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The Survey of London. Complete in 10 volumes: Mediaeval London; Historical & Social; Ecclesiastical; London in the Time of the Tudors; London in the Time of the Stuarts; London in the Eighteenth Century; London in the Nineteenth Century.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903-1912..

First editions of this work on the great city of London. Quarto, original red cloth, 10 volumes, with titles the spine in gilt and front panel, gilt topstain, illustrated throughout. Each volume is in...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-2847

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Buckley, William F

Up From Liberalism.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Howard Klein Admiringly William F. Buckley.” Fine in...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-132458

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]

A Revision of the Treaty. Being A Sequel To The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1922.

First edition of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to th...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-146084

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Johnson, Lyndon B. [John Connally]

Lyndon B. Johnson Typed Letter Signed to Governor John B. Connally.

Washington, D.C:, 1964.

Rare typed letter signed by the 36th President of the United States to the Governor of Texas. Quarto, one page on The White House letterhead, dated July 29 1964, the letter reads, ‘Dear Governor...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-146945

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Dayan, Moshe

Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

First edition of this work by Dayan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. From the librar...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-133918

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Chomsky, Noam

American Power And The New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1969.

First edition of Chomsky’s first political book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-145957

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Davidoff, Zino; Bernard Dary

L’Histoire de Havane.

Toulouse: Daniel Briand, 1981.

First edition of this history of Havana, Cuba, and its role in the cigar industry by the legendary Zino Davidoff. Quarto, original boards, with color illustrations and photographs throughout. Presenta...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-148600

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Bush, George H.W. & Scowcroft, Brent

A World Transformed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of this stimulating reflection on American foreign policy during the Bush administration. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by President George H.W. Bush o...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-152999

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Russell, William Howard

My Diary: North and South.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.

First edition of this work by Russell. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding map in volume one. In very good condition.

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-137554

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McElroy, Robert [Grover Cleveland]

Grover Cleveland The Man and The Statesman: An Authorized Biography.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.

First edition of this informative view of Grover Cleveland’s two terms in office. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispieces....

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-147737

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1910 Unique Study of the Engineering and Design of Coal Mines, 19 pp. Blue Prints, Five Original Photographs.

:, 1910.

On 13 x 8.5 inch blueprint sheets, riveted together at top, 19 blue print sheets and 5 mounted and captioned photos. The sheets are surveys of different collieries and mines, with examples from existi...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-100759

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Scalia, Antonin and Bryan A. Garner

Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.

Saint Paul: Thomson/West, 2008.

First edition, early printing of Scalia’s work on effective legal persuasion. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia and inscribed by co-author. “To Sander Shapiro, Bryan...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-149883

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Rogers, Will

Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference.

New York: Harper & Brothers: Publishers, 1919.

First edition of Will Rogers’ first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Yours, Will Rogers.” In very good conditio...

$850.00 Item Number: RRB-137393

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McCarthy, Justin

A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress.

London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1879.

Finely bound edition of this classic historical work. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarter red calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-150765

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremit...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-124915

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Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig. [Translated by George Bancroft]

Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece.

Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824.

First American edition of Bancroft’s translation of Heeren’s monumental work on politics in Ancient Greece. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and a red...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-128205

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Fogel, Robert William and Stanley L. Engerman

Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery & Time On the Cross Evidence and Methods. Two Volumes.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974.

First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-114451

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McCullough, David

The Johnstown Flood.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title pag...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-146412

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Bush, C. Fred. Edited Slightly by Barbara Bush (George Bush)

C. Fred’s Story: A Dog’s Life.

New York: Doubleday, 1984.

First edition of First Lady Barbara Bush’s children’s book about the adventures of White House dog C. Fred Bush. Large octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogr...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-82391

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Guichardin, Francois

Histoire Des Guerres D’Italie.

London: Paul & Isaac Vaillant, 1738.

Quarto, 3 volume complete set. Attractive contemporary calf, gilt tooling to the spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. In good condition with some rubbing to the boards.

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-3150

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Macmillan, Harold

The Complete Harold MacMillan Memoirs. [The Winds of Change 1914-1939, Blast of War 1939-1945, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955, Riding the Storm 1956-1959, Pointing the Way 1959-1961, At the End of the Day 1961-1963, The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians 1906-1939].

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966-75.

First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan’s memoirs. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of...

$800.00 Item Number: RRB-147300

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Adams, Henry

A Letter to American Teachers of History.

Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co. Baltimore, 1910.

First edition of Adams’ classic treatise on education. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Henry Adams at the conclusion of the introduction. From the library of Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. with hi...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-131944

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Malkiel, Burton G

A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-140797

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Hall, Edward T

The Silent Language, The Hidden Dimension, Beyond Culture.

New York: Doubleday, 1959-1976..

First editions of each of the renowned anthropologists first three books. Octavo, 3 volumes. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Each book is signed by Edward T. Hall. Also laid in is an...

$750.00 Item Number: RRB-1269

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