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    The Music of Life.

    Noble, Denis

    The Music of Life.

    Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

    First edition of this work by the award-winning physiologist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Colin Hall with the compliments o...
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    The Last Days of Pompeii.

    Kazantzakis, Nikos

    The Last Days of Pompeii.

    Athens:, 1933.

    First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fin...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-78932
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    Ignorance.

    Kundera, Milan

    Ignorance.

    London: Faber & Faber, 2002.

    First edition in English of Kundera’s “most successful [novel] since The Unbearable Lightness of Being” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Milan Kundera...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-68944
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    Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design.

    Kidd, Chip

    Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design.

    New York: Workman Publishing, 2013.

    First edition of this classic of graphic design. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout, photographs by Geoff Spear. Signed three times by Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on t...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-149793
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    Decoded.

    Jay-Z

    Decoded.

    New York: Speigel and Grau, 2010.

    First edition of this work by the Grammy Award-winning artist. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jay-Z on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ro...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-150114
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    Cancer.

    Weller, Michael [Alan Schneider]

    Cancer.

    London: Faber & Faber , 1971.

    First British edition of Michael Weller’s celebrated comic play of the 1960s generation, produced in America under the title Moonchildren. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers....
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-152243
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    The Roots of Heaven.

    Gary, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor)

    The Roots of Heaven.

    London: Michael Joseph, 1958.

    First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France’s Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-47063
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    High Adventure.

    Hillary, Edmund

    High Adventure.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.

    First British edition of Hillary’s account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contem...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-146311
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    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

    Green, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg]

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

    First edition, early printing of the author’s semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page using her pseudonym and real name, ...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-147081
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    Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Photograph.

    Haise, Fred

    Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Photograph.

    :, 1970.

    Rare photograph of the Apollo 13 service module. Small quarto, color satin-finish photograph of the crippled Apollo 13 service module floating in space. Boldly signed by Fred Haise, “Our view of...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-147067
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    The Magic Barrel.

    Malamud, Bernard

    The Magic Barrel.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.

    First edition of Malamud’s first collection of short stories, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free e...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-111744
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    Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Space.

    Moses, Robert

    Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Space.

    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1956.

    First edition of this work by the legendary Robert Moses. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Janet Hooper Ostahn, the daughter of...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-124814
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    The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge.

    Ayer, Alfred J. [A.J.]

    The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge.

    London : Macmillan & Co, 1962.

    Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “with best wishes A.J. Ayer Mexico City September 11 1963.” In very good condit...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-133103
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    The Problems of Lasting Peace.

    Hoover, Herbert and Hugh Gibson

    The Problems of Lasting Peace.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942.

    First edition of this analysis for peace post-World War II. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “To Harvey P. Keller With...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-140460
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    Soul On Fire.

    Cleaver, Eldridge

    Soul On Fire.

    Waco, Texas: Word Books Publishers, 1978.

    First edition of Cleaver’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Towards Freedom for all God’s Children Eldridge Cleaver 2/...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-63456
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    Heaven’s My Destination.

    Wilder, Thornton

    Heaven’s My Destination.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.

    First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstoc...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-43869
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    Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness.

    Owens, Mark and Delia

    Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

    First edition of this classic work, which ranks with “Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpape...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-149866
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    Masters 1985.

    Langer, Bernhard

    Masters 1985.

    : Augusta National Club, 1985.

    First edition of the Augusta publication of the 1985 Masters. Quarto, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-ti...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-135231
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    [No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].

    Cummings, E. E

    [No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].

    New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.

    First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming’s cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 cop...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-136284
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    The Right Stuff.

    Wolfe, Tom

    The Right Stuff.

    New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

    First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Presentation copy, lengthily  and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on t...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-151079
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    Ironweed.

    Kennedy, William

    Ironweed.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1983.

    First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Boldly signed William Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, offsetting t...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-140796
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    Championship Chess and Checkers for All.

    Evans, Larry & Tom Wiswell

    Championship Chess and Checkers for All.

    New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.

    First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, “To Ambassador Thompson Best wis...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-3981
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    I’ll Fix Anthony.

    Viorst, Judith; Pictures by Arnold Lobel

    I’ll Fix Anthony.

    New York: Harper & Row,Publishers, 1969.

    First edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Signed by the author opposite the title page, “Wen I’m six, I’ll fix Anthony- Judith Vior...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-5687
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    The White House: An Historic Guide.

    Johnson, Lady Bird

    The White House: An Historic Guide.

    Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1964.

    First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on The White House. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the title page, “To Bill Walton...
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    $975.00 Item Number: RRB-69056
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