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Solow, Robert

Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1997.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-32004
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de Sola Pool, David

Portraits Etched In Stone: Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1952.

First edition. Thick quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Doris + Leopold Woolf in happy memory of four years ago. David de Sola Pool December 26, 1952.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-32012
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Klein, William

New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.

London : Photography Magazine, 1956.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Boldy signed by William Klein on the title page. The pamphlet bookmark is also signed by Klein. Fine in the original dust jacket with light rubbing.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-32003
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Nasar, Sylvia

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.

First edition of this sweeping narrative. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Sylvia Nasar on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-47016
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Kerouac, Jack

On The Road.

New York : Viking Press, 1957.

First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch or rubbing. The nicest copy we have seen or handled.

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$16,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4006
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Mawson, Sir Douglas

The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.

London : William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps in rear pocket of Volume II. Near fine in the in the rare original dust jackets with some chipping and wear. RareContinue reading "The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914."

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-31001
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Pissarides, Christopher A

Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-62031
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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 condition. A very bright example.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-78043
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James, Henry

The Real Thing.

New York and London : Macmillan & Co, 1893.

First edition, second issue of one of James’ neatest tales. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, small tear to the front free endpaper.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-78041
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Grant, Gerald; David Riesman

The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1978.

First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreciation David Riesman December, 1978.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-62018
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Schreiner, Olive [as Ralph Iron]

The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1883.

First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, original olive cloth, 2 volumes. Published under the pseudonym ‘Ralph Iron’. The entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies. and most were destined to libraries. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original cloth.

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$8,500.00
Item Number: RRB-30040
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Dertouzos, Robert; Lester, Richard K. Lester; Robert M. Solow

Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge.

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition of the best-selling book in MIT Press’ history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-46017
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Solow, Robert M

Capital Theory and the Rate of Return.

Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1963.

First edition of the Nobel prize-winning economist’s De Vries Lectures on economics. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, name on the front free endpaper.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-46014
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Solow, Robert M

Growth Theory: An Exposition.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1970.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, with a name to the front panel and front free endpaper.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-46011
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Schelling, Thomas C

The Strategy of Conflict.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1960.

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that has some chipping and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original dust jacket and inscribed.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-30057
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Hahn, Frank and Robert Solow

A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 1995.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-45079
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Soros, George

The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror.

New York : Public Affairs, 2006.

First edition of this work by the author of The Alchemy of Finance. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-45092
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Disney, Walt; Brown, Margaret Wise

Little Pig’s Picnic and Other Stories.

Boston : D.C. Heath and Company, 1939.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Walt Disney on the half-title page. Illustrated throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Story by Margaret Wise Brown. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Rare and desirable signed by Walt Disney.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-30060
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Sagan, Carl

Cosmos.

Barcelona : Editorial Planeta, 1980.

First Spanish edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Por Cara Shirley Con amore y admiracion Carl.” The recipient was Shirley Arden, who was the executive secretary to Sagan and close friends of Sagan. She wasContinue reading "Cosmos."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-54017
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Shoup, Carl S

The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, “To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup.” Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, SirContinue reading "The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report."

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-75023
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Nehru, Jawaharlal

Jawaharlal Nehru Signed.

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Signed note by Jawaharlal Nehru in both Sanskrit and English dated Nov. 1961. Matted and framed with a black and white photograph of Nehru. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 17.5 inches.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-74072
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Thompson, Eloise; Illustrated by Hilary Knight

Eloise In Moscow.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kay Thompson on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. Bottom of the cloth rubbed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-29095
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Between the Woods and the Water.

London : John Murray, 1986.

First British edition of the author’s second book in the author’s trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton. A very sharp example.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-40026
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Wildsmith, Brian

Brian Wildsmith’s ABC.

New York : Franklin Watts Inc, 1963.

First American edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by Brian Wildsmith on the title page. Some rubbing to the bottom cloth and a bookplate to the inner front panel, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon signed.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-29082
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