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The Judgment of Paris.

Vidal, Gore

The Judgment of Paris.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1952.

First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Valerie, from Gore Vidal, June 1954.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946.Continue reading "The Judgment of Paris."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-124488

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Molecular Biology of the Gene.

Watson, James D

Molecular Biology of the Gene.

New York : W.A. Benjamin, Inc, 1965.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by James Watson on the title page. Editor’s foreword by Cyrus Levinthal. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-125103

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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.

Weinberg, Steven

To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.

New York : Harper, 2015.

First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by on the title page, “To Roy Snodgrass with thanks for friendly help Steven Weinberg.” The recipient was a close friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-125653

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Kafka on the Shore.

Murakami, Haruki

Kafka on the Shore.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

Advanced reader’s edition of the first edition of Murakami’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed twice by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel and on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Cover design by Chip Kidd. In near fine condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-125773

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Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.

First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cloth. One of one thousand copies printed. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page on the occasion of publication (andContinue reading "Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125163

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Go Tell It On The Mountain.

Baldwin, James

Go Tell It On The Mountain.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by James Baldwin on the front free endpaper to his mother, “Mama from Rizzy from Jimmy – August 21st!” The recipient, Baldwin’s mother Emma Berdis Jones, left Baldwin’s biological father before moving to Harlem where Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924. WhenContinue reading "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125755

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The Fire Next Time.

Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York : The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-124915

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Moonraker.

Fleming, Ian

Moonraker.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Early printing of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper. From the personal collection of a close female friend of Fleming’s who visited him in Jamaica frequently. Fine in a near fineContinue reading "Moonraker."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-122972

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The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.

Kuhn, Thomas S

The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1957.

First edition of Kuhn’s classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Foreword by James Bryant Conant.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-126596

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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Wilson, Edward O

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Cambridge MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.

First edition of Wilson’s classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Helen Vaitaitis with best wishes and thanks for your help Edward O. Wilson Museum of Comparative Biology Harvard University October 22, 1976.” Additionally signed again in full on theContinue reading "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-122579

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Murakami, Haruki

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

First edition of Murakami’s heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on theContinue reading "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-125609

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Oblivion: Stories.

Foster Wallace, David

Oblivion: Stories.

Boston : Little Brown & Company, 2004.

First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-121399

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Pilgrim’s Progress [Fore-Edge Painting]

Bunyan, John

Pilgrim’s Progress [Fore-Edge Painting]

London : L. and G. Seeley, 1840.

Finely bound example with a foredge painting of a sailing ship initialed and dated 1840 of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, Pilgrim’s Progress. Octavo, bound in full morocco, all edges gilt, 15 plates and illustrations, all hand-colored, with a fore-edge painting of a sailing ship initialed and dated 1840, engravedContinue reading "Pilgrim’s Progress [Fore-Edge Painting]"

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-120842

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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

Wallace, David Foster

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.

First edition of this work which examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Base Art Co./ Terry Rohrbach.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-120564

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The Supreme Court of the United States.

Burger, Warren E

The Supreme Court of the United States.

Washington, DC 1973.

First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by eight justices beneath their portraits accompanying their biographies. They include: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens. 20 page pamphlet on theContinue reading "The Supreme Court of the United States."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-120344

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Kundera, Milan

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of Kundera’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Peter Milan Kundera.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-119818

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The Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson O.M., F.R.S

Rutherford, Ernest [Stephen Hawking]

The Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson O.M., F.R.S

London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1962.

First editions of this work, from the library of Stephen Hawking with a presentation inscription, “To Stephen Hawking To mark the International Relativity Conference, Cambridge, June 1976, the papers of the Cambridge genius of an earlier generation. G. L. W.” Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research atContinue reading "The Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson O.M., F.R.S"

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-119358

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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.

Thomas, Lewis

Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.

New York : The Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Margaret Carson with regards Lewis Thomas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-118459

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Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed.

Kerouac, Jack

Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed.

1960.

Rare mimeographed questionnaire sent by a graduate student of City College of New York to Jack Kerouac; completed and signed twice by him with a lengthy inscription in conclusion. Two pages, partially printed the questionnaire begins with a typed letter signed by James A. Sherlock politely requesting Kerouac’s response which reads in part: “Dear Mr.Continue reading "Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed."

$38,000.00

Item Number: RRB-117950

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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs.

Cohen, Leonard

Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs.

New York : Pantheon, 1993.

First edition of this collection of poems and songs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Mort and Judy warm regards on Christmas Day Leonard Los Angeles 1993.” Cohen has include his trademark entwined heart stamp. The recipients were composer Mort Lindsey andContinue reading "Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-117464

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My Philosophical Development.

Russell, Bertrand

My Philosophical Development.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-117453

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The Cider House Rules.

Irving, John

The Cider House Rules.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of Irving’s sixth novel. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Scott Reynolds. Boldly signed by John Irving. In fine condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-117269

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The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, 1850.

First edition in book form of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt tooling to the spine and raised gilt bands, frontispiece, pictorial title page and 38 etched plates by H. K. Browne. In veryContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-117844

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over boards, gilt titles to the spine. First issue points with “visiter” for “sister” on p. 123, “latter” for “letter” p.160, “flys” for flies on p. 245, and “visiters” for “visitors” on p. 272. First issue pointsContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

$1,050.00

Item Number: RRB-117498

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