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Rhodes, James Ford [William Tecumseh Sherman]

History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 Vol 5.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1904.

Early edition of Vol. V of the history of the United States from 1864 to 1866; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original marooon cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with folding maps of William Techumseh Sherman’s Marches and the Grant-Sheridan Campaign of 1865. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In veryContinue reading "History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 Vol 5."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145965

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Tutu, Desmond and The Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph signed by the two Nobel Peace Prize winners. Color photograph of Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama holding hands in a joyous pose. Signed by each beneath their respective portraits. In fine condition. The piece measures 7.5 inches by 5.75 inches. Rare and desirable.

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-147286

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Carle, Eric

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1983.

First General Book edition, early printing of enormously creative children’s book. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Grrr, for Ryan, Eric Carle,” with an large original drawing of a bear standing on two legs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable withContinue reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147284

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First modern library edition of Joan Didion's magnum opus: Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Signed by the author on the title page

Didion, Joan

Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

New York : The Modern Library, 2000.

First Modern Library edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-79043

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Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.

New York : Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.

First edition of the author’s fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed “Kurt Vonnegut Feb. 26 2000” on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman. A very sharp example.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147951

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Ellison, Ralph

Invisible Man.

New York : Random House, 1952.

Association copy of the author’s landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on title page, “To Michael Harper who has made this here book much better known. With thanks for his insights, Ralph Ellison.” The recipient, Michael S.Continue reading "Invisible Man."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147961

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Massingham, Dorothy. In Conjuction with Murray MacDonald [Katharine Hepburn]

The Lake: A Play in Three Acts.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, raised bands, speckled edges. Presentation copy, inscribed by Katherine Hepburn who starred in the first Broadway production, “To Richard Aldrich Katharine Hepburn.” With Richard Aldrich’s Casa de Aldrich armorial bookplate on free front endpaper. In near fineContinue reading "The Lake: A Play in Three Acts."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147963

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Wills, Charles W. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Washington, D.C : Globe Printing Company, 1906.

First edition of this autobiographical compilation of the letters and diary of the late Charles W. Wills; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of C. W. Wills. P.T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf and ownership signature to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General WilliamContinue reading "Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145962

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Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscription to the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147387

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Copeland, Sebastian; Foreword by Orlando Bloom

Antarctica: A Call to Action.

San Rafael, CA : Earth Aware, 2008.

First edition of the inspiring sequel to ‘Antarctica: The Global Warning.’ Oblong duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with breathtaking high-resolution photographs by Sebastian Copeland throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “January 2009 To Linda, Sebastian Copeland.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Orlando Bloom.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146836

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First Edition of Madam Secretary; Inscribed by Madeleine Albright to Ambassador Henry Kimelman

Albright, Madeleine

Madam Secretary: A Memoir.

New York : Miramax Books, 2003.

First edition of this classic memoir by the first female Secretary of State in United States history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ambassador Kimelman Madeleine Albright.” The recipient, Henry Kimelman served as the United States ambassador to Haiti from 1980 to 1981. He was theContinue reading "Madam Secretary: A Memoir."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-147966

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Dunn, Katherine

Geek Love.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition of this classic work, named by The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by Katherine Dunn on the title page and signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel; on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. The book’sContinue reading "Geek Love."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-147967

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Adams, Douglas

The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To the Galaxy. [Hitchhiker’s]

London : PAN, 1979.

First British edition of this modern classic, preceding the hardcover edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Douglas Adams in a contemporary hand on the front pastedown. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147972

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"I am a Christian Because of Owen Meany": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Warmly signed by John Irving

Irving, John

A Prayer For Owen Meany.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1989.

First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, “Merry Christmas John Irving.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145910

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Samuelson, Paul A

Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed.

Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 13, 1956.

Rare typed letter signed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Quarto, one page on Department of Economics and Social Science stationary, the letter reads, ‘Many thanks for your letter of March 6 inviting me to lecture at the Economic Education Workshop in August. I am flattered to be asked, and I’d like to do this —Continue reading "Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-147279

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Coetzee, J.M

In the Heart of the Country.

London : Secker and Warburg, 1977.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his first wife, “Philippe- Love from John.” Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). In 1965 Coetzee entered theContinue reading "In the Heart of the Country."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147975

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Leaf, Munro. Illustrated By Robert Lawson

The Story of Ferdinand.

New York : The Viking Press, 1936.

First edition of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. 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 the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Story of Ferdinand."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147987

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Love in the Time of Cholera.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

First American edition of the author’s work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Para Erich, del amigo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 98.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by CarolContinue reading "Love in the Time of Cholera."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147602

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Hepburn, Katharine

Me: Stories of My Life.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

First edition of Katharine Hepburn’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 165 photographs. Boldly signed by Katharine Hepburn on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "Me: Stories of My Life."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-147701

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Kranz, Gene and Sy Liebergot

Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

April 13, 1970.

Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, “Eugene F. Kranz, ‘Flight,'” and Seymour Liebergot, “‘We may have had an instrumentation problem, Flight.’ 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM.” Ironically, the station anomaly was far greaterContinue reading "Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147225

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Berkeley, Edmund C

Giant Brains or Machines That Think.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1949.

First edition of this important work which popularized cognitive images of early computers. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to the author to his ACM collaborator, Austrian mathematician Franz Alt (who is also thanked in the acknowledgements), “To Franz, with thanks againContinue reading "Giant Brains or Machines That Think."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147369

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Bush, George W. [Laura and Barbara Bush]

Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.

Austin, TX : Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.

First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush on the cover, “To Nick with best wishes: Laura Bush and Barbara Bush.” In near fine condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-147231

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Jameson, Fredric

Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism.

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1991.

First edition of this “classic of late 20th-century Euroamerican critical thought” (Ned Lukacher). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “+ for Edward with all best wishes Fredric Jameson 10.18.21.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Andy Warhol. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147399

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Sagan, Carl

Cosmos.

New York : Random House, 1980.

First edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the title page. Near fine a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino, jacket painting by Adolph Schaller. Uncommon signed.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-147395

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