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Gillon, Diana And Meir. [Winston Churchill]

Vanquish The Angel.

London: Constable , 1955.

First edition of this novel, inscribed by both authors to Winston Churchill. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145911

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Ben-Gurion, David

David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.

:, March 12, 1966.

Copy of David Ben-Gurion’s undelivered speech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Unable to attend, Ben-Gurion sent the text of the speech, which was then published by the C...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145288

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Bojaxhiu, Mary Teresa [Mother Teresa]; Terence Cardinal Cooke; [Pope John Paul II]

Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke Signed ‘Visit of Pope John Paul II’ New York Times Front Page Souvenir.

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Souvenir printing of The New York Times October 3, 1979 front page commemorating Pope John Paul II’s visit to New York, signed by Mother Teresa and Terence Cardinal Cooke. One page, featuring a...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146993

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World War II Photographic Album of American Serviceman in India: Taj Mahal, Calcutta, etc.

:, 1940s.

Twelve inches wide, contains roughly 200 photographs of life in India, ca. 1943, with visits to the Taj Mahal, much in Calcutta, documenting life in the barracks, street life including contortionists,...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-109234

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Lloyd George, David

David Lloyd George Signed Photograph.

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Large photograph signed by Prime Mininster David Lloyd George and by the photographer, taken by the Vandyk Studio of London. The photograph measures 14 inches by 11.25 inches. Framed. The entire piece...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139570

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Arendt, Hannah

The Life of the Mind. Volume One: Thinking; Volume Two: Willing.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

First editions of “the most intriguing…and thought-provoking book that Hannah Arendt wrote (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Fine in fine dust jackets. First e...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145761

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Mandela, Nelson

The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Yearbook 2003-2005.

South Africa: The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, 2005.

First limited edition of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Yearbook 2003-2005. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Nelson Mandela on the limitati...

$1,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148504

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Johnson, Lyndon B

Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building at Washington.

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1905.

First edition of this work on the statues of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon Johnson on the front pastedown, “To B. J. Hanacik, fro...

$1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-125327

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Truman, Harry S. and Bess

Harry and Bess Truman Signed Postage Stamps Sheet.

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Complete 9 inches by 10 inches full sheet of fifty United States three-cent postage stamps depicting the White House and honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington D.C. Boldly signed by Harry and Bes...

$1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-83451

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Uris, Leon

Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Lois Shapiro Shalom Leon U...

$1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-108911

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Reagan, Ronald and George H. W. Bush

Ronald Reagan and George Bush Inaugural Gift Collection.

:, 1981.

Fine collection of official gifts from the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as President and George H. W. Bush as Vice President of the United States. The collection includes a sterling silver money clip...

$1,450.00 Item Number: RRB-117304

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Beveridge, Albert J. [Abraham Lincoln]

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

First edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-151527

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Saylor, Edward; R. E. Cole; Tom Griffin; David J. Thatcher

Doolittle Raiders Signed Oversized Photograph.

:, 1942.

Photograph signed by four of the Doolittle Raiders. Oversized satin-finish, black and white photograph of the B-25 bombers on board the USS Hornet in 1942. Boldly signed by Edward Saylor, R. E. Cole,...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-151557

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Strauss, Richard

Richard Strauss Signed Program.

:, 1925.

Richard Strauss signed program. The program was for a concert by the Dusseldorf City Orchestra and Richard Strauss, held April 30, 1925. The program measures 6.5 inches by 8.75 inches. Double matted...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-65034

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Obama, Barack

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of this work by President Obama, which delivers a tender, beautiful letter to his daughters in this powerful picture book illustrated by award-winner Loren Long. Quarto, original illustr...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-144139

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Victoria, Queen

Queen Victoria Royal Military Appointment Signed.

:, 1858.

Rare Royal Military Appointment signed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. One vellum leaf, partially printed. The document is dated January 26, 1858 and appoints John Noble Arbuthnot Freese to the positio...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-146738

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Einstein, Albert

About Zionism: Speeches and Letters.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1931.

First edition of this volume of Einstein’s speeches and letters concerning his views on Zionism. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine i...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-150006

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Churchill, Winston Spencer

London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria.

London: Longmans, Green, 1900.

First edition of Churchill’s fourth book and personal record of his impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. Octavo, in original cloth, with three folding maps (one printed in...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-140931

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Tribe, Laurence H

American Constitutional Law.

New York: The Foundation Press, 1978.

First edition of the legal scholar’s classic treatise on constitutional law. Quarto, original red boards. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Presentation copy, lengthily inscr...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-144164

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Aikman, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton

The Living White House.

Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.

First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco, gilt titles to the sp...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-139238

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Kennerly, David Hume [Colin Powell]

Photo Op.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1995.

First edition of this collection of photographs which capture, firsthand, groundbreaking events in modern history. Quarto, original cloth, generously illustrated with photographs throughout. Associati...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-146674

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Truman, Harry S. and Adlai Stevenson

Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of American statesmen Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Inscribed by Harry Truman, “Kind regards to Ken Browne, Harry Truman” and by Stevenson, “For Ken Brow...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-99835

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Moore, Robin

The Green Berets.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.

First edition of this monumental work, basis for the classic film starring John Wayne. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “My best wishes Robin Moore.” Fine i...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-147494

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Obama, Barack

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2006.

First edition of Obama’s second book. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John and Rosemary- All the best! Barack Obama.” Fine...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-150902

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