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The Theory of Business Enterprise.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

First edition of Veblen’s second book, a seminal work in economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-103489

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Raemaekers, Louis

The Great War: A Neutral’s Indictment.

London: The Fine Art Society, Ltd.:, 1916.

First edition. Folio, original cloth backed marbled boards. Leather spine labels, top edge gilt. 100 tipped in plates. Limited to 1,050 copies, of which 1,000 were for sale. Signed by the author, Loui...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-2650

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Tolstoy, Leo

What Shall We Do?

London: The Free Age Press, n.d..

The Free Age Press edition of Tolstoy’s critique of social conditions in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-127628

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Dennett, Daniel C

Breaking the Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon.

New York: Viking, 2006.

First edition of this “crystal-clear, constantly engaging work” (Jared Diamond). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, “For Annie Daniel C. Dennett 3/...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-145504

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Robeson, Paul

Paul Robeson Signed Photograph.

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Rare original matte headshot photograph of Paul Robeson looking into the camera. Boldly signed by Robeson diagonally at the lower right. In near fine condition. The piece measures 3.5 inches by 5.5 in...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-148516

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Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd]

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and signed twice on the half-title page, “To Matthew Best wishes Steph...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151297

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Ludlow, John Malcolm

President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed.

London: Alexander Strahan, 1866.

First edition of President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed, the scarce variant imprint, which was printed in London as indicated on p. 240 and the priority of which is unknown (M 864). Octavo, original publis...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-105063

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Johnson, Lyndon B. [

Selected Presidential Addresses of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.

[Washington, D.C.]:, 1965.

Fine collection of the major addresses of the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, 8 volumes, original wrappers. Laid in is a typed letter on White House letterhead signed b...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-127068

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Stott, John

Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

First edition of this collection of writings from the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Janet with gratitude f...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146124

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Howe, Daniel Walker

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

First edition of the historian’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel Walker Howe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design b...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151042

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Bloom, Harold

Shelley’s Mythmaking.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959.

First edition of Bloom’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and o...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-5721

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Wright, N.T

The New Testament and the People of God.

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992.

Early printing of this work by the award-winning theologian. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by N.T. Wright on the title page. In good condition with some dampstaining.

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-117388

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Edwards, Jonathan

Historisch Verhaal: An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend David Brainerd.

The Netherlands: T'Utrecht, 1756.

Early example of “one of America’s most important and original philosophical theologians” American theologian Jonathan Edwards’ biography of Reverend David Brainerd. Title read...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-147984

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Toll, Ian W.

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.

First edition of this “fluent, intelligent history…give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original hal...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151296

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Office of the Floridian & Journal

The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly of Florida, at Its Eleventh Session, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on Monday, November 18, 1861.

Tallahassee: Printed by Dyke & Carlisle, 1862.

Rare first edition documenting the acts and resolutions passed by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American Civil War. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Scarce and desi...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-95814

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Doyle, James E

A Chronicle of England. B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485.

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

First edition of Doyle’s elaborately illustrated history of ancient and medieval England. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling t...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-139284

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Graham, A. A; E. S. Colborn [William Tecumseh Sherman]

History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio: Their Past and Present.

Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co, 1883.

First edition of this comprehensive history of Ohio’s townships, industries, soldiers, pioneer families, and prominent men; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, bound in full m...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-145737

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Kagan, Elena

Elena Kagan Collection of Signed Photographs and Typed Letter Signed.

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A pair of original photographs of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The first photograph is of Kagan being sworn in and is signed by her in blue felt tip. The second is of Kagan signing documents and...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-151397

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Antique Post Card Album.

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Antique postcard collection containing dozens of vintage postcards postdated in the early 1900s. From the collection of Dora Sims. Oblong octavo, bound in decorated cloth. The collection includes post...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-116071

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Ellis, Leonard Bolles

History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.

Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.

First edition of Ellis’ profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge g...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-131249

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Porter, Kirk H

A History of Suffrage in the United States.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918.

First edition of this wonderful history of voting in America, focusing on the disenfranchisement of women and Black Americans. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. In near fine condit...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-142058

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Cutler, Carl C

Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.

New York: Halcyon House, 1930.

First edition of Cutler’s masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. In near fine condit...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-131492

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[Mayo, Winifred]

The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 33. April 1908 to September 1908.

London: The Idler Magazine, 1908.

First edition of Vol. 33 of The Idler, containing the first appearance of Winifred Mayo’s Prison Experiences of a Suffragette. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over pebbled boards, illustr...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-135904

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Martineau, Harriet

Eastern Life, Present and Past.

London: Edward Moxon, 1848.

First English edition of this sociological travelogue. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, blindstamping to the front panel. In good condition with r...

$600.00 Item Number: RRB-146067

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