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Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration.

:, 1860-1891.

A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents includ...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-73063

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Taft, William H

Ethics in Service.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.

First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Howard Taft on the...

$3,600.00 Item Number: RRB-146513

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-1946.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes, original publisher’s clo...

$3,600.00 Item Number: RRB-149421

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Kroc, Ray

Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1977.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To All...

$3,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151218

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Victoria, Queen of England

The Great Seal of Queen Victoria with Royal Patent.

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Rare wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria presented with a large, elaborately illustrated patent granted to William Edward Newton. Housed in a custom metal case, the patent measures 7 inches in diameter a...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-108053

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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for William Allison & J. Maynard; Edinburgh: W. Blair, 1819.

Early edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt titles to the spine, red and green spine labels. In near f...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133843

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Truman, Harry S

Harry Truman Signed Photograph.

:, 1957.

Large black and white photograph of the Senate Committee investigation headed by Harry Truman into the $40 million contract for wartime planes with Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser, lengthily inscrib...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-94776

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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, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting the Tran...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145316

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Kipling, Rudyard

The Graves of the Fallen: Imperial War Graves Commission.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919.

Exceptionally rare first edition of this pamphlet honoring every British soldier who died in World War I. Oblong octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149313

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Kirk, Russell

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.

First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142023

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Schelling, Thomas C

The Strategy of Conflict.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine i...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-30057

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh [Daphne Fielding]

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

London: John Murray, 1966.

First edition of the author’s travelogue companion piece to Mani. Octavo, original cloth, a map, and illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the au...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148859

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Justinus, Marcus Junianus

Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii Historias.

Venice: [Philippus Pincius], c. 1497.

Rare incunable edition of Justinus‘s epitome of the Historia Philippica by Pompeius Trogus. Chancery folio, bound in one quarter vellum over patterned boards with ink titles to the spine, Roman...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126068

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Palestine Pamphlets. Terrorist Methods With Mines and Booby Traps.

Jerusalem: Headquarters, Chief Engineer, Palestine & Transjordan, 1946.

Very rare restricted British Army manual dealing with terrorist explosive devices and methods. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, frontispiece and 6 plates, 16 full-page text-illustrations. Only 2...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125181

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Spielberg, Steven. Photographs by David James; [Tom Hanks]

Saving Private Ryan: A Film by Steven Spielberg.

New York: Newmarket Press, 1999.

First edition of the illustrated book companion to the Academy Award-winning film. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs by David James. Presentation copy, inscribed by S...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132619

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Kirk, Charlie

Right Wing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West.

: Winning Team Publishing, 2024.

First edition of this work by the founder of Turning Point USA, the leading political youth organization in the country, which reaches 100’s of million people per month, and Axios has named Char...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150542

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Conway, Moncure Daniel

Testimonies Concerning Slavery.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1864.

First edition of Conway’s powerful abolitionist work, published only one year after he left America at the height of the Civil War to continue his fight against slavery in England. Octavo, origi...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152037

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[General William T. Sherman] [Ulysses S. Grant]

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Persian Kard.

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Rare Persian kard, a straight, single-edged dagger that is worn on the left side of the belt, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The kard has a bone han...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147824

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Jowett, Benjamin

The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1871.

First edition of Jowett’s complete translation of the Dialogues which succeeded in making Plato an English classic. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarters vellum over suede-covered boards...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131238

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Eisenhower, Dwight D

A History of the 90th Division in World War II: 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945.

Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Company , 1946.

First edition of this work on the 90th division in World II. Quarto, original leatherette boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by General Dwight Eisenhower on the...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140008

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[Hondius, Jodocus]

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina [Holy Land Map]

Amsterdam: Blaeu, W, 1634.

Copper engraved, hand-colored map of one of the most decorative maps of the Holy Land of the 17th century. One page with hand-colored borders, the map depicts the tribes of Israel and the route the Is...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101741

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Ames, Nathaniel. [Benjamin Franklin]

An Astronomical Diary or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1771.

Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1770].

First edition of Nathaniel Ames’ 1771 Almanack, containing the first known printing of “the most famous of American epitaphs” (Mark Van Doren). 12mo, original wrappers stitched as is...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125283

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Mussolini, Benito

Benito Mussolini Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of Benito Mussolini. Vintage matte-finish oversized photograph of Benito Mussolini seated at his desk taken by the Luce photography studio. Boldly signed by Mussolini in fount...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148638

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Paine, Thomas

A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America. In Which the Mistakes in the Abbes Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up.

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1791.

1791 London edition of Paine’s passionate reply to the Abbe Raynal, preceded by the 1782 Philadelphia and London editions Octavo, bound in half diced calf over marbled boards, all edges speckled...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134029

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