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Diego Sanz of Lardero Nobility Patent.

Valladolid, Spain:, 18 June 1569.

Rare 16th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent for Diego Sanz of Lardero. Folio, original full limp parchment, the patent is comprised of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, text in manus...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148286

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Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.

Ethiopia:, C. 18th Century.

Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Small octavo, bound in full leather, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, illustrated with full-page hand-painted miniatures. Some writings and age...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149160

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

A Treatise On Money. Volume I: The Pure Theory of Money.

London: MacMillan & Company, 1930.

First edition of the first volume of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition with light rubbing and toning. Ownership signature to the...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151441

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Beard, Peter Hill

The End of the Game.

New York: The Viking Press, 1965.

First edition of the photographer’s first book with over 75 black-and-white and color photographic plates. Tall quarto, original ivory cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Beard on the half-title page....

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150093

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Shirer, William L

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.

First edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149342

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Queler, Eve [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

A View From The Podium.

: Xlibris, 2019.

First edition of this memoir that chronicles Eve Queler’s pioneering career as a conductor. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustarted with black and white photographs. Association co...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148152

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[John F. Kennedy]

John F. Kennedy Inauguration Government Issued License Plate. [with] Inaugural Activities Program.

District of Columbia:, 1961.

Rare John F. Kennedy inauguration government issued license plate dated 1961. A superb relic from the Kennedy inaugural events in January 1961, presumably used during inaugural events and in the inaug...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150481

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Matilda.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.

First British edition of Dahl’s popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the fr...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-143009

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Edited by Edgar M. Cortright. [Alan Shepard; Deke Slayton; Walter Cunningham; et al]

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon.

Washington, D.C: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975.

First edition of this profusely illustrated collection of essays documenting NASA’s Apollo Missions. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs, chart...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148758

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Collins, Michael; James Lovell; Edward H. White II; Frank Borman; Jim McDivitt; Clifton Williams

Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965.

Indialantic, Florida: C.W. Scarboro, 1965.

First edition of this visual chronicle documenting the early development of the U.S. space program at Cape Canaveral. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by six...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148483

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Vonnegut, Kurt [David Hayman]

Kurt Vonnegut Signed David Hayman Portrait.

:, 1971.

Rare original pastel on paper portrait of the drawing’s recipient, David Hayman. Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut at the bottom left corner, “Dear David, You said you wanted a picture by me. But...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148736

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Slocum, Joshua

Voyage of the Liberdade.

Boston: Press of Robinson & Stephenson, 1890.

First edition of Slocum’s classic account of his fifty-five days at sea with his wife and sons aboard the 35-foot junk-rig The Liberdade. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt title to the fron...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-152147

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Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rachel Carson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Drawings b...

$4,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151213

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.

First South African edition of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photograp...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126733

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Auden, W.H

Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by W.H. Auden on the front free endpaper with the first three stanzas of “Doggerel by a Senior Citizen...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147647

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Hung-Ming, Ku

The Spirit of the Chinese People.

Peking: The Peking Daily News, 1915.

First edition of this collection of essays discussing the history and values of the Chinese people. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, frontispiece, title printed in English a...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151825

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Edison, Thomas Alva

Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

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Large photograph of Thomas Edison, signed by him. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches.

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-15050

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Welsh, Irvine. [Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller]

Trainspotting.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.

First edition of this internationally acclaimed author’s classic debut novel, basis for the Danny Boyle cult directed film, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, ...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152986

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Carroll, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

London: MacMillan and Co, 1872.

Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped i...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130848

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Reagan, Ronald; Nancy Reagan

Ronald and Nancy Reagan Signed 1980 Campaign Poster.

:, 1980.

Original Ronald Reagan campaign poster from the 1980 presidential election. Official campaign poster for Republican candidate Ronald Reagan, featuring a powerful black and white portrait of Reagan wit...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151307

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Columbus, Christopher

The Spanish Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant’ Angel: Escribano de Racion of the Kingdom of Aragon Dated 15 February 1493.

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1891.

First edition of the facsimile edition of Christopher Columbus’ letter to Luis de Santángel about his initial voyage to the Americas. Folio, half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spin...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147790

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Norton, Thomas. [John Calvin]

The Institution Of Christian Religion, Written In Latin By M. John Calvine, Translated Into English According To The Authors Last Edition; With Sundry Tables To Finde The Principall Matters Intreated Of In This Booke.

London: John Norton, 1611.

Rare 1611 edition of Calvin’s seminal work on systematic theology, regarded as one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Quarto, bound in three quarter calf with five raised band...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132719

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Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Louis Antoine [Napoleon]

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By M. de Bourrienne, his Private Secretary.

London: Richard Bentley, 1836.

Finely bound extra-illustrated edition set of de Bourrienne’s Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavos, eight volumes, bound in full 19th century crimson morocco by Riviere and Son with gilt title...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109608

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Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.

First edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt m...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130508

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