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The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898.

First edition, first issue, of Winston Churchill’s first book, an account of his service with the Malakand Field Force in India, with frontispiece portrait of Sir Binden Blood and six maps, two of the...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133224

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Voltaire (Arouet, Francois-Marie)

Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire avec des Remarques et des Notes Historiques, Scientifiques, et Literaires Par Mm. Auguis, Clogenson, Daunou, Etc. [The Works of Voltaire].

Paris: Deslangle Frères, 1828-34.

Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic, scientific and literary notes. Octavo, 97 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96178

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Gazette of the United States. No. XXXI. Wednesday, July 29, 1789.

New York: John Fenno, July 29, 1789.

Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States, issued during the presidency of George Washington on July 29, 1789. Folio, one page, folded, this issue includes a the following articles, m...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116728

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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field]

Forrest Gump.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bi...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150933

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Groom, Winston [Tom Hanks]

Forrest Gump.

New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986.

First edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the aut...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150204

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Houdini, Harry

Harry Houdini Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate.

New York: The Brown-Green Co., January 23, 1922.

Rare stock certificate signed by the world’s greatest escape artist, master illusionist Harry Houdini. One page, partially printed in brown and black ink with an embossed seal, the document is dated J...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129031

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Bacon, Sir Francis

The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh.

London: Printed by Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622.

Scarce first edition, first issue of Sir Francis Bacon’s influential history of the reign of King Henry VII with “Highnesse” at the conclusion of the dedication and “souldiers” (3, l...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-114526

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake

The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.

First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page,...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130928

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Mantle, Mickey and Roger Maris

Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris Signed Photographs.

:, 1961.

Two black and white photographs from circa 1961 of Mickey Mantle and Rogers Maris. Each are inscribed to their 1961 teammate Billy Gardner. The Mantle photograph is signed, “To Billy My Best Wis...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-32061

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Masson, Charles [James Lewis]

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat, During a Residence in those Countries.

London: Richard Bentley, 1842.

First edition of this narrative of Lewis’ travels between 1826 and 1838 through Balochistan, Sind, the Hazara, Afghanistan and the Punjab. Octavo, four volumes. Bound in full morocco, gilt title...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95145

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

New York and Pittsburgh: The Colonial Company, Limited, 1903.

Limited manuscript edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147348

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

All the Sad Young Men.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald’s third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell case.

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147544

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Gazette of the United States. No.XXXVII. Wednesday, August 19, 1789.

New York: John Fenno, Wednesday, August 19, 1789.

Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States, issued during the presidency of George Washington on August 19, 1789. Folio, one page, folded, this issue includes a the following articles,...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116518

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom.

London: Little Brown and Company, 1994.

First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black board...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-4426

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Camus, Albert

L’Homme Révolté. [The Rebel].

Paris: Gallimard, 1951.

First edition, review copy (marked “S.P.” on title-page and lower wrappers) of one of Camus’ most notable works. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137305

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Wharton, Edith

Twilight Sleep.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.

First edition of Wharton’s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller upon publication. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, boldly inscr...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130064

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Frank, Anne. [Elie Wiesel]

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952.

First edition, early printing of “one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war” (Eleanor Roosevelt). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151688

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.

London: Bloomsbury, 2000.

First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. The recipient was a young girl who got the...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148085

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Caro, Robert A

The Power Broker.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.

First edition of Caro’s Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs and maps, top edge red. Ass...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149327

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Nasar, Sylvia; John F. Nash

A Beautiful Mind.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. N...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-58990

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Pope John XXIII [Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Pacem in Terris: Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope John XXIII. [Peace on Earth].

Glen Rock, NJ: Paulist Press, 1963.

Original printed pamphlet of Pope John XXIII’s 1963 Pacem in Terris. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the bottom of the title page. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149593

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very go...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151372

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Musset, Alfred de

The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset.

New York: Edwin C. Hill Company, 1905.

The complete writings of Alfred de Musset, extra-illustrated with original miniature watercolor paintings in each volume. Octavo, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titl...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151503

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Grant, Ulysses S.

Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Letter Signed.

New Jersey:, 24 September, 1870.

Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of Ulysses S. Grant as President. Two pages, blue lined paper, the letter is addressed to Governor M Jewell of Connecticut. The letter reads in full...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151783

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