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Dubois, Marcel; Guy, Camille; A. Parmentier, & Ernest Lavisse

Album Géographique. Tome I : Aspects Généraux de la Nature. Album Historique Tome II : Les Régions Tropicales. Tome III : Les Colonies Françaises. Tome IV : La France. Tome V: Aspects Generaux De La Nature.

: Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, 1896-1906..

First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-2549
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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant.

c. 1900.

Original oil painting, measuring 18 by 22 inches, handsomely gilt framed, entire piece measures 24 by 28 inches. In very good condition.

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4189
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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Signed Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant.

1877.

Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-4608
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Morris, James [Jan]

Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.

London : Faber & Faber, 1968.

First British edition of the author’s second volume in the acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-3164
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Raemaekers, Louis

The Great War: A Neutral’s Indictment.

London : The Fine Art Society, Ltd.:, 1916.

First edition. Folio, original cloth backed marbled boards. Leather spine labels, top edge gilt. 100 tipped in plates. Limited to 1,050 copies, of which 1,000 were for sale. Signed by the author, Louis Raemaekers. In near fine condition with some light rubbing.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-2650
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Johann Salomo Semler

Institutio Ad Doctrinam Christianam Liberaliter Discendam.

: Halae Magdebvrgicae, 1774.

First edition. Octavo, three quarters leather over marbled boards. In very good condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-2416
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Motwani, Kewal

India: A Conflict of Cultures.

Bombay : Thacker & Co., 1947.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “Mr. William Bullitt with best compliments from the author Kewal Motwani”.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-2462
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Fossati, George

Raccolta di varie Favole Delineate, ed incise in Rame (Volume 4).

Venezia : Pecora, 1744.

First edition. Large Quarto. Tome Quatrieme (Volume 4), contemporary vellum. Thirty-six finely engraved plates printed in sepia. Text in parallel columns of Italian and French. Some shelfwear and soiling, generally clean and sound internally.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-1830
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Cornwell, Bernard

Sharpe’s Company. Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Badajoz, January to April 1812.

London : Collins, 1982.

First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, “With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell.”

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1812
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Maguire, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.

New York : Orbis, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005.” Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire,Continue reading "The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-831
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Lesy, Michael

Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.

New York : Norton, 2007.

First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-799
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Strabonis

Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum.

: Amstelaedami; Joannem Wolters, 1707.

Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-3604
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Mandela, Nelson; Thabo Mbeki; Joe Slovo

The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia.

1990.

First edition of the constitution of Namibia. Octavo, original wrappers. A unique copy signed and or inscribed by all the major contributors of the Republic of Namibia, which was formed in 1990. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nelson Mandela, “To Udo with my comradely compliments and best wishes Nelson R. Mandela 22.3.90 Windhoek.” Additionally signed byContinue reading "The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia."

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$17,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3303
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Mandela, Nelson

Prisoner In The Garden.

New York : The Viking Press, 2006.

First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela’s archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$1,850.00
Item Number: RRB-851
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Kennedy, John F

Profiles In Courage.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1956.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall on the front free endpaper, “To Senator Saltonstall- with the very highest regards of his colleague John Kennedy.” The recipient, Leverett Saltonstall was the senior senator ofContinue reading "Profiles In Courage."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-2154
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Bell, Daniel

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.

New York : Basic Books, 1973.

First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Anne- newer and sharper fondly Dan BellContinue reading "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-4497
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Mills, C. Wright

The Sociological Imagination.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1959.

First edition of one the the most influential sociological works of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by C. Wright Mills on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4096
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Posner, Richard

Economic Analysis of Law.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1973.

First edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Signed by Richard Posner on the title page. In near fine condition, the text has some light underlining in it.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-3866
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Whyte, William H

The Organization Man.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1956.

First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89.” Additionally signed “William H. Whyte” on the title page. Near fine in a very goodContinue reading "The Organization Man."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-2141
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Friedman, Milton & Rose

Tyranny of the Status Quo.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine. Jacket design by LemContinue reading "Tyranny of the Status Quo."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-4646
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Drucker, Peter F

Men, Ideas, and Politics.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1971.

First edition of this work by the father of management. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-4511
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Dimock, Anthony W

Wall Street and the Wilds.

New York : Outing Company, 1915.

First edition of Dimock’s autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,Continue reading "Wall Street and the Wilds."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-4562
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Snyder, Carl

Capitalism the Creator: Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1940.

First edition of this exposition on capitalism. Octavo, original cloth, with 44 original charts. Original promotional material laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-4506
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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939.

First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume one, “To Seymour Harris with kind regards Joseph Schumpeter.” The recipient, Harvard economics professor Seymour Harris, was an editor of the book, Schumpeter as Social Scientist and editor of TheContinue reading "Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process."

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$32,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4496
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