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Smith, Rupert. [Madeleine Albright]

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World.

London : Penguin Books, 2006.

Second edition of this critical analysis of how warfare has evolved from traditional industrial-age conflicts to modern “war amongst the people.” Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. From the library of  Madeleine K. Albright with her bookplate to the front pastedown. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted underContinue reading "The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World."

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$75.00

Item Number: RRB-149066

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Nabokov, Vladimir. Introduction by Conrad Brenner

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.

Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, 1959.

First edition of the reissue of Nabokov’s first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example.

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$95.00

Item Number: RRB-89025

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McPhee, John

Giving Good Weight.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.

First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Len Byrd all best John.” Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

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$95.00

Item Number: RRB-2133

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Burns, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades

New York: An Illustrated History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original half cloth, heavily illustrated with 500 images in color and black and white. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

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$95.00

Item Number: RRB-147936

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McPhee, John

Giving Good Weight.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.

First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

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$95.00

Item Number: RRB-145881

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Bickham, William Dennison

Rosecrans’ Campaign with the Fourteenth Army Corps, of the Army of the Cumberland: A Narrative of Personal Observations, with a Appendix, Consisting of Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River.

Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co, Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co..

First edition of William Dennison Bickham’s Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition. Ex-library.

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-132443

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Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

World Without End.

New York : Dutton, 2007.

First printing, advance uncopyedited manuscript of Follett’s bestselling historical novel, the sequel to The Pillars of Earth. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Erica Jong and her husband Ken Burrows. American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989 and became close personal friends of Follett’s. EricaContinue reading "World Without End."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-142832

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Shepperd, Tad

Pack & Paddock.

New York : The Derrydale Press, 1938.

First edition of this collection of poems of the hunt. Small octavo, original publishers three quarters morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt with others uncut, illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 551. In fine condition. Bookplate.

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-116893

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Richards, Keith

Life: Keith Richards.

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

First edition of Richards’ autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-145154

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Ropes, John Codman

The Story of the Civil War: A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America Between 1861 and 1865: The Campaigns of 1862.

New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

First edition of Ropes’ account of the American Civil War. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with maps and plans, with 13 folding maps for Vol II in a pocket affixed to the front pastedown. In good condition. Ex-library.

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-133077

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Kurtzer, Daniel C.; Scott B. Lasensky; William B. Quandt; Steven L. Spiegel; Shibley Z. Telhami [Madeleine Albright]

The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest For Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011.

Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press, 2013.

First edition of this informative account of the United States’ role in attempting to achieve Arab-Israeli peace. Octavo, original publisher’s black boards, illustrated with a map of The Syrian-Israeli Frontier, bookplate to the front pastedown from ‘The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright’. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serveContinue reading "The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest For Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-147354

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Wells, H.G

Mr. Britling Sees Through.

London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916.

First British edition of Wells’ influential First World War novel depicting the moral and emotional upheaval of wartime Britain. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, titles and floral tooling stamped in blind to the front panel. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature toContinue reading "Mr. Britling Sees Through."

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-151148

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Anaya, Rudolfo; Gaspar Enriquez

Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez.

El Paso : Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.

First edition of this powerful tribute to the labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. Oblong octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “Nancy. Rudolfo Anaya.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket in the unique reversible dust jacket with a timeline of the lifeContinue reading "Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez."

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-147330

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Kerbey, Joseph Orton

On the War Path: A Journey Over the Historic Grounds of the Late Civil War.

Chicago : Donahue, Henneberry & Co., 1890.

First edition of the Civil War Union spy’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-132391

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Gilbert, Martin

Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: The Stricken World: 1916-1922.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975.

First American edition of the fourth volume in the official biography of Winston S. Churchill. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and maps, photographic frontispiece of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-144772

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Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown

Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.

Gaithersburg, MD : Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.

First edition of Hunt and Brown’s monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-133074

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Markham, Robert. [Kingsley Amis]

Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1968.

First edition of the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming’s 1964 death. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Adams.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-129046

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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.

First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-144548

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Escape on Venus.

Tarzana : Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.

First edition of the fourth book in the ‘Venus’ series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-145058

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Wilde, Oscar. Selected by E. V. Lucas

A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1919.

First edition of this selection of Wilde’s literary criticism. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-139580

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Irwin, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr

To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.

Philadelphia : A. J. Holman Company, 1973.

First edition, early printing of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Diana. James Irwin.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-147173

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O'Rourke, P.J

Eat The Rich: A Treatise on Economics.

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.

First edition, early printing of the best-selling author’s economic treatise. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Lucie Bon Appetite! P. J. O’Rourke 4/27/99 NYC.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman and Charles Rue Woods.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-133080

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Benchley, Robert

Benchley-Or Else!

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1947.

First edition of Benchley’s collection of humorous essays. Octavo, original cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Library of Robert B. Gray.” Illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Ben Pinchot.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-141235

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan the Untamed.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920.

First edition of the seventh book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece and eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In very good condition.

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$125.00

Item Number: RRB-145107

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