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Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

Beisner, Robert L. [Madeleine Albright]

Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

First edition of a comprehensive biography of Dean Acheson. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To another fine Secretary of State with highest regards. Robert L. Beisner.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S.Continue reading "Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149095

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Joe Di Maggio Signed Photograph.

Di Maggio, Joe

Joe Di Maggio Signed Photograph.

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Large original color photograph of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Di Maggio in his Yankees uniform. Boldly signed by Di Maggio in black felt tip. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148870

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The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.

Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton. Introduction by James Russell Lowell

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1889.

Limited edition of this classic of English literature. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with engravings. One of five hundred numbered copies, this is number 372. Printed on thick paper, some pages uncut and unopened at top edges. From the library of with his smallContinue reading "The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149802

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Christine.

King, Stephen

Christine.

West Kingston, R.I : Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 1983.

Signed limited deluxe edition of this landmark novel in King’s horror canon. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Stephen Gervais. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed on the limitation page by Stephen King and Stephen Gervais, this is number 812. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the originalContinue reading "Christine."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149690

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Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Connie Mack, Lefty Grove, and George Earnshaw Signed Baseball.

Ruth, Babe; Lou Gehrig; Hank Aaron; Jimmie Foxx; Al Simmons; Connie Mack; Lefty Grove; George Earnshaw

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Connie Mack, Lefty Grove, and George Earnshaw Signed Baseball.

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Rare Reach Official American League Baseball signed by a legendary group of baseball legends and Hall of Famers. Signed by Babe Ruth on the sweetspot, setting the tone for one of the most remarkable gatherings of baseball legends captured on a single ball. Surrounding the “Sultan of Swat” are the signatures of Lou Gehrig, JimmieContinue reading "Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Connie Mack, Lefty Grove, and George Earnshaw Signed Baseball."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148863

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In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

Kaplan, Robert D. [Madeleine Albright]

In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

New York : Random House , 2016.

First edition of this travelogue that examines the complex history and politics of Eastern Europe. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, Association copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “Dear Dr. Albright, Thanks for your service in connecting morality and realism. Robert Kaplan” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serveContinue reading "In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149036

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A Little War That Shook The World: Georgia, Russia, And The Future Of The West.

Asmus, Ronald D. [Madeleine Albright]

A Little War That Shook The World: Georgia, Russia, And The Future Of The West.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

First edition of this detailed account of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by author on the title page, “To Madeleine With great admiration and thanks for your friendship, support and the opportunities I have had to serve our country with you-Ronald D. Asmus January 12, 2010” The recipient, MadeleineContinue reading "A Little War That Shook The World: Georgia, Russia, And The Future Of The West."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-149091

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The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman.

Washington, Booker T. [William Howard Taft]

The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.

First edition, association copy of Booker T. Washington’s significant history of Americans of African descent, inscribed by him to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft’s presidency. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece portrait of Booker T.Continue reading "The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149850

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Kashmir In Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War.

Schofield, Victoria [Madeleine Albright]

Kashmir In Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War.

New York : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2010.

First printing of the revised edition of the comprehensive historical and political analysis of the Kashmir conflict. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by author on the title page, “To Madeleine Albright who cares about Kashmir with best wishes, Victoria Schofield. London, December 2011.” With an article about “The tangle of issues hindering aContinue reading "Kashmir In Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-149093

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Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.

Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.

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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module ‘Eagle’ onto the surface of the moon. Color glossy photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle” onto the surface of the moon. Boldly signed by the Apollo 11 crew on the mount by Neil Armstrong, BuzzContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface."

$11,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148457

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Loring’s Terrestrial Table Globe.

Loring, Josiah

Loring’s Terrestrial Table Globe.

Boston : Josiah Loring, c. 1833.

Rare early 19th century American terrestrial table globe published by Josiah Loring. The terrestrial globe measures 17 inches in diameter with a calibrated brass meridian ring and 17 inch mahogany horizon ring decorated with mounted hand colored decorations. Mounted on an ebonized oak stand. The globe is comprised of 12 richly detailed hand-colored gores withContinue reading "Loring’s Terrestrial Table Globe."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149783

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Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

Vonnegut, Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1969.

First edition, review copy with the original publisher’s slip laid in of Vonnegut’s masterpiece, named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Kurt Vonnegut with a drawing of a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a fineContinue reading "Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147938

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Koufax.

