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The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight Stephen King Signed Promotional Poster.

New York: Signet/Penguin/Viking, .

Combined promotion and advertising campaign poster for Stephen King’s best-selling horror novels The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight. One page, the poster features a full color image of Stephen...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145483

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Morpurgo, Michael

War Horse.

Kingswood, UK: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1982.

First edition of this powerful novel that follows the journey of a horse during WWI. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards. In near fine condition. Cover design by Victor Ambrus.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141014

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Rothchild, John

A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.

New York: Viking, 1988.

First edition of “the funniest book about investing ever written” (New York Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily and humorously signed by the author on the title page, “Cons...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148329

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Darwin, Bernard

Green Memories.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928.

First edition of the first volume of the author’s autobiographical trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the autho...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-14025

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Schulberg, Budd

First edition of this collection of short stories, including the story Your Arkansas Traveler, which was the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-75877

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1949.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispie...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147244

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Freeman, Douglas Southall

George Washington: A Biography.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54.

First edition of the author’s monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning work, widely considered the definitive biography of Washington. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cart...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149571

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Makos, Adam with Larry Alexander

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II.

New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2013.

First edition, early printing of “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.” Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation co...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151342

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Venizelos, Eleftherios

Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.

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One folding page letter hand-written and signed by “the father of modern Greece,” Eleftherios Venizelos. Dated December 24th, 1921 on letterhead from the El Mirasol in Santa Barbara, Calif...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-82454

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Koolhaas, Rem

Elements by Rem Koolhaas.

: Marsilio, 2014.

First edition of this collection of books by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Octavo, 15 volumes, original wrappers, illustrated, original box. Boldly signed by Rem Koolhaas in three different vo...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150042

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Markowitz, Harry M

Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.

Second edition of the economist’s work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-74658

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Doran, Dr.; [Ulysses S. Grant]

Table Traits with Something on Them.

New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1865.

Early printing of this anecdotal history of eatery; from the library of the eighteenth President of the United States. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt ti...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146695

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Noyce, Wilfrid; Foreword by Sir John Hunt

South Col: One Man’s Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.

First edition of Noyce’s firsthand account of the ascent of South Col. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and maps including frontispiece. Foreword by Si...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-114308

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Orbison, Roy

Roy Orbison Signed 1975 Tour Program.

:, 1975.

Rare Roy Orbison UK Tour Program signed by Roy Orbison. Quarto, the program is inscribed by Roy Orbison on the title page, “Sincerely Roy Orbison.” Accompanied by a letter of provenance si...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138742

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.

New York:, February 8, 1899.

Theodore Roosevelt typed letter signed to Thomas T. Sherman. One page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter reads, “Feby. 8th, 1899. Thomas T. Sherman, 52 Wall St., N.Y....

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145340

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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...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150271

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Aubry, Octave. [Napoleon Bonaparte]

Ecrits de Napoleon.

Paris: Editions Buchet / Chastel, 1969.

Finely bound example of Octave Aubry’s Ecrits de Napoleon. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments with...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-130509

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Vanderbilt, William K

Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.

New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.

First edition of Vanderbilt’s account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143551

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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harco...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146307

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Annals of The Club. 1764-1914.

London: Printed for The Club [by Horace Hart at the Oxford University Press, 1914.

First edition of this work on the Club in London. which was founded by Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and whose rolls would later include Oliver Goldsmith, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon and James...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-125191

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Churchill, Winston S

Ian Hamilton’s March.

London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s classic fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148450

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Pearce, Donn

Cool Hand Luke.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2009.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Royal octavo, elaborately bound in full brown leather with gilt titles...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149210

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Williams, John

Nothing But The Night.

Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.

First edition of the re-issue of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, “For Bob an...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-122674

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[King, Stephen]

Prism: Stephen King 1969 University of Maine Yearbook.

Bangor, Maine: University of Maine/Prism, 1969.

1969 University of Maine Yearbook featuring several photographs of Stephen King as an undergraduate. Quarto, original publisher’s half cloth over illustrated boards, illustrated with black and w...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143490

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