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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol VIII.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Sir Archibald Alison was a Scottish historian, writer, and advocate whose most no...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-149394

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Dickens, Charles

Little Dorrit.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, “William” for “Frederick” on page 317 line 27, lacking errata on p...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-148221

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Lee, Harper

Go Set A Watchman.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

Signed limited edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping cart...

$1,850.00 Item Number: RRB-7352

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Simon, Neil

Barefoot in the Park.

New York: Random House, 1964.

First edition of the playwright’s first book, review copy with the slip laid in. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neil Simon, Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway production (and...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146190

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Selby Jr., Hubert. [Darren Aronofsky]

Requiem For A Dream.

London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1979.

First edition of this work, which served as the basis for the 2000 film directed by Darren Aronofsky starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, original half clot...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151581

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Bradbury, Ray [Yousuf Karsh; Estrellita Karsh]

The Art of Playboy.

New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1985.

First edition of this curated collection of art commissioned by Playboy magazine, showcasing the magazine’s effort to blend “high” and “low” art and highlighting visual l...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151638

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Drexler, Rosalyn [Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman]

I Am the Beautiful Stranger; The Line of Least Existence: and Other Plays; To Smithereens.

New York: Grossman Publishers; Random House; The New American Library, 1965-72.

First editions of this collection of works from the Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and professional wrestler. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth and half-cloth. To Smithereens is...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149446

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Reftelius, Johannes Martinus; Carl Linnaeus

Reformatio Botanices. [Reformation of Botany].

Uppsala: Uppsala University, December 18, 1762.

First edition of this academic dissertation presented under the supervision of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University, Sweden. Square octavo, written in Latin, bound in three quarters morocco over speckl...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149466

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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol I.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral border details stamp...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150448

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Hardy, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.

The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines an...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147339

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Blake, Michael [Kevin Costner; Wes Studi]

Dances with Wolves.

Tucson, AZ: Hrymfaxe, 2002.

First edition of the Hrymfaxe edition of this classic novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Blake on the half-title page...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151359

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Durrell, Lawrence

Clea.

London: Faber & Faber , 1960.

First edition of the author’s final novel in his classic Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpa...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151667

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Goodall, Jane

Jane Goodall Signed 1963 National Geographic Magazine. [with] 1995 National Geographic Magazine with Jane Goodall Cover Photo.

Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1963 and 1995.

Rare August 1963 issue of The National Geographic Magazine inscribed by renowned naturalist and scientist, Jane Goodall. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with advertisements and colo...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148121

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de Beauvoir, Simone

L’Amerique Au Jour Le Jour.

Paris : Editions Paul Morihien, 1948.

First edition of this travel narrative and cultural critique of the United States. Octavo, written in French, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed Simone de Beau...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150076

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Schein, Edgar H

Process Consultation: Its Role In Organization Development.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969.

First edition of this seminal work in organizational development and management studies. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed and dated by the author on the title page, “June 2, 2015 For...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151461

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Rare 18th Century Heart-Shaped Christian Broadside.

Germany:, c. 1780.

Rare late 18th century liturgical broadside. Printed broadside mounted on a decorated heart-shaped hardwood frame with a hand-painted botanical border containing Protestant liturgical chants, daily pr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96227

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Collins, Norman Keith [Sailor Jerry]; Donald Edward Hardy [Editor]

American Tattoo Master: In His Own Words.

Honolulu: Hardy Marks Publications, 1994.

First edition of this significant archival work of the life, philosophy, and artistic practice of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, cartographic endpapers...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148815

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Persian Miniature Painting. [Ancient Game of Polo].

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Rare Persian miniature painting depicting an ancient game of Chovgan, later adopted in the Western World as the game of polo. Affixed to an elaborately decorated paper mount, the painting depicts two...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-124633

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Ben-Gurion, David

The Yishuv and the Zionist Struggle Now.

Jerusalem: [Hashiloah Printing Press], April 1947.

Scarce printing of this address, delivered by David Ben-Gurion at the Session of the Vaad Leumi held in Jerusalem on April 1, 1947. Thin octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light to...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146792

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Collins, Norman Keith [Sailor Jerry]; [Michael “Rollo” Malone]

Sailor Jerry Tattoo Flash: Michael Malone Collection Volume 2.

San Francisco: Hardy Marks Publications, 2004.

First edition of volume two of this iconic collection of flash art curated by Michael “Rollo” Malone, Sailor Jerry Collins’s protégé and the inheritor of his Honolulu studio archive. Octavo, original...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148817

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Irving, John

A Prayer For Owen Meany.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.

First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, “Merry Christmas John Irving...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145910

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Ross, Bernard L. [Ken Follet]; Peter Hyams; Elliot Gould

Capricorn One.

London: Arthur Baker Limited, 1978.

First British edition of Follett’s novelization of the classic 1978 thriller film Capricorn One, based on the screenplay by Peter Hyams. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by d...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148553

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Morrison, Toni

Beloved.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Debra Toni Morr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132605

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1875-1881.

Finely bound edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147262

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