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Historical Collections of Ohio.

Columbus: Henry Howe & Son, 1889-1891.

Centennial edition of this general and local history of the state of Ohio; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, three volumes bound into two, original publisher’s binding,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145974

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King Jr., Martin Luther

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of King’s “last grand expression of his vision” (Cornel West). Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear p...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135189

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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. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jack d...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143898

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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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the v...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144316

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Russell, John

Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America. Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

London: H.D. Symonds, Feb. 7, 1795.

Hand-colored engraved map of New England by renowned 18th century English cartographer John Russell, one of the few commercial maps of New England issued immediately following the American Revolutiona...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146812

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Roosevelt, Jr, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray.

:, 1924.

Rare engraved silverplate presentation tray. Oval silverplate tray with wire loop sides interrupted on each long side with a vacant panel, raised on flattened bun feet. Engraved in the center, “...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147200

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Greville, Charles C.F

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1874-1887.

First editions of these journals offering a candid insider’s account of British political and court life. Octavo, eight volumes, bound in three quarters morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tool...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148894

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Gilder, George F. & Bruce K. Chapman [William F. Buckley

The Party That Lost Its Head: The Republican Collapse and Imperatives for Revival.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.

First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper, “For Wil...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-2939

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation.

San Francisco : Cato Institute , 1979.

First edition of this collection of writings on Keynesian economics by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-77024

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Fish, Daniel. [Abraham Lincoln]

Lincoln Bibliography: A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln.

New York: Francis D. Tandy Company, 1906.

First edition and signed, registered, and numbered edition of the first comprehensive bibliography of Lincoln material. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131214

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Lloyd George, David

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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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen; [Edited by W. A. Croffut] [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Fifty Years in Camp and Field: Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U. S. A.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909.

First edition of this diary of an eminent American soldier and general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Major General Ethan...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145975

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Kennedy, Robert F

The Enemy Within.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1960.

First edition, early printing of Robert Kennedy’s compelling account of one of the most famous, consummate, and effective Senate investigations in modern Congressional history. Octavo, original...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147087

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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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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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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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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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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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