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War Memoirs of David Lloyd George.

London: Odams Press Limited, .

First editions, early printings of the first two volumes in Lloyd George’s autobiography, with an autographed letter signed of Margaret Lloyd George laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135372

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Holstein, Anna Morris

Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1867.

First edition of Anna Morris Holstein’s “perceptive reminiscences [of] the decidedly unglamorous side of war with the Army of the Potomac” (Nevins II, 128). Octavo, original cloth wi...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-101404

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Scott, Robert Falcon

Scott’s Last Expedition.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1913.

First edition of Scott’s diaries from his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to spine and front panel, tissue-guarded fronti...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129351

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Garfield, James A

James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.

:, 19th c.

Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, “Very truly yours J.A. Garfield.” In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing abo...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146775

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Harriman, Edward Henry

Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

Missouri: The Mercantile Trust Company, 1901.

Rare Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript with an...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151331

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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152125

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Lawrence, T.E. [A.W. Lawrence]

The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 A/C Ross.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.

First edition, limited issue of Lawrence’s semi-autobiographical account of his R.A.F. training days. Quarto, original quarter morocco, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut. One...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117566

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The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration.

Jerusalem: [Memorandum by His Britannic Majesty's Government Presented in July 1947, to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine], 1947.

Scarce printing of this political history. Thin octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In good condition with toning throughout, rubbing to the extremities, institutional stamps to the first lea...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146808

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Stone, Oliver and Zachary Sklar [Kevin Costner]

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

New York: Applause Books, 1992.

First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page and Kevin Costner on the half-title pa...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148274

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Masson, Frederic [Napoleon de Bonaparte]

Napoleon and The Fair Sex.

London: William Heinemann, 1984.

Extra-illustrated edition, with 80 extra engraved portraits, of Octavo, two volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Root & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartment...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151583

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Byron, Robert

The Road to Oxiana.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1937.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 15 plates and a map. From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd. Medd, who was an architect and best-known...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-111765

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Coolidge, Calvin

Message of the President of the United States, Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Seventieth Congress.

Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1928.

First edition of this address given by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-119471

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A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida. Drawn from the best Authorities. [18th Century Map of Florida].

London:, [c. 1765].

Engraved 18th century English map of the state of Florida; one of the earliest printed maps of the state which appeared in the London Magazine in March of 1765. One page, the map is divided into Briti...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138232

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Stokey, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas, Jr. with Edward C. Prescott

Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, “For Mark- with...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142699

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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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Act of Parliament for Erecting the Bank in Scotland.

Edinburgh: [Royal Bank of Scotland] , 1695-1719.

Rare 17th century printing of the Act of the Scottish Parliament erecting the Bank of Scotland. Octavo, original wrappers, the act is dated July 17, 1695 and approved a joint stock amounting to the su...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124034

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Stevens, Charles Augustus

The Battle of Gettysburg. 1863, From “Sharpshooting and Skirmishing,” (By the Berdan Sharpshooters.) In the Army of the Potomac.

Shakopee, MN:, 1890.

First separate edition of Captain C.A. Stevens’ account of the The Battle of Gettysburg. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Scarce.

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132483

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Blake, William O

Pictorial National Records: Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations: A Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion.

Columbus, Ohio: Gilmore and Brush, 1863-1866.

Complete first edition set of Blake’s scarce history of the American Civil War. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher’s gull morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, al...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133068

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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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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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