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Loyalty in the American Republic, What is it? And What its Object? A Discourse Delivered in St. Luke’s Church, Philadelphia, on Thursday, November 26, 1863.

Philadelphia: J. S. McCalla, PR, 1863.

Rare first edition of this printed oration regarding President Abraham Lincoln’s new proclamation of Thanksgiving. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with a small loss to the bott...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146847

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Chesterfield, Lord. [Alexander Hamilton; Elizabeth Hamilton]

Lord Chesterfield’s Letters.

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Eighteenth century printing of Lord Chesterfield’s Letters from the library of Alexander Hamilton with his wife, Elizabeth’s ownership signature. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf wi...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129057

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.

First edition of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket a few small chips. Rare in the original dust jacket.

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144692

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Stephens, Alexander. Edited by Frank Moore

Cornerstone Speech. IN: The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc.

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1861.

Rare first printing in book form of Stephens’ extemporaneous March 21, 1861 Cornerstone Speech delivered in Savannah shortly before Fort Sumter, published the same year, presenting a reporter...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152083

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Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph.

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Color photograph of President Kennedy sitting in the oval office, affixed to its original mount. Boldly inscribed, “To Mrs and Dr. Jose Joquin Carrillo Castillo- with highest esteem and best wishes, J...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141556

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Bernays, Edward L

Public Relations.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952.

First edition of Bernays’ classic work regarding public relations. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the on the front free endpaper, “To Ivan Black- in...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-81028

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Schiller, Friedrich

The Works of Friedrich Schiller.

Boston: Francis A. Niccolls, c.1900.

Finely bound example of the Connoisseur edition of the works of Schiller, number 34 of only 150 sets printed. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in full red morocco, ornate gilt tooling to the spine, with past...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129287

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Mandela, Nelson

The Illustrated Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

Boston: Little Brown, 1995.

Signed limited first edition of the illustrated autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Nelson Mandela. Fine in the...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133458

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Morgan, J. Pierpont

J. Pierpont Morgan Signed Railroad Mortgage Bond.

:, June 30, 1886.

First mortgage bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company in the amount of $1000, signed on the reverse by J. P. Morgan and H. C. Fahnestock as trustees. Unaccomplished and bound at the left edg...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150475

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Harper, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony]

The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony.

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898-99.

First editions of Anthony’s classic biography. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt medallion to the front panels of both volumes. Volume one is lengthily inscribed...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-65050

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Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

Final Drafts of the Mandates For Mesopotamia and Palestine: For the Approval of the Council of the League of Nations.

London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1921.

Rare collection of original documents relating to the Palestine Question 1917-1947. Octavos, 3 volumes, unbound. Scarce and desirable.

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95293

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Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent

Vienna:, 1911.

Rare Austro-Hungarian Nobility Patent bestowing upon Brunn industrialist Adolf Noble von Kurschner and his descendants a Hungarian noble title. Folio, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt metal o...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132158

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Malthus, Thomas Robert [T.R.]

An Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society.

London: T. Bensley, 1803.

Rare second edition of this cornerstone text of modern economics. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143843

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Mathews, Donald G; Jane Sherron de Hart [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

First paperback edition of this “comprehensive analysis of the politics of the Equal Rights Amendment” (Journal of American History). Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers,...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146580

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Ancient Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.

:, c. 2100 B.C.E.

Rare ancient Sumerian Cuneiform tablet recording religious offerings made to several deities including Nin-lil, Enlil, Nanaya, Inanna, and Nanna. Clay, Third Dynasty of Ur, the tablet measures 1.75 in...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131480

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Caro, Robert A. [Paul Schrader]

The Power Broker.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.

First edition of Caro’s Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs and maps, top stain red. As...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149431

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Sale, George. [Translator]

The Koran: Commonly Called The Alcoran of Mohammed: Translated From The Original Arabic. With Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators. To Which is Prefixed, A Preliminary Discourse.

London: Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734.

First edition in English of George Sale’s important translation of the Koran, the first to translate directly from the Arabic into English. Quarto, bound in full contemporary speckled calf with morocc...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152248

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Saunders, Richard [Benjamin Franklin]

An Old Man’s Experience, or Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved.

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Rare printing of Benjamin Franklin’s An Old Man’s Experience, or Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved, published under the pseudonym Richard Saunders in full, “An Old Man’s Exp...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96182

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

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

First edition, first issue of Stowe’s classic American novel, widely considered the book that precipitated the American Civil War. Octavo, two volumes in the original publisher’s cloth sta...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142642

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Roosevelt, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin]

A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.

New York: Dodge Publishing, 1935.

First edition of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bill from his loving grandmere...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-7296

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Franklin, Benjamin

Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, Écrits Par Lui-Même, et Adressés à Son Fils, Suivis d’un Précis Historique de Sa Vie Politique, et de Plusieurs Pièces, Relatives à Ce Père de la Liberté. [Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin].

Paris: Chez Buisson, Libraire, 1791.

True first edition of the first part of Franklin’s famed autobiography which preceded the first English edition by two years. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a morocco spine label lettere...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139755

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Time Magazine “Man on the Moon”.

New York: Time Magazine, 1969.

Rare original Time Magazine July 25, 1969 issue covering the Apollo 11 mission titled “Man on the Moon.” Quarto, featuring a thirteen page article on the Moon landing, offering information...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148420

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Wecker, Johannes Jacob

Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, Being The Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested. First designed by John Wecker Dr in Physick, and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr. R. Read. A like work never before in the English tongue.

1660: Printed for Simon Miller at the Starre in St. Pauls Church-yard, London.

First edition in English of Reade’s 17th century adaptation of Johann Jacob Wecker’s De secreti libri xvii [Book of Secrets] of 1582. Folio, bound in three quarter polished calf over marbl...

$7,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127083

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Franklin, Benjamin

The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved.

Paris: Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1795.

The rare Renouard‘s bi-lingual edition of Franklin’s popular aphorisms, first published as the preface to the Poor Richard‘s Almanac. “The prettiest edition yet printed”...

$7,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151325

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