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Illuminated 16th Century French Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf. [The Annunciation of the Shepherds].

Paris:, c. 1500.

Rare illuminated leaf from a 16th Century French Book of Hours, likely executed by Gilles and Germain Hardouyn. The detailed miniature is elaborately decorated with gold leaf and depicts the Annunciat...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132104

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Gunther, John

Inside U.S.A.

New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.

First edition of this classic work, “riveting from start to finish” (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, pullout map. Boldly signed by Joh...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-134601

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Adams, Henry [Editor].

Documents Relating to New-England Federalism. 1800-1815.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1877.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s work on the rise of Federalism in 19th century New England. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-141021

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Gibbon, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1846.

Finely bound second edition set of Gibbon’s masterpiece. Octavo, 6 volumes bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red and brown mor...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146461

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Levi-Strauss, Claude

The Savage Mind.

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1966.

First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Claude Levi- Strauss on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150252

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Wright, Orville

Orville Wright Signed Photograph.

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Rare vintage matte-finish portrait photograph of Orville Wright. Inscribed by Wright at the lower left corner in fountain pen, “To Wm. P. MacCracken from his friend Orville Wright.” The re...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149582

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Cobb, Humphrey [Kirk Douglas]

Paths of Glory.

New York: The Viking Press, 1935.

First edition of the author’s first and only book, the basis for Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Humphrey Cobb and actor Kirk Douglas. Nea...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-89922

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Venizelos, Eleftherios

Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1922.

Autograph letter signed by “the maker of modern Greece,” Eleftherios Venizelos. One page, typescript on Delegation Hellenique letterhead, the letter reads, “Lausanne, 7th December 19...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-82459

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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.

Later printing “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147360

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Chinese Medicine and Physiognomy Manual Collection.

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Rare collection of nine Chinese woodblock physiognomy manuals, wonderfully illustrated with xiangfatu representing the principles and practices of Chinese physiognomy. Octavo, nine volumes bound in il...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149715

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Brown, John. [Woodrow Wilson; Charles A. Salmond; Alexander Stewart; James Stark; et al]

John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work.

London: Wm. Ibister Limited, n.d..

Early edition of Reverend John Brown’s important biography of his predecessor and the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, English Puritan preacher John Bunyan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentati...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-121964

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Churchill, Winston S

An Address by Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Delivered Before Members of the Congress of the United States 19 May, 1943.

Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1943.

Rare first edition of Churchill’s second address before the Congress of the United States, produced for members of congress, one of only 600 copies. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131702

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Whitney, John F

St. Augustine, Florida. Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists. Cost of Living, and How to Get There.

St. Augustine, Florida:, 1873.

First edition of this early travel guide to the city of St. Augustine, Florida by the Editor and Proprietor of The Florida Press. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with advertisements. In good co...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138377

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Watson, James C; Charles J. McDonald

Creek Indian Muscogee County, Georgia Land Grants.

:, 1826-1839.

Rare 19th century Creek Indian land surveys and lottery winning land grants. Octavo, four pages partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the surveys are dated December 7th and 9th, 1826 and s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146848

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Sidgwick, Henry

The Methods of Ethics.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1874.

First edition of Sidgwick’s magnum opus, which “in many ways marked the culmination of the classical utilitarian tradition” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Octavo, original br...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126877

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Card, David and Alan B. Krueger

Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.

First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. “For John As we say at the close of the book...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-78635

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Habermas, Jurgen

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition in English of this analysis of the historical rise and decline of a space for critical, rational debate between citizens and the state. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151430

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Nixon, Richard M. [Henry A. Kissinger]

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon’s memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Signed by Richard Nixon. Additionally signed by Henry Kissinger, who served as a...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151700

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Mason, Robert. [Peter Matthiessen]

Chickenhawk.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1983.

The Easton Press edition of Mason’s classic first book, one of the finest about the Vietnam War. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments with...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152157

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Wyckoff, Richard D

Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.

Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octav...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145810

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Russell, Bertrand

The Principles of Mathematics. Volume 1.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903.

First edition of Russell’s groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein, with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-autho...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-97331

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Caesar, Gaius Julius

Commentaires de César, avec des Notes Historiques, Critiques et Militaires [Caesar’s Comments, with Historical, Critical and Military Notes].

Paris: A Montargis, 1785.

First edition edited and translated by Lancelot Turpin de Crissé. Quarto, three volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine, engraved title pages, two port...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-104356

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Bates, Daisy

The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir.

New York: David McKay Company, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this powerful work by the NAACP activist behind the successful integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentatio...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146037

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Pecora, Ferdinand

Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.

First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine con...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3824

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