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The Question of National Defense.

Morgenstern, Oskar

The Question of National Defense.

New York : Random House, 1959.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, “Hon. Frank Pace Jr. with high esteem O. Morgenstern Oct. 1959.” The recipient, Frank Pace, Jr. was the 3rd United States Secretary of the Army under Harry Truman and a business executive, who in 1964, PaceContinue reading "The Question of National Defense."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-15044

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Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

Friedman, Milton & Rose

Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

First edition, early printing of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Milton Friedman on the half-title page to mathematician David Cox. Light rubbing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. A niceContinue reading "Free To Choose: A Personal Statement."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-15043

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Renewing Philosophy.

Putnam, Hilary

Renewing Philosophy.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1992.

First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-15027

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Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman.

Burger, Warren

Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman.

1969.

Autographed signed letter from Chief Justice Warren Burger to the Chief Judge of the Second Court of Appeals Irving Kaufman on The Supreme Court letterhead. The letter reads, “Dear Irving, Today is a significant milestone in your fine judicial career and an important one in the Judiciary because of that fact. Few judges brought toContinue reading "Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-38008

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India and the Awakening East.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Warmly inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-12046

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The Supreme Court of the United States.

Burger, Warren E

The Supreme Court of the United States.

Washington, DC 1973.

First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Chief Justice Warren Burger at his biography page. 20 page pamphlet on the Supreme Court published by them.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-7365

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Tyranny of the Status Quo.

Friedman, Milton & Rose

Tyranny of the Status Quo.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Proctor Jones with best wishes Milton Friedman.” Also signed by Rose Friedman. The recipient Proctor JonesContinue reading "Tyranny of the Status Quo."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-19097

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Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York : Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1934.

First edition of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by David Dodd on the front free endpaper. In fine condition with a touch of rubbing. Examples of the first edition are known to exist both in black cloth binding, with “Whittlesey House-McGraw Hill” in giltContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."

$48,000.00

Item Number: RRB-7210

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Imperialism and Social Classes.

Schumpeter, Joseph A

Imperialism and Social Classes.

New York : Augustus M. Kelley, Inc, 1951.

First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Economist Robert K. Arnold’s copy with his signature to the front free endpaper. Translated by Heinz Norden. Edited with an introduction by Paul M Sweezy. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-5508

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The Mystery of Banking.

Rothbard, Murray N

The Mystery of Banking.

New York : Richardson and Snyder, 1983.

First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Murray Rothbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed.

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-14056

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It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to former New York United States Senator Patrick Moynihan, “To Pat- Thanks for the visit- Hillary Rodham Clinton.” Clinton successfully filled the New York Senate seat left by Moynihan in 2000. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Purchased from theContinue reading "It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-5387

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The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis.

Mankiewicz, Frank

The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis.

New York : Quadrangle/ The New York Times Book Co., 1975.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To ____ ______, with best wishes- Frank Mankiewicz Mar. ’75.” Additionally inscribed by Bill Safire below, “Dear Jeff- Don’t believe everything my friend Frank says! Bill Safire.” Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. Fine in aContinue reading "The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-57001

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Political Power in Ecuador.

Hurtado, Osvaldo [Henry A. Kissinger]

Political Power in Ecuador.

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1980.

First edition of this political history of Ecuador. Association copy, inscribed by the author to former Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Henry Kissinger, “A Henry Kissinger, con admiracion, Osvaldo Hurtado 9.4.83.” Osvaldo Hurtado, was the President of Ecuador from 1981-1984 and inscribed this book to Kissinger while in office to the chiefContinue reading "Political Power in Ecuador."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-5742

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Shelley’s Mythmaking.

Bloom, Harold

Shelley’s Mythmaking.

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1959.

First edition of Bloom’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-5721

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Dispatches.

Herr, Michael

Dispatches.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.

First edition of “the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to a Syracuse University fraternity brother and classmate, “Al It was amazing and wonderful to see you after so many years-Continue reading "Dispatches."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-5609

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Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.

Hunter, Alexander

Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.

New York : The Neale Publishing Company, 1905.

First edition of this epic Civil War novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the dust jacket with some chips and inner strengthening. First editions are rare, examples with the original dust jacket are exceptionally so.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-5588

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Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus.

von Mises, Ludwig

Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus.

Verlag von Gustav Fischer : Jena, 1922.

First German edition of this early work by von Mises. Octavo, bound in cloth. In near fine condition. The English translation appeared in 1936, as Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-6001

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Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.

Clews, Henry

Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.

New York : Irving Publishing Company, 1888.

First edition of Clews’ classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews N.Y. May 3rd, 95.” In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing toContinue reading "Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-46042

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The Margaret Sanger Story.

Lader, Lawrence [Margaret Sanger]

The Margaret Sanger Story.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955.

First edition of the biography of the founder of the American birth-control movement. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Sanger on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration Margaret Sanger April 17 55.”TheContinue reading "The Margaret Sanger Story."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-5040

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Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.

Sanger, Margaret

Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1938.

First edition of Sanger’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Sanger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Hubert Michelman Margaret Sanger.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-5034

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The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.

Boorstin, Daniel J

The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.

First illustrated edition of this classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper in the year of publication of both volumes. Volume one’s inscription reads “For Hope and Sam- good friends, good neighbors- with affection from Dan Oct. 14, 1991.” Volume two’s inscription reads, “For HopeContinue reading "The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-5026

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The Making of the President 1960.

White, Theodore H

The Making of the President 1960.

New York : Atheneum Publishers, 1961.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author to “For Barbara Norman- with all best wishes, after much too brief acquantaince, but with permanent affection, Teddy White Theodore H. White.” Topstain lightly stained, very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed first printings areContinue reading "The Making of the President 1960."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-5011

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Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.

Roosevelt, Franklin D

Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.

Washington, D.C. : United States Government, 1935.

Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-4680

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George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.

Leigh Fermor, Patrick; George Psychoundakis

George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.

Athens : The American College of Greece, 1999.

First edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis to John Leatham, who contributed the introduction to this volume. Additionally signed by Leigh Fermor on another page. In fine condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3911

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