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    The Green House.

    Vargas Llosa, Mario

    The Green House.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.

    First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To John Mario Vargas Llosa.” Near fine in...
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    More Die of Heartbreak.

    Bellow, Saul

    More Die of Heartbreak.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-3138
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    A Stroll With William James.

    Barzun, Jacques. [William Safire]

    A Stroll With William James.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.

    First edition of Barzun’s intimate biography of “Father of American psychology”, William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publi...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-128020
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    The Dean’s December.

    Bellow, Saul

    The Dean’s December.

    New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

    Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-182
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    Crosstown.

    Levitt, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose

    Crosstown.

    New York: Powerhouse, 2001.

    First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on t...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-808
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    Soul Mountain.

    Xingjian, Gao

    Soul Mountain.

    New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

    First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-138016
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    Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.

    Morris, James [Jan]

    Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.

    London: Faber & Faber, 1968.

    First British edition of the author’s second volume in the acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-3164
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    Jackdaws.

    Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

    Jackdaws.

    New York: Dutton, 2001.

    Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author o...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-142632
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    The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.

    Stern, Philip M

    The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.

    First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Joa...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-143398
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    Countdown.

    Borman, Frank

    Countdown.

    New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.

    First edition, second printing of the astronaut’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bo...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-144619
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    What Happened to Me.

    Pickett, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett]

    What Happened to Me.

    New York: Brentano's, 1917.

    First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 1...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-145582
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    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Fletcher, Colin

    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.

    First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the ha...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-74000
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    A First Family of Tasajara.

    Harte, Bret

    A First Family of Tasajara.

    London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.

    First edition of Harte’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “with the best New...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-96090
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    Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.

    Solow, Robert; Edited by Mauro Boianovsky and Kevin D. Hoover

    Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this volume.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-15051
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    Treynor on Institutional Investing.

    Treynor, Jack L

    Treynor on Institutional Investing.

    New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

    First edition of this important collection of essays by the father of the capital asset pricing model. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-58017
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    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

    The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III.

    London: William Heinemann, 1950.

    First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149027
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    L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

    Bellow, Saul

    L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

    Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.

    First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-185
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    Men From Earth.

    Aldrin, Buzz and Malcolm McConnell

    Men From Earth.

    New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

    First edition of Aldrin’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, :To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin” and...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-144989
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    Return to Earth.

    Aldrin, Buzz

    Return to Earth.

    New York: Random House, 1973.

    First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper. Ne...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-146590
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    The Return of the Native.

    Hardy, Thomas; Clare Leighton [Illustrator]

    The Return of the Native.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929.

    Macmillan signed limited edition of Hardy’s sixth published novel. Octavo, bound in half vellum over boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, with black and white woodcut ill...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-148848
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    Most Likely to Succeed.

    Dos Passos, John

    Most Likely to Succeed.

    New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

    Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-127665
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    I Never Sang for My Father.

    Anderson, Robert [Alan Schneider]

    I Never Sang for My Father.

    New York: Random House, 1968.

    First edition of Robert Anderson’s autobiographical drama, later the basis for the Academy Award–nominated 1970 film. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, top stain blue, illustrated with bl...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-152216
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    The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

    Herbert, Frank

    The Worlds of Frank Herbert.

    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

    Berkley Medallion edition of this collection of nine short stories by the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-150258
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    Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

    Asimov, Isaac

    Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.

    First edition of Asimov’s wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Stephen Isaac Asim...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-142352
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