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    Organizational Psychology.

    Schein, Edgar H

    Organizational Psychology.

    Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.

    First edition of Schein’s work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “With best wishes E.H. Schein.” Also...
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    $950.00 Item Number: RRB-150020
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    The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism.

    Trivers, Robert L

    The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism.

    Cambridge, Mass.: Reprinted from The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1971.

    First appearance of Trivers’ enormously influential first published paper, written while he was still earning his PhD at Harvard under Bayr and Drury in which he coined the term “reciproca...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-136255
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    Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus.

    Plato; Eugene Karlin [Illustrator]

    Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Plato’s dialogues on love and friendship. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-148529
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    Organizational Psychology.

    Schein, Edgar H

    Organizational Psychology.

    Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.

    First edition of Schein’s work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “The argument is t...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-110438
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    The Economics of Justice.

    Posner, Richard A

    The Economics of Justice.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.

    First edition of Posner’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Roger with all best wishes Dick Posner.” Fine i...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-85890
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    On Being A Christian.

    Kung, Hans

    On Being A Christian.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1976.

    First edition, early printing of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To my friend Matthew: confidence and courage! Hans Kun...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-104732
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    Existential Psychotherapy.

    Yalom, Irvin D

    Existential Psychotherapy.

    New York: Basic Books, 1980.

    First edition, early printing of the definitive account of existential psychotherapy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Marie Irvin...
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    $850.00 Item Number: RRB-145763
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    The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban.

    Bacon, Francis

    The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban.

    London: Cresset Press/ Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1928.

    The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of this collection of Francis Bacon’s reflective writings. Folio, printed on Batchelor’s Kelmscott hand-made paper, bound in the original publisher...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148453
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    The General Managers.

    Kotter, John P

    The General Managers.

    New York: The Free Press, 1986.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sam Salant.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-134592
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    Parent-Offspring Conflict.

    Trivers, Robert L

    Parent-Offspring Conflict.

    Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Zoology, 1974.

    First appearance of Trivers’ extremely influential paper, building on his study of parental investment. Octavo, disbound from the original journal. Association copy, inscribed by the author on t...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-136287
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    The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered.

    Soros, George

    The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered.

    New York: Public Affairs, 1998.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-78960
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    Sartor Resartus.

    Carlyle, Thomas

    Sartor Resartus.

    Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836.

    First American edition of this literary parody of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and German Idealism. Octavo, full green cloth with branching pattern. In very good condition with sunning to...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-145348
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    The World on the Wane.

    Levi-Strauss, Claude

    The World on the Wane.

    New York: Criterion Books, 1961.

    First American edition of Levi-Strauss’ experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-802
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    All Things Bright and Beautiful.

    Herriot, James

    All Things Bright and Beautiful.

    London`: Michael Joseph, 1976.

    First edition of this classic, the sequel to All Creatures Great and Small. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Bob and Nancy with best wish...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-144243
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    Renewing Philosophy.

    Putnam, Hilary

    Renewing Philosophy.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.

    First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-15027
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    The Sacrifice.

    Bussard, Paul

    The Sacrifice.

    Saint Paul: The Leaflet Missal, 1939.

    First edition of this liturgical work. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition. Rare.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147011
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    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.

    Peter, Laurence J. and Raymond Hull

    The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969.

    First edition, early printing of this classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? Octavo, original ha...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-142463
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    Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.

    Fuller, R. Buckminster. In collaboration with E. J. Applewhite

    Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.

    New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.

    First edition of the second volume in Fuller’s landmark work, Synergetics. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with diagrams. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on t...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-124382
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    The Four Loves.

    Lewis, C.S

    The Four Loves.

    London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960.

    First edition of this influential theological work in which C. S. Lewis examines the nature of human affection, friendship, eros, and charity, exploring their distinctions and their relation to divine...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151795
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    This Is My God.

    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...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-49878
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    Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion.

    Heschel, Abraham Joshua

    Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion.

    Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951.

    First edition of this modern classic of Jewish theology. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. Jacket designed by Marshall Lee.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-78342
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    The Minds of Billy Milligan.

    Keyes, Daniel

    The Minds of Billy Milligan.

    New York: Random House, 1981.

    First edition of “this fascinating work” (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel Keyes on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-140602
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    Basic Christianity.

    Stott, John R.W

    Basic Christianity.

    Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008.

    First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott’s classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-146110
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    Basic Christianity.

    Stott, John R.W

    Basic Christianity.

    Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008.

    First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott’s classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For ____ wit...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-2246
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