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The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.

New Jersey: Amadeus Press, 2006.

First edition of this compilation of writings by the famed composer. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the composer John Adams on...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-1298

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Shannon, Claude & Warren Weaver

The Mathematical Theory of Communication.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.

Later printing of the “the magna carta of the information age” (Scientific American), Shannon’s work provided “a mathematical guide for the system’s engineers [at Bell La...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-151874

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Stewart, Rory

Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2023.

First edition, early printing of this “instant classic” (Marina Hyde). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rory Stewart on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design b...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-144165

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Snead, Sam

Pigeons, Marks, Hustlers and Other Golf Bettors You Can Beat.

New York: A Golf Digest Book, 1986.

First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Andy Myer. Boldly signed by Sam Snead on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Writt...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-150306

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Grosvenor, Charles

An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.

Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.

Signed limited edition of Grosvenor’s catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is n...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-126800

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Gordimer, Nadine

A Soldier’s Embrace.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.

First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-539

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Mayer, Brantz

Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.

First edition, early issue of the historian’s detailed account of the African slave trade without the misprint on page 191. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, additional vignette titl...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-142153

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McManus, Erwin Raphael

Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit.

Nashville : Nelson Books, 2008.

Early printing of this early work by McManus. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dan- Live your story Leave a mark! Erwin...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-136213

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Groom, Winston

Gump & Co.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.

Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine conditio...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-138538

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Bellow, Saul

The Dean’s December.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982.

First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust j...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-19006

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Millard, Candice

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring Escape and The Making of Winston Churchill.

New York: Doubleday, 2016.

First edition of this New York Times bestselling narrative history recounting the twenty-four-year-old Winston Churchill’s capture by Boer forces during the South African War of 1899. Octavo, or...

$150.00 Item Number: RRB-152133

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Shawn, Allen [Charles Strouse]

Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

First edition of this acclaimed portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg by composer and pianist Allen Shawn. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with music stanzas and black-...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-152214

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Our Charley, and What to Do With Him.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1858.

First edition of this classic novella by the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 12mo, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-142502

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Thesiger, Wilfred

Arabian Sands.

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1959.

First American edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, map on the rear pastedown. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-143506

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Halliburton, Richard

New Worlds to Conquer.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.

First edition of the third legendary travel-adventure book from this author. Medium octavo, original olive green cloth with gilt titles, beveled edges, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the auth...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-145248

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Just So Song Book: Being Songs From Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.

Macmillan and Co., Limited: London, 1918.

Early printing of Kipling’s Just So Song Book. Quarto, original illustrated boards. In very good condition.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-126592

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Padgett, Ron

Great Balls of Fire.

Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary C...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-129719

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Parkman, Trevor

Prose Improvements.

Brighton, England: Degree Zero, 2017.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Trevor Pateman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Ilva Kalnberza.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-147892

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Mayor, Archer

Borderlines.

New York: Putnam, 1990.

First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-117

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James, Henry

Views and Reviews: Now First Collected.

Boston: The Ball Publishing Company, 1908.

First edition of this series of literary essays written in James’ earlier style. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction by Le Roy Phillips. In near fine co...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-78043

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Davies, Paul

About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

First edition of this work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Davies on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cheung Tai.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-133205

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Rosen, Michael

Rude Rhymes: Mother Goose Goes Behind the Bike Shed.

London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1989.

Early printing. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issue. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “hello Eileen Michael Rosen was here.” In fine condition.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-82141

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan the Untamed.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920.

First edition of the seventh book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece and eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In very good condition.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-145107

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Viorst, Judith

Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

First edition of this comical work by the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Laurie Rosenwald. Presentation copy, inscr...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-142476

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