Koufax, Sandy

Koufax.

New York : The Viking Press, 1966.

First edition of the baseball legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain green, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To George- Best wishes Sandy Koufax.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning to the spine Jacket painting by Herb Hazelton. Jacket design by H. Lawrence Hoffman.Continue reading "Koufax."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150271

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Bryant, Kobe; Pao Gasol; et al

2008-09 LA Lakers Team Signed NBA Basketball.

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Official NBA Spalding Basketball, boldly signed by 12 members of the 2008-09 NBA Champion LA Lakers including Hall of Famers Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Additionally signed by Lamar Odom, Sasha Vujacic, Derek Fisher, Adam Morrison, Luke Walton, Trevor Ariza, DJ Mbenga, Josh Powell, Andrew Bynum, and Shannon Brown. Accompanied by a Professional Sports AuthenticatorContinue reading "2008-09 LA Lakers Team Signed NBA Basketball."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148823

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Cool Hand Luke.

Pearce, Donn

Cool Hand Luke.

New York : Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1965.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Donn Pearce on the front free endpaper and signed by actor Lou Antonio on the half-title page, “Lou Antonio ‘Koko’ Stay Cool Matthew.” Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Cool Hand Luke."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147437

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The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.

Wallace, Alfred Russel

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1869.

First edition of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt central vignette of an orangutan to each front panel, tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, pictorial vignette to eachContinue reading "The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149865

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Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World, Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes.

Sun Tzu. Translated by Lionel Giles

Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World, Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes.

London : Luzac & Co, 1910.

First complete English translation of arguably the best twentieth-century translation of Sun Tzu’s seminal work on military strategy, preceded only by the first translation into French of 1772 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and partial translation into English by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop of 1905. Royal octavo, original printed yellow wrappers boundContinue reading "Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World, Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149882

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Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate.

Felton, Cornelius C.; [Fred Fraley]; [Ino Welsh]

Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate.

Philadelphia : Centennial Board of Finance, 1877.

Rare Centennial International Exhibition lithographic capital stock certificate. Elephant folio, one page, the certificate is dated April 24, 1877 and grants one share of stock in the Centennial Board Finance to Cornelius C. Felton, illustrated with impressive engraved vignettes of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a Native American mourning the progress of industrialization, RomanContinue reading "Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146769

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Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

Churchill, Winston S

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938.

First edition of this important collection of Churchill’s speeches. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149282

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[Cleveland, Grover; James A. Garfield; Ulysses S. Grant; Benjamin Harrison; Rutherford B. Hayes; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt]

19th-Century Presidents, Vice Presidents and other Dignitaries Signed Autograph Album.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co, [1872].

Rare and remarkable autograph book compiled by West Virginia senator and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) containing 289 historic autographs, including seven presidents, seven vice presidents, and scores of members of the Senate, House of Representatives, and presidential cabinets, as well as a few other 19th-century notables. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco byContinue reading "19th-Century Presidents, Vice Presidents and other Dignitaries Signed Autograph Album."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149519

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On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script

Schulberg, Budd and Elia Kazan

On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script

Hollywood and New York : Samuel French, 1980.

Signed limited first edition of this classic Academy Award–winning screenplay, one of only 300 copies, this is number 82. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan. In near fine condition.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-135323

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Alfred Hitchcock Signed Oversized Photograph.

Hitchcock, Alfred

Alfred Hitchcock Signed Oversized Photograph.

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Large vintage matte-finish portrait photograph of one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, signed and inscribed by him, “To Rob, from, Alfred J. Hitchcock.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 11 inches by 14 inches.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149520

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A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.

Maclean, Norman

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.

Chicago : The University of Chicago, 1976.

First edition of Maclean’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Norman Maclean on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, owner name embossed to the front free endpaper. Jacket photograph by Joel Snyder. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150187

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John Hancock Autograph Document Signed.

Hancock, John

John Hancock Autograph Document Signed.

June 22, 1767.

Rare autograph document signed by John Hancock requesting payment for provisions issued to Troops in Nova Scotia. One page, the manuscript document reads, “Boston June 22d 1767 Sir, At Thirty Days sight of this my Third Bill/First & Second of same tenor and date not paid/please to pay to Messrs. Harrison Barnard & Spragg Merchts. inContinue reading "John Hancock Autograph Document Signed."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149510

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