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The Road To Serfdom.

London: Routledge & Sons, 1944.

Friedrich August von Hayek’s first edition personal copy of one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and the most popular exposition of classical liberalism ever published. Oct...

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Gandhi, Mohandas K

Mohandas K. Gandhi Signed Document.

:, 1909.

Early 20th century South African government document containing the fingerprints of Mohandas K. Gandhi, signed and inscribed by him, “This is what I gave voluntarily at the risk of my life to ke...

$650,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132138

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Lincoln, Abraham

Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.

Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.

First edition, first issue of the most famous debates in American history which cemented Lincoln as a national presidential candidate; inscribed by Lincoln in pencil to close friend Martin S. Morris a...

$550,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138634

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Gordon, Thomas [George Washington]

Another Cordial for Low-Spirits. [George Washington’s Copy].

London: R. Griffiths, 1751.

From the library of George Washington of this compilation of political and religious essays regarding contemporary issues in Great Britain. Small octavo, volume two, bound in full contemporary brown c...

$475,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149416

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Locke, John

Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, And His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown

London: Printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1690.

Exceptionally rare first edition published at the end of 1689 in an edition of likely only 1,000 copies (with quire Q in second, of two, settings. Octavo, bound in full calf, morocco spine label, gilt...

$450,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151350

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.] [Karl Popper]

The Road To Serfdom.

London: Routledge & Sons, 1944.

First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism ever published. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free e...

$400,000.00 Item Number: RRB-123960

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Franklin, Benjamin

Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates.

London: Printed for David Henry; and sold by Francis Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1769.

First complete edition of “the most important scientific book of eighteenth-century America” (PMM), inscribed by Benjamin Franklin to prominent Pennsylvania Quaker and merchant Thomas Live...

$375,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147283

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Schedel, Hartmann

Liber Chronicarum. [The Nuremberg Chronicle].

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493.

Exceptionally rare colored example of the first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century. Imperial folio, bound in full 17th-century pigskin over b...

$350,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146920

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Blaeu, Willem and Joan

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [Le Theatre du Monde].

Amsterdam: Chez Jean Blaeu/Apud Guiljelmum et Johannem Blaeu, 1643-1645.

A fine French-text copy in a presentation binding. Folio, 4 volumes, contemporary Dutch vellum likely from the Blaeu workshop with gilt tooling to the spine in eight compartments within gilt bands, ce...

$300,000.00 Item Number: RRB-126307

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[Watson, Elkanah] [George Washington]

Tour in Holland in MDCCLXXXIV. By an American.

Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1790.

First edition, presentation copy of a scarce volume from George Washington’s library at Mount Vernon. Octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep with pine gilt in six compartments within raised ba...

$275,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143919

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Erasmus, Desiderius. Translated by Sir Thomas Chaloner

In Praise of Folie: Moriae Encomium. A book made in latine by the great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Enlightened by Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight. [In Praise of Folly].

London: Thomas Berthelet, 1549.

First edition in English of one of the most notable and popular works of the Renaissance which played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation and swiftly brought its author i...

$275,000.00 Item Number: RRB-139476

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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776.

First edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, front and rear panels, red morocco...

$275,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144265

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Washington, George

George Washington Autograph Diary Leaf.

[Mount Vernon]:, March 1762.

Autograph manuscript, being George Washington’s diary entries for a portion of March 1762, detailing the fruit grafts that he has accomplished. 2 pages (5 14/16 x 3 10/16 inches, irregular) on a...

$250,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142654

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The Soldier’s Manual, For Cavalry, Artillery, Light Infantry, and Infantry.

Philadelphia: Published by James H. Nesmith, 1824.

First edition of the first American military color plate book. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with twelve plates representing volunteer corps in the first division Pennsylvania...

$250,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149473

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Volney, Constantin Francois. [Napoleon Bonaparte: His Copy]

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, Pendant Les Annees 1783, 84, et 85. [Travel to Syria and Egypt, During the Years 1783, 84, and 85].

A Paris: Chez Dugour et Durand, Libraires, Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1799.

Volney’s important work on Egypt and Syria, from the library in exile of Napoleon Bonaparte with his annotations and corrections throughout, several made as he was dictating details from the Egy...

$250,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146536

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[Hamilton, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay]

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787.

New York: Printed and Sold by J. and A. McLean, 1788.

First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history. 12mo, two volumes bound into one in half calf over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt t...

$250,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143916

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Malthus, Thomas Robert [T.R.]

An Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society.

London: J. Johnson, 1798.

First edition of this cornerstone text of modern economics. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf. Laid in is a clipping from an original manuscript signed by Malthus and entirely in his hand which rea...

$200,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116955

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William Tecumseh Sherman]

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. [U.S.] Grant.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.

Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War,...

$200,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145720

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Shannon, Claude Elwood and Warren Weaver

The Mathematical Theory of Communication.

Urbana: University of Illinois, 1949.

First edition, first printing. 117 pages ; 24 cm. Octavo. Original tan cloth, spine lettered in black. Includes Warren Weaver’s expository essay, “Recent Contributions to the Mathematical...

$175,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151212

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[Franklin, Benjamin]

Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis De L’Amerique. [Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of America].

Paris: D. Pierres/Pissot, Pere & Fils, Libraries, 1783.

First French edition of the Constitution of the United States of America, inscribed by Founding Father Benjamin Franklin who had the translation published and personally distributed each of the 600 co...

$175,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138381

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Washington, George

George Washington Letter Signed.

:, April 10, 1781.

Highly important letter signed (“Go: Washington”), as Commander-in-Chief, 2 pages folio, “Head Quarters New Windsor April 10 [17]81”, to his French ally Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Roch...

$165,000.00 Item Number: RRB-125872

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von Neumann, John and Oskar Morgenstern

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1944.

First edition of von Neumann and Morgenstern’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John von Neumann on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the original...

$160,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137277

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Bardin’s New British Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. [Nineteenth Century English Globes].

:, c. 1800.

Fine pair of two large Regency period globes produced by William and Thomas M. Bardin, two of the most highly regarded globemakers of the period. Both the celestial and terrestrial globe measure 18 in...

$150,000.00 Item Number: RRB-129376

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Hayek, Friedrich von [F.A.]. [Queen Elizabeth II]

The Companion of Honour Medal: Awarded to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II.

:, 1984.

Exquisite Companion of Honour Medal, awarded by Queen Elizabeth II to Friedrich von Hayek on June 16th 1984 at Buckingham Palace. Measuring 2.5 inches by 1.75 inches, the medallion is surmounted by th...

$150,000.00 Item Number: RRB-117452

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