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Venturi, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi and Vincent Scully on the title page. Fine in a near fin...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150581

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Darwin, Bernard

A Friendly Round.

London: Mills & Boon, 1922.

First edition of this collection of Darwin’s golf columns from The London Times. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard Darwin on the front free endpaper, “To G.M....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-68590

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Scott, Paul

The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils; Staying On].

London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.

Complete first edition set of “one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction” (The Times). Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooli...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148004

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Victor, Orville J

The History, Civil, Political & Military of the Southern Rebellion, From its Incipient Stages to its Close.

New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, [1861].

Complete first edition set of one of the earliest histories of the American Civil War. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s full pebbled morocco decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all e...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133063

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Collins, Michael

Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Oversized Photograph.

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Oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad. Glossy color oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad on the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins,...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145790

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Lynch, Peter with John Rothchild

One Up On Wall Street.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.

First edition of this classic volume on investing; one of the all-time best-selling books in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Lynch and co-author John Rothchild on the ti...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150059

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-92470

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Raleigh, Sir Walter. [Alexander Ross]

The History of the World, In Five Books. [with] The History of the World: The Second Part, In Six Books: Being a Continuation of the famous History of Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight.

London: Printed for Robert White, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, G. Dawes and T. Sawbridge, 1677; London: Printed for John Saywell, 1652.

Rare 1677 printing of Sir Walter Raleigh’s renowned unfinished world history, written while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and first published in 1614; uniformly bound with a rare firs...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149130

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Dos Passos, John

Manhattan Transfer.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925.

First edition of Dos Passos’ “novel of the very first importance…the dawn of a whole new school of writing” (Sinclair Lewis). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good d...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-95815

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Wilberforce, William

William Wilberforce Autograph Letter Signed.

Palace Yard, Westminster:, 11 February 1807.

An extraordinary autograph letter signed by William Wilberforce – the man who devoted his life to ending the British slave trade – written just eleven days after Parliament passed the Slav...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-152120

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Speech.

New York:, 1902.

Rare speech on missionaries signed by as president by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, one page, dated May 20, 1902. Printed speech given by Theodore Roosevelt at the Centennial Meeting of the Home Mission...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151765

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Forty-Five Star American Flag.

:, [c. 1896].

Rare forty-five star American Flag. The forty-five star American Flag was in use between July 4, 1896 when the state of Utah was admitted into the Union and July 3, 1908 when Oklahoma was admitted as...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133095

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Drury, Allen

Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Senator Clark with best regar...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-29018

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Churchill, Winston S

Steg for Steg 1936-1939. [Step by Step 1936-1939]. [Winston Churchill’s Copy]

Stockholm: Skoglunds Bokforlag, 1939.

First Swedish edition and Churchill’s own copy of the last book he published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Octavo, in the publisher’s rare full morocco presentation binding...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146028

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Campbell, Donald

Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.

:, [1960].

Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, “To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell.” The recipient, G...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-131544

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McMurtry, Larry

Lonesome Dove.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-151090

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Wells, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay]

Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”

London: The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells’ Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free e...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-143681

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Roosevelt, Franklin D

Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Commemorative WWI Lake Torpedo Boat Company Photographs.

Bridgeport, CT: Lake Torpedo Boat Co, c. May 20, 1918.

Rare vintage photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Navy, signed by him. Two gelatin silver photographs showing FDR on his May 20, 1918 visit to Lake Torpedo Boat Com...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-147241

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Jackson, Rev. William

The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; and The Articles of Confederation Between the Said States.

London: Printed for J. Stockdale, in Piccadilly, 1783.

Rare second English edition, “the best English edition” (Howes), of the Constitutions of the thirteen newly independent American states, published only one year after the first English edi...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-151249

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Friedman, Milton

A Theory of the Consumption Function.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.

First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-100964

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Breuer, Marcel

Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer.” The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an indus...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-22041

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Paine, Thomas

Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution.

London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1792.

Scarce early collected edition of Paine’s classic work. Duodecimo, two parts bound in one volume, contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition with rubbing to the...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-146441

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Dickens, Charles

Charles Dickens Autograph Envelope Signed.

:, July 3, 1866.

Autograph envelope signed by famed English novelist Charles Dickens. The envelope measures 2.75 inches by 4.75 inches, addressed in the hand of Dickens to the actor Drinkwater Meadows Esquire, Prairie...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151901

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Crantz, David

The History of Greenland: Containing a Description of the Country, and Its Inhabitants.

London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767.

First edition in English of Crantz’s elaborate account of the history of Greenland. first published in German in 1765. Octavo, two volumes bound in full period-style full speckled calf with moro...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150760

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