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Pumphrey, Stanley. Introduction by John D. Whittier

Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier.

Philadelphia: The Bible and Tract Distributing Society, 1877.

Rare first edition of Pumphrey’s report on the condition of the Indian tribes removed to the Indian Territory and Kansas. Octavo, original wrappers, hand-colored folding map of the Indian Territ...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-135185

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Wilbur, Homer. [James Russell Lowell]

Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.

Cambridge: Published by George Nichols: 1848/Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.

First edition, first issue of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-139428

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Kennedy, John F

President John F. Kennedy Inaugural Event Invitations.

:, 1961.

Group of rare invitations to events surrounding the Kennedy inauguration; from the collection of Helen Keyes, longtime personal assistant for the Kennedy family. The collection includes: An invitation...

$700.00 Item Number: RRB-145456

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Blaeu, Joan

Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].

[Amsterdam]:, c. 1645.

Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matte...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-137508

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Foote, Shelby

Follow Me Down.

New York: Dial Press, 1950.

First edition of this Faulknerian novel by the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Doro...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-42010

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Ahtisaari, Martti

The Impact of War on Iraq: Report to the Secretary-General on Humanitarian Needs in Iraq in the Immediate Post-Crisis Environment by a Mission to the Area Led by Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management, Dated 20 March 1991.

Westfield, New Jersey: Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, 1991.

First edition of Pamphlet #7 of the Open Magazine Pamphlet Series; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Finnish leader Martti Ahtisaari. Tall octavo, original wrapper, inscribed by Ahtisaari on the title...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-117046

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Bernanke, Ben S., Thomas Laubach, Frederic S. Mishkin, Adam S. Posen

Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.

First edition of this ground-breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ben Bernanke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-109451

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Rickenbacker, Captain Edward V. Introduction by W.L. White

Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to America.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1943.

First edition of Rickenbacker’s account of 24 days adrift in a life raft. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-143617

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Chetlain, Augustus L

Recollections of Seventy Years.

Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899.

First edition of Major General Chetlain’s Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-132334

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Palestine. Department of Migration. Annual Report 1936.

Jerusalem: Printing and Stationary Office, 1937.

Scarce printing of the Palestine Department of Migration Annual Report for 1936. Thin quarto, original wrappers, illustrated with tables, errata slip tipped in. In good condition with toning, some rub...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-146823

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Wouk, Herman

This Is My God.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition of Wouk’s classic introduction to Judaism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David and Dan in memory of Uncle Alex He...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-49878

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Asmus, Ronald D. [Madeleine Albright]

A Little War That Shook The World: Georgia, Russia, And The Future Of The West.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

First edition of this detailed account of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by author on the title page, “To Madeleine With great...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-149091

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Peck, Jim

We Who Would Not Kill.

New York: Lyle Stuart, 1958.

First edition of the civil rights hero’s story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-119230

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Walesa, Lech

A Way of Hope: An Autobiography.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987.

First edition of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lech Walesa on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dus...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-150493

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Haley, Alex

Roots.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.

First edition of Haley’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “10/20/76 Anne Knutson...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-150652

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Smith, William A

Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery, as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: With the Duties of Masters to Slaves.

Nashville, TN: Stevenson and Evans, 1856.

First edition of this proslavery argument issued shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, ruling and floral tooling blind s...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-152018

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Snyder, Carl

Capitalism the Creator: Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.

First edition of this exposition on capitalism. Octavo, original cloth, with 44 original charts. Original promotional material laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and w...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-4506

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Frederick II, King of Prussia

Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg.

London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748.

Early English translation of Frederick II, King of Prussia’s history of the Brandenburg Dynasty. Dedicated to his Royal Highness to Prince of Wales. Authors Preface. Initially published in three...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-92480

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Boorstin, Daniel J

The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World.

New York: Random House, 1998.

First edition of the third and final volume in Boorstin’s “knowledge” trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Boorstin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jack...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-128155

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Schelling, Thomas C

Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

Washington, D.C: American Enterprise Institute, 1998.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Warm regards to John Rogers T...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-133495

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Johnson, Alvin J. and Benjamin P. Ward [Asia]

Johnson’s Map of Asia.

New York: Johnson and Ward, c, 1865.

Large hand-colored map of Asia by American cartographers Johnson and Ward. One page, hand-colored. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 19 inches.

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-137233

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Isaacson, Walter; Evan Thomas

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.

First edition of this biography on how six influential American statesmen shaped U.S. foreign policy and the global order during the Cold War. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrate...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-149197

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Markowitz, Harry M.; William F. Sharpe; Merton H. Miller

The Founders of Modern Finance: Their Prize-winning Concepts and 1990 Nobel Lectures.

Charlottesville: The Research Foundation of The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis, 1991.

First edition of this collection of the Nobel lectures of Harry M. Markowitz, William F. Sharpe, and Merton H. Miller. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harry M. Markowitz on...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-115906

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

A View From the Stands of People, Politics, Military Power and the Arts.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.

First edition of Galbraith’s retrospective collection. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to Elaine Steinbeck...

$650.00 Item Number: RRB-128099

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