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
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
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
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
![The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RRB-146700.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.")
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
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
Principles of Political Economy.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865.
Finely bound example of John Stuart Mill’s classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt rules to the front and rear panels, rais...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-140085
Walter Browning; or, The Slave’s Protector. Founded on Fact.
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Store, 1856.
First edition of this anti-slavery tract. 12mo, original publisher’s cloth, yellow endpapers, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Uncommon.
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-142106
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
Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-75092
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.
First edition of this authoritative history of America’s financial oligarchy by one of the most prominent and frequently cited economists in the nation. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149620
Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978.
First edition, early printing of this work “which makes businessmen think thoughts they have never thought before” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Peter Drucker...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-81084
Kennerly, David Hume [Ed Koch]
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149876
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
Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition, early printing of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-150582
The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.
New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1942.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illust...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-138142
20th Century Journey. A Memoir of a Life and the Times by William L. Shirer: The Start 1904-1930.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.
First edition of the first volume in William L. Shirer’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by William L. Shirer...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-151675
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
First edition of Lindbergh’s definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-112449
Heckman, James J. and Burton Singer
Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
First edition of this important contribution to the field of longitudinal analysis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-116193
Riesman, David with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer
The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-120191
Salinger, Pierre [John F. Kennedy]
A Tribute to John F. Kennedy.
Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 1964.
First edition of this tribute to President Kennedy. Octavo, original boards, original slipcase, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Allan Sherman...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-134104
Stocks For The Long Run.
Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this stock investing classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Good luck with stocks! Jeremy J. Siegel.” F...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-138399
Ward, Geoffrey C., Ric and Ken Burns [Shelby Foote, David McCullough, James M. McPherson]
The Civil War.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition, early printing of this work, basis for the documentary film bearing the same name. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fron...
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-146192
