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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George. Introduction by Edgar Johnson

The Last Days of Pompeii.

The Officina Bodoni Verona: Printed For The Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1956.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Bulwer-Lytton’s most celebrated work, a classic of historical fiction and the basis for the 1935 Hollywood film of the same name directed by E...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149522

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Atherton, Gertrude Franklin

The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this historical novel that blends biographical narrative with romanticized fiction to construct a dramatic portrait of one of America’s founding figures. Octavo, original publisher...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149273

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Göransson, Göran Fredrik

The Sandvik Steel Works.

Gothenburg: John Antonsons Boktryckeri, 1931.

First Edition. Quarto. Bound in full blue morocco, gilt crowned monogram, “EP” to the front panel, gilt illustrated curtain frame to front and rear panel. Gilt tooling to the spine. Fronti...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-35019

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Stewart, James B. [Rudy Giuliani]

Den of Thieves.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Early printing of Stewart’s classic work which recounts the insider trading scandals involving Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, and other Wall Street financiers throughout the 1980s. Octavo, origin...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146873

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Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Inauguration Invitations and Programs.

:, 1961.

Rare collection of original materials from events held upon the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. The collection includes a menu from the Inauguration Luncheon held on January 20th 1961 at th...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-96015

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Plantinga, Alvin

The Nature of Necessity.

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1974.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin Plantinga on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139212

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Hughes, Langston

The First Book of Negroes.

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1952.

First edition of this first work in a series aimed to educate children on the history of African people and the accomplishments of African Americans. Square octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147830

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Lewis, Michael

Liar’s Poker.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989.

First edition, early printing of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Kathleen Thanks for the in...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151214

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Windsor, Duke of [King Edward]; Duchess of Windsor [Wallis Simpson]

A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor and The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / David McKay Company, Inc., 1951 and 1956.

First edition of A King’s Story, King Edward’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with coat of arms stamped in gilt to the front panel, top stain red, cartogra...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151138

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Leigh Fermor, Patrick; George Psychoundakis

George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.

Athens: The American College of Greece, 1999.

First edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis to John Leatham, who contr...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3911

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Qadi Zada al-Rumi (1364-1436) Commentary on al-Hikma, 918 AH [1684 CE].

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Octavo manuscript in Arabic on paper, consisting of two works, including Fakhr al-Din al-Razi’s (1149-1209) Hashiya ‘ala sharh hidayat alhikma, contemporary blind-tooled leather. In very g...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-71008

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Watson, Thomas J. and Peter Petre

Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond.

New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

First edition of the classic autobiography of “the greatest capitalist in history” (Fortune Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation c...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152154

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O'Connor, Sandra Day and Dan Quayle

Sandra Day O’Connor and Dan Quayle Signed Photograph.

:, January 20, 1989.

Rare original photograph of Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor administering the vice presidential oath of office to Dan Quayle. Signed by Sandra Day O’Connor and inscribed by Dan Quayl...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101584

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Coolidge, Calvin

Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed.

Northampton:, July 4,1930.

Rare typed letter signed by Calvin Coolidge to the Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts Ralph Bauer. One page, octavo, the letter reads in full, “Thank you for the birthday remembrance. It was good of y...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145864

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Menand, Louis [Peter Matthiessen]

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow author Peter Matthiessen, “For...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150975

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Hayek, F.A

The Constitution of Liberty.

Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.

First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151463

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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...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-115782

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Buckingham Palace Bound List of Subscribers.

:, 1927.

Finely bound list of subscribers to Mr. J. Parr’s farewell gift, presented on his retirement , 31 March 1927. Octavo, bound by Truscott & Son in full crushed scarlet morocco with gilt titles...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125737

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Iden, V. Gilmore

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913: History and Digest.

Philadelphia: The National Bank News, 1914.

Rare first edition of this work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142249

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Follett, Ken

The Pillars of the Earth.

London: Macmillan, 1989.

First British edition of Follett’s immensely popular bestseller, widely considered his masterpiece which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, picto...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150763

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Chalmers, George

Opinions on Interesting Subjects of Public Law and Commercial Policy; Arising from American Independence.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1784.

First edition of Chalmers’ treatise regarding trade regulations between England and America following American Independence. Octavo, bound in paper wrappers. In very good condition. Exceptionall...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127018

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Uzanne, Octave

La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines.

Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894.

First edition of this lavishly illustrated work on Parisian women. Quarto, bound in full morocco, original wrappers bound in, illustrated with 20 hand-colored engraved plates by Massé after Vidal, eng...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132948

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Bagehot, Walter

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.

New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1873.

First edition of this “undying classic” (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are scarce, especially in this condition.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133178

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White, Theodore H

The Making of the President 1960.

New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1961.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author to “For Barbara Norman- with all best wishes, after much too brief acquantaince,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-5011

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