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John Pierpont Morgan Autograph Signature.

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Rare autograph signature from American financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan. Boldly signed in ink on an off-white slip clipped from a document, “J. Pierpont Morgan.” In fine condition...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148494

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Dreman, David N

Psychology and the Stock Market: Investment Strategy Beyond Random Walk.

New York: AMACOM, 1977.

First edition of Dreman’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to close friend Keniston Merrill, “To Ken With all good w...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-106537

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Ching, Francis D.K

Building Construction Illustrated.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John R. 9/7/2015 Franc...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114591

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Janssonius, Johannes

Rare Johannes Janssonius Map of Le Maine.

Amsterdam:, 1668.

Rare copper engraved, hand-colored map of the French province of Maine and its surrounds by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius. One page with detailed topographical details and hand-colored border...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-123074

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Hardy, Thomas

The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.

First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy’s epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140594

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Lamb, Charles

A Book Explaining the Ranks and Dignities of British Society: Intended Chiefly for the Instruction of Young Persons.

London: Tabart and Co., 1809.

Second edition of this satirical work, with beautiful color plates. Octodecimo, contemporary calf bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, with 23 of 24 hand-...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147994

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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 and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.

Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1701.

Rare early 18th century Book of Common Prayer in a royal binding bearing the ciphers of Queen Anne. Folio, bound in full contemporary green calf with gilt royal ciphers of Queen Anne to the spine in s...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149561

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Bell, Daniel

The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.

New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1976.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-4274

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McCarten, Anthony [Winston S. Churchill] [Gary Oldman]

Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink.

New York: Harper / An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.

First edition of this work detailing Winston Churchill’s first 25 days as Prime Minister in May 1940, basis for the Academy Award-winning film bearing the same name. Octavo, bound in full morocco by t...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151812

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Aristotle. Translated by Theodoro Gaza

Aristotelis De Historia Animalium Libri. IX. [Bound with] De Partibus Animalium, & Earu Causis, Libri IIII; De Generatione Animalium Libri V; Hoc Volumine Continentur.

Parisiis: Ex officina Prigentii Caluarini ad Geminas Cyppas in Clauso Brunello, 1542.

Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle’s pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Octavo, bound in full polished calf, engraved t...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133014

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Roosevelt, Eleanor; Jawaharlal Nehru; Indira Gandhi; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Eleanor Roosevelt, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Signed Photograph.

Hyde Park, NY:, c. 1949.

Rare original black and white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt with three Indian dignitaries Jahwaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Pandit at the Franklin D. Roosevelt gravesite at Hyde Park. Neh...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148419

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Ben-Gurion, David

David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph: United Jewish Appeal.

:, 1959.

Photograph of David Ben-Gurion signed and dated in 1959 by him in Hebrew, presented to Max Goldweber in appreciation from The United Jewish Appeal. The UJA-Federation, as it is known today, was create...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-41088

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

This Is My Story.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.

Signed limited large-paper edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s first autobiography. Quarto, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151877

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Lodge, Edmund

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved From Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions.

London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, 1835.

Finely bound set of Lodge’s Portraits of Illustrious Personages. Folio, six volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands,...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-122063

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[Davis, Robert P.]

Pocket Diary of Assistant Surgeon Robert P. Davis, 84th Indiana Regiment.

:, [1863].

The Civil War pocket diary of Assistant Surgeon Robert P. Davis, 84th Indiana Regiment. 16mo, original wrappers, the diary is printed with blank three days per page, entries have been recorded intermi...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132395

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).

: Steidl Verlag, 2004.

Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview’s first d...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144220

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His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Ethics For the New Millennium.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2001.

First edition of this ethical treatise by The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldy signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147841

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Friedman, Milton & Rose

Tyranny of the Status Quo.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-19097

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Gagarin, Yuri; Gherman Titov

Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov Signed Postcard.

[Soviet Union]:, c. 1961.

Rare Soviet postcard featuring a colorized portrait of Yuri Gagarin to the right and Gherman Titov to the left wearing their military uniforms without caps while looking at a newspaper. Boldly signed...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-152087

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Illustrated by Romeyn De Hooghe

Biblia, Dat is, De gantsche H. Schriftuure vervattende alle de Boeken des Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments; Nu Van nieuws uyt D.M. Luthers Hoogduitse Bybel in onze Nederlandsche Taale getrouwelyk overgezet, Tot dienst van de Christelyke Gemeynten, d’Onveranderde Augsburgsche Confessie toegedaan in deeze Nederlanden. [Biblia Neerlandica].

Amsterdam: Jacob Lindenberg, 1702.

Rare early 18th century Dutch Luther Bible illustrated with exquisite engravings by renowned Dutch Baroque artist Romeyn de Hooghe. Folio, original full calf with ruling and central motifs to the pane...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-116383

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Kennedy, John F

Profiles in Courage.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. From the library of PT Boat Captain William J. (Wild Bill)...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140620

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Lindbergh, Charles A

Of Flight and Life.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.

First edition, early printing of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gen. Huebner with best wishes from...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144020

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Sign...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-4356

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Johnson, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird

Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Large photograph of Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson posing on the White House lawn, Inscribed “To Mary Lasker—Merry Christmas from her friends Lady Bird and” “Lyndon B. Johnson...

$2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-81065

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