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Theodore Roosevelt Signed Document.

City of Washington:, 1907.

Document signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, embossed with the gold Postal Service “Pony Express” seal, the document is d...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-146791

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Davis, Angela Y

Angela Davis: An Autobiography.

New York: Random House, 1974.

First edition of this classic autobiography by “activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend” (Ibram X. Kendi). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in...

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-150492

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Buchan, John

A History of the Great War.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.

Signed limited edition of Buchan’s classic work, one of 500 numbered examples. Octavo, 8 volumes. Signed by John Buchan. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

$1,400.00 Item Number: RRB-125029

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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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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 very good condition. First editions are scarce.

$1,350.00 Item Number: RRB-58995

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Keynes, J.M

The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1919.

First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-108596

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Bernstein, Peter

Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.

First edition of this classic collection of early Bernstein writings. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the author’s sister, “...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-115722

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[Seeley, Emma Louise]

Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883.

Finely bound example of this classic on Knights and the Middle Ages. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inner dentell...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-131780

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Wells, H.G

The Peace of the World.

London: The Daily Chronicle, 1915.

First edition of Wells’ early First World War political tract examining the causes of modern conflict and arguing for new forms of international cooperation and organization as the foundation for last...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151328

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Gleig, G. R. [Arthur James Balfour]

The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864.

The People’s Edition of Gleig’s biography of Arthur Duke of Wellington; gifted by his godson, Arthur James Balfour to his colleague at Eton. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with re...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-117318

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Winston Churchill; Clement Atlee

Britain’s Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book.

London:, 1947.

First edition of this tribute to President Roosevelt with contributions by Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill and Clement Atlee, a selection of excerpts from the speeches of Franklin Delano Roose...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-123823

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Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine, Lausanne, 20th April, 1946.

London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1946.

Scarce printing of this governmental report. Thin octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with light toning to the edges of the wrappers, institutional stamps to the front panel, title page,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146800

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Princess Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga [John Steinbeck]

The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace.

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First edition of this work, inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed opposite the title page, “To Mr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-111531

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Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, Treated Upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation For the Province of Canterbury, and the Rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province: And Agreed upon with the Kings Majesties License in their Synod begun at London, Anno Domini 1603.

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1683.

Rare 17th century printing of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of the Province of Canterbury. Quarto, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartmen...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140232

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[Weizmann, Chaim]; Sir Oswald Birley

Chaim Weizmann Signed Photograph of his 60th Birthday Portrait.

: n.p., n.d..

Rare signed photograph portrait of the future first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann on his 60th birthday. Silver gelatin photograph of an original oil on canvas portrait of Weizmann done by Britis...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146614

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Churchill, Winston S

The World Crisis 1916-1918.

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1927.

First edition, second printing of the first two volumes of Churchill’s The World Crisis. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compar...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148597

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Aldrin, Buzz

Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph.

:, 1969.

Original color photograph of Buzz Aldrin, boldly inscribed by him. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-119329

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Seller, John

Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].

London:, c. 1685.

Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning’s A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-123641

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Hazlitt, William

Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters.

London: Printed for William Hone, 1819.

First edition of one of Hazlitt’s most interesting collections, including his estimates and reviews of Southey as Laureate, of Coleridge, Burke, and Malthus (at length). Octavo, bound in three q...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-127349

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Reisman, George

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics.

: TJS Books, 1996.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Reisman on a bookplate attached to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146302

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