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Moses And Monotheism.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939.

First American edition of last book written and published in Sigmund Freud’s lifetime. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “To dear Poppy from Uncle Sigm. London 1939....

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-67018

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Clinton, Bill [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

My Life.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by Bill and Hillary Clinton and...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124933

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Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Alexis de Tocqueville)

Horatii Opera (The Complete Works of Horace).

John Pine: London, 1733-37.

First Pine edition of the collected works of ancient Roman poet and political figure Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), “the most elegant of English eighteenth-century books in which text and il...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-81146

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[Abraham Lincoln] George Bissell

Bust of Abraham Lincoln.

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Patinated bronze portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln, marked “GEO. E. BISSELL Sc GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS copyrighted,” and stamped “G 47.” This is one of a series of popular desktop b...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133797

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[Caesar, Julius]. William Duncan

The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To Which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning The Roman Art of War.

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, et al, 1753.

First edition of Duncan’s famous translation of Caesar’s Commentaries, sumptuously illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Caesar, six double-page maps, and 78 splendid plans and plates (most double...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-99425

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Friedman, Milton

A Theory of the Consumption Function.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.

First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth, graphs and charts throughout. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. House...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-3694

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Sorkin, Andrew Ross. [Warren E. Buffett]

Too Big To Fail.

New York: The Viking Press, 2009.

First edition of Ross Sorkin’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Peter- Could the financial...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-127359

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Mandela, Nelson [Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk]

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.

First South African edition, early printing of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145809

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Churchill, Winston S

Painting As A Pastime.

London: Oldham Press Limited/Ernest Benn Limited, 1949.

First edition, early printing of this collection of Churchill’s brilliant essays on hobbies and painting. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with eighteen reproductions of Churchi...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147862

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Odysseus [Homer]

Sperlonga Odysseus Marble Bust.

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A marble bust of the head of the Sperlonga Odysseus. The sculptures discovered at the former villa of Emperor Tiberius in Sperlonga form one of the most significant ensembles of Hellenistic-style Roma...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148696

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French Military Artillery and Fortification Manual.

Metz: Ecole Royale de l'Artillerie et du Genie, 1818-19.

Rare early 19th century French military manual created in manuscript for the Ecole Royale de ‘Artillerie et du Genie (School of Application of Artillery and Engineering of Metz) containing lesso...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-109852

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Wortman, Tunis

A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press.

New York: Printed by George Forman, 1800.

First edition of a classic work of libertarian political philosophy. Octavo, contemporary calf. In very good condition with some marginal dampstaining and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom h...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-23046

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Waugh, Evelyn

The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1951-1961..

First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Men At Arms is an association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to Patri...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146212

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.

First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cl...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-125163

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Buffett, Warren E

The Official System of Contract Bridge, Simplified, Concise; the Official Book on the Official System.

New York: Produced by Bridge Headquarters, 1931.

First edition of this official Prohibition era manual to the game of contract bridge; warmly inscribed by Warren Buffett to his long-time bridge partner and close personal friend Sharon Osberg. Octavo...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133119

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Chomsky, Noam

Syntactic Structures.

The Hague: Mouton & Company, 1957.

First edition of one of the most consequential works in the history of modern linguistics and one of the landmark intellectual publications of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthi...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151834

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Colmore, G. [Gertrude Baillie-Weaver]

A Daughter of Music.

London: William Heinemann, 1894.

First edition of the famed suffragette’s sensational novel. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial cloth, half-titles, vol. 1 with 20 pages of advertisements dated March 1894. In very good co...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132981

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Roosevelt, Theodore; William Howard Taft; John Muir; John Burroughs; Bernard Baruch et al. [Olga Roosevelt]

Theodore Roosevelt Signed and Inscribed Autograph Quotation Book.

:, c. 1903.

Olga Roosevelt’s autograph book, lengthily inscribed and signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States, William Howard Taft as Vice President of the United States and several ot...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116342

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Edwards, Jonathan

The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended.

Boston: S. Kneeland, 1758.

First edition of this important work by the famed theologian. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf. In very good condition, contemporary names to the front free endpaper. First editions are rare.

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-141609

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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of the Apollo 11 Launch.

:, 1969.

Official NASA color photograph of the Apollo 11 liftoff. Color satin-finish photograph of the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969. Boldly s...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148470

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

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. The British edition (which this example is) was published in...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145655

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Churchill, Winston S

My Early Life; Thoughts and Adventures; Great Contemporaries; Step by Step.

London: Odhams Press Limited, 1936-1939.

First Odhams press edition of four of Churchill’s best-known works. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150502

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Franklin, Benjamin

Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces; Arranged under the Following Heads and Distinguished by Initial Letters in each Leaf: General Politics; American Politics before the Troubles; American Politics during the Troubles; Provincial or Colony Politics; Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1779.

First edition of “the only edition of Franklin’s writings (other than his scientific) printed during his lifetime” (Ford). Octavo, bound half diced calf over marbled boards with elab...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-125035

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Aristotle; Translated by William Ellis

A Treatise on Government. Translated From The Greek of Aristotle.

London: T. Payne, 1776.

First edition in English of this important work on government by Aristotle. Quarto, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, full, morocco spine label, raised bands. In very good condition...

$15,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151205

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