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Waldo, S. Putnam. [James Monroe; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson]

Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American Naval Heroes and the War of the Revolution, Between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain; Comprising Sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Com. John Paul Jones, Com. Edward Preble and Com. Alexander Murray. With Incidental Allusions to other Distinguished Characters.

Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1823.

Rare first edition of Putnam’s work dedicated to American naval heroes of the Revolutionary War including James Monroe, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120635

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Mitchell, William

Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1930.

First edition of this classic work on aeronautics by “the father of the United States Air Force” Billy Mitchell. Octavo, original cloth, with seventy-six illustrations from photographs and...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-137238

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Clinton, President William Jefferson [Bill] [Madeleine Albright]

Selected Remarks.

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Collection of speeches and addresses from the 47th president of the United States, all first edition; from the library of Secretary Madeleine Albright. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth and wrappe...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145736

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Parkman, Francis

The California and Oregon Trail.

New York: George P. Putnam, 1849.

First edition, first printing of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Car...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2720

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Paine, Thomas

The Life and Works of Thomas Paine.

New Rochelle, New York: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925.

The Patriot’s edition of the Life and Works of Thomas Paine. Octavo, ten volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138611

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Wells, H.G.; Julian S. Huxley and G.P. Wells

The Science of Life.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1931.

First edition of “the first modern textbook of biology.” Quarto, original cloth, top stain black, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wells in the year of publication on the secon...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149156

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Mills, C. Wright

The Sociological Imagination.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.

First edition of one the the most influential sociological works of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by C. Wright Mills on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-4096

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[Russia]

A New and Exact Description of Moscovy.

London: R. Baldwin, 1698.

First edition of this work. Octavo, bound in modern wrappers, 28 pages. In very good condition with some browning and toning to the text. Rare, with no other examples appearing at auction in the last...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-112625

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Gazette of the United States. No.XXXVII. Wednesday, August 19, 1789.

New York: John Fenno, Wednesday, August 19, 1789.

Rare original printing of the Gazette of the United States, issued during the presidency of George Washington on August 19, 1789. Folio, one page, folded, this issue includes a the following articles,...

$5,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116518

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

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Color photograph of Mother Teresa, boldly signed by her, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In fine condition. The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140031

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.

:, 1984.

Color photograph portrait of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer boldly inscribed, “God bless you M. Teresa mc.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece me...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-145478

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Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150190

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Shestack, Jerome J. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society.

: The Peter Gruber Foundation, .

Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack’s Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper,...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151281

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[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke].

London: Robert Barker, 1605.

Rare early 17th century printing of Robert Barker’s Geneva Bible. Small quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, text in black letter, double colu...

$5,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149784

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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett

Political Economy For Beginners.

London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1870.

Scarce first edition of Millicent Fawcett’s immensely successful work on political economy, published the year before she helped found Newnham College for women at Cambridge in 1871. Octavo, ori...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-134388

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Posner, Richard [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Economic Analysis of Law.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.

Second edition, early printing of the author’s groundbreaking work, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original cloth. A...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146017

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Letter and Inaugural Ticket.

New York:, March 3, 1881.

Letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. One page, on Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead, manuscript in another hand, the letter reads in full...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150473

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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph of Rosa Parks “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”, signed by her. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138006

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Newton, Richard [Dwight L. Moody]

The King’s Highway or Illustrations of the Commandments.

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1870.

Rare early edition of this work by Newton. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Moody on the front free endpaper, “To John Syme D.L. Moody My dear Brother be usef...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-110127

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Wetmore, Helen Cody [William F. Cody]

The Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody “Buffalo Bill”.

London: The Partington Advertising Company, 1903.

First British edition of this biography of “Buffalo Bill” written by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore. Octavo, original leather covered boards, frontispiece, with black and white illustratio...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151550

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Brown, Dee Alexander. [Harper Lee]

The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan’s 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Raiders.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959.

First edition of the author’s Civil War classic. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee on the front...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116234

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[Buck, Pearl S.]

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Former Tongues; And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command.

London: The British & Foreign Bible Society/Cambridge University Press, 1928.

Early 20th century Bible. Octavo, original publisher’s limp black crushed morocco-textured wraps, all edges gilt. Signed and dated by the masterful writer and novelist Pearl S. Buck on the verso...

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146078

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant.

:, c. 1900.

Original oil painting, measuring 18 by 22 inches, handsomely gilt framed, entire piece measures 24 by 28 inches. In very good condition.

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-4189

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Bagehot, Walter

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.

london: Henry S. King, 1873.

First edition of this “undying classic” (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, contemporary bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example.

$5,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116258

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