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Fleming, Ian. [Sean Connery].

You Only Live Twice.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.

First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed “Sean Connery 007” on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Housed in a customContinue reading "You Only Live Twice."

$14,200.00

Item Number: RRB-153095

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Wood, Gordon S.

The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969.

First edition of this classic examination on how the Founders of America invented popular sovereignty, separation of powers, and judicial review. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “The American Revolution has always seemed to be an extraordinary kind of revolution. Gordon S Wood.” Fine in a very goodContinue reading "The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153061

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L'Engle, Madeleine.

A Wrinkle In Time.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962.

First edition, first printing of the author’s Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Madeleine L’Engle in a contemporary signature on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine second issue dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional signed example,Continue reading "A Wrinkle In Time."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153060

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Greene, Graham.

The Ministry of Fear.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943.

First edition of this early Greene work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Founded over aContinue reading "The Ministry of Fear."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-153055

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Jackson, Michael.

Michael Jackson Signed Soul Train Music Awards Poster.

1989.

Rare poster for the Third Annual Soul Train Music Awards, held April 12, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, signed by Michael Jackson. The original color poster features an airbrushed portrait of Jackson singing, with a tribute above, “Special Honors To Mega Star Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Rock and Soul.” Boldly signedContinue reading "Michael Jackson Signed Soul Train Music Awards Poster."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153064

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[Fleming, Ian; Sean Connery].

Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.

New York: Dell, c. 1965.

The scarce Dell one-shot magazine celebrating Ian Fleming’s James Bond as portrayed on screen by Sean Connery, riding the wave of the early films’ phenomenal success. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs of Connery as 007 and the women of the Bond films, including the girls of Goldfinger. In nearContinue reading "Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-153063

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Barnard, Christiaan; Curtis Bill Pepper.

One Life.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.

First American edition of the autobiography of the surgeon who electrified the world in 1967 by performing the first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Octavo, original blue cloth, top stain red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “26 July 1980 To Mary with kind regards Chris Barnard.” Near fine in a veryContinue reading "One Life."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-153052

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Shepherd, Jean.

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. [A Christmas Story].

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1966.

First edition of the Shepherd’s breakthrough novel, the basis of Bob Clark’s timeless classic 1983 Christmas marathon film A Christmas Story, which Shepherd himself narrated. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Smith. Rare and desirable signed andContinue reading "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. [A Christmas Story]."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-153059

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Kesey, Ken. [Jack Nicholson].

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962.

First edition of Ken Kesey’s classic first novel, one of the defining works of postwar American fiction, basis for the Academy Award-winning film starring Jack Nicholson. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ken Kesey in the vivid multicolored inks that echo the book’s cover on the front free endpaper, and boldly signed beneath by JackContinue reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152761

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[After Pinturicchio].

An Italian Painted and Gilded Wooden Portfolio, After Pinturicchio.

c. 1900.

A striking Italian painted and parcel-gilt wooden portfolio, or book-form case, the upper cover finely painted with a copy of Pinturicchio’s celebrated fresco in the Piccolomini Library of Siena Cathedral depicting the meeting of the Emperor Frederick III and his bride Eleonora of Portugal. Constructed of wood with a soft leather spine and fabric ties,Continue reading "An Italian Painted and Gilded Wooden Portfolio, After Pinturicchio."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-153070

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Dodge, David.

To Catch a Thief.

New York: Random House, 1952.

First edition of the sophisticated jewel-thief caper that Alfred Hitchcock adapted into his classic 1955 film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by David Dodge on the second front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Irving Miller. An attractive signed example ofContinue reading "To Catch a Thief."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153038

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Lewis, John.

Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

First edition of Congressman Lewis’ pivotal account of the Civil Rights movement that transformed America. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “John Lewis 10-18-99.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photograph by Danny Lyon.Continue reading "Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-153062

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Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Single-Signed Baseball.

circa 1937.

