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    The Strategy of Conflict.

    Schelling, Thomas C

    The Strategy of Conflict.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.

    First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Willia...
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    To The Last Penny.

    Lefevre, Edwin

    To The Last Penny.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1917.

    First edition of this classic financial novel by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded fr...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151548
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    Native Son.

    Wright, Richard

    Native Son.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.

    First edition with “A – P” on the copyright page of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150188
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    Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

    Mandela, Nelson

    Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

    South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.

    First South African edition, early printing of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, orig...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89081
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    Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.

    Rorty, Richard

    Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.

    Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979.

    First edition of this classic work of twentieth century philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Rorty on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-84533
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    Joseph Strauss Golden Gate Bridge Blueprints Signed.

    Strauss, Joseph Baermann; L.H. Nishkian

    Joseph Strauss Golden Gate Bridge Blueprints Signed.

    San Francisco, California: Strauss Engineering Company, 1933-36.

    Rare original blueprints for the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District of California. Oblong folio, five pages, the set includes: a blueprint of the toll plaza conduit diagram and manholes, Gold Gat...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147518
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    Wernher von Braun Signed Time Magazine Cover.

    von Braun, Wernher

    Wernher von Braun Signed Time Magazine Cover.

    Havana: Time Magazine Latin American Edition, 1958.

    Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover signed by legendary German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Quarto, the cover is from the February 17, 1958 issue and features a reproduct...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138504
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    Love in the Time of Cholera.

    Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

    Love in the Time of Cholera.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.

    First British edition of Garcia Marquez’s classic work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-67079
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    The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

    Dickens, Charles

    The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

    London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

    First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full twentieth-century olive morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartme...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148735
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    Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.

    Duke, Charlie and Fred Haise

    Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.

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    Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, “We copy you down eagl...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-135611
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    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.

    Elizabeth, Queen and Prince Philip

    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.

    :, 1961.

    Royal 1961 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an color plate of Peter Paul Rubens’ The Holy Family with Saint Francis from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137892
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    Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

    Paton, Alan

    Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.

    First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alan Paton on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151373
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    Catch-22.

    Heller, Joseph

    Catch-22.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

    First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally signed by dust jacket designer Paul Bacon on the rare jacket flap. Ve...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151640
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    The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

    Holmes, Oliver Wendell

    The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

    Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, 1886.

    First edition of Holmes’ classic poem. Folio, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt, illustrated by George Wharton Edwards an...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138225
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    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    Friedman, Milton & Rose

    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

    First edition of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133148
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    Hiroshima.

    Hersey, John

    Hiroshima.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

    First edition of Hersey’s classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer and publisher Kirby Congdon...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142065
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    Comet.

    Sagan, Carl and Ann Druyan

    Comet.

    New York: Random House, 1985.

    First edition of this work which describes the scientific nature of comets, as well as their varying roles and perceptions throughout history. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. The dedic...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-50082
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    The Christmas Pig.

    Rowling, J.K.; Illustrated by Jim Field

    The Christmas Pig.

    London: Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021.

    First edition of this heartwarming holiday fantasy. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt Christmas decorations to the front and rear panels, illustrated endpapers, with black-and-whi...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-152116
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    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    Rosen, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    London: Walker Books, 1989.

    First edition of this modern children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the title page, “Michael Rosen We’re NO...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147379
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    Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.

    Hine, Lewis W

    Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.

    New York: The Macmillan Co, 1932.

    First edition of Hine’s only book published in his lifetime, a landmark photobook in its celebration of “the dignity of labour and… the American skyscraper” (Parr & Badger). Small quarto, original...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96378
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    The Works of Lord Byron.

    LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON]

    The Works of Lord Byron.

    Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co, 1900.

    The Edition des Amateurs, one of 100 copies signed by the editor of the complete works of Lord Byron. Octavo, 16 volumes. Bound in full contemporary morocco, elaborate tooling to the front and rear pa...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-109282
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    The Story of My Childhood.

    Barton, Clara

    The Story of My Childhood.

    New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907.

    First edition of the founder of the American Red Cross, American Civil War nurse Clara Barton’s childhood memoirs. 12mo, original publisher’s full red sheep with gilt titles to the spine a...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-122994
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    Death Be Not Proud.

    Gunther, John

    Death Be Not Proud.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.

    First edition, later printing of this deeply moving book, a father’s memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by “Kingsport Press,...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130415
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    Under The Sunset.

    Stoker, Bram

    Under The Sunset.

    London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.

    Rare second edition of Bram Stoker’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W....
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146259
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