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The Human Zoo.

Morris, Desmond

The Human Zoo.

Toronto : Clark, Irwin & Company Limited , 1969.

First edition of this work, which examines how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Edward Glover Best wishes Desmond Morris.” The recipient Edward Glover was a British psychoanalyst, whose lasting achievements in the combinedContinue reading "The Human Zoo."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-96342

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The Stranger.

Camus, Albert

The Stranger.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

First American edition of Camus’ first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “A Vincent Sheean pour le remercier de savoir si bien parler de Stendhal Sympathiquement Albert Camus.” The recipient, Vincent Sheean was an American journalist and novelist. Sheean’s most famous work was PersonalContinue reading "The Stranger."

$45,000.00

Item Number: RRB-97850

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The Architecture of Frank Gehry.

Gehry, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb

The Architecture of Frank Gehry.

New York : Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.

First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the architect on the half-title page, “To Frank Pierson Frank O. Gehry.” The recipient Frank Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated CatContinue reading "The Architecture of Frank Gehry."

$1,450.00

Item Number: RRB-99727

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The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.

Waugh, Evelyn; Illustrated by Reynolds Stone

The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.

New York and London : The Queen Anne Press; The British Book Centre, 1953.

Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, original red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gray endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece woodcut and title page printed in brown, 3 further woodcuts in text printed in black.Continue reading "The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-71894

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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 title page, “For John Rogers Edward O. Wilson, who has added a drawing of an ant. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-100332

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River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.

Fletcher, Colin

River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-100432

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Baltasar and Blimunda.

Saramago, Jose

Baltasar and Blimunda.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.

First American edition of Saramago’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, “To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Giotto. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-100019

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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays.

Wallace, David Foster

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays.

New York : Little Brown & Company, 2005.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Yoori Kim. Jacket photograph by Kelly Campbell. Author photograph by Marion Ettlinger.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-42776

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The Emperor Jones.

O'Neill, Eugene

The Emperor Jones.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1928.

Signed limited first edition, one of 750 examples, this is number 472. Signed by Eugene O’Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. In fine condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-43896

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Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed.

Hemingway, Ernest

Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed.

Chicago : The Walden Book Shop, 1930.

Rare letter excerpt boldly signed by Ernest Hemingway. Published by the Walden Book Shop in 1930, the introduction begins “The following notes are excerpts from a Hemingway letter in answer to questions concerning editions and numbers of copies.” It goes on to provide a long italicized quote from the letter in which Hemingway describes theContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-95977

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Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

Chaplin, Charlie

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, “Faithfully Chas Chaplin.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. Rare and desirable.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-95208

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The Ipcress File.

Deighton, Len

The Ipcress File.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1963.

First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harry Tomb Len Deighton.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed in an elaborate half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the dust jacket.Continue reading "The Ipcress File."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96914

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Stock Market Theory and Practice.

Schabacker, Richard Wallace

Stock Market Theory and Practice.

New York : B.C. Forbes, 1930.

First edition, second printing of the first of Schabacker’s three major works on the stock market. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-88994

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The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.

Tolstoy, Leo

The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903.

Limited edition of the works of Leo Tolstoy, one of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Ruisdael paper, this is number sixty-eight. Octavo, 25 volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, two frontispiecesContinue reading "The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-97546

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A Masque of Reason.

Frost, Robert

A Masque of Reason.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$550.00

Item Number: RRB-97478

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Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.

Watson, James D; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; Arthur Kornberg, Joshua Lederberg

Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.

Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company, 1964.

First edition of this collection of Nobel Lectures in physiology or medicine from the years 1942-1962. Thick Octavo, original yellow cloth. Signed by all three Nobel Prize-winning scientists Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins on the title page. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962, “for their discoveries concerning theContinue reading "Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-95688

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Les Oeuvres De Monsieur De Moliere, Reveues, Corrigees & Augmentees (Tartuffe).

Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Les Oeuvres De Monsieur De Moliere, Reveues, Corrigees & Augmentees (Tartuffe).

Paris : Chez Denys Thierry, 1682.

First complete and first illustrated collected edition, including 6 previously unpublished plays of the works of Moliere. Small octavo, 8 volumes. Finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Pouillet, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings throughout. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-95843

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Survival Through Design.

Neutra, Richard [Adlai Stevenson]

Survival Through Design.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1954.

First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Adlai Stevenson hope and inspiration of his countrymen cordially Richard Neutra 54.” The recipient, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, was an American politician and diplomat notedContinue reading "Survival Through Design."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-93541

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The Strategy of Conflict.

Schelling, Thomas C

The Strategy of Conflict.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1960.

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Roger Jan 75 Tom Schelling.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear to the extremities.

$3,400.00

Item Number: RRB-89467

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The Places In Between.

Stewart, Rory

The Places In Between.

London : Picador, 2004.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, “I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-91569

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Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction.

Edited by Will Blythe (David Foster Wallace)

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1998.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by contributor David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper. The essay contributed to this volume is one of his finest, titled, “The Nature of the Fun”, which is a meditation on why writers write, encrusted in Wallace’s signature blend of self-conscious despondency. Near fine in aContinue reading "Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-85674

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Competition and Entrepreneurship.

Kirzner, Israel M

Competition and Entrepreneurship.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013.

First edition of the Liberty Fund edition of Kirzner’s classic Austrian School text. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Peter J. Boettke and Frederic Sautet.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-86784

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Ethics Without Ontology.

Putnam, Hilary

Ethics Without Ontology.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2004.

First edition of this work on ontology by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Hilary Putnam April 4, ’15.” Name to the front free endpaper, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen NefskyContinue reading "Ethics Without Ontology."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-68341

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PR!: A Social History of Spin.

Ewan, Stuart

PR!: A Social History of Spin.

New York : Basic Books, 1996.

First edition of this thorough history of public relations. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John: For the greater good to prevail, we need to give ourselves a greater public, Best Stuart Ewen.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-74789

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