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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.

First edition, early printing of this exploration of the power of “thin-slicing”- the unconscious mind’s ability to find patterns and make rapid, accurate decisions based on minimal...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-151831

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Hussein, Taha

The Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar.

Cairo: Al-Maaref Printing & Publishing House, 1943.

Rare first edition (preceding the first British edition) of the autobiography of one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers, translated from the Arabic by Hilary Wayment. Octavo, origin...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-146473

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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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Bloch, Robert

Twilight Zone: The Movie.

New York: Warner Books, Inc , 1983.

First edition of the novelization of the classic film. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with a 16-page insert of black and white photographs from the film. Boldly signed by Robert Bloch...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-148054

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Priestley, J.B. [Raymond Chandler]

Bright Day.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.

First edition of Priestley’s profound take on nostalgia and social commentary. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149019

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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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Jr. Dizard, Wilson [Madeleine K. Albright]

Digital Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy In The Information Age.

Washington, D.C: Library of Congress, 2001.

First edition of how the digital revolution has fundamentally reshaped U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the fro...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-141104

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Herndon, Angelo

Let Me Live.

New York: Random House, 1937.

First edition of this autobiography of Angelo Herndon. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain black, frontispiece of Angelo Herndon, illustrated with three black and white photographs. Fi...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-148658

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Moss, Stirling

Le Mans ’59.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this firsthand experience of the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Octavo, original publisher’s black cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Stirling Moss on the...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149314

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Hirsch, James S. [Willie Mays]

Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend.

New York: Scribner, 2010.

First edition of this definitive biography authorized by Willie Mays and written by Wall Street Journal and New York Times journalist James Hirsch. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149847

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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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Manstein, Erich Von

Lost Victories.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958.

First edition in English of this memoir of a German field marshal during World War II. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-148595

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Early English Prose Romances I-III: Robert the Deuyll, Robin Hood, and Fryer Bacon.

Edinburgh: Otto Schulze & Co, 1904.

Finely bound edition of this collection of three prose romances from early English literature. Quarto, three volumes, original publisher’s half-cloth, title page vignettes in red and black, pict...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149489

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Greene, Graham

Brighton Rock.

London: William Heinemann LTD, 1938.

First British edition of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, bound in half goatskin over cloth boards with gilt titl...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149699

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Malkiel, Burton G. and J.P. Mei

Global Bargain Hunting: The Investor’s Guide to Profits in Emerging Markets.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998.

First edition of this international finance guide by the bestselling author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, one of the most influential investment books ever written. Octavo, original publisher’s h...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150678

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Alexander, Rebecca. Sascha Alper [Madeleine K. Albright]

Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.

New York : Gotham Books, 2014.

First edition of this captivating memoir of psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, original braille dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The P...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147377

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Clark, Jim [Stirling Moss]

Jim Clark At The Wheel: The World Motor Racing Champion’s Own Story.

London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1964.

First edition of the racing legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, top stain blue, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Stirling Moss on the f...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149315

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Wozniak, Steve

iWoz.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.

First edition, first printing of this work which “traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted…individual whose contributions to the scientific, business and cultural realms are extens...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-151872

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Sassoon, Siegfried

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1930.

First edition of the second volume in Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-149131

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De Niro, Robert

Robert De Niro Signed Photograph.

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Original photograph of Robert De Niro. Semi-glossy black and white photograph headshot of Robert De Niro. Inscribed by him in black felt tip, “For Tom Best wishes Robert De Niro.” In near...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-148713

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Gershwin, George

George Gershwin’s Song-Book.

New York: Simon and Schuster Inc, 1932.

First edition of Gershwin’s classic songbook, with stunning full-page illustrations by Constantin Alajalov. Quarto, original half-cloth, frontispiece photograph of Gershwin playing the piano taken by...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-149433

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Wiesel, Elie

Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters.

New York: Random House, 1972.

First edition of this exploration of Hasidism, focusing on the tales, legends, and portraits of its 18th and 19th-century masters. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain maroon, cartograp...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-151676

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Grierson, Major-General J.M

Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859-1908.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1909.

First edition of this work documenting the origins, organization, and cultural significance of Scotland’s volunteer battalions. Quarto, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the s...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-149135

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Kingsley, Charles

The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1864.

First edition of this classic collection of Kingsley’s Cambridge lectures. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to t...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-151109

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