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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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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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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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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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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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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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[Hill, Tex; Ken Jernstedt; Paul J. Greene; Robert T. Smith; Dick Rossi; Erik Shilling; Bob Layher; Ed Rector; Charlie Bond; Robert M. Smith; Edward F. Gallagher; Frank Losonsky; Rolland Richardson; Carl Quick; Al Kaelin]

Chennault’s Flying Tigers: A Commemorative History of the American Volunteer Group.

Minnesota: Flying Tigers 14th Air Force Association, Inc, 1982.

First edition of this detailed and richly illustrated tribute to American Volunteer Group’s pivotal role in early World War II air combat. Quarto, original blue boards with an inlay of a flying...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148756

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Arlent-Edwards, Samuel

Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.

:, c. 1898.

Rare mezzotint print of Samuel Arlent-Edwards’ portrait of Izaak Walton, inscribed by the artist. Folio, color mezzotint. Inscribed by Samuel Arlent-Edwards in the lower right corner, “Eng...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132607

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Russell, Bertrand

The Scientific Outlook.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1931.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front pastedown. With a note from the recipient that it was signed in 19...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-119625

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Maximilian, Emperor Ferdinand

Estatuto Provisional del Imperio Mexicano.

Mexico: Imprenta de Andrade y Escalante, 1865.

Rare first edition pamphlet declaring the provisional laws of Mexico declared by Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian at the start of his brief three-year reign. Octavo, original wrappers, six pages. Text in...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-89060

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Brownmiller, Susan

Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

First edition of this bestselling feminist classic that revolutionized the way we think about rape, as a historical phenomenon and as an urgent crisis, named by the New York Public Library’s 100 Books...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147307

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Constitucion Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

Mexico: Ignacio Cumplido, 1857.

First edition of the Constitution of Mexico of 1857. Octavo, original printed wrappers as issued. In good condition, contemporary name and date to the front panel. Rare.

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-65011

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

General Sherman’s Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant.

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Rare bronze sculpture of an elephant, most likely used as an ink well, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147816

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Waugh, Evelyn [Daphne Fielding]

Scott-King’s Modern Europe.

London: Chapman & Hal, 1947.

First edition of this classic novella. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Daphne with love fr...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150292

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Kahneman, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust j...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-44758

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Baldwin, A.C.; R.B. Thurston; Timothy Williston

Liberty or Slavery; the Great National Question. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery.

Boston: Congregational Board of Publication, 1857.

First edition of this important collection of three prize-winning antislavery essays published in Boston the same year as the infamous Dred Scott decision. Small octavo, original publisher’s bro...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151981

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Johnson, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey

Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.

:, January 20, 1965.

Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound i...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133502

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