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Cohen, William S.; Janet Langheart Cohen; [Madeleine K. Albright]

Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.

First edition of this profound story of perseverance against racial hatred and bigotry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the au...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147386

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Hilton, Conrad

Be My Guest.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1957.

First edition of the autobiography of the influential hotel magnate and founder of Hilton Hotels. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge stained blue. Very good in a very good dust jacket. First editio...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149608

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Muir, John

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.

First edition, first issue with the biting criticism of his neighbor’s treatment of his son on p. 217: “…none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith’s jaw...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149353

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Albach, J. S

Heilige Anklänge: Gebete für Katholische Christen. [Sacred Echoes: Prayers for Catholic Christians].

Germany: Julius Muller, 1850.

Rare 19th century Catholic prayer book in the German language. Octodecimo, bound in leather with stylized botanical designs stamped in blind to the spine, front and rear panels, metallic crucifixion o...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147277

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Allison, Graham [Madeleine K. Albright]

Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe.

New York: Times Books, 2004.

First edition of this informative work on nuclear terrorism and how to prevent it. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secre...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147591

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Frost, Robert

A Masque of Mercy.

New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1947.

Signed limited edition of Frost’s play of the purported last chapter in the book of Job. Royal octavo, original half cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of 751 numbered copi...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147534

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Souvenir of The Palm Beaches, Florida.

Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early color lithograph souvenir album of the Palm Beaches, Florida. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers printed in full color, the upper wrapper depicting golfers on the links beneath coconut p...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-152165

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McCullough, David

In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story.

Wisconsin: Shadow Mountain, 2010.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-143615

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Cook, Steven A. [Madeleine Albright]

The Struggle For Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

First edition of this historical account of Egypt in the modern era. Octavo, original publisher’s black boards, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Association copy, inscribed...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147351

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Bond, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum

A Bear Called Paddington.

New York: Harper, 2014.

First edition of the re-issue of this classic children’s work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, no dust jacket was issued for this release. Signed by the author on the title page,...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-5553

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Scott, Sir Walter

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Complete. [Lay of the Last Minstrel; Marmion; The Lady of the Lake; Rokeby; Lord of the Isles].

New York and Boston: Charles S. and Joseph H. Francis, 1841.

Francis’ revised complete edition of Scott’s poetical works. Octavo, 10 volumes bound into 5 in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-137035

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Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste [China]

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].

: J. Wood, c. 1736.

Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important c...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-137249

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Roosevelt, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D, Roosevelt]

A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.

Rare second large printing of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-142053

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

Merry Tales.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892.

First edition, first state with patterned endpapers, without the frontispiece portrait of Twain, and with 7 pages of undated advertisements. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. In very good cond...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-137246

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson

The School For Scandal.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1911.

Finely bound by Asprey. Quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 25 t...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-61082

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Bush, George H. W

George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen.

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Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush’s signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine c...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-114942

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Ford, Julia Ellsworth. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Snickerty Nick.

New York: Moffat, Yard & Co, 1919.

First edition of the author’s beloved children’s tale. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece, two color plates, and numerous in-te...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-142503

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[Albarel]

Carte Canada et de la Louisiane. [The Albarel Map].

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Beautifully illustrated facsimile map attributed to Sieur Albarel in 1695. One page, the map shows regions of North America attributed as La Louisane, Florida, Nova Anglia, Noveau Mexique, and Canada...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-138509

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893.

First edition of Twain’s classic short story collection. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by Dan Beard and 9 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rea...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-149918

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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

London: Bloomsbury, 2007.

First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling’s immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-152068

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Zeller, Mrs. Hannah. Preface by H. B. Tristram. Introduction by Edward Atkinson

Wild Flowers of The Holy Land.

London: James Nisbet and Co, 1883.

Third edition of this classic work on the field flowers of Palestine. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, illustrated with fifty-four tissue-guarded plates by...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-146422

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Milne, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson

Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.

First edition set of songbooks from Milne’s Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition w...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-146005

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Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster

In Search of America.

New York: Hyperion, 2002.

First edition of the bestselling authors’ lavishly illustrated work exploring American identity from the country’s foundation to present day. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers...

$400.00 Item Number: RRB-144820

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