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Power, Sir D'Arcy and H.J. Waring [King Edward VIII]

A Short History of St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1123-1923, Specially Bound on the Occasion of the 800th Anniversary of Its Foundation.

London: Charles Whittingham and Griggs, Ltd, 1923.

Elaborately bound presentation copy, belonging to King Edward VIII. Octavo, full tan morocco, elaborately gilt tooling to the spine, front and rear panels with black morocco inlays, cornerpieces of th...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-36018

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Vachon, Marius. [Edouard Detaille; Edward VIII Duke of Windsor]

Detaille.

Paris: A. Lahure, 1898.

Finely bound example of Vachon’s biography of Detaille from the library of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edoua...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135461

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Kovic, Ron

“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting.

:, 2013.

Rare original large format acrylic painting signed by Vietnam War Veteran and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter Ron Kovic. On thick Aquarell watercolor paper, the painting is signed three times...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-135265

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

If You Ask Me. [AND] Eleanor Roosevelt Lock of Hair.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1946.

First edition of this discussion of socio-political questions. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Olga with good wishes Eleanor Ro...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146912

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Brandt, Charles [Al Pacino]

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.

Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2004.

First edition of “the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all” (Steven Van Zandt), basis for the 2019 Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-147472

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Nehru, Jawaharlal

Jawaharlal Nehru Photograph Signed.

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Signed photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru of the first prime minister of India. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 13.5 inches.

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-99334

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Pierce, J.E and Walter B. Gibson, editors. [Houdini, Harry]

The Magic World.

Philadelphia: The Magic World Publishing Co, 1917-1924.

Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World, the early 20th century periodical ‘Devoted to the Interests of Magicians, Ventriloquists, Illusionists, and Others of the Allied Art...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-132590

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Sanchamau, Jean-Baptiste

L’Ecole des Peuples et des Rois; ou Essai philosophique sur La Liberté, le Pouvoir arbitraire, les Juifs et les Noirs. [The School of Peoples and Kings; or Philosophical Essay on Liberty, Arbitrary Power, the Jews and the Blacks].

Paris: Chez Letellier, Libraire, 1790.

Rare first edition of French abolitionist Jean-Baptiste Sanchamau’s passionate attack on slavery and calling for the emancipation of French Jews, published in Paris in the wake of the American R...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-151983

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Seller, John

17th Century John Seller Map of New England and New York.

London: Seller, Price & Senex, 1703.

Rare 17th century John Seller map of New England and New York from Daniel Fenning’s A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders, the map di...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-123177

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de Beauvoir, Simone

L’Amerique Au Jour Le Jour.

Paris : Editions Paul Morihien, 1948.

First edition of this travel narrative and cultural critique of the United States. Octavo, written in French, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed Simone de Beau...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150076

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Holmes, John Clellon

Nothing More To Declare.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1967.

First edition of this notable assessment of the literature of the Beats and their contemporaries, with essays on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gershon Legman and Jay Landesman. Octavo, original cloth....

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-103995

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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 I.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral border details stamp...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150448

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McPherson, James M. [Ken Burns]

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

First edition, early printing of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150300

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Rare 18th Century Heart-Shaped Christian Broadside.

Germany:, c. 1780.

Rare late 18th century liturgical broadside. Printed broadside mounted on a decorated heart-shaped hardwood frame with a hand-painted botanical border containing Protestant liturgical chants, daily pr...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96227

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Churchill, Winston S

Ian Hamilton’s March.

London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery,...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-144787

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Davis, Angela Y; John Abt; Franklin Alexander; Kendra Alexander; Bettina Aptheker; James Baldwin; Margaret Burnham; Robert Chrisman; John Clutchette; Fleeta Drumgo; Ericka Huggins; Robert Kaufman; George Jackson; Fania Davis Jordan; Ruchell Magee; Howard Moore Jr; Huey P. Newton; Eve Pell; Bobby Seale; The Soledad Brothers; Foreward by Julian Bond

If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance.

New York: The Third Press, 1971.

First edition of this bold collection of essays written by victims of political imprisonment. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Angela Davis on the title page. Fine in a very good dust ja...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-150499

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Fisher, Irving

Stable Money.

New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1934.

First edition of Fisher’s classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Laid in is the original publisher’s slip which reads “In recognition of pioneer support of the movement for a...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-96551

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Pershing, John J. [President Herbert Hoover]

John J. Pershing Autograph Letter Signed to President Herbert Hoover.

:, 1931.

Autograph letter signed by the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces to President Herbert Hoover. Octavo, one page on John J. Pershing’s personal letterhead, handwritten...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-149123

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Polanyi, Karl

The Great Transformation.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1944.

First edition, first printing of Polanyi’s landmark work, widely considered one of the twentieth century’s most incisive and prophetic works of scholarship. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the sc...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-124390

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Gandhi, Mohandas K. [Mahatma]

Young India Second Series 1924-1926.

New York: The Viking Press, 1927.

First edition of the second series of the writings of Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Gandhi founded and published the weekly periodical in English, Young...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-142054

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de Lamartine, Alphonse. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Memoirs of Celebrated Characters.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1854.

First edition of Vol. I and II of this collection of biographical portraits; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf with gilt titles to the spin...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-145750

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Verney, Luis Antonio (el Barbadino)

Verdadero método de estudiar, para ser util a la Republica y la Iglesia, proporcionado al estilo, y necessidad de Portugal, expuesto en varias cartas, escrito en idioma Portugués.

Madrid: Joachin Ibarra, 1760.

Rare complete edition in Spanish published by the great Ibarra in Madrid. Octavo, original vellum, 4 volumes. Many of the OCLC citations are for single volumes. This set, the author’s most famou...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-81952

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Ben-Gurion, David

David Ben-Gurion Signed Document Honoring the Loss of an Israeli Soldier.

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Signed Document from the first Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion. “State of Israel We sadly commemorate the memory of 566552 private Chaim Chobra, may his memory be blessed, who died in the li...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-67048

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Levi-Strauss, Claude

Tristes Tropiques.

New York: Atheneum , 1974.

First American edition of this translation, which is the first complete edition of Levi-Strauss’ landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To...

$1,800.00 Item Number: RRB-57044

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