Scarce miniature baseball signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, boldly signed by Roosevelt in red ink on the sweet spot, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Undated, but the signature is consistent with exemplars of about 1937 and was therefore made during his presidency. With soiling and light scuffing consistent with age, the ink remaining bold and withContinue reading "Franklin D. Roosevelt Single-Signed Baseball."

$22,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152704

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Norton, Bonham.

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongue; The New Testament of Our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ.

Imprinted at London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, 1619; Robert Barker and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, 1620.

An early quarto edition of the King James Bible, the Authorized Version that would become the most influential book in the English language, printed in 1619 and 1620 by the King’s Printers Bonham Norton and John Bill. Quarto in eights (21.1 by 15.4 cm), in an eighteenth-century blue calf binding, the smooth spine ruled andContinue reading "The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongue; The New Testament of Our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152911

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Mackenzie, Alexander.

Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence.

New York: Printed and Sold by G.F. Hopkins, 1802.

First American edition of the explorer’s celebrated account of his two great expeditions across North America, the first crossing of the continent north of Mexico, achieved twelve years before Lewis and Clark. Small quarto, bound in full contemporary sheep, the spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, with the frontispiece folding engraved map of America tracing Mackenzie’sContinue reading "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153010

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Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Reflexions sur la Question Juive.

Paris: Paul Morihien, 1946.

First edition of Sartre’s landmark postwar essay on anti-Semitism, composed in 1944 in the final months of the German Occupation and among the first works by a major French intellectual to confront the persecution and near-destruction of European Jewry. Octavo, original printed wrappers with brick-wall design and publisher’s monogram. In near fine condition in theContinue reading "Reflexions sur la Question Juive."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152970

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Rossner, Judith. [Richard Gere].

Looking For Mr. Goodbar.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

First edition of this harrowing true story, the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is a story of love, power, sex, and death during the sexual revolution of the 1970s, basis for the 1977 film starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and Tuesday Weld. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Wish you wellContinue reading "Looking For Mr. Goodbar."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-153019

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Rowling, J.K. [Thomas Taylor].

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London: Bloomsbury, 2001.

The celebration edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed by cover artist Thomas Taylor on the title page with a large originalContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153005

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Allen, Ida Bailey.

Pressure Cooking.

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1947.

First edition of the pioneering radio and television cooking personality Ida Bailey Allen’s guide to pressure cooking. Gathering 750 recipes and menus for the pressure cooker. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Very good in the rare original dust jacket in good condition with sunning to the spine and chipping, inscription to the front freeContinue reading "Pressure Cooking."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-153003

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Gagarin, Yuri.

Yuri Gagarin Signed Soviet Space Envelope.

[Soviet Union]: [October 17, 1961].

Soviet philatelic envelope commemorating the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the triumphs of space exploration. Boldly signed by the record-breaking cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in blue ink to the center. The illustrated cover depicts a rocket soaring above the Earth beneath the banner “Glory to the Conquerors of Space,” frankedContinue reading "Yuri Gagarin Signed Soviet Space Envelope."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152806

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Cortazar, Julio.

Hopscotch.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the translator Gregory Rabassa, who has written the opening line of this title, “Would I find La Maga?” Fine in a very good dust jacket Jacket designed by George Salter. A unique example.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-5713

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Yarrow, David.

David Yarrow: Americas, Africa, Antarctica, Arctic, Asia, Europe.

New York: Rizzoli, 2019.

First edition of this breathtaking collection of high-art nature photographs with a foreword by Tom Brady, introduction by Holden Luntz, and afterword by Cindy Crawford. Folio, original black cloth, profusely illustrated with Yarrow’s most iconic work and 150 previously unpublished photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the half-title page. Fine in a nearContinue reading "David Yarrow: Americas, Africa, Antarctica, Arctic, Asia, Europe."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152865

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Truman, Harry S. [Don Gibson].

Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S. Truman.

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1961-1966.

First edition of the complete eight-volