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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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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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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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Mill, John Stuart

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

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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

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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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Deaton, Angus

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

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Abrams, Stacy

Our Time Is Now. Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

First edition of this “striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Stacy Abrams on the half-ti...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-134697

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Berg, Mary

Warsaw Ghetto.

New York: L.B. Fischer Publishing Company, 1945.

First edition of this powerful collection of diary entries begun by Berg at the age of fifteen, one of the most important documents in the age of Hitler. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a ver...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-141428

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Keynes, J.M. [John Maynard]

Laissez-Faire and Communism.

New York: New Republic, 1926.

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition with chipping and a closed tear to the front panel.

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-151510

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Wheelan, Charles; Burton Malkiel

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.

First edition of this “clear, concise, informative, and witty and work” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by legendary investor Burt Malkiel on the title page,...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-151098

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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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Ehrenreich, Barbara

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America.

New York : Metropolitan Books, 2001.

First edition, early printing of this work, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on th...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-146483

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Roosevelt, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D, Roosevelt]

A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.

Rare second large printing of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-142053

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Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States…Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the second of December, 1875.

:, [1875].

Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Indian treaties with the Creek, Cherokee, Delaware, Pottawatomie, Miami Indian tribes. Octavo...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-135321

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Frankfurter, Felix

Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed.

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Typed letter signed by Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter. Two pages, typescript on Frankfurter’s Supreme Court letterhead, the letter is dated November 14, 1949 and reads in part, “My dear...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-114070

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Gorbachev, Mikhail

The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik.

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1986.

First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by Mikhail Gorbachev at the historic Reykjavík Summit. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. In near f...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-114360

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McCrary, Tex and Jinx Falkenberg. [William Safire]

New York Close-Up.

New York: New York Herald Tribune, 1949-1951.

Bound collection of New York Close Up columns, from the library of American Journalist William Safire. Folio, original boards with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of America...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-132199

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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 in the year of publica...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-146414

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Frankfurter, Felix

Law and Politics: Occasional Papers of Felix Frankfurter 1913-1938.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.

First edition, early printing of this collection of essays and speeches in which Justice Frankfurter explores the relationship between legal principles and political processes. Octavo, original cloth...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-148518

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Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste [China]

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].

: J. Wood, c. 1736.

Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important c...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-137249

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Adams, Nehemiah

A South-Side View of Slavery; Or, Three Months at the South, in 1854.

Boston: T.R. Marvin and B.B. Mussey & Co, 1854.

First edition of the Boston clergyman’s notorious defense of slavery published after a brief trip to the South, challenging the veracity of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Octavo, original intricate bl...

$450.00 Item Number: RRB-152041

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