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Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov Signed Postcard.

Gagarin, Yuri; Gherman Titov

Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov Signed Postcard.

[Soviet Union] c. 1961.

Rare Soviet postcard featuring a colorized portrait of Yuri Gagarin to the right and Gherman Titov to the left wearing their military uniforms without caps while looking at a newspaper. Boldly signed by cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov beside their respective images. Additionally inscribed by Gagarin in Cyrillic along the upper margin, translated it reads, “ToContinue reading "Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov Signed Postcard."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152087

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“St Andrews – Home of Golf” Print Signed by Twenty-One Open Champions.

Chadwick, Mark [Peter Thomson; Rory McIlroy; Gary Player; Arnold Palmer; et al]

“St Andrews – Home of Golf” Print Signed by Twenty-One Open Champions.

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Rare 1973 limited-edition color art print of Mark Chadwick’s “St Andrews – Home of Golf” showing the approach to the 18th hole on the “Old Course.” Boldly signed by twenty-one Open Champions, the autographs were obtained in person by the owner at later dates in black felt tip. The autographs include: Rory McIlroy, Gary Player,Continue reading "“St Andrews – Home of Golf” Print Signed by Twenty-One Open Champions."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152086

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

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, original publisher’s half-cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by Candice Millard. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-152133

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Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Note Signed.

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Note Signed.

c. 1919.

Rare handwritten note signed by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning spiritualism. One page on plain paper, not date. The letter reads, “Such cases are unhappily not very rare. For this reason people should go into the literature of this subject before they practise it so that they may not be taken aback or compromise themselves byContinue reading "Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Note Signed."

$1,760.00

Item Number: RRB-152085

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Audubon: A Vision.

Warren, Robert Penn

Audubon: A Vision.

New York : Random House, 1969.

First edition of this original work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Richard Perry all the best Robert Penn Warren.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-146146

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

London : Bloomsbury, 2003.

First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket with light toning to the text block. Jacket design by Jason Cockcroft.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152070

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Conan Doyle, Arthur

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

London : George Newnes, 1892.

First edition, first issue of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic work starring literature’s most famous detective with the misprint of “Violent Hunter” for “Violet Hunter” on page 317. Octavo, original pictorial black and gilt-stamped light blue cloth, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous in-text illustrations by Sidney Paget. In very good condition.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150680

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

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’s transcription from a Savannah newspaper, with Stephens calling the U.S. Constitution “a compact built on sand” and declaring the Confederate Constitution a “cornerstone” that rests on “theContinue reading "Cornerstone Speech. IN: The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152083

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Charles Schulz Signed Charlie Brown Drawing.

Schulz, Charles

Charles Schulz Signed Charlie Brown Drawing.

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Large original drawing of beloved Peanuts character Charlie Brown in his signature zigzag stripe shirt with his name written above. Drawn and signed in brown felt tip by Charles Schulz. Triple matted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.25 inches by 22.25 inches. Rare and desirable in such a large format.

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152057

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Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service.

McGrath, Amy with Chris Peterson. {Madeleine Albright}

Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

First edition of McGrath’s adventurous autobiography Honor Bound. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with color photographs of author throughout the years. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “Secretary Albright, Thank you for your service + for your love for our democracy. You remain an inspiration! Live your courage! Amy McGrath 2021.”Continue reading "Honor Bound: An American Story Of Dreams And Service."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-148448

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Indiana Law Journal; Supplemental Jurisdiction: A Confession, an Avoidance, and a Proposal.

Shapiro, David L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Indiana Law Journal; Supplemental Jurisdiction: A Confession, an Avoidance, and a Proposal.

Indiana University School of Law/Bloomington : Indiana Law Journal, 1998.

Original Winter 1998 offprint of the Indiana Law Journal containing David L. Shapiro’s Supplemental Jurisdiction: A Confession, an Avoidance, and a Proposal. Octavo, original wrappers, Indiana Law Journal Volume 74, Number 1, Winter 1998. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper, “Ruth – As my contribution to a Symposium, a war storyContinue reading "Indiana Law Journal; Supplemental Jurisdiction: A Confession, an Avoidance, and a Proposal."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150834

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Complete Set of 14 First Edition James Bond Novels: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories including A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

Fleming, Ian [Cubby Broccoli]

Complete Set of 14 First Edition James Bond Novels: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories including A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953-66.

