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Not Without Laughter.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.

First edition of Langston Hughes’ award-winning debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication to his editor, “F...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129438

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Whitman, Martin J. and Martin Shubik [Paul A. Samuelson]

The Aggressive Conservative Investor.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson on the front free endpaper, “For Paul Best...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142107

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Hill, Napoleon

Think and Grow Rich.

Meriden, Conn.: The Ralston Society, 1937.

Rare first edition of this classic bestseller, which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150615

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Green, Hetty

Hetty Green Signed Stock Certificate for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company.

New York: American Bank Note Co., 1902.

Rare Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company stock certificate signed by the ‘Queen of Wall Street.’ Octavo, one page, the certificate is dated October 6, 1902 and grants Hetty H....

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146770

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston S. Churchill Signed Walter Stoneman Photograph.

:, 1942.

Silver gelatin print portrait of Winston Churchill by Walter Stoneman, boldly signed and dated by him, “Winston Churchill 1947” on the mount. Photographer’s stamp on verso. The photo...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132579

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Farrell, Margaret G. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Indiana Law Journal; Revisiting Roe v. Wade: Substance and Process in the Abortion Debate.

Indiana University School of Law/Bloomington: Indiana Law Journal, 1993.

Original Spring 1993 issue of the Indiana Law Journal containing Margaret G. Farrell’s Revisiting Roe v. Wade. Octavo, original wrappers, Indiana Law Journal Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1993. In...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148412

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Blackstone, William

Commentaries on the Laws of England.

Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765.

First edition set of Blackstone’s landmark work. Quarto, 4 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco title labels lettered, raised bands. In near fine condit...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139240

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005.

First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed and i...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142641

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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 rev...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125381

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James, P.D

Cover Her Face.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, “And when that happened the right wor...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146895

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Wallace, Alfred Russel

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1869.

First edition of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149865

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Harrer, Heinrich [His Holiness The Dalai Lama]

Seven Years in Tibet.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.

First American edition of Harrer’s classic account, signed by Harrer and The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with over 40 photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-112165

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Socci, P.B; John Lennon; Paul McCartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney Signed P.B. Socci Sketches.

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Rare graphite artist’s sketches of Beatles legends John Lennon and Paul McCartney by American artist Pat B. Socci. Signed by John Lennon vertically with an added self-caricature and Paul McCartney on...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145291

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La Motta, Jake [Paul Schrader and Robert De Niro]

Raging Bull: My Story.

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1971.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film, starring Robert De Niro. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly inscribed by Jake La...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151878

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The First Spelling Primer; or an Easy Introduction to the Art of Reading Adorned with Emblematic Pictures.

London-Derry: Published by G. Douglas, 1795.

Second edition of this scarce 18th century spelling primer. 16mo, original limp paper boards, illustrated with twenty-six small text woodcuts illustrating the Prince’s Alphabet, followed by an A...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135238

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Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].

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

First edition, first issue of Twain’s masterpiece, one of approximately 500 copies bound in publisher’s three-quarters morocco binding. Octavo, original three-quarters brown morocco and ma...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-73064

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Joyce, James

Exiles: A Play in Three Acts.

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918.

First American edition of the author’s only play, published simultaneously with the British edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “James Jo...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144094

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

Early printing of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the dedication page, “Go the d...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145619

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Hemingway, Ernest; Mary Hemingway [Taylor Williams]

Ernest Hemingway Signed Photograph. [with] Mary Hemingway Typed Letter Signed.

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Rare original black and white photograph of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway. Black and white matte photograph of Hemingway with his wife Mary and fishing guide Taylor Williams in the trophy...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150055

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Keynes, J.M. [John Maynard]

Laissez-Faire and Communism.

New York: New Republic, 1926.

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “J.M. Keynes 17 Feb 1927....

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129838

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Ruscha, Edward

Every Building on the Sunset Strip.

Los Angeles, California: Edward Ruscha, 1966.

First edition, first issue of Ruscha’s self-published 27-foot accordion-folded photographic panorama of the iconic Los Angeles boulevard, a milestone in the history of artist’s books. First issu...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146588

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Einstein, Albert

Relativity: The Special And General Theory.

London: Methuen and Co, 1920.

First edition of the scientist’s ground breaking work. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece of the author and with five diagrams. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with loss of sect...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131697

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London: Bloomsbury, 1997.

First paperback edition, later impression of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illust...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149836

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Franklin, Dr. Benjamin

Chess Made Easy. New and Comprehensive Rules for Playing the Game of Chess.

Philadelphia: James Humphrey, 1802.

First edition of the earliest known book on chess printed in America. 32mo,bound in half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with some rubbing t...

$12,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126090

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