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    Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

    Beisner, Robert L. [Madeleine Albright]

    Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

    First edition of a comprehensive biography of Dean Acheson. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title pa...
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    Ararat.

    Gluck, Louise

    Ararat.

    New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the hal...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-124951
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    Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.

    Gaddis, Thomas E

    Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.

    New York : Random House, 1955.

    First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, ” Best- Th...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138123
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    Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

    Einstein, Albert. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp

    Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

    Evanston: The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949.

    First edition of Einstein’s singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Presentation copy, inscribed by editor Paul Arthur Schilpp on the front free...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145894
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    Panic Spring.

    Durrell, Lawrence [Charles Norden]

    Panic Spring.

    New York: Covici Friede, 1937.

    First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Heil Anthony, from Larry Durrell, ‘old hat...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150921
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    Jerusalem Windows.

    Chagall, Marc & Jean Laymarie

    Jerusalem Windows.

    New York: Braziller, 1962.

    First edition. Folio, original red cloth, with two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp exam...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-1376
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    Women, Race & Class.

    Davis, Angela Y

    Women, Race & Class.

    New York: Random House, 1981.

    First edition of this classic piece of history by Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis. Octavo, original textured half cloth. Boldly signed by Angela Davis on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fi...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151848
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    Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.

    Carter, Jimmy

    Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.

    New York: Bantam Books, 1982.

    First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-119599
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    Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation.

    Beatty, Scott [Christopher Nolan; Christian Bale]

    Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation.

    New York: D.C. Comics, 2005.

    First edition of the comic movie adaptation. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by director Christopher Nolan and Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale o...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151368
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    David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.

    Kaye, S. L.; [David Ben-Gurion]

    David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.

    :, 1960.

    Framed rare graphite artist’s sketches of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion by artist S. L. Kaye. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion below the portrait, “D. Ben-Gurion 9. 3. 60.”...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145560
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    Awakenings.

    Sacks, Oliver

    Awakenings.

    London: Duckworth, 1973.

    First edition of Sacks’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Rogers, with best wishes, Oliver Sacks Aug 20...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95790
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    The Mottled Lizard.

    Huxley, Elspeth

    The Mottled Lizard.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1962.

    First edition of this sequel to Huxley’s The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-46332
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    What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States.

    Rosendahl, Commander C.E

    What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States.

    New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1938.

    First edition of this spirited defense of the airship that calls for America to secure and maintain airship superiority. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150890
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    White Noise.

    DeLillo, Don

    White Noise.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1985.

    First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Joe Don DeLillo.” Fin...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138126
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    This I Remember.

    Roosevelt, Eleanor

    This I Remember.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.

    First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s wonderful autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family, including frontispiece of the First Lady. Boldly sig...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138860
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    Dateline: White House.

    Thomas, Helen [President Gerald R. Ford]

    Dateline: White House.

    New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1975.

    First edition of this firsthand account of America’s Presidents and their families from the perspective of a pioneering journalist. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated wit...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148463
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    Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

    Greene, Graham

    Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

    London: William Bodley, 1984.

    First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Tucker with love from Gra...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-137597
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    Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.

    Waugh, Evelyn

    Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.

    London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.

    First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Carolyn with love from Ev...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146276
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    I Need All The Friends I Can Get.

    Schulz, Charles M

    I Need All The Friends I Can Get.

    San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.

    First edition of this charming ‘little classic’ featuring Charles Schulz’s endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the fron...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-109011
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    Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

    Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd] [Peter Matthiessen]

    Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

    First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to writer Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page, “For Peter Best wi...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151208
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    No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

    Goodwin, Doris Kearns

    No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

    First edition of this dual biography on the Roosevelts. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the autho...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149796
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    Memoirs.

    Williams, Tennessee

    Memoirs.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975.

    First edition of this classic memoir by the author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endp...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142240
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    Virginia.

    Glasgow, Ellen [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

    Virginia.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.

    First edition of this socially groundbreaking novel; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of the titular character...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145595
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    The Power of One.

    Courtenay, Bryce

    The Power of One.

    London: William Heinemann, 1989.

    First British edition of the Courtenay’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Bryce Courtenay 22/3/89....
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-147199
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