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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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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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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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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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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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le Carre, John

The Karla Trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.

First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gil...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-135339

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Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150190

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Tolstoy, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi]. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole

Anna Karenina.

New York: Thomas J. Crowell & Co, 1886.

First edition in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece with all the points of first issue: sheets bulk to 35 mm, floral patterned endpapers, “13 Astor Place” on title page, no front adver...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147388

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[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke].

London: Robert Barker, 1605.

Rare early 17th century printing of Robert Barker’s Geneva Bible. Small quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, text in black letter, double colu...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149784

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, .

Color photograph of Mother Teresa, boldly signed by her, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In fine condition. The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140031

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Shestack, Jerome J. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society.

: The Peter Gruber Foundation, .

Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack’s Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper,...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151281

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Bryant, Peter [Peter George]

Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense.

London: T.V. Boardman & Company, 1958.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, “For Joe, with a...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150395

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le Carre, John

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.

First edition of le Carre’s classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John le Carre in a card laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ho...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149886

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, 1984.

Color photograph portrait of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer boldly inscribed, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece me...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145478

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Austen, Jane

The Works of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1925.

The works of Jane Austen containing each of her major novels, wonderfully illustrated with color plates. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in half morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt,...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133258

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Howard, Benjamin C. [Dred Scott]

A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John H. Sanford. December Term, 1856.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857.

Rare first edition of the report of the Dred Scott decision which held that the U.S. Constitution was not intended to include citizenship for African Americans, published simultaneously in Washington...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145459

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Letter and Inaugural Ticket.

New York:, March 3, 1881.

Letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. One page, on Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead, manuscript in another hand, the letter reads in full...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150473

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition, first state of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, wit...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-136080

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Irving, John [Michael Ondaatje]

A Prayer For Owen Meany.

Toronto: Lestern & Orpen Dennys Publishers, 1989.

First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Michael & L...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132904

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Greene, Graham

Stamboul Train.

London: William Heinemann, 1932.

First edition, first printing with misplaced colon on p. 140 of Greene’s first successful novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-102754

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Forster, E.M

Howard’s End.

London: Edward Arnold, 1910.

first edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Edith Nesbit’s copy with her ink ownership inscription on the front free endppaer, “E. Nesbit Bland, November 1 1910.” Pr...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130838

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