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McCarten, Anthony [Winston S. Churchill] [Gary Oldman]

Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink.

New York: Harper / An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.

First edition of this work detailing Winston Churchill’s first 25 days as Prime Minister in May 1940, basis for the Academy Award-winning film bearing the same name. Octavo, bound in full morocco by t...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151812

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Silverstein, Shel

A Light In the Attic.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.

First edition, early printing of Silverstein’s classic collection of children’s poems. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by the author. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstei...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151962

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Lee, Harper [Gregory Peck]

To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic film starring Gregory Peck. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145873

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McCarthy, Cormac [Chip Kidd]

The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994.

First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Additionally si...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151995

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Aarons, Slim

A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition of Slim Aarons’ masterpiece, a portrait of the glamour, luxury and exclusivity of the elite during the 1950s and 60s which remains without peer to this day. Folio, original blue cl...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144502

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Edwards, Brian

Thoughts on the late Proceedings of Government, Respecting the Trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America.

London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1784.

Rare Second edition, corrected and enlarged, of this pamphlet arguing that restricting trade between the British West Indies and the newly independent United States would devastate the Caribbean sugar...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151142

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Brunhoff, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak]

Histoire de Babar le petit elephant. [The Story of Babar the Little Elephant].

Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931.

First edition of the first book in de Brunhoff’s Babar the Elephant series in the original French; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original half cloth over pictorial bo...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147153

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Searle, William S

A New Form of Nervous Disease. Together with an Essay on Erythroxylon Coca.

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1881.

First edition of this late nineteenth-century medical work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition with spotting to the panels,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150347

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Friedman, Milton & Rose

Tyranny of the Status Quo.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-19097

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Bamberger, Rabbi Dr. S.; Rabbi Dr. S. Adler; Rabbi Dr. L.C. Lilienthal

The Soul of Life: A Collection of Speeches, Sermons, Laws, and Regulations Pertaining to the Jewish Religion.

New York: P. Friedman, 1897.

First edition of this work about the Jewish religion. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles, floral endpapers. In very good condition wear to the spine.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148108

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Bellow, Saul

Seize the Day.

New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Gabels from their...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114568

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Plimpton, George [Jack Nicklaus]

The Bogey Man.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.

First edition of Plimpton’s classic work on golf. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “For Great Max another wild effusion- George.” The recipient was...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-136489

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol Signed Pop Rocks Box.

New York: General Foods Corporation, c. 1980-83.

Rare Pop Rocks Crackling Candy box signed by artist Andy Warhol. Strawberry flavored Pop Rocks, unopened pink box, fun 5-pack. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the rear panel of the box. From the colle...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149334

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol Prints.

New York: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc, 1985.

First edition of this definitive catalogue of Warhol’s prints, spanning his entire career. Quarto, original cloth, with over 390 illustrations of Warhol’s prints, including 344 in color. B...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150354

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Wiesel, Elie. [Herman Wouk]

Messengers of God: Biblical Portraits and Legends.

New York: Random House, 1976.

First edition of this collection of portraits exploring the lives of key biblical figures. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151774

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Clews, Henry

Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.

New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.

First edition of Clews’ classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed b...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-46052

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. According to the Use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1701.

Rare early 18th century Book of Common Prayer in a royal binding bearing the ciphers of Queen Anne. Folio, bound in full contemporary green calf with gilt royal ciphers of Queen Anne to the spine in s...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149561

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, 1984.

Rare color photograph of Mother Teresa. Color semi-glossy book photograph headshot of Mother Teresa. Boldly signed in blue ink, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In near fine condition. The pi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148225

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Introduction by O. M. Green

Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of “The Model Settlement.”

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1927.

First edition of this famous photobook showing views of Shanghai, including the international settlement’s imposing architecture, expansive boulevards, and bustling streets. Quarto, original clo...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149089

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Exposures.

London: Hutchinson, 1979.

First British edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Andy Warhol on the half-title, who has added a large sketch...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149403

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Peebles, P.J.E. [Edward O. Wilson]

Principles of Physical Cosmology.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993.

First edition of this comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the science of the universe by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with graphs,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-152048

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By a Loyal Subject

A Letter to the Right Honorable the Earl of Warwick, Upon the Subject of Opposition, in Consequence of the Speeches of His Lordship in the House of Peers, on the 23d and 27th of March, 1797, in Opposition to the Motions of the Earls of Oxford and Suffolk, to Address His Majesty for Peace, and for the Dismissal of the Right Honorable William Pitt.

[London]: Printed for the Author, 1798.

First edition of this appeal to the King of Great Britain and Ireland, King George III, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary straight-grain red morocco with elab...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149128

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Brothers Grimm

Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1882.

Finely bound edition of this collection of classic fairytales. Octavo, bound in full dark blue morocco by Kelliegram with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine, floral ruling to the front and re...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149423

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Lodge, Edmund

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved From Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions.

London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, 1835.

Finely bound set of Lodge’s Portraits of Illustrious Personages. Folio, six volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-122063

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