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    How Google Works.

    Schmidt, Eric and Jonathan Rosenberg

    How Google Works.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.

    First edition of this “informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman’s perspective” (Kirkus). Octavo, original boards. Signed by both Eric Schmidt and...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-117377
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    The Giants.

    Le Clezio, J.M.G

    The Giants.

    New York: Atheneum, 1975.

    First American edition of the author’s sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear. Jacket de...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-775
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    The Gentleman in Black.

    [Dalton, James]. Illustrated by George Cruikshank

    The Gentleman in Black.

    London: William Kidd, 1831.

    First edition of Dalton’s The Gentleman in Black. Octavo, bound in three quarter navy morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endp...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-133421
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    Golf.

    Skellett, Paul; Simon Weitzman

    Golf.

    Derbyshire, England: Wonderland Publications, 2012.

    First limited Captain’s edition of “The Bible of Golf.” Thick quarto, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt, two silk ribbon bookmar...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-148309
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    Fore! The Call of the Links.

    Webling, Walter Hastings

    Fore! The Call of the Links.

    Boston and New York: H.M. Caldwell Co, 1909.

    First edition of this poetic and reflective celebration of golf. Duodecimo, pictorial half-cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In very good condition. A nice copy of a notoriously fragile boo...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-148675
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    Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.

    Marias, Javier

    Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.

    New York: New Directions, 2009.

    First American edition of the author’s final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “J...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-149285
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    At Home: Essays 1982-1988.

    Vidal, Gore

    At Home: Essays 1982-1988.

    New York: Random House, 1988.

    First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-126590
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    The Women of Brewster Place.

    Naylor, Gloria

    The Women of Brewster Place.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1982.

    First edition of Naylor’s National Book Award-winning debut novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jeanne Gloria Naylor.” Near fine in a ne...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-125318
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    Christ in Concrete.

    Di Donato, Pietro

    Christ in Concrete.

    New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.

    First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust j...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-1871
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    The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays.

    Hofstadter, Richard

    The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays.

    New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.

    First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s pivotal volume of  essays, including the title work that expresses his alarm at “the arena of uncommonly angry minds” that dom...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-147147
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    The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession.

    Bernstein, Peter

    The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession.

    New York: Wiley, 2000.

    First edition of this work on the history of gold. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For William good as gold- Peter Bernstein....
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-322
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    The Tailor of Panama.

    le Carre, John

    The Tailor of Panama.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.

    First edition of this “tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly i...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-149905
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    The Free Fishers.

    Buchan, John

    The Free Fishers.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.

    First edition of standalone historical thriller novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-150779
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    The Last Galway Hooker.

    Murphy, Richard

    The Last Galway Hooker.

    [Dublin]: The Dolmen Press, 1961.

    First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet’s classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-128143
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    Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.

    Giffords, Gabrielle and Kelly, Mark

    Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.

    New York : Scribner, 2011.

    First edition of this unforgettable autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the co-author on the title page, “To Bob, With Best Wishes! Mark Kell...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-146479
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    Hallowe’en Party.

    Christie, Agatha

    Hallowe’en Party.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1969.

    First edition of Christie’s classic murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-150692
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    Andromeda and Other Poems.

    Kingsley, Charles

    Andromeda and Other Poems.

    London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.

    First edition of this collection centered on the Greek myth of Andromeda’s rescue from a sea monster by Perseus. Duodecimo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151106
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    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    Roth, Philip

    Operation Shylock: A Confession.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

    First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-158
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    Stevengraph Bookmark “A Dear Friend’s Wish.”

    Stevengraph Bookmark “A Dear Friend’s Wish.”

    :, c. 1876.

    Rare Stevengraph bookmark of the poem “A Dear Friend’s Wish.” Jacquard-woven from silk with “A Dear Friend’s Wish” in decorative letters at the top, three stanzas o...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151882
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    When She Was Good.

    Roth, Philip

    When She Was Good.

    New York: Random House, 1967.

    First edition of Roth’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page in a contemporary signature. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Kuhl...
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    $325.00 Item Number: RRB-112689
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    A Mercy.

    Morrison, Toni

    A Mercy.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

    First edition of “one of Morrison’s most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust j...
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    $325.00 Item Number: RRB-151545
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    Hind’s Kidnap.

    McElroy, Joseph

    Hind’s Kidnap.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.

    First edition of this “distinguished work of the imagination” (J. G. Farrell). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Spanfeller. Uncommon in...
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    $325.00 Item Number: RRB-140026
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    Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.

    Jacobs, Jane

    Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.

    New York: Random House, 1993.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “I hope you enjoy this, Barbara Fryrear, Sincerely, Jane Jacobs Dal...
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    $325.00 Item Number: RRB-145777
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    K2: The Savage Mountain.

    Houston, Charles S. & Robert Bates

    K2: The Savage Mountain.

    London: Collins, 1955.

    First edition of Charles Houston and Robert Bates’ K2: The Savage Mountain. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Charles Houston and Robert H. Bates on the title page. Also laid in is a short...
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    $325.00 Item Number: RRB-645
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