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Cavett, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire]

Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

First edition, early printing of Cavett’s engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tom & Bill – Dick Ca...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-133039

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Sendak, Maurice

In Grandpa’s House.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1985.

First edition of the re-issue of this Sendak work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-46061

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The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers.

Charlottesville, Virgina: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.

First edition of the proceedings of a Seminar on the Trust Investment Process sponsored with contributions by Canadian members of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Octavo, original wrappe...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-88091

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Waugh, Evelyn

When the Going was Good.

London: Duckworth, 1947.

First edition, early edition of this compilation snippets from the author’s travel books: ‘Labels,’ ‘Remote People,’ ‘Ninety-two Days,’ and ‘Waugh in Ab...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-145356

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Wilbur, Richard

Ceremony And Other Poems.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jane and...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-146260

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Loomis, Alfred F

Ocean Racing: The Great Blue-Water Yacht Races 1866-1935.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936.

First edition of this classic yachting work, a richly illustrated history of major blue-water yacht races from 1866 to 1935, chronicling the development of competitive ocean racing and the personaliti...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-151955

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Cruikshank, Isaac Robert

The Lady and the Saints: In Three Cantos.

London: Edward Bull, 1839.

First edition of this poetic narrative. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-148889

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Huxley, Aldous

Ape and Essence.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1949.

First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-146156

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Kiefer, Anselm

Anselm Kiefer: The High Priestess.

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1989.

First edition of the artist’s monumental work which comprises a bookcase filled with gigantic books made from lead: ‘. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-2304

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Slocum, Charles Elihu

The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum.

Toledo, Ohio: The Slocum Publishing Company, 1913.

First edition of the biography of one of the youngest major generals in the Union Army. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, top edge red. In very good condition.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-133028

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Diamond, Peter

Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.

First edition of these lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-114099

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McGuane, Thomas

Some Horses.

New York : The Lyons Press, 1999.

First edition of this American West literary collection of essays. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white sketches. Boldly signed in the year of publication on...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-150713

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Berg, A. Scott

Kate Remembered.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s biography of Katharine Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the yea...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-133040

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Grass, Gunter

Die Vorzüge der Windhühner.

Berlin: Luchterhand, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. In near fine condition.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-78905

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Theroux, Paul

Half Moon Street.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sally Soames with best wishes Pa...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-119623

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Robinson, Edwin Arlington

Sonnets: 1889-1927

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.

First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine conditi...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-145427

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Wodehouse, P.G

Service with a Smile.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1962.

First edition of Wodehouse’s witty and endearing mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-145022

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Smeeton, Miles; Foreword by Nevil Shute

Once is Enough.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959.

First edition of this “unique among books of maritime adventure” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookpla...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-112199

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Stoppard, Tom

On the Razzle.

London: Faber and Faber, 1982.

First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-128103

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Schorr, Daniel

Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millennium.

New York: Viking, 2007.

First edition of Schorr’s insightful analysis of of modern history. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To the Safires with...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-128073

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Rendell, Ruth

A Judgement in Stone.

London: Hutchinson, 1977.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hannah Shaviv. Author’s photograph by Jerry Bauer.

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-131487

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Fuentes, Carlos

Terra Nostra.

New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translate...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-1922

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Gorsuch, Neil

A Republic, If You Can Keep It.

New York: Crown Forum, 2019.

First edition of this riveting work by the Supreme Court Justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neil Gorsuch on a Supreme Court Historical Society bookplate. Fine in a fine dust jacket...

$200.00 Item Number: RRB-148246

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