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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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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.

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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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[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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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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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President.

:, 1870.

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Octavo, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Se...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151389

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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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[Charlie Kirk]

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings.

San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2017.

Finely bound example of the Constitution of the United States. Octavo, bound in full leatherette, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the half-title page. Kirk sign...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150507

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Medieval Gregorian Chant Manuscript.

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Rare medieval Gregorian chant manuscript on vellum with the “S” for Sanctus in elaborately illuminated in gilt. One page with text and illustrations on both the recto and verso. In very go...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149450

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Photographic View Book of China, Manchuria, and Korea.

Japan:, c. 1930.

First edition, oblong quarto, original boards. Gilt-lettered cloth, string-bound. Text in Japanese with captions in both Chinese and English. Illustrated with photographs throughout, large folding pa...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-60076

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Bell, Daniel

The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.

Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.

First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Adrienne Righ with appreciatio...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-86124

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Reagan, Ronald and Nancy

Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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Original photograph of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan and their two children: Ronald Jr. and Patti. Signed by the Presidential couple below each of their portraits, “Ronald Rea...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88159

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White, Stanford

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of American architect Stanford White. Four pages, dated March 6th 1896 and addressed to Mrs. Frederick McMonnies, the letter reads, “The sketc...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95110

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Russell, Bertrand

My Philosophical Development.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117453

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"Anti-Vaccinator"

A New Year’s Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an Essay Shewing that the Delusive Practice of Vaccination is Ruinous to the National Health.

Glasgow: John Thomson, 1874.

First edition of this anti-vaccination work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt embossed to the front panel. Laid in is a 1901 circular, one sheet printed on both sides. In very good condition, bookpl...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129341

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Billings, John D

Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life.

Boston: George M. Smith & Co, 1887.

First edition of Billings’ classic Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with six color plates and over two hundred sketches by Charles W. Reed. In very good condition. First edi...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132819

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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-137691

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