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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph.

:, c. 1969.

Glossy black and white photograph signed by NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Apollo 11 crew members Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins are pictured wav...

$11,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150543

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Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Signed Inaugural Address.

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Life Magazine’s souvenir edition commemorating Kennedy’s inauguration. Presentation copy, inscribed by President Kennedy, “For Mr. Joseph Clark with very best wishes, John Kennedy. The recipient, Jose...

$11,000.00 Item Number: RRB-69060

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King Jr., Martin Luther

Strength to Love.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.

First edition of Dr. King’s second book, of which Coretta Scott King noted, “If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is St...

$11,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151642

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Lefevre, Edwin

Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.

First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.

$11,000.00 Item Number: RRB-141415

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Shackleton, Ernest H

The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 by E.H. Shackleton, C.V.O.

London: William Heinemann, 1909.

First trade edition of Shackleton’s thrilling account of one of the earliest attempts to reach the South Pole, “the best book of polar travel which has ever been written” (Manchester...

$10,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147624

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MacKay, Charles

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

London: Richard Bentley, 1841.

First edition of this classic study of crowd psychology, a compilation of human folly throughout the ages. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three-quarters half crushed red morocco with gilt titles and...

$10,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150126

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World War II Era 49th Field Artillery Battalion Signed Japanese Flag.

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Rare World War II era Japanese flag signed by 29 soldiers of the United States 49th Field Artillery Battalion. In near fine condition. The flag measures 27 inches by 32.75 inches with ‘Okinawa...

$10,000.00 Item Number: RRB-109748

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Signed Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant.

:, 1877.

Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed....

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-4608

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Frankl, Viktor E. [Elie Wiesel]

From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning].

Boston: Beacon Press, 1959.

First edition in English of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning in 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate E...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151732

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Ludlam, Stephen [Wall Street]

Early American Wall Street Survey Map.

:, April 8, 1817.

Rare 1817 hand-colored copy of an original map of early 18th century Wall Street attached to a Deed of Partition between Col. Abraham de Peyster and Samuel Bayard dated January 3rd 1718, copied on Apr...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-139509

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Edwards, Jonathan

Two Dissertations, I. Concerning the End For Which God Created the World. II. The Nature of True Virtue.

Boston: S. Kneeland, 1765.

First edition of this important work by Edwards. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition. Rare.

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142014

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Armstrong, Neil [Buzz Aldrin]

Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.

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Rare official NASA photograph affixed to its original cardstock mount and signed by Neil Armstrong. Color glossy photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin setting up the seismometer, part of the Early Apollo Scie...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148979

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.

Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.

First edition, first issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, d...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148986

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Palladio, Andrea. Translated from the Italian by Giacomo Leoni

The Architecture of A. Palladio: In Four Books Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the Most Necessary Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building; As Also The Different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, High-ways. Bridges, Market-places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections and Uprights.

London: Printed by John Darby for the Author, 1721.

Rare second English edition of Leoni’s English translation of Palladio‘s monumental work, containing new typesetting, but reusing the same plates from the first edition. Folio, two volumes...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146284

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Jefferson, Thomas [Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph]

Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia, From 1730, TO 1740; And From 1768 TO 1772.

Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor and Thomas Jefferson’s grandson on the front free endpaper, “Rick Barnhead Presented by Tho Jefferson Randolph...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-128396

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de Beauvoir, Simone

The Second Sex.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition in English of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-21090

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[Dante Alighieri]

Dante Alighieri Italian Marble Bust.

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Rare Italian marble bust of Dante Alighieri mounted on a stack of his own books, ‘Divina Commedia.’ In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.75 inches by 22.5 inches.

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148254

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

Friedrich August von Hayek Autograph Note Signed.

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Rare autograph note signed by and entirely in the hand of Austrian-British economist Friedrich August von Hayek. One-page lined index card, the note reads, “We cannot admit that all words are eq...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-115089

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Halley, Edmond

Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets.

London: Printed for William Innys, 1752.

First edition in English of Halley’s classic work. Quarto, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt titles to the spine, gilt embossed stamp of The Society of Writers to the Signet on the front and...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-70038

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Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt

The Study of the Negro Problems.

Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1898.

Rare first edition of this early sociological essay from Du Bois. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with toning, a couple closed tears to the front panel, and some loss to the edges of...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145402

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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 collected edition of “the only edition of Franklin’s writings (other than his scientific) printed during his lifetime” (Ford). Octavo, bound in three quarter olive crushed leva...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147735

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Machiavelli, Niccolo

The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian tongue, by Nicholo Macchiavelli, Citizen and Secretarie of Florence. And translated into English by Thomas Bedingfield Esquire.

London: Printed by T. C. [Thomas Creede] for W. P. [William Ponsonby], 1595.

Rare first edition in English of this classic work. Quarto, bound in full calf, decorated with woodcut engraved ornamental title page and engraved head and tailpieces. In near fine condition with some...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135317

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Churchill, Winston S

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.

First editions of Churchill’s history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Association copy, with signatures and...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144336

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[A.R. Sharples]

Collection of Photographs and Eyewitness Account Letters of the First Bikini Atoll Nuclear Bomb Tests.

:, 1946.

Rare collection of photographs of the first atomic bomb test “Able” at Bikini Atoll with letters of eyewitness accounts of the first atomic bomb testing and the second test “Baker...

$9,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148400

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