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The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus, Describing His Discovery of the New World.

London: Ellis & White, 1872.

First limited edition of this comprehensive bibliography cataloging the various editions and translations of Columbus’s first letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella describing his initial v...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149418

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Aries, Elizabeth [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Men and Women in Interaction: Reconsidering the Differences.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

First edition of this enlightening study in gender relations, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers....

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147638

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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse.

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1879.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full green crushed morocco with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149925

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Hubble, Edwin

Edwin Hubble Signature On Card.

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Rare signature of influential American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Boldly signed in ink below his bust portrait, clipped from a newspaper and mounted to cardstock. In near fine condition with remnants of...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148496

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Cervantes, Miguel de

Vida Y Hechos del Ingeniso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Tarragona: Joseph Barber, 1757.

Eighteenth century finely bound example of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Duodecimo, four volumes, bound in full uniform contemporary l...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149186

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Diego Sanz of Lardero

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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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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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

McElligot’s Pool.

New York: Random House, 1947.

First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state ‘c’) of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other p...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-87546

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O'Hara, John

Appointment in Samarra.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109228

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Wallace, David Foster

The Broom of the System.

New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling a...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146609

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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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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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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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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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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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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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