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[Bernstein, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb]

A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.

New York : Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.

Leonard Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb’s personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby’s auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb’s notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from himContinue reading "A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-135684

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Kundera, Milan

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.

First edition of the novel that brought Kundera his first big international success. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131074

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Cole, Ernest; Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld; Text by Thomas Flaherty

House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today.

New York: : Random House, 1967.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by both “Ernest Cole” and Pulitzer Prize-winning author “Joseph Lelyveld 9.18.14” on the title page. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. Text written with Thomas Flaherty. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-127758

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Kerouac, Jack [Gary Snyder]

On The Road.

New York : The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition of Kerouac’s classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by legendary beat Gary Snyder on the half-title page. Near fine in an excellent near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by Bill English. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131088

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Parks, Rosa

Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth.

New York : Lee & Low Books, 1997.

First edition of this collection of letters written to the mother of The Civil Rights movement and her responses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “4/24/97 Rosa Parks.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tania Garcia. Jacket photograph by Mark T. Kerrin. Written with GregoryContinue reading "Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-131103

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Saramago, Jose

Baltasar and Blimunda.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.

Advanced reading copy of the first American edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Jose Saramago 1.2006.” In near fine condition. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-133612

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Fish, Daniel. [Abraham Lincoln]

Lincoln Bibliography: A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln.

New York : Francis D. Tandy Company, 1906.

First edition and signed, registered, and numbered edition of the first comprehensive bibliography of Lincoln material. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln after the original etching by Thomas Johnson. One of seventy-five numbered, registered copies signed by the author and publisher, only forty of which were for sale, this is number 34.Continue reading "Lincoln Bibliography: A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-131214

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Peale, Norman Vincent

The Power of Positive Thinking.

New York : Prentice-Hall, 1952.

First edition of Norman Vincent Peale’s enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Norman Vincent Peale on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-133171

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Tyler, Anne

The Accidental Tourist.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning writer William Kennedy on the title page, “For William Kennedy- with best wishes- Anne Tyler 7-5-86.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. An exceptional associationContinue reading "The Accidental Tourist."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-130894

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Stone, Oliver

Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.

New York : Hyperion, 1995.

First edition of the screenplay which was the basis for the work by the legendary director. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In fine condition. Edited by Eric Hamburg. Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-133168

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Samuelson, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman

Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.

New York : McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.

First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In very good condition with notes and marginalia.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-133578

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Sharpe, Willam F

The Economics of Computers.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1969.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s early work on computers. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To James Bill Sharpe.” Near fine in a good dust jacket, name to the endpaper.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-133579

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Thaler, Richard H. Edited by

Advances in Behavioral Finance.

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.

First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contributors include Richard H. Thaler, Robert J. Shiller, Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers, Kenneth French and Richard Roll.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-133580

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

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 cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dr. Ivan May Compliments and bestContinue reading "Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130735

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Reagan, Ronald

Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.

1987.

Signed photograph of President Ronald Reagan standing with Dr. Richard A. Davis, Nancy Reagan’s brother, inscribed on the matte, “Every good wish Dick & Warmest regard Ronald Reagan.” Official photograph of the White House, ink stamp on to the verso, with printed invitation to unveiling of the Harvey Cushing Stamp. Matted and framed with theContinue reading "Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-132879

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Kleinrock, Leonard

Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.

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Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, “To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock.” In fine condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-117384

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Dillard, Annie

Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.

New York : Harper's Magazine Press, 1974.

First edition, early printing of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Annie Dillard on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheila Berger. Line drawing by Annie Dillard.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-134771

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Dayan, Moshe

Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.

Jerusalem : Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.

First edition of the legendary military leader and politician’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bethram Kapadia.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-134303

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Feynman, Richard P.; Robert P. Leighton; Matthew Sands

The Feynman Lectures On Physics.

Reading, Massachusetts/Palo Alto : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1975; 1964; 1965.

Richard Feynman’s own office copy of his collected lectures on physics, with his ownership signatures. Quarto, 3 volumes, original red cloth. With Feynman’s ownership signature and address to the front free endpaper of volume one, “R. P. Feynman. Calif Instit. of Technology Pasadena, Calif. 795-6811 Ext. 2688” and signature to the front free endpaper ofContinue reading "The Feynman Lectures On Physics."

$150,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130475

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Kornberg, Arthur

DNA Synthesis.

San Francisco : W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974.

First edition of this important work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Bob: For your affectionate support over so many years, my deep gratitude Arthur August 8, 1974.” The recipient, Robert Lehman was a colleague ofContinue reading "DNA Synthesis."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-130734

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Updike, John

Memories of the Ford Administration.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-133586

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Kotter, John P

The General Managers.

New York : The Free Press, 1986.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sam Salant.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-134592

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Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

London : Picador, 1997.

First Picador edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-130563

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King Jr., Martin Luther

Strength to Love.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

First edition of Dr. King’s second book, of which Coretta Scott King noted, “If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King.”Continue reading "Strength to Love."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130633

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