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    The Professor of Desire.

    Roth, Philip

    The Professor of Desire.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the titl...
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    Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript.

    Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript.

    Indonesia:, c. 16th century.

    Rare Balinese palm leaf manuscript. Eight leaves, inscribed on both sides in Hindu text manuscript, binding thread intact. In near fine condition.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-88148
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    A Further Range.

    Frost, Robert

    A Further Range.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

    First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fron...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-147533
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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.

    Finely bound edition of Einstein’s singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Edited by Paul Arthur Sc...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148432
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    Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.

    Scalia, Antonin & Bryan A. Garner

    Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.

    St. Paul, MN : Thomson/ West, 2012.

    First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia on the half-title page....
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-149844
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    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

    Murakami, Haruki

    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

    First edition of this “piercing and compact story about friendship and loneliness” (St. Louis Dispatch). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and three times...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-123828
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    Up From Liberalism.

    Buckley, William F

    Up From Liberalism.

    New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by John Dos Passos. Uncommon, signed.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-130002
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    George Seymour Lyon Signed Portrait.

    Lyon, George Seymour

    George Seymour Lyon Signed Portrait.

    :, 1931.

    Rare half-tone portrait of Canadian golf legend George Lyon. Signed by Lyon, “Geo. S. Lyon.” Period frame. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 5.75 inches. In very good condition.
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    Aesop’s Fables.

    Aesop; Stephen Gooden [Illustrator]

    Aesop’s Fables.

    London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd, 1936.

    Signed limited edition of Aesop’s Fables. Royal octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the f...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148561
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    The Oscar.

    Sale, Richard

    The Oscar.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.

    First edition of the author and director’s explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original ha...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-127539
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    Forever Ulysses.

    Rodocanachi, C.P. [Translated by Patrick Leigh Fermor]

    Forever Ulysses.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1938.

    First edition of the author’s first novel and Patrick Leigh Fermor’s first significant literary contribution. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the translator Patrick Leigh Fermor on...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-3901
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    Poems 1962-2012.

    Gluck, Louise

    Poems 1962-2012.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

    First edition of this collection of poems by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed Louise Gluck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gretchen...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-146120
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    Jawaharlal Nehru Postcard Signed.

    Nehru, Jawaharlal

    Jawaharlal Nehru Postcard Signed.

    Dariba, Delhi: Lal Chand & Sons, Photographers, n.d.

    Rare autograph postcard signed by the first prime minister of India. Octodecimo, Lal Chand & Sons postcard featuring a photograph of the Taj Mahal from River Side. Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru on th...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-146910
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    On Being A Christian.

    Kung, Hans

    On Being A Christian.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1976.

    First edition, early printing of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To my friend Matthew: confidence and courage! Hans Kun...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-104732
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    The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam.

    Hasford, Gustav

    The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam.

    New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

    First edition of the author’s sequel to The Short-Timers, basis for the film Full Metal Jacket. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-109631
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    Fishing Bamboo.

    Gierach, John; Glenn Wolff [Illustrator]; Carolyn Chadwick [Binder]; Nick Lyons [Publisher]

    Fishing Bamboo.

    New York: Lyons & Burford, Publishers, 1997.

    First limited deluxe edition of this collection of angling essays on bamboo fly rods. Octavo, bound in three-quarters Nigerian goatskin over silk moire covered boards with a flat piece of bamboo hand-...
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    Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.

    McPherson, James M

    Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

    First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author,...
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    Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].

    Saramago, Jose

    Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].

    Lisbon: Caminho, 1999.

    First edition of the author’s Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-1503
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    God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

    Hitchens, Christopher

    God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

    New York: Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2007.

    First edition, early printing of this polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne...
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    Truman.

    McCullough, David

    Truman.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

    Early printing of the historian’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robert...
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    Up From Liberalism.

    Buckley, William F

    Up From Liberalism.

    New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Howard Klein Admiringly William F. Buckley.” Fine in...
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    Godspell: New Testaments Sections on Which the Musical is Based.

    Schwartz, Steven; John Michael Tebelak

    Godspell: New Testaments Sections on Which the Musical is Based.

    New York: The British and Foreign Bible Society in association with Collins Fontana Books, 1966.

    First edition of this collection of gospels in Today’s English Version used in Godspell the Musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak as played at Wyndham’s Theatre, London. Oct...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-147245
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    Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story.

    Hatfield, Jerry. Introduction by Jay Leno [Rollie Free]

    Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story.

    One-Track Publications: One-Track Publications, 2007.

    First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the legendary motorcycle racer. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout, with the original CD of the last interview of Free. Presen...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-119639
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    Gas-House McGinty.

    Farrell, James T. [John Dos Passos]

    Gas-House McGinty.

    New York: The Vanguard Press, 1933.

    First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “John Dos Passos Cordially Jim Farrell.” The...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-125330
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