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The Day of the Jackal.

London: Hutchinson, 1971.

First British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, “For Dick and...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131329

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150757

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Ngugi, James [Ngugi wa Thiongo]

A Grain of Wheat.

London: William Heinemann, 1967.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, “I’ll change the woman’s figure. I shall curve a woman big-...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144382

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

McElligot’s Pool.

New York: Random House, 1947.

First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state ‘c’) of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other p...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-87546

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Tuchman, Barbara W

August 1914. [The Guns of August].

London: Constable and Co. Ltd, 1962.

First British edition of Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic of the opening episodes of World War I. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barb...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150301

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Edison, Thomas Alva

Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

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Large photograph of Thomas Edison, signed by him. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches.

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-15050

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Stein, Gertrude

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933.

First edition of Gertrude Stein’s most famous work; one of the richest biographies ever written. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by Gertrude Stein on the front fr...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-98248

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Auden, W.H

Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by W.H. Auden on the front free endpaper with the first three stanzas of “Doggerel by a Senior Citizen...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147647

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

Boston: Little Brown, 1994.

First American edition of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-55043

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Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo,...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146383

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Love in the Time of Cholera.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

First American edition of the author’s work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the au...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147602

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Bernstein, Leonard

The Joy of Music.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition of this classic work, a national best-seller on its publication, Bernstein’s first collection of essays and conversations on the world of music. Octavo, original cloth. Presentatio...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129577

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Rand, Ayn

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism.

New York: The New American Library, 1964.

First edition of this collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s, groundbreaking philosophy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on t...

$4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150815

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Taft, William H

Ethics in Service.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.

First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endp...

$4,250.00 Item Number: RRB-114863

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Du Bois, W.E.B

The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color.

New York : Mainstream Publishers , 1957-61.

First editions of each of novel in the author’s acclaimed Black Flame trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to his close friends...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-122355

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Rand, Ayn

The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969.

First edition of this collection of essays regarding the nature of art. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket desig...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150604

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Maugham, W. Somerset

On A Chinese Screen.

London: William Heinemann, 1922.

First edition of this classic travel book by the author of The Razor’s Edge. Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-decorated cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149575

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Pinter, Harold. [Alan Schneider]

The Birthday Party and Other Plays.

London: Methuen & Co, 1960.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s modern classic, director Alan Schneider’s own working copy, inscribed to him by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original c...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152172

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Naipaul, V.S

A House For Mr. Biswas.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and foot of the s...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-2909

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Dylan, Bob

The Philosophy of Modern Song.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter, destined to be a classic. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the half-title page in person. Fine in a...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-152871

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Dean, James

James Dean Signed 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School Yearbook.

Fairmount, Indiana: Published by the Journalism Department, 1949.

Rare original 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School yearbook signed by James Dean. Imperial octavo, original gold faux-leather embossed binding with “Black & Gold ’49”, title...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149915

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Cody, William F. [Buffalo Bill]

William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody Autograph Letter Signed.

:, July 13, [1916].

Rare autograph letter signed by the amazing Buffalo Bill Cody to Henry Hersey. Octavo, one page on impressively illustrated ‘Buffalo Bill’ Miller & Arlington Wild West Show stationary,...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146494

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh [Xan and Daphne Fielding]

A Time To Keep Silence.

London: The Queen Anne Press, 1953.

Limited first edition of the author’s third book, one of 500 numbered copies, this is number 75, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by John Cra...

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150279

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Edison, Thomas Alva

Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

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Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison showing him in his library with hands clasped. Inscribed by Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.

$4,200.00 Item Number: RRB-53017

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