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Harlan, Malvina Shanklin; Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911.

New York: The Modern Library, 2002.

First edition of this memoir rediscovered by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Justice Ginsburg on the title page, “Best wishes to Bonnie Brewe...

$3,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133534

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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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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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[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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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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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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Reagan, Ronald [Lech Walesa]

Speaking My Mind.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

First edition of President Reagan’s collection of speeches. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page,...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150462

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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks Photograph Signed.

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Rare iconic photograph of Rosa Parks “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement,” signed by her. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inc...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147223

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Shapiro, David L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

New York University Law Review: Continuity and Change in Statutory Interpretation.

New York: New York University Law Review, 1992.

Original November 1992 offprint of the New York University Law Review containing David L. Shapiro’s Continuity and Change in Statutory Interpretation. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, volu...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151267

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Merton, Robert K

Social Theory and Social Structure.

Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1949.

First edition of this landmark work in sociology. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Fred, your friend for quite some time. Bo...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-19087

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Acts of the First General Assembly of the State of Missouri; Passed at the First Session, which was Begun and Held at the Town of Saint Louis…1820. [and] Acts of the First General Assembly of the State of Missouri; Passed at the Special Session, Began and Held at the Town of St. Charles…1821.

St. Louis / St. Charles: Isaac N. Henry / St. Charles, 1820-1821.

First editions of the first official printing of the Acts of Missouri’s 1820 First General Assembly and 1821 Special Session, two rare works marking a turning point in the constitutional and sec...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152042

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Fisher, Irving

The Stock Market Crash—And After.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.

First edition of Fisher’s important work tracing the causes and the immediate aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116232

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[Armstrong, Neil]

Neil Armstrong Class of 1947 Signed Yearbook.

Wapakoneta, Ohio: Blume High School Class of 1947, 1947.

Rare Blume High School Class of 1947 yearbook, signed by Neil Armstrong as a graduating senior. Quarto, original leatherette. Signed by Neil Armstrong beneath his senior portrait on page 12 of the yea...

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122684

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Grant, Ulysses S.; Hamilton Fish; Leonard Wood; Joseph Wheeler

Ulysses S. Grant, Hamilton Fish, Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler Autographs.

: N.p., [1874-1902].

Autographs of President Ulysses S. Grant, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, and United States Army Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler. Octavo, one page. Signed by Grant, “U. S. Grant....

$3,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146684

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