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Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.

Ethiopia:, C. 18th Century.

Rare Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Octodecimo, bound with twine between two wood blocks, parchment manuscript in black and red ink. The book measures 4 inches in height by inches 6 in width. Annotatio...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151190

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Lax, Peter

Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume II.

Springer-Verlag: New York, 2005.

First edition of volume two of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Roger with best reg...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-100028

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Lincoln, Jackson Steward. Introduction by C. G. Seligman

The Dream in Primitive Cultures.

London: The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the author’s doctorate thesis on the theory and function of dreams in primitive cultures. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with toning to th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-115384

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973-1979.

First editions of volumes 2 and 3 and an early printing of volume 1 of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, 3 volumes, original black cloth. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets with lig...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-117854

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Rubenstein, Richard L. (David Ben-Gurion)

Israel, Zionism and the New Left.

New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1969.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the title page, “3.3.73 D. Ben Gurion.” Ben-Gurion passed away in December of 1973. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding box.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-72028

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Keller, Helen

We Bereaved.

New York: Leslie Fulenwider, Inc, 1929.

First edition of this small book of wisdom by Helen Keller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs Warren Monk, whose sweet...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138074

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King Jr., Martin Luther. [Coretta Scott King]

The Measure of Man.

Philadelphia/Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1968.

First edition thus of this collection of King’s two notable devotional addresses “What is Man?” and “The Dimensions of a Complete Life.” 12mo, original cloth, illustrated...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146528

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Nehru, Jawaharlal

Jawaharlal Nehru Signed.

:, .

Signed note by Jawaharlal Nehru in both Sanskrit and English dated Nov. 1961. Matted and framed with a black and white photograph of Nehru. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 17.5 inches.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-74072

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Mawson, Sir Douglas

The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.

Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott and William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numer...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-111828

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Chambers, Robert

Traditions of Edinburgh. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London and Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1869.

Finely bound example of Chambers’ work on the history and legends of Scotland. Octavo, bound in full pebbled red morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartme...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-129748

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Peress, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone

The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.

New York: Scalo , 1998.

First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990’s. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peres...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-973

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Millett, Kate

Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970.

First edition of the author’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Kate Millett for Prof Roger Simpson.” Fine in...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-100034

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Bernstein, Peter L

Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.

New York: The Free Press, 1992.

First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Bernstein on the front free endpaper. With a signed postcard to the author from Bernstein...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-115654

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Kipling, Rudyard

A Fleet In Being.

London: The Morning Post, 1898.

First appearance of of this collection of 5 articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Royal octavo, bound in blue boards, consisting of the original 5 Morn...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-121680

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Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926.

First Grant edition of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, illustrated with 180 color lithograph plates (inc...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149810

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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. Jack design by Phil...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150909

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Rossiter, Clinton

The American Presidency.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Aunt Lille with much love Clint July 7, 1956.” In nea...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138089

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Kennedy, Eugene and Sara C. Charles. [Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne]

Authority: The Most Misunderstood Idea in America.

New York: The Free Press, 1997.

First edition of authors’ work on power, authority, and influence. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors on the front free endpaper, “For John and Joan w...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141084

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Harris, Ralph Scott

Practical Banking With a Survey of the Federal Reserve Act.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.

Rare first edition of this early work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143979

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Reagan, Ronald; Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon.

:, 1981.

Rare photograph of American Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon gathered at the White House before departing for Anwar Sadat’s funeral in 1981. Anwar Sadat (19...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148495

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Freeman, Douglas Southall

George Washington: A Biography.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54.

First edition of the author’s monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning work, widely considered the definitive biography of Washington. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cart...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149571

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McCullough, David [Tom Hanks]

John Adams.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by David McCullough and by Academy-Award winning ac...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150573

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Whymper, Edward

Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator.

London: John Murray, 1891-92.

First edition of this work by the mountaineer and explorer. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, with 34 engraved plates and 4 maps (one folding, one large folding route map in rear co...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-111798

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[Aldrin, Buzz]

Buzz Aldrin Signed Two Dollar Bill.

Washington, D.C: United States Treasury, 1976.

Rare two dollar bill signed by American astronaut and the second man to land on the moon, Buzz Aldrin on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. Matted and fr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-117394

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