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Watership Down.

London: Paradine, 1976.

Signed limited edition, one of only 250 numbered examples and with an original watercolor, this copy being number presentation copy from the author. Octavo, bound in full morocco bound by Sangorski an...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147959

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Disney, Walt; Brown, Margaret Wise

Little Pig’s Picnic and Other Stories.

Boston : D.C. Heath and Company, 1939.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Walt Disney on the half-title page. Illustrated throughout by the Walt Disney Stu...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-30060

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Shakespeare, William; John Dryden; William Congreve; et al

Tragedies and Comedies of the Great English Playwrights.

London: Various Publishers, c.1730-1760.

Finely bound sammelband collection of comedies and tragedies by early English playwrights including William Shakespeare, John Dryden, and William Congreve. Octavo, 43 volumes bound into 7 in half cont...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137210

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Norris, Charles G; Music by Harry I. Wiel; [Walt Disney]

Ivanhoe: A Grove Play.

San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936.

First edition of this Grove Play produced and performed by and for Bohemian Club members. Octavo, original orange boards. Signed by Walt Disney opposite the dedication page. Additionally signed and in...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146500

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Friedman, Milton with the Assistance of Rose D. Friedman

Capitalism and Freedom.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Special anniversary edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk bookmark bound in. Boldly signed by Mi...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147392

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Waldo, S. Putnam. [James Monroe; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson]

Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes and the War of the Revolution, Between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain; Comprising Sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble and Com. Alexander Murray. With Incidental Allusions to other Distinguished Characters.

Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1823.

Rare first edition of Putnam’s work dedicated to American naval heroes of the Revolutionary War including James Monroe, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120635

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Herr, Michael

Dispatches.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.

First edition of “the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-5609

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Williams, Ted; Eddie Murray; Mickey Mantle; Hank Aaron; Frank Robinson; Reggie Jackson; Willie McCovey; Ernie Banks; Eddie Mathews; Mike Schmidt; Harmon Killebrew; Willie Mays

500 Home Run Club Signed Baseball.

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Rare Rawlings Official American League baseball signed by 12 members of the 500 Home Run Club. Signed by Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle (on the sweet spot), Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Frank R...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149305

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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.

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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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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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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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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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Greene, Graham

The End of the Affair.

London: William Heinemann, 1951.

First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, “one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody’s language.” Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-23054

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Faraday, Michael

Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1849.

Autograph letter signed by Michael Faraday to William Coffin answering a question regarding the chlorate reaction with sulfuric acid, “or oil of vitriol,” in gunpowder. Addressed to Willia...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-73081

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Nehru, Jawaharlal

Glimpses of World History: Two Volume Set.

Allahabad: Printed by M.N. Pandey , 1934-35.

First editions of “one of the most remarkable books ever written” (The New York Times). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In very good condition. Foreword by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. First...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89875

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Sartine, Antoine de

Carte Reduite des Cotes et de l’Interieur de la Presqu’ile de la Floride, avec le Detroit de Cette Presqu’ile et le Canal de Bahama. [18th Century Anotoine de Sartine Map of Florida]

France: Dépôt General de la Marine, 1780.

Rare 18th century hand-colored engraved map or the state of Florida published for the use of the French Navy during the American Revolution. One page, the map shows coastal topography around the Flori...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138716

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McCarthy, Cormac

Child of God.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1975.

First British edition of the author’s classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design b...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-141383

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Kerouac, Jack

On The Road.

New York: The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition of Kerouac’s classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Bill English. A sharp example.

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144208

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Churchill, Winston S

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.

First editions of Churchill’s second book. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Woods A2(a). In very good condition.

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144851

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