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Frank Borman Signed “Apollo 8 Mission – Artist Conception” Photograph.

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Rare photograph of an artist’s conception of the Apollo 8 mission signed by Frank Borman. Satin-finish photograph depicting an “artist’s concept… of a phase of the scheduled Ap...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-151662

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Wodehouse, P. G

Uncle Dynamite.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1948.

First edition of Wodehouse’s hilarious and nonsensical novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket illustration by Frank F...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-145043

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Bellow, Saul

Ravelstein.

New York: The Viking Press, 2000.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press ‘compliments of the author’ card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-127950

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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...

$325.00 Item Number: RRB-112689

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Morrison, Toni

First edition this powerful novel which explores themes of race, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood trauma. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fi...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-150665

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White, Patrick

The Eye of the Storm.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s ninth published novel. Ocatvo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Desmond Digby.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-119085

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[Meir, Golda]

Golda Meir Bust.

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Bust of Prime Minister Golda Meir. In fine condition. Mounted on a brass base, the entire piece measures 6.75 inches in height. In fine condition.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-145477

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Buchan, John

The Power-House.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916.

First edition of this fast-paced thriller. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpap...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-151375

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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865.

First edition of Vol. III the Official Congressional Report on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-132562

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Rushdie, Salman

Midnight’s Children.

London: The Folio Society, 2009.

The Folio Society edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, with nine color illustrations. In fine condition. Illustrations by Anna Bhus...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-148340

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Uyenishi, S.K. [Raku]; Word Portrait of the author by Percy Longhurst

The Text-Book of Ju-Jutsu As Practised in Japan: Being a Simple Treatise on the Japanese Method of Self-Defence.

London: Athletic Publications Ltd, c. 1940.

Later edition of this comprehensive wrestling text-book. Octavo, original green cloth with black lettering and decoration, illustrated with several black-and-white plates. Near fine in a very good dus...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-145250

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Haig, Matt

A Boy Called Christmas.

London: Canongate, 2015.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustr...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-125921

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Coetzee, J.M

Diary of a Bad Year.

Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2007.

First Australian edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Chong.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-131086

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Bird, Larry

Larry Bird Signed 1988 Sports Illustrated.

New York: Time Inc, 1988.

March 1988 issue of Sports Illustrated signed by American basketball legend Larry Bird. Octavo, original wrappers with Larry Bird in his Celtics uniform on the front panel, illustrated with advertisem...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-152278

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Fridson, Martin S

High Yield Bonds: Identifying Value and Assessing Risk of Speculative Grade Securities.

Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1989.

First edition of this early work by Fridson. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Peter- Hoping this helps you get to the bottom line! M...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-78912

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Bellow, Saul

The Victim.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original black cloth. An excellent example in a near fine dust jacket.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-88346

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Aiken, Conrad

Selected Poems.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a partial rare original wrap around band.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-112323

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Fowles, John

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.

Early printing of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper dra...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-144337

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Dumas, Alexandre

Les Quarante-Cinq. [The Forty-Five Guardsmen].

Paris: A. Le Vasseur et Cie, Editeurs, nd.

Le Vasseur’s “Alexandre Dumas Illustré” edition of third and final work in Dumas’ Valois trilogy. Quarto, original wrappers, frontispiece, illustrations by d’Alphonse de...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-117946

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Ruse, Michael and Joseph Travis, Editors; Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-14051

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Chekhov, Anton. [Alan Scheinder]

The Cherry Orchard.

New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1963.

Sir John Gielgud’s celebrated acting version of Chekhov’s final masterpiece, published in New York in 1963. Octavo, original pictorial boards. From the library of the director Alan Schneider with his...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-152184

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Bush, George H.W.; Brent Scowcroft [Chip Kidd]

A World Transformed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of this stimulating reflection on American foreign policy during the Bush administration. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed on a “A World Transformed”...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-152242

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Henty, George Alfred

A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes.

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896.

First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peackock and a pla...

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-122361

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Auguste Vacquerie.

Paris: Librarie Nouvelle, 1875.

First separate edition of this rare Swinburne title. Octavo, original wrappers. Wise 87. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.

$300.00 Item Number: RRB-141049

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First Edition Books for Sale Online

Frank Borman Signed “Apollo 8 Mission – Artist Conception” Photograph.

Uncle Dynamite.

Ravelstein.

When She Was Good.

God Help the Child.

The Eye of the Storm.

Golda Meir Bust.

The Power-House.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress.

Midnight’s Children.

The Text-Book of Ju-Jutsu As Practised in Japan: Being a Simple Treatise on the Japanese Method of Self-Defence.

A Boy Called Christmas.

Diary of a Bad Year.

Larry Bird Signed 1988 Sports Illustrated.

High Yield Bonds: Identifying Value and Assessing Risk of Speculative Grade Securities.

The Victim.

Selected Poems.

The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

Les Quarante-Cinq. [The Forty-Five Guardsmen].

Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.

The Cherry Orchard.

A World Transformed.

A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes.

Auguste Vacquerie.