First editions of each volume in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, 14 volumes, original publisher’s cloth-covered boards. Each volume in a first-issue dust jacket. Casino Royale is near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the extremities including the crown of the spine and upper right corner of the frontContinue reading "Complete Set of 14 First Edition James Bond Novels: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories including A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights."

$150,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145438

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Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.

Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.

Doubleday, Page & Company : Garden City, New York, 1919.

The Autograph edition of the inclusive collection of Kipling’s poetry. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, wide gilt decorated borders and central gilt botanical vignette to the front and rear panels, full morocco doublures with wide giltContinue reading "Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152081

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Cat’s Cradle.

Vonnegut, Kurt

Cat’s Cradle.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2000.

The Easton Press Collector’s edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s full gilt-decorated leather, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the limitation page. With the original Easton Press note about the book and author and Certificate of Authenticity laid in. In fine condition.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152080

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Principles of Physical Cosmology.

Peebles, P.J.E. [Edward O. Wilson]

Principles of Physical Cosmology.

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993.

First edition of this comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the science of the universe by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with graphs, equations, and diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the author to biologist Edward O. Wilson, “With best wishes to you, Edward Jim Peebles 14 May 2021.” The recipient, Edward OsborneContinue reading "Principles of Physical Cosmology."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152048

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“I Was Tortured in a Pasadena Jailhouse!”

Fischer, Bobby

“I Was Tortured in a Pasadena Jailhouse!”

np : Published by Bobby Fischer, 1982.

First edition of Bobby Fischer’s notorious self-published pamphlet, a raw and unsettling account of his 1981 detention by the Pasadena police, among the strangest and most sought-after artifacts of the chess legend’s reclusive later years. Octavo, original pictorial stiff paper wrappers. In fine condition. Rare, one of the most coveted pieces of Fischer ephemera.

$425.00

Item Number: RRB-152067

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The Right Stuff.

Wolfe, Tom

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the second front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with toning and rubbing. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152105

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

Malkiel, Burton G

A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.

First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a transcription from the book as follows, “I will take you on a random walk down Wall Street. Burt Malkiel.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. AnContinue reading "A Random Walk Down Wall Street."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152063

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Into The Woods.

Sondheim, Stephen; James Lapine; Adapted and Illustrated by Hudson Talbott

Into The Woods.

New York : Crown Publishers, 1988.

First edition of this classic work, the basis for the Broadway musical and subsequent film. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Adapted and illustrated by Hudson Talbott.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152145

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Charles Schulz Signed Lucy Drawing.

Schulz, Charles

Charles Schulz Signed Lucy Drawing.

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Large original drawing of beloved Peanuts character Lucy van Pelt in her signature dress. Drawn and inscribed in brown felt tip by Charles Schulz. Triple matted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.25 inches by 22.25 inches. Rare and desirable in such a large format.

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152058

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An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790, and 1791; On the Part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade.

House of Commons

An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790, and 1791; On the Part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade.

London : Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, 1791.

Rare first edition of eye-witness testimony on the horrors of the British slave trade, containing for the first time in book form the famous large folding wood-engraving of slaves packed onto the decks of the slave-ship Brookes, intended as a gruesome test of the “humane” Dolben Bill of 1788. Octavo, contemporary full diced polished brownContinue reading "An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790, and 1791; On the Part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152035

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Carroll, Lewis [Alice Hargreaves]

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1932-1935.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full leather with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece and title page vignette, withContinue reading "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152054

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Nikola Tesla Autograph Letter Signed.

Tesla, Nikola

Nikola Tesla Autograph Letter Signed.

1904.

Rare autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of brilliant inventor, Nikola Tesla. Duodecimo, on personal monogram letterhead, dated November 16, 1904. The letter reads in full, “My dear Prof. Osborn, Please accept and transmit to all of your family my warm felicitations. Looking to the pleasure of personal acquaintance Yours sincerely, N.Continue reading "Nikola Tesla Autograph Letter Signed."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151556

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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

Hawking, Stephen W.; Introduction by Carl Sagan

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

London : Bantam Press, 1988.

First British edition and true first of Hawking’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Ron Miller. Signed by Carl Sagan on the title page, who wrote the introduction. Additionally signed and inscribed by the illustrator Ron Miller, who has also added a drawing. Sagan tells the following story: Sagan was in London for a scientific conferenceContinue reading "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-46009

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