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    Dangling Man.

    Bellow, Saul

    Dangling Man.

    New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original beige cloth, topstain brown. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “For Poetry a...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147721
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    Beautiful Losers.

    Cohen, Leonard

    Beautiful Losers.

    Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.

    First edition of Cohen’s second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dear Susan Farrier MacKay, Thanks fo...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124873
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    The Good Earth.

    Buck, Pearl S

    The Good Earth.

    New York: The John Day Company, 1931.

    First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by th...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143999
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    Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.

    Brown, Hallie Q

    Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.

    Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.

    First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and whit...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146641
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    A Boy’s Will.

    Frost, Robert

    A Boy’s Will.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915.

    First American edition of Frost’s first published work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Boldly signed by the poet on the title page. In near f...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147560
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    Here and There.

    Levitt, Helen

    Here and There.

    New York: Powerhouse, 2004.

    First edition of collection of this collection of Levitt’s street photography. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow photographer Jeff W...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-118052
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    King John.

    Shipley, Joseph T. [James Joyce]

    King John.

    New York: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc, 1925.

    First limited edition of this classic work inspired by King John. Octavo, original half-cloth. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 8. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151568
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    Call For The Dead.

    le Carre, John

    Call For The Dead.

    London: Victor Gollancz, 1961.

    First edition of the author’s first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and rulin...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151968
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    A Clockwork Orange.

    Burgess, Anthony

    A Clockwork Orange.

    London: William Heinemann, 1962.

    First edition of Burgess’ landmark novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146487
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    The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.

    Shaw, George Bernard

    The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.

    Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.

    First edition of George Bernard Shaw’s short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrat...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96134
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    The Exorcist.

    Blatty, William Peter [Kitty Winn]

    The Exorcist.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.

    First edition of Blatty’s landmark horror novel, basis for the 1973 film. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Peter Blatty and actress Kitty Winn, who starred in...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147935
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    Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

    Tagore, Rabindranath

    Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

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    Rare original silver gelatin print of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore below the photograph. The entire piece measures 5 inches by 3 inches.
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-120647
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    Writing Gender History.

    Downs, Laura Lee [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

    Writing Gender History.

    New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.

    First edition of the second edition of this scholarly work about the historical theories of women and gender. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147660
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    Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946.

    Janis, Harriet and Sidney. [Pablo Picasso]

    Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946.

    Signed limited edition of this compendium of over one hundred reproductions of Picasso’s wartime paintings. Quarto, original  publisher’s half buckram, illustrated with 135 plates. One of...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140734
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    Caricatures: In Quattro Parti.

    Caruso, Enrico

    Caricatures: In Quattro Parti.

    New York: La Follia Di New York, 1908.

    First edition of this compendium of Caruso’s caricatures. Quarto, original publisher’s half morocco with portrait label, illustrated with 150 pages of lithographed drawings. Presentation c...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131641
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    Three Autograph Poems Signed By Langston Hughes.

    Hughes, Langston

    Three Autograph Poems Signed By Langston Hughes.

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    Three original autograph poems by Langston Hughes. Quarto, three pages, one typed and two handwritten in green ink for Marshall Bean. Each boldly signed by Langston Hughes. The first, “Personal...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148255
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    Arms and Influence.

    Schelling, Thomas C

    Arms and Influence.

    New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966.

    First edition of this “exemplary text on the interplay of national purpose and military force” (Book Week). Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Schelling on the title page....
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-2912
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    Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life.

    Ginzberg, Lori D. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life.

    New York: Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

    First edition of this biography about one of the founding philosophers of the American movement for women’s rights. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photogra...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147665
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    Urban Slavery in the American South 1820-1860: A Quantitative History.

    Goldin, Claudia Dale

    Urban Slavery in the American South 1820-1860: A Quantitative History.

    Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1976.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s classic first book, an economic analysis of enslaved labor in Southern cities during the 1800s. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, ill...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150746
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    Alturas de Macchu Picchu.

    Neruda, Pablo and Martin Chambi

    Alturas de Macchu Picchu.

    Chile: Nascimento, 1954.

    Signed limited edition of Neruda’s masterpiece. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued, photographs by Martin Chambi. Signed by Pablo Neruda at the colophon as issued. In near fine cond...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-77014
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    Fifi.

    Bemelmans, Ludwig

    Fifi.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.

    First edition of this children’s story. Thin quarto, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the ti...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146782
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    Jungle Tales of Tarzan.

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan.

    Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.

    First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Edward Gilbert B...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96781
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    Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.

    Baltimore, David; Renato Dulbecco; James D. Watson

    Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.

    New York: Elsevier, 1977.

    First edition of this collection of lectures related to molecular biology delivered by Nobel Laureates between 1933 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the half-title page by David Baltimor...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-116314
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    A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

    Smith, Betty

    A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.

    First edition of Smith’s classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt r...
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    $3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150893
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