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Calmet, Antoine Augustin. Translated by Giovanni Domenico Mansi

Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus Authore R.P.D. Augustino Calmet Ordinis S. Benedicti Abbate, E Gallico in Latinum translatum A Joanne Dominico Mansi, Congregationis Matris Dei, Lucensi.

Venetiis: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1757.

Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi’s Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet’s dictionary of the Holy Scriptures, perhaps the most famous and meticulous exegetical, hi...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-114059

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Fager, Chuck

Eating Dr. King’s Dinner: A Memoir of the Movement 1963-1966.

Fayetteville, North Carolina: Kimo Press, 2005.

First edition of this personal memoir of Civil Rights activism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “Durham NC, 2023 For James, Th...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-146361

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Kirk, Russell

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

London: Faber & Faber, 1954.

First British edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some marginalia. Rare in the o...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-146640

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Ferguson, Niall

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.

First edition of this “deftly paced, continent-crossing account of the last century’s ‘age of hatred'” (The Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrate...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150750

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

London: John Murray, 1966.

First edition of the author’s travelogue companion piece to Mani. Octavo, original cloth, a map, and illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jac...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150828

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Channing, William E.; Harriet Martineau

Lectures on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of the Community.

Boston: Published by William D. Ticknor, 1840.

First edition of this collection of three important essays on slavery, the poor, and social change, written by Channing and Martineau, two major Unitarian reformers. Duodecimo, bound in nineteenth cen...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-152019

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Hoover, Herbert

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1920-1933 The Cabinet and The Presidency.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1951.

First edition, second printing of Hoover’s Presidential memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The good wishes...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-133701

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Beschloss, Michael R

Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.

First edition of the historian’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by Michael Beschloss on the front free endpaper. Also laid in is an autographed letter to th...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150883

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Zinn, Howard

Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.

First edition of Zinn’s classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Howard Zinn 2001....

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-100961

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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

Second printing, published one month after the first of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-146286

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McCullough, David

John Adams.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-144341

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Cothren, William [William Tecumseh Sherman]

History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1872, Including the Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury.

Woodbury, Connecticut: William Cothren, 1872.

Second volume of the scarce 1872 edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family’s initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecums...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-145969

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Tibbets, Paul W

Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.

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Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945.” The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches....

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-115764

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Cohen, William S.; Janet Langheart Cohen; [Madeleine K. Albright]

Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.

First edition of this profound story of perseverance against racial hatred and bigotry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the au...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147386

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Miller, William Green [Madeleine K. Albright]

Toward A More Civil Society?

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.

First edition of this social cohesion and political philosophy. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “To Madeleine, With wa...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149079

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Breyer, Stephen

The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

First edition of this work by the Supreme Court justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Stephen Best Stephen Breyer” and ad...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149871

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Du Bois, W.E.B

The Quest of the Silver Fleece.

Chicago: McClurg, 1911.

First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-118769

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Howard, Lise Morje [Madeleine Albright]

Power in Peacekeeping.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

First edition of this in-depth analysis of how United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations exert influence and maintain stability in post-conflict environments. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. As...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-149094

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Mant, Rev. Frederick W

The Midshipman: or Twelve Years at Sea.

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1854.

First and only edition of this nautical memoir. Octavo, half calf bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, edges sprinkled red. In very good condition. Ownersh...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-147865

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Shanken, Marvin R

Cigar Aficionado’s Pocket Guide.

New York: M. Shanken Communications, 1997.

First edition of this work by the legendary Marvin Shanken. Small octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Marvin R. Shanken on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150197

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

Nouvelles Considérations sur les Conséquences de la Paix (A Revision of the Treaty).

Paris: Delamain, Boutelleau & Co., Publishers, 1922.

First French edition of Keynes’ classic work. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges s...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-150553

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Riis, Jacob

The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

Early printing of this exceptional autobiography from the exceptional American reporter and reformer, Jacob A. Riis. Octavo, original blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, t...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-146700

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Rorty, Richard

Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-144896

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The Campaign Text Book. Why The People Want A Change. The Republican Party Reviewed: Its Sins of Commission and Omission.

New York:, 1876.

First edition of this 19th century summary of the leading events in American history under Republican administration. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the sp...

$475.00 Item Number: RRB-136488

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