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The Colossus and Other Poems.

London: Heinemann, 1960.

First edition of the first complete volume of poetry to be published by Plath and the only volume published in her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a c...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142976

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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatsho: The XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet

The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.

Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1968.

First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan “with prayers.” A near fine co...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-4545

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Ancient Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.

:, c. 2100 B.C.E.

Rare ancient Sumerian Cuneiform tablet recording religious offerings made to several deities including Nin-lil, Enlil, Nanaya, Inanna, and Nanna. Clay, Third Dynasty of Ur, the tablet measures 1.75 in...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131480

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Mandela, Nelson

The Illustrated Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

Boston: Little Brown, 1995.

Signed limited first edition of the illustrated autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Nelson Mandela. Fine in the...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133458

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Lawrence, D.H

Women in Love.

New York: Thomas Selzer, 1922.

First American trade edition of the author’s classic work which many consider his masterpiece, in the exceedingly rare dust jacket. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket w...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139105

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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...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-32003

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Mercury, Freddie; Roger Taylor; John Deacon [Queen]

Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon Signed Queen II Album.

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Queen’s second album, which brought the band to the rock genre, released in 1974. Boldly signed on the iconic gatefold image in black felt tip by Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon....

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148499

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McCarthy, Cormac, Edward Dahlberg, Patrick Boyle, Kathleen Raine [Edited by Andrew Lytle]

The Sewanee Review, Volume 73, Number 2 (LXXIII; Spring 1965). [Includes The Dark Waters by Cormac McCarthy].

Sewanee, Tennessee: University of the South, 1965.

Rare journal which contains the first publication of Cormac McCarthy, The Dark Waters; an excerpt from his first novel The Orchard Keeper. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the f...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142405

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.

First edition of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket a few small chips. Rare in the original dust jacket.

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144692

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Baldwin, James

Another Country.

London: Michael Joseph, 1963.

First edition of Baldwin’s classic work, nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129087

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Mark Twain) Clemens, Samuel L

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

First edition of Twain’s masterpiece, Salesman’s Dummy Issue. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel. With frontispiece portrait of Twai...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-62040

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Time Magazine “Man on the Moon”.

New York: Time Magazine, 1969.

Rare original Time Magazine July 25, 1969 issue covering the Apollo 11 mission titled “Man on the Moon.” Quarto, featuring a thirteen page article on the Moon landing, offering information...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148420

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Tolstoy, Leo. (Count Lyof N Tolstoi)

War and Peace. A Historical Novel.

New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886.

First editions in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece; one of the most important novels in world literature and widely considered the greatest novel ever written. Small octavo, six volumes, bound i...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96223

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[Andrew Hutchins Mickle]

Rules and Regulations for Day and Night Police of the City of New York; with Instructions as to The Legal Powers and Duties of Policemen.

New-York: Printed by Casper C. Childs, 1846.

Second edition of the first City Police handbook published in the United States. 16 mo, bound in full contemporary sheep stamped in blind, index. Signed by the 67th Mayor of New York City Andrew Hutch...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143014

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Morgan, J. Pierpont

J. Pierpont Morgan Signed Railroad Mortgage Bond.

:, June 30, 1886.

First mortgage bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company in the amount of $1000, signed on the reverse by J. P. Morgan and H. C. Fahnestock as trustees. Unaccomplished and bound at the left edg...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150475

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Rawls, John

Political Liberalism.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

First edition of this work which continues and revises the idea of justice as fairness as presented in A Theory of Justice. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Rawls on the front free endpaper. Fi...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150218

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Gagarin, Yuri

Дорога в космос. [Road to Space].

Moscow: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1961.

First edition of this autobiographical account by the first man in space, a cosmonaut’s early life, aviation training, and historic 1961 mission aboard Vostok 1. Octavo, written in Russian, original p...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151157

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Williams, John

Nothing But The Night.

Denver: Swallow, 1948.

First edition of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, “Best wishes John Williams.” Fine in a nea...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132482

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Vanderbilt, Amy; Drawings by Andy Warhol

Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961.

First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Andy Warhol. Signed three times by Warhol, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “To Rickey Andy...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148051

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Stephens, Alexander. Edited by Frank Moore

Cornerstone Speech. IN: The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc.

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1861.

Rare first printing in book form of Stephens’ extemporaneous March 21, 1861 Cornerstone Speech delivered in Savannah shortly before Fort Sumter, published the same year, presenting a reporter...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152083

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Fielding, Henry

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, in Six Volumes.

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.

First edition, first issue of one of the most influential English novels, one only 2,000 copies printed. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartmen...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140220

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Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

Final Drafts of the Mandates For Mesopotamia and Palestine: For the Approval of the Council of the League of Nations.

London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1921.

Rare collection of original documents relating to the Palestine Question 1917-1947. Octavos, 3 volumes, unbound. Scarce and desirable.

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95293

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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Human Work.

New York : McClure, Phillips & Co, 1904.

First edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ground breaking work and what she considered “her greatest work” (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, ‘Lady Merton, Colonist...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145650

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Trenc, Milan [Robin Williams; Chip Kidd]

The Night at the Museum.

New York: Barron's, 1993.

First edition of this work, basis for the 2006 film directed by Shawn Levy starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs. Quarto, original illustrate...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151707

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