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Douglass, Frederick

Frederick Douglass Document Signed.

April 13, 1883.

Rare quit claim deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” three pages, partially-printed, 8.5 x 14 inches, April 13, 1883. Quit claim deed for a transaction from Warner J. Kinderdine and his wife to Robert Davidson, signed on the docketing panel by Douglass as recorder of deeds, beneathContinue reading "Frederick Douglass Document Signed."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151555

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Gati, Charles [Madeleine K. Albright]

Hungary And The Soviet Bloc.

Durham : Duke University Press, 1986.

First edition of Gati’s examination on Hungary’s relationship with the Soviet Union. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “To Madeleine, with respect and admiration Charles 1998.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under PresidentContinue reading "Hungary And The Soviet Bloc."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-149053

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McMurtry, Larry

Lonesome Dove; Streets of Laredo; Dead Man’s Walk; Comanche Moon.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1985-1997.

First editions of each novel in the author’s Pulitzer-Prize Lonesome Dove series. Octavo, four volumes, original half cloth. Each are signed or inscribed by Larry McMurtry. Each are near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by George Corsillo. Jacket painting by Shannon Stirnweis. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed andContinue reading "Lonesome Dove; Streets of Laredo; Dead Man’s Walk; Comanche Moon."

$3,400.00

Item Number: RRB-151613

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Rivera, Mark with Mike Poncy. Foreword by Ringo Starr

Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig.

Dallas, Texas : Matt Holt Books, 2023.

First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Rivera on the half-title page,”Dear Alina, with much love & hope always… Mark Rivera.” Rivera has added a drawing of a modern peace sign. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig."

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-152103

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Updike, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep

Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain orange, illustrated by Paul Szep. Boldly signed by John Updike and illustrator Paul Szep on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Updike. Illustrated by Paul Szep. A card withContinue reading "Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151541

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Schadeberg, Jurgen. [Nelson Mandela]

Nelson Mandela in His Cell on Robben Island (Revisit).

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Silver gelatin print of Schadeberg’s powerful image of Mandela in his cell on Robben Island, one of the most iconic visual representations of reflection, resilience, and the passage of time. Silver gelatin print, signed and annotated on the verso by the photographer, “Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island (Revisit) 1994 Jurgen Schadeberg HandprintedContinue reading "Nelson Mandela in His Cell on Robben Island (Revisit)."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151531

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Haise, Fred and Jack Lousma

Fred Haise and Jack Lousma Signed Apollo 13 Revised Trajectory Panoramic Print.

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Semi-glossy color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, signed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise in silver ink, “Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, ‘Speed up to save 10 hours'” and “‘The big bang,” and additionally inscribed by flight controller Jack Lousma, “Jack Lousma, Apollo 13 CAPCOM,” whoContinue reading "Fred Haise and Jack Lousma Signed Apollo 13 Revised Trajectory Panoramic Print."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-145825

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Collins, Max Allan; {Robert Rodat] [Tom Hanks]

Saving Private Ryan: A Film by Steven Spielberg.

New York : Dream Works, 1998.

First edition of this novel, basis Academy Award-winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on the title page. In near fine condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151610

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Herodotus; Rawlinson, George

History of Herodotus.

London : John Murray, 1880.

Finely bound example of Rawlinson’s significant translation of Herodotus’ Histories. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with maps and illustrations. Fourth edition. In near fine condition. A veryContinue reading "History of Herodotus."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151528

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Beveridge, Albert J. [Abraham Lincoln]

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

First edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In nearContinue reading "Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-151527

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Jones, Robert T. [Bobby]

Golf Is My Game.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960.

First edition of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Arthur and Carrie, with best regards, Bob Jones.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. An exceptional example.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151490

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The War Chief.

Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927.

First edition of the first book in the ‘Apache’ series. Octavo, original orange cloth. In very good condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145112

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Mackenzie, Compton [Franklin Delano Roosevelt]

Mr. Roosevelt.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1944.

First edition of Compton Mackenzie’s classic biography of the 32nd President of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the front free endpaper to his daughter, “For Anna – with love from her affectionate Pa – Pa Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906–1975) was the eldestContinue reading "Mr. Roosevelt."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151521

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Conrad, Joseph

The Works of Joseph Conrad. [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].

Edinburgh : John Grant, 1925.

The works of Joseph Conrad, elegantly bound, signed by Joseph Conrad. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and nautical stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece to each volume, top edge gilt, signed by Joseph Conrad tipped in to Vol. I. In near fine condition.Continue reading "The Works of Joseph Conrad. [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151500

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Cook, Captain James; Captain James King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, By The Command of His Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. [Cook’s Third Voyage].

London : Printed by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1785.

Finely bound example of Cook’s Third Voyage, “one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century… considered typographically superior to the first edition” (Forbes). Quarto, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, nautical gilt stamping toContinue reading "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, By The Command of His Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. [Cook’s Third Voyage]."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151486

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[Livingstone, David]

The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources.

London and Newcastle : The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, c. 1875.

First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, engraved brass-mounted edges and double clasps toContinue reading "The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151484

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Roosevelt, Theodore and George Bird Grinnell [Editors]

Hunting In Many Lands; American Big Game in Its Haunts; Trail and Camp-Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club.

New York : Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1895-1906.

First editions of three popular titles in the Boone and Crockett Club series, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter levant morocco over marbled boards by Adams bindery with gilt titles and decorations depicting a variety of big game animals to the spine in six compartments withinContinue reading "Hunting In Many Lands; American Big Game in Its Haunts; Trail and Camp-Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151481

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Hayek, F.A

The Constitution of Liberty.

Chicago : The University of Chicago, 1960.

First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151463

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Fleming, Ian [Roger Moore; Julian Glover; Eva Rueber-Staier; John Wyman; John Moreno; Alkis Kritikos; Jack Klaff; Stefan Kalipha; Charles Dance; John Glen; et al.]

For Your Eyes Only.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First edition of the eighth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed and inscribed by fourteen cast members of the 1981 film adaptation of For Your Eyes Only on the title page and facing page, including: Roger Moore, director John Glen, Julian Glover, Eva Rueber-Staier, John Wyman, John Moreno, AlkisContinue reading "For Your Eyes Only."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151450

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Hardy, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.

The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. InContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]"

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147339

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Fleming, Ian

For Your Eyes Only.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First edition of the eighth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-151425

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Jones, Robert T. [Bobby]

Golf Is My Game.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960.

First edition of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Freeman With all sorts of best wishes, Bob.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. An exceptional example.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151497

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός. [The Last Temptation of Christ].

Athens : Δίφρος [Difros], 1955.

First edition in Greek of one of Kazantzakis’s most famous and controversial works, first published in a French translation in 1954. Octavo, bound in full cloth with a morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nikos Kazantzakis in the year of publication on the third free endpaper, “Αντίνολη, 26-4-55 ΤῇContinue reading "Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός. [The Last Temptation of Christ]."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151392

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται. [Christ Recrucified].

Athens : Δίφρος [Difros], 1950.

First Greek edition of one of Kazantzakis’s most important novels, first published in Swedish in 1948. Octavo, bound in full cloth with red cloth spine labels lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed and dated by Kazantzakis on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by Kazantzakis.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151390

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