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Economic Analysis of Law.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973.

First edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Signed by Richard Posner on the title page. In near fine condition, the text has some lig...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-3866

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Young, Brigham [Helen McQuilkin]

Brigham Young Signed Utah Southern Railroad Company Check.

Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Southern Railroad Company, 1872.

Rare original Utah Southern Railroad Company uncashed check signed by Brigham Young. Partially printed document signed “Brigham Young” as President and “George Swan” as Secreta...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148951

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Thieu, Nguyen Van

Nguyen Van Thieu Signed Time Magazine Cover.

:, August 27, 1968.

Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the September 15, 1967 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Nguyen Van Thieu painted by Boris Chaliapin. Boldly...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146627

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Lindbergh, Charles A

Charles Lindbergh Signed Photograph.

:, .

Black and white photograph of Charles A. Lindbergh in his flying gear, inscribed by Lindbergh, “To Ms. Elizabeth Reynolds Sincerely, Charles A. Lindbergh.” In fine condition. Matted and fr...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-89010

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Jackson, Andrew

Andrew Jackson Autograph Document Signed.

:, December 6, 1830.

Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. One page partially printed on vellum the document is dat...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-104206

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Shirer, William L

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.

Early printing of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by William L. S...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148990

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Bernstein, Carl & Bob Woodward

All The President’s Men.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.

First edition, early printing of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Carl Bernstein to his wife on the front free...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-140699

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Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd [Burt Malkiel]

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1940.

The second edition of this classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Lengthily signed by legendary author and investor Burton Malkiel on the front free endpaper, “Ben Graham came to believe in...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148988

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Schultz, Gus; Paul Tibbets; George Caron; J. Robert Oppenheimer

Inspection Mirror That Built the Atomic Bomb Used By Oppenheimer’s Foreman Gus Schultz. [with] Paul Tibbets and George Caron Signed Photograph.

Los Alamos, New Mexico:, c. 1943-1945.

Inspection mirror used in the construction of the atomic bomb by Gus Schultz, foreman of the drafting room and machine shop at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Schultz was a key member of J. R...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148078

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Truman, Harry S. [Georgia Neese Clark Gray]

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Volumes I – VIII Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the Presidents.

Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1961-1966.

First editions of the complete set of Truman’s papers from 1945-1953. Imperial octavo, eight volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispieces. Presentation copy,...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150130

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Speech.

New York:, 1902.

Rare speech on missionaries signed by as president by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, one page, dated May 20, 1902. Printed speech given by Theodore Roosevelt at the Centennial Meeting of the Home Mission...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151765

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Hughes, Langston

The First Book of Africa.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.

First edition of Hughes’ concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Ri...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-129607

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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.

Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham, Printer to the University, 1745.

Rare 18th century Book of Common Prayer, formerly used in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt royal cyphers of King George II to the spine in s...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149785

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Doubleday, Abner

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Wm E. Doubleday with aff. regards of the author.” In very good condition with some repairs to the...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-37006

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Sargent, Thomas J

Macroeconomic Theory.

New York: Academic Press, 1979.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To James Best wishes, Thoma...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-106789

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Pratt, E. J., Alma White, Caroline Bancroft, Will Kirkpatrick, M.C. Hanford et al

Rare Titanic Collection.

Toronto: Various Publishers, 1912-1935.

Rare collection of first editions, pamphlets, and sheet music related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, with a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-104582

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Smythe, J.K

American Civil War Era J. K. Smythe Letter-Books.

:, 1858-63.

Rare collection of American Civil War era letters written by American business magnate J. K. Smythe concerning business between Europe and America during the initial years of the war. Quarto bound int...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-112462

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Scott, Paul

The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils; Staying On].

London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.

Complete first edition set of “one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction” (The Times). Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooli...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148004

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Forty-Five Star American Flag.

:, [c. 1896].

Rare forty-five star American Flag. The forty-five star American Flag was in use between July 4, 1896 when the state of Utah was admitted into the Union and July 3, 1908 when Oklahoma was admitted as...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133095

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Cable, George W

The Negro Question.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.

First edition of this key piece of social reform. Duodecimo, original maroon cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, “To Frederick H. Hitchcock from G.W. Cable No...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145443

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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol IV.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1855.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Sir Archibald Alison was a Scottish historian, writer, and advocate whose most no...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148824

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Crawford, Samuel W

Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter1860-1861.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.

Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of The Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, plans, map....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150840

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Kennedy, Jacqueline

Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print.

:, 1961.

White House photographic print taken in 1961 by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton. Boldly signed by Jacqueline Kennedy at the lower left. Stoughton took multiple photos in front of the White Ho...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-28045

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Shirer, William L

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.

First edition of this classic work, “the most complete news report yet to come out of war time Germany” (Time). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William L. Shirer on the front free...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148007

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