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Lippy, Jr., John D. [Oscar Teale]

Chemical Magic.

New York : George Sully and Company, Inc, 1930.

First edition of this specialized instructional work. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial cloth, top stain orange, frontispiece, illustrated with photographs and diagrams. From the collection of magician Oscar Teale with his book plate to the front pastedown. Oscar Teale was a magician, lecturer, and historian of magic whose work bridged performance, scholarship, and the preservation ofContinue reading "Chemical Magic."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-149962
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Drury, W. P. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1911.

New edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 7 plates by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition.

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$80.00
Item Number: RRB-142319
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Bennett, Tony. [Anthony Dominick Benedetto] [Doris Day]

Tony Bennett Original San Francisco ‘Cityscape’ Painting.

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Rare original oil painting by legendary singer Tony Bennett, presented by him to famous actress and singer Doris Day, who hung this painting in her home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Oil on artist board, the painting depicts an overhead view of the North Beach area of San Francisco, with sundry buildings, a nearby harbor, and the side ofContinue reading "Tony Bennett Original San Francisco ‘Cityscape’ Painting."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150423
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Christie, Agatha

The Hollow.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1946.

First edition of this classic country-house mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon. A sharp example.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149968
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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

The Road to Serfdom.

Chicago : University of Chicago, 1944.

First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by F.A. Hayek on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine and to the rare panel. Foreword by John Chamberlain. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "The Road to Serfdom."

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$68,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150915
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Herbert, Frank

Chapterhouse: Dune.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of the final volume in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert. Fine in a fine slipcase. Frontispiece by John Schoenherr.

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$1,950.00
Item Number: RRB-150914
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Didion, Joan

The Year of Magical Thinking.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of the account of the year following the death of the author’s husband. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150913
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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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-150909
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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.

New York : The Modern Library, 2001.

First Modern Library edition of the author’s classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Marion Ettlinger. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Uncommon signed.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140497
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Chesterton, G.K

The Innocence of Father Brown.

London : Cassell and Company, 1913.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather and gilt bookplate to the pastedown.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-150906
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Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150905
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Hemingway, Ernest. Photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Introduction by Charles Scribner

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York : Limited Editions Club, 1990.

First Limited Editions Club limited edition of Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, signed by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Oblong quarto, bound in one quarter morocco over cloth-covered boards, illustrated with five photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt printed from the original negatives by Eisenstaedt in 1952 for the Life Magazine featuring the iconic image of Hemingway on the cover.Continue reading "The Old Man and the Sea."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-132702
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Christie, Agatha

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case.

London : Collins Crime Club, 1976.

First edition of this Christie classic. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-149972
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Obama, Barack

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.

New York : Crown Publishers, 2006.

First edition of Obama’s second book. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John and Rosemary- All the best! Barack Obama.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-150902
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London, Jack

White Fang.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1906.

First edition of London’s beloved novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with white and gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull. With usual cancel title page. BAL notes that the cancel page occurs printed on either wove or on laid paper (the rest of the text sheets are allContinue reading "White Fang."

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$3,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149996
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Christie, Agatha

Sparkling Cyanide.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1945.

First edition of this classic mystery novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-149995
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Christie, Agatha

The Hound of Death and Other Stories.

London : Odhams Press Limited, 1933.

First edition of this collection of short stories, which includes the classic Witness for the Prosecution which was adapted to the 1957 film starring Marlene Dietrich. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-149994
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Christie, Agatha

They Do It With Mirrors.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1952.

First edition of this classic Miss Marple mystery. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, chipping to the spine of the dust jacket, and the top right corner of the front free endpaper clipped. From the library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon with his red leather andContinue reading "They Do It With Mirrors."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149988
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Christie, Agatha

At Bertram’s Hotel.

London : The Crime Club by Collins, 1965.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell. From the collection of Dr. John Talbot Gernon.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-149978
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Wiesenthal, Simon

Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1982.

First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150075
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Kirk, Charlie with Brent Hamachek

Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations.

: Post Hill Press, 2016.

First edition of this treatise by the founder of Turning Point. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-150918
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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins; Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Quarantine Image..

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Rare Apollo XI quarantine image signed by President Richard Nixon and Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The image shows Apollo XI crew members in quarantine being congratulated by President Nixon through a microphone. The oversized color photograph appears to be a blow-up of a contemporary magazine page, complete with printedContinue reading "Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Quarantine Image.."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149952
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Hayek, F.A

The Constitution of Liberty.

Chicago : The University of Chicago, 1960.

First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by F.A. Hayek on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150675
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Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain.

New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1948.

Early printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-151033
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