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Modern Radio Advertising.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1949.

First edition, review copy with the original publisher’s slip tipped in of this comprehensive guide to radio advertising during its “golden age.” Octavo, original publisher’s cloth w...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-151444

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Lewis, C.S. Edited by Alastair Fowler

Spenser’s Images of Life.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1967.

First edition of Lewis’ longest piece of literary criticism, posthumously compiled by Alastair Fowler. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design b...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-140466

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Jong, Erica

Fear of Flying.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

First edition of the author’s controversial, gound-breaking second-wave feminist classic which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original cloth, red endpapers. Presentation copy...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-141273

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Tudor, Tasha

Thistly B.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1949.

First edition. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the title page. In very good condition, lacking the dust jacket.

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-1148

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Campbell, Gordon [Clement Atlee]

My Mystery Ships.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.

Early printing of Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell’s My Mystery Ships; from the library of United Kingdom Prime Minster Clement Attlee with his bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-134587

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Richter, Burton

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

First edition of this insightful overview of climate change science by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Burton Richter. Octavo, original glossy boards. Inscribed by Burton Richter on the front free endpa...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-34014

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Kazantzakis, Nikos. Translated by Peter A. Bien

Zorba The Greek.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Early printing of of this new translation of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by translator Peter Bien with the opening li...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-141461

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Stone, Robert

Outerbridge Reach.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1992.

First edition of Stone’s fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Sally recalling a lovely, morning in London – wi...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-123971

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Albright, Madeleine

Madam Secretary: A Memoir.

New York: Miramax Books, 2003.

First edition of this classic memoir by the first female Secretary of State in United States history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-t...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-147966

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Sitkoff, Harvard [Martin Luther King, Jr.]

King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.

New York: Hill and Wang, 2008.

First edition of this stunning reappraisal of King and his increased relevance. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-143903

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Heckman, James J

Giving Kids A Fair Chance.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Rogers with respect J...

$275.00 Item Number: RRB-144400

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Luthuli, Albert

Let My People Go. An Autobiography.

Johannesburg and London: Collins, 1962.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Laureate. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. Introduction by Charles Hooper. A nice example.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-114241

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Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.

First edition of Brzezinski’s memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew B...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-144069

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White, Patrick

Voss.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fifth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by famed Aust...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-131223

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Roth, Philip

The Breast.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.

Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-1625

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Faulkner, William

This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.

New York: Equinox, 1932.

First edition of this short poem by William Faulkner. Octavo, original paper wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-90422

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Montgomery, Frances Trego

On a Lark to the Planets.

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1904.

First edition of this whimsical early science fiction novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, illustrated by Winifred D. Elrod. In very good condition. A very nice example.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-147973

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Buchan, John

The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen.

London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD, .

Finely bound edition of this collection of stories about recurring protagonist and distinguished Scottish barrister Sir Edward Leithen. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered board...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-150855

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White, Patrick

The Vivisector.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.

First edition of this work by “one of the great magicians of fiction . . . White’s scope is vast and his invention endless” (The Observer). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fin...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-132699

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Roth, Philip

Our Gang.

New York: Random House, 1971.

First edition of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-156

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Wyndham, Eric

Revelation: A Romance.

London: Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, 1897.

First edition of this fantastical reinterpretation of the legend of the Wandering Jew. Octavo, original cloth, floral endpapers. In very good condition.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-147990

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Eisenman, Peter

Codex: The City of Culture of Galicia.

New York: Monacelli Press, 2005.

First edition of this work by Eisenman. Oblong quarto, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. In fine condition. Inscribed and dated by Peter Eisenman on the title page.

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-38753

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Buchan, John

Augustus.

London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1937.

Finely bound edition of this historical novel of the first Roman Emperor. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, The Downs Schoo...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-148956

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Stevengraph Bookmark “May The Bestower.”

:, c. 1876.

Rare Stevengraph bookmark titled “May The Bestower.” Jacquard-woven from silk with “May The Bestower of all Bliss Grant Thee Long Years of Happiness” in decorative letters at t...

$250.00 Item Number: RRB-151883

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