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Mundell, Robert A & Jacques J. Polak [Paul A. Volcker]

The New International Monetary System.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1977.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of the Euro currency. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Mundell a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150267

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Armstrong, Neil; James Van Allen; Roald Fryxell; Edward Olsen; Thor Karlstrom

Neil Armstrong and James Van Allen Signed “Seminar on Space Exploration” Program.

Illinois:, 1972.

Program for the “Seminar on Space Exploration” held at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, on February 10-12, 1972. Signed on the cover by astronaut Neil Armstrong and space physic...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148903

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by P...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149213

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Goldman, Emma

Anarchism and Other Essays.

New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.

Second revised edition of Goldman’s most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good c...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144296

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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated e...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147499

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Roosevelt, Eleanor and Lorena A. Hickok

Ladies of Courage.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.

First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok’s tribute to women in America. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good ...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-116277

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Eisenhower, Dwight D

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Columbia University Banquet Program.

Cincinatti: Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti, 1949.

Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet program signed by the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Large octavo, the program was printed for the Regional Columbia University Alum...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-121022

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Dana, Richard Henry

To Cuba and Back.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859.

First edition of this classic travelogue that reveals the character of pre-Spanish American war Cuba. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147922

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Ben-Gurion, David

Shderot D. Ben Gurion [David Ben-Gurion Boulevard].

Israel:, .

Rare original Israeli boulevard sign named after the first Prime Minister of Israel. Blue metal street sign written in Hebrew, “Boulevard D. Ben-Gurion.” In very good condition. Framed, th...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148070

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Sloan Jr., Alfred P

My Years With General Motors.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

First edition of Sloan’s influential work, which has since become a classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed in the year of publication by the author on t...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148722

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Bell, Daniel

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.

New York: Basic Books, 1973.

First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth....

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-18062

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Herzl, Theodor

Altneuland.

Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902.

Second edition of Herzl‘s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101406

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Yeager, Chuck

Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-1 Speed of Sound Auto Rocket.

:, .

Model of the Bell X-1, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 14 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 11 inches in width. In near fine condition.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-100398

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Lenin, Vladimir

Noviya Danniya o Zeronakh’ Razivitya Kapitalizma v’ Zemledlti, Vuypusk I: Kaptalizm i zemledbli v Soyed. Shtatat Ameriki. [New information on the Development of Agricultural Capitalism. Part I: Capitalism and Agriculture in the United States].

Petrograd: Zhizn i Znaniye, 1918.

First edition of this work by Lenin. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare with only one library holding for this, at the State Library of Germany.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133222

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Diana, Princess of Wales; King Charles III

Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.

:, 1983.

Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145672

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Haise, Fred; Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual.

: Prepared for Launch Vehicle Operations by the Boeing Company Atlantic Test Center Saturn V - Launch Operations, March 10, 1970.

Rare NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise. Quarto, original wrappers, contains approxima...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146265

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Keynes, John Maynard. [J.M.]

Indian Currency and Finance.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1913.

First edition of Keynes’ first major work on economics, a publisher’s presentation copy with the publishers stamp to the title page. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with lig...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147670

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[Lloyd George, David]

The Scottish Countryside Being the Report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee 1927-1928.

[Edinburgh]: Published by The Scottish Liberal Federation, 1928.

First edition of the 1928 report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presen...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151324

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Pope Pius XI. (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti)

Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.

:, c. 1930.

Rare hand-illuminated apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius XI with a circular portrait of him. The blessing in elaborate script reads, “Most Holy Father, Margaret, Katherine, Regina, John,...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88158

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Welcome to Christmas.

:, 1875.

Rare 19th century album on Christmas. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, elaborate ruling in blind and in gilt, silk moire endpapers, eight cardstock leaves, six in cream and two in grey, all hand l...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139519

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[Hondius, Jodocus]

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

Amsterdam: Blaeu, Willem, 1629.

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...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147519

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Missale Romanum.

Madrid: Typis Societatis, 1799.

Rare 18th century Spanish printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full velvet with silver cornerpieces and central ornament bearing the Sacred Heart, silver clasps, ribbons bound in, printed in...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149607

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Farago, Ladislas

Patton: Ordeal and Triumph.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963.

First edition of “the best Patton biography” (Military Bookman), a classic basis for the Academy Award-winning film, starring George C. Scott. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed Ladisla...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150611

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Dinsdale, Alfred

Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.

London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1926.

First edition of the first book on television, a key work on the history of technology. Octavo, original stiff boards, frontispiece halftone reproduction of photograph of John Logie Baird. Fine in a n...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-119245

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