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Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.

First edition of this journalistic analysis of charter school life from the library of American journalist William Safire. Octavo, original half cloth. Autographed letter to American journalist Willia...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-145238

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Palin, Michael. Photographs by Basil Pao

Sahara.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.

First edition of Palin’s incredible retelling of his journey across the Sahara Desert. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, photographs by Basil Pao. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-119797

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Halliburton, Richard

New Worlds to Conquer.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.

First edition of the third legendary travel-adventure book from this author. Medium octavo, original olive green cloth with gilt titles, beveled edges, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the auth...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-145248

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Rieff, David. [Peter Matthiessen]

Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.

First edition of Rieff’s classic work on the complex history of Miami, Florida. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “For Maria,...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-135144

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Cheever, Susan

Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

First edition of Cheever’s candid portrait of her father, John Cheever. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “New York City Octobe...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-142633

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Boorstin, David

The Americans: The Colonial Experience.

New York: Random House, 1973.

Early printing of the final volume in Boorstin’s The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jim Wooley – fellow Oklahoman...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-36598

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Flagg, Fannie

A Redbird Christmas.

New York: Random House, 2004.

First edition of this enchanting Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Sweet Marilyn Perry- Much Love Fan...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-118788

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Robinson, Marilynne

The Givenness of Things: Essays.

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015.

First edition of this collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-12057

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Heath, Edward

The Course of My Life: My Autobiography.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.

First edition of this historical snapshot and autobiography. Octavo, original navy boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Edward Heath on the title page. Fine in a near fine d...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-146787

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McCullough, David

John Adams.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

Later printing of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the David McCullough on the title page. Fine in...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-147017

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Fox, Charles [Charles Strouse]

Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music.

Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2010.

First edition of the memoir of composer Charles Fox. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece facsimile of the music to “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, illustrated with black-and-white phot...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-152198

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Mayor, Archer

Borderlines.

New York: Putnam, 1990.

First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-117

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Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

London: Vintage Books, 2004.

Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-131087

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Follett, Ken

Whiteout.

London: Macmillan, 2004.

First edition of Follett’s internationally bestselling novel, a high-stakes thriller of human betrayal, medical peril, and a race against time. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-150758

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Lowry, Lois

Son.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.

First edition of the thrilling conclusion to ‘The Giver’ quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “with best wishes Lois Lowry.” Fine in a...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-145163

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Hall, Donald

Seasons At Eagle Pond.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987.

First edition of Hall’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Betsy seasonally! with pleasure Donald Hall 18...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-587

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Zagajewski, Adam

Tremor: Selected Poems.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985.

First edition of the poet’s first book to be published in English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Adrienne- with best wishes, Ada...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-147466

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Padgett, Ron

Great Balls of Fire.

Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary C...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-129719

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Rosenquist, James

Art in America: James Rosenquist.

:, February 2004.

Original magazine of Art in America, featuring the work of James Rosenquist, signed by him on page 96. In near fine condition.

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-146718

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Updike, John

Memories of the Ford Administration.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the rear...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-133586

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Heller, Joseph

God Knows.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984.

The Franklin Library signed limited edition of this humorous retelling of King David’s life story from his own perspective, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edit...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-151605

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Grant, Gerald; David Riesman

The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978.

First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreci...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-62018

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Rushdie, Salman

Luka and the Fire of Life.

New York: Random House, 2010.

First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author’s dazzling modern classic. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket...

$125.00 Item Number: RRB-150730

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