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

Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, 1956.

First edition of one of the most celebrated of the photographic books of the second half of the 20th century. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Signed “Happy New York William K...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3724

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Monroe, Marilyn and Arthur Miller

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Financial Statement.

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Rare original 1957 Woodbury Savings Bank financial statement signed by both Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller in the beginning of their five-year marriage. One page, partially printed, the statement is...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-114025

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Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent

Vienna:, 1911.

Rare Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent bestowing upon Brunn industrialist Adolf Noble von Kurschner and his descendants a Hungarian noble title. Folio, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt metal o...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132158

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Caldwell, Erskine

Tobacco Road.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

First edition of Caldwell’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harry Behn with the best wishes of Erskine Cald...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116873

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Wiesel, Elie

Night.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.

First English edition of Nobel laureate Wiesel’s masterpiece, which precedes the first American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near f...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135118

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Robinson, Jackie; Roy Campanella; Duke Snider; Gil Hodges; Jim Romano; Carl Furillo; Dan Bankhead; Pee Wee Reese; et al

1950 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball.

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Rare Official National League baseball signed by 31 members of the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed by Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Jim Romano, Carl Furillo, Dan Bankhead, Pe...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149840

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Baum, L. Frank; Illustrated by John R. Neill

The Scarecrow of Oz.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1915.

First edition, second printing of the ninth Oz book in L. Frank Baum’s celebrated Oz series. Quarto, original publisher’s full emerald green cloth with pictorial label affixed to the front board, pict...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151937

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Herzl, Theodor

Theodor Herzl Printed Letter Signed.

:, December 19, 1903.

Printed letter signed by the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, in the wake of the collapse of Zionist fundraising efforts in Russia. One page, printed, sent from Vienna on December 19, 1903, th...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143208

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Saint-Exupery, Antoine de; Translated by Katherine Woods

The Little Prince.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943.

First edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s masterpiece, which precedes the first edition in French. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Small quarto, bound in full modern full pictorial br...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151028

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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testament. Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall Command.

London:, 1672.

Rare 1672 edition of the King James version of the Holy Bible with Geneva Bible notes. Folio, bound in early purple straight-grain morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148109

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Post, Robert C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014.

First edition of this critique on campaign finance regulations. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148140

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Spiegelman, Art; Francoise Mouly [Jules Feiffer]

Raw 3 Magazine Call For Submissions Print with Personalized Drawing Inscribed by Art Spiegelman.

:, 1991.

Rare original Raw 3 comics magazine call for submissions print with a personalized drawing and note to Jules Feiffer from Art Spiegelman. Octavo, one page, ink on photocopy paper. Inscribed and initia...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148481

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Deighton, Len

The Ipcress File.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962.

First British edition of Deighton’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily signed by the author on the title page, “Maybe its not wise to make too many friends i...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138473

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Pearce, Donn

Cool Hand Luke.

New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1965.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Donn Pearce on the front free endpaper and si...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147437

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Malthus, Thomas Robert [T.R.]

An Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society.

London: T. Bensley, 1803.

Rare second edition of this cornerstone text of modern economics. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143843

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός. [The Last Temptation].

Athens: Δίφρος [Difros Press], 1955.

First edition in Greek of one of Kazantzakis’ most famous and controversial works, first published in a French translation in 1954. Octavo, bound in full cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gi...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151530

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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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Plath, Sylvia

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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Edison, Thomas A

Thomas Edison Signed Edison Phonograph Works Stock Certificate.

New Jersey: Edison Phonograph Works, 1899.

Rare Edison Phonograph Works stock certificate boldly signed by Thomas Edison. Printed document boldly signed “Thomas A. Edison” as President and “J.F. Randolph” as Treasurer,...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148074

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Kelly, Fred C.; Introduction by Orville Wright

The Wright Brothers.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943.

First edition of this classic American biography authorized by Orville Wright and long considered the definitive Wright biography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142422

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Lunar Module ‘Eagle’ Signed Photograph.

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Rare image of the official NASA photograph of the Lunar Module ‘Eagle’. Boldly signed in black ink by the first man to step foot on the moon “Neil Armstrong.” Triple matted and frame...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147583

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Mill, John Stuart

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation.

New York: John W. Parker, 1843.

First edition of this classic work on logic. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with some wear to the cloth and overall toning. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Ha...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-34033

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Schulz, Charles M

Charles Schulz Original Signed Snoopy Drawing.

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Fantastic original felt tip sketch of beloved Peanuts character Snoopy perched atop his dog house with a heart. Boldly signed and inscribed by Charles M. Schulz, “For Tory – Schulz.”...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148907

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