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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1751.

Elegantly bound 18th century English Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, printed by Thomas Baskett and from the library of John Bird Sumner (1780-1862), Archbishop of Canterbur...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149524

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Major, R.H. [Christopher Columbus]

The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus, Describing His Discovery of the New World.

London: Ellis & White, 1872.

First limited edition of this comprehensive bibliography cataloging the various editions and translations of Columbus’s first letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella describing his initial v...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149418

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Collins., Mrs. Jane S

Free At Last.

Pittsburgh: Press of Murdoch, Kerr & Co., Incorporated, 1896.

First edition of this semi-historical civil rights narrative by Jane S. Collins, whose husband ran the first racially-integrated school in Indiana during the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with gil...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142376

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Reagan, Ronald

An American Life.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.

First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Winnie- W...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144010

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Collins, Michael; James Lovell; Edward H. White II; Frank Borman; Jim McDivitt; Clifton Williams

Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965.

Indialantic, Florida: C.W. Scarboro, 1965.

First edition of this visual chronicle documenting the early development of the U.S. space program at Cape Canaveral. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by six...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148483

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Arrow, Kenneth J

Social Choice and Individual Values.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-45982

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Kilpatrick, Andrew; Warren E. Buffett

Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street.

New York: Donald I. Fine , 1992.

First edition of this early biography on investing legend Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper,...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-107255

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Diego Sanz of Lardero

Diego Sanz of Lardero Nobility Patent.

Valladolid, Spain:, 18 June 1569.

Rare 16th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent for Diego Sanz of Lardero. Folio, original full limp parchment, the patent is comprised of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, text in manus...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148286

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Putnam, Hilary [Richard Rorty]

Reason, Truth and History.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow philosopher Richard Rorty, “For Richard to rem...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-15060

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Malcolm X. with the assistance of Alex Haley

The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1965.

First edition of one of TIME Magazine’s ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and tooling...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150961

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Malkiel, Burton G

A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.

First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “with best wishes Bur...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133519

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Allen, Angela Z [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

50-50 Gender Balance: Why We Have to “Get” It and Get It – Now!

: Full Circle Living, Inc, 2009.

First edition of this study on balancing our masculine and feminine qualities. Imperial octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the dedication page...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147835

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Sidney, J.C

Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston: J.B. Shields, 1852.

A stunning and uncommon large map of Boston with a fine depiction of the harbor. Two small vignettes in the upper border provide views of the State House and Faneuil Hall. Lithographed map with hand-c...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133907

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company Stock Certificate.

Cincinnati, Ohio:, May 7, 1974.

Printed Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company stock certificate boldly signed in full by American astronaut Neil Armstrong. One page, printed on recto and verso, the certificate is entitled “For...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149954

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Mankiw, N. Gregory [Paul A. Samuelson]

Monetary Policy.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by editor Gregory Mankiw to fellow economist Paul Samuelson on the half-title page,...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135064

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Frank, Philipp [Albert Einstein]

Einstein: Sein Leben und seine Zeit [His Life And Times].

Munchen: Paul List Verlag, 1949.

First German edition of this classic work by Frank, a famed contemporary of Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Albert Einstein on the slip to the title page and inscribed by the author on the...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133215

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Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.

Ethiopia:, C. 18th Century.

Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Duodecimo, bound with twine between two wood blocks carved with ornate patterns and hand-painted miniatures to the verso of each board with depictions of...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145313

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Portrait.

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Portrait of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, boldly signed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.75 inches. Rare and desirable signed and uninscribed by Armstro...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-117764

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Schouler, William [Ulysses S. Grant] [Jesse R. Grant]

A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War.

Boston: E.P. Dutton & Co., Publishers, 1868.

First edition of this detailed account of Massachusetts’s political leadership, military organization, and social contributions during the American Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149393

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

A Treatise On Money. Volume I: The Pure Theory of Money.

London: MacMillan & Company, 1930.

First edition of the first volume of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition with light rubbing and toning. Ownership signature to the...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151441

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Machiavel, Nicholas [Machavielli]

Machiavel’s Florentine History.

London: Charles Harper and John Amery, 1674.

Rare second English edition of Machiavelli s Florentine History, the first edition to appear after Thomas Bedingfield s translation in 1595 of this political and historical account of Florence. Sextod...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149757

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Auletta, Ken. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman.

New York: Random House, 1986.

First edition of this account of the Lehman Brother takeover, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Signed...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146519

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Arrow, Kenneth; Eric Maskin; Amartya Sen; Joseph Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta

The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).

New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.

First edition of this work which explores Kenneth Arrow’s impossibility theorem. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists on the front free endpaper, “Kenne...

$4,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150198

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