volume. Octavo, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, ivoryContinue reading "The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151503

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Rosen, Jeffrey

The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.

First edition of this work on how the clashing constitutional visions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson have created a 250-year “tug-of-war” that continues to define and divide American politics today. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Jeffrey Rosen on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Bill Fraser.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-151538

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Shakespeare, William. With Memoir, Introductions, and Notes by Richard Grant White

The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare.

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1912.

The Old Stratford edition of the Grant White Shakespeare. Octavo, eighteen volumes in the publisher’s deluxe three quarter morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands with red morocco rose inlays, gilt coat of arms to each front panel, marbled endpapers, top edgeContinue reading "The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151501

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Conrad, Joseph

The Works of Joseph Conrad. [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

Edinburgh : John Grant, 1925.

The works of Joseph Conrad, elegantly bound, signed by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and nautical stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece to each volume, top edge gilt, signed by Joseph Conrad tipped in to Vol. I. In near fine condition.Continue reading "The Works of Joseph Conrad. [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151500

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Perino, Dana

Purple State: A Novel.

New York : HarperCollins, 2026.

First edition of #1 bestselling author, popular Fox News host, and former White House press secretary, Dana Perino’s first novel—a smart, politically and romantically charged story where red meets blue, and love is never black and white. Octavo, original half coth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Mallory Heyer. AuthorContinue reading "Purple State: A Novel."

$40.00

Item Number: RRB-151652

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Trump, Donald J. with Tony Schwartz

Trump: The Art of the Deal.

New York : Random House, 1987.

First edition of Trump’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “To Judy Donald J. Trump.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket photograph by Michele Singer.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151733

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Nixon, Richard M. [Henry A. Kissinger]

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon’s memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Signed by Richard Nixon. Additionally signed by Henry Kissinger, who served as a National Security Adviser under Nixon. Kissinger pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, seeking a relaxation in tensions between the two superpowers. As a part ofContinue reading "The Memoirs of Richard Nixon."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151700

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Tolstoy, Leo

The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.

The novels and other works of Leo Tolstoy. Octavo, 24 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151604

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Woods, Tiger

How I Play Golf.

Boston : Warner Books, 2001.

First edition of this work in which the legendary Masters champion displays his techniques. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Tiger Woods on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-151351

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Cook, Captain James; Captain James King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, By The Command of His Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. [Cook’s Third Voyage].

London : Printed by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1785.

Finely bound example of Cook’s Third Voyage, “one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century… considered typographically superior to the first edition” (Forbes). Quarto, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, nautical gilt stamping toContinue reading "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, By The Command of His Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. [Cook’s Third Voyage]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151486

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Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.

New York : Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1999-2007.

First American editions, mixed printings of six of the seven volumes in the Harry Potter series, excluding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Octavo, original half cloth, six volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151478

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[Livingstone, David]

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources.

London and Newcastle : The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, c. 1875.

First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, engraved brass-mounted edges and double clasps toContinue reading "The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151484

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Roosevelt, Theodore and George Bird Grinnell [Editors]

Hunting In Many Lands; American Big Game in Its Haunts; Trail and Camp-Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club.

New York : Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1895-1906.

First editions of three popular titles in the Boone and Crockett Club series, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter levant morocco over marbled boards by Adams bindery with gilt titles and decorations depicting a variety of big game animals to the spine in six compartments withinContinue reading "Hunting In Many Lands; American Big Game in Its Haunts; Trail and Camp-Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151481

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Saramago, Jose [Claudine Guerguerian Mansour]

Journey to Portugal.

New York : Harcourt, 2000.

First American edition of the author’s account of travelogues through his native Portugal. Octavo, original boards. Signed twice by jacket designer Claudine Guerguerian Mansour on the front panel and on the rear jacket flap of the dust jacket. Claudine Guerguerian Mansour is a contemporary book jacket designer known for her visually distinctive and concept-driven coverContinue reading "Journey to Portugal."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151476

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Collins, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.

First edition, first printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “All the Best to Robert Shaw from Mike Collins.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.Continue reading "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151475

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York : Random House, 1957.

First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Adelaide Lindemann – with my best wishes – Ayn Rand 4/10/58.” Near fine in a veryContinue reading "Atlas Shrugged."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151474

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le Carre, John

A Delicate Truth.

London : Penguin/ Viking, 2013.

First British edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-151469

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece with all of the agreed upon first issue points and including the extraordinary “bulging fly” illustration. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, patterned endpapers, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Copies of Huckleberry Finn were assembledContinue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150973

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Ali, Muhammad; Will Smith; Michael Mann

Ali: The Movie and the Man.

New York : Newmarket Press, 2001.

First edition of this work on the biopic film on Muhammad Ali, directed by Michael Mann starring Will Smith. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Muhammad Ali, Will Smith and Michael Mann on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Shaner. Introduction by Michael Mann. Story byContinue reading "Ali: The Movie and the Man."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-151602

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Faulkner, William

The Reivers: A Reminiscence.

New York : Random House, 1962.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, original acetate. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 407. Fine in the original acetate dust jacket, which is in fine condition.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151601

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Pagels, Elaine H.

The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis: Heracleon’s Commentary on John.

Nashville & New York : Abingdon Press, 1973.

First edition of this comprehensive study examining how Gnostic texts interpret the Gospel of John. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-151466

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