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Sorley, Captain L.S. [Philemon Tecumseh Sherman]

History of the Fourteenth United States Infantry From January, 1890 to December, 1908.

Chicago: Privately Printed, 1909.

First edition of this military history of the Fourteenth Infantry; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue wrappers, illustrated with seven maps of battles, operations, an...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145966

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Makos, Adam with Larry Alexander

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II.

New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2013.

First edition, early printing of “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.” Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation co...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151342

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Smith, John Thomas

The Cries of London: Exhibited Several of the Iternerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times.

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839.

First edition of this collection of this work on the street cries of London. Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 30...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-71850

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Amishah Umshei Torah, Im Haft Arot Le-Khol Ha-Shanah. [Hebrew Chumash/The Pentateuch].

Tel Aviv: Hotsa at Sinai, c. 1950.

Rare Hebrew Chumash containing the Five Books of Moses, blessings before and after the Haftarah, and accents according to the Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Italian rites. 32mo, five volumes, original clo...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138452

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Johnson, Alvin Jewett

Johnson’s Map of Florida.

New York: A.J. Johnson, 1863.

Rare 19th century example of Johnson’s famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to count...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-138227

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Boswell, James. Edited by Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle

The Private Papers of James Boswell: Boswell’s London Journal 1762-1763; Boswell in Holland 1763-1764; Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764; Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France 1765-1766; Boswell In Search of a Wife 1766-1769; Boswell For The Defence 1769-1774.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951-1960.

The De Luxe Yale edition of the private papers of James Boswell. Tall octavo, 6 volumes, original publisher’s half vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt coat of arms to each fr...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149552

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Caesar, Gaius Julius; Aulus Hirtius

Gai Iuli Caesaris Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII Accedita a Uli Hirti Commentarivs. [Seven Commentaries on the Gallic War by Gaius Julius Caesar, with an Additional Commentary by Aulus Hirtius].

London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society, 1914.

The Medici Society limited edition of this seminal firsthand account of Rome’s conquest of Gaul. Octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, green silk ribbon ties, ful...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148857

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Greene, Robert

The 33 Strategies of War.

New York: Viking, 2006.

First edition of this brilliant distillation of the strategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature. T Octa...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150371

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Burn, Richard and George Chetwynd

The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer.

London: Printed by A. Strahan , 1820.

Finely bound set of this monumental work. Octavo, 5 volumes, bound in contemporary full calf, morocco spine labels. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-126858

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Amicis, Edmondo de; Translated by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Spain and the Spaniards.

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1895.

Early American edition of this exceptional piece of travel writing translated from the original Italian; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, two volumes, publisher’s decorated...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145934

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Edwards, Jonathan

An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd.

Edinburgh: Printed by John Gray and Gavin Alston for William Gray, 1765.

Early example of “one of America’s most important and original philosophical theologians,” American revivalist preacher Jonathan Edwards’ biography of Reverend David Brainerd....

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147998

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Robinson, James M. [Director] [Elaine Pagels]

The Nag Hammadi Library in English.

Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1977.

First edition of this collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered in Egypt in 1945. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Elaine Pagels on the half-...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149301

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Webster, Daniel

Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed.

:, 1836.

Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, Daniel Webster written in anticipation of the opening of the American west. One page, folded, text in th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-124353

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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harco...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146307

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Kirk, Charlie with Brent Hamachek

Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations.

: Post Hill Press, 2016.

First edition of this treatise by the founder of Turning Point. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150918

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Arrow, Kenneth J

Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.

Amsterdam-London: North -Holland Publishing Company, 1971.

First edition of this collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. Small name to the front free endpaper,...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-29023

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Ben-Gurion, David

David-Ben Gurion Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Glossy black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion seated with a book in his lap. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ben-Gurion in th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146735

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Neutra, Richard [Adlai Stevenson]

Survival Through Design.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.

First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To A...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-93541

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Stephani, Roberti. [Robert Estienne]

Lexicographorum Principis Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in IV. Tomos Divisus.

Basileae: Typis & Impensis E. & J.R. Thurnisiorum, 1740.

Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne’s “greatest monument of Latin scholarship.” Folio, four volumes bound in full vellum with spine labels decorated and titled in gilt, woodcut prin...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-149194

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Vanderbilt, William K

Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.

New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.

First edition of Vanderbilt’s account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143551

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Sloan, Alfred P

Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.

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Photograph of legendary executive and longtime president and CEO of General Motors Alfred Sloan, inscribed by him. Black and white photograph of the General Motors president in a handsome half-length...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-146991

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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks: My Story.

New York: Dial Books, 1992.

First edition of Parks’ powerful autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “3/15/92 Rosa Parks....

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147914

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Shiller, Robert J

Market Volatility.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-103779

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Brantome [Pierre de Bourdeille]

Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].

Paris: Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.

First edition of Brantôme’s sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. th...

$1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-132808

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