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Dodge, Mary Mapes

Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland.

New York : James O'Kane, 1866.

First edition of the author’s second and best known work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Presented to Robert Dale Owen by the author January, 1866.” The recipient Robert Dale Owen was responsible for introducing the legislation to establish the Smithsonian. HeContinue reading "Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-76002

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Malkiel, Burton G. and Charles D. Ellis

The Elements of Investing.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2010.

First edition of this work on investing by two of the world’s greatest financial thinkers. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the co-author on the front free endpaper, “With best wishes Burt Malkiel.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael J. Freeland.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-75065

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Valtin, Jan (aka Richard Julius Herman Krebs)

Out of the Night.

New York : Alliance Book Corporation, 1940.

First edition of Valtin’s bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Ben Mandel, who helped. Jan Valtin November 1940.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-75068

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The Crisis of Global Capitalism

Soros, George

The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered.

New York : Public Affairs, 1998.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-78960

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Leibowitz, Martin L

Investing: The Collected Works of Martin L. Liebowitz.

Chicago : Probus Publishing, 1992.

First edition of this collection of essays by Leibowitz. Thick octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Keith Anderson, With all best wishes, Marty Leibowitz February 18, 1991.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by William F. Sharpe. Edited byContinue reading "Investing: The Collected Works of Martin L. Liebowitz."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-75089

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Deaton, Angus

Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981.

First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-75092

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The Personal Relation in Industry

Pinter, Harold

The Betrayal.

London : Eyre Methuen, 1978.

First edition of one of Pinter’s major works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-89088

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Kramer, Bertha F

“Aunt Babette’s” Home Confectionery.

Chicago and Cincinnati : Bloch Publishing & Printing Co, 1893.

First edition of this early collection of confectionery recipes published as a companion to the author’s first book, Aunt Babette’s Cook Book, the first American Jewish cookbook to become a best-seller in 1889. Also published by Bloch Publishing Company, the oldest Jewish printing house in the United States, Aunt Babette’s Cook Book was perhaps soContinue reading "“Aunt Babette’s” Home Confectionery."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-75073

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Lichine, Alexis

Alexis Lichine’s New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

Early printing of the revised edition of this comprehensive guide to wines and spirits. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dan Chapin best wishes Alexis Lichine on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R. Scuddellari. In collaboration withContinue reading "Alexis Lichine’s New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits."

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-76091

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Dylan, Bob

Tarantula.

New York : MacMillan & Company, 1966.

First edition of Dylan’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bob Dylan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by Dylan.

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-75081

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Pushkin, Alexander

Eugene Onéguine. A Romance of Russian Life. In Verse (Eugene Onegin).

London : Macmillan, 1881.

First edition in English of Pushkin’s masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a cornerstone of Russian literature. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling to the front panel. Translated by Lieutenant-Colonel Spalding. In near condition with a touch of rubbing. First editions are scarce.

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-75078

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Cobbett's Resgister

Cropper, James

Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (January – May 1821) with Letters Addressed to William Wilberforce, M. P. Recommending the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Sugar in Our Dominions in the East Indies, as the Natural and Certain Means of Effecting the General and Total Abolition of the Slave-Trade.

Liverpool : James Smith, 1822.

First edition of this compilation of issues of Cobbett’s Register collected in 1821 bound together with Cropper’s letters to Wilberforce. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards. Bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to the front panel, with his signature to the title page and notes to the front free endpaper and verso. InContinue reading "Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (January – May 1821) with Letters Addressed to William Wilberforce, M. P. Recommending the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Sugar in Our Dominions in the East Indies, as the Natural and Certain Means of Effecting the General and Total Abolition of the Slave-Trade."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-75022

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Sterne, Laurence

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.

London : T. Becket, 1777.

Finely bound set of Sterne’s Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-89417

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A Field Guide To Sprawl

Hayden, Dolores; Photographs by Jim Wark

A Field Guide to Sprawl.

New Have : Yale School of Architecture, 2007.

First edition of this pamphlet, which is the exhibition booklet. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

$20.00

Item Number: RRB-67894

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On the Mines

Goldblatt, David; Nadine Gordimer

On the Mines.

Capetown : Struik Press, 1973.

First edition of the photographer’s first book. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by David Goldblatt on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-85243

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July's People

Gordimer, Nadine

July’s People.

South Africa : Ravan Press/ Taurus, 1981.

First South African edition and true first of one of the author’s most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-84673

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The Conservationist

Gordimer, Nadine

The Conservationist.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1974.

First edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-84277

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The Odyssey

Krugman, Paul

Rethinking International Trade.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1990.

First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To William Paul Krugman.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-87512

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Wyndham, Francis

The Other Garden.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.

First edition of Wyndham’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-74064

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Leach, Henry

The Spirit of the Links.

London : Methuen & Company, 1907.

First edition of this collection of essays on the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth. Notes to the endpaper, in good condition.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-76433

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Cervantes, Miguel De

The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha.

London : By William Stansby For Ed: Blounte, 1620.

Rare second edition of the first part of Don Quixote in English. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, engraved title page, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. In very good condition with some wear to the binding, portion of upper spine. Translated by Thomas Shelton. Exceptionally rare and desirable.

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-74055

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (Jose Saramago)

El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].

Barcelona : Plaza & Janes, 1975.

First Spanish edition of this “majestic…superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From the library of Jose Saramago, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Both authors were recipients of the Nobel Prize in literature. A nice associationContinue reading "El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch]."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-74033

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Large Signed Portrait Photograph Signed by Charles Dickens

Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Signed Portrait Photograph.

1868.

Large oval portrait photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches. Matted in a contemporary frame which measures 25.5 inches by 29.5 inches. Signed “Charles Dickens (with a large flourish) Boston Sixth March 1868.” In 1867, Charles Dickens began his second American reading tour at Boston’s Tremont Temple, where an enthusiastic audience delighted in some of hisContinue reading "Charles Dickens Signed Portrait Photograph."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-74030

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Profiles in Character

Bush, Jeb and Brian Yablonski

Profiles in Character.

Miami : Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.

First edition of Jeb Bush’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-85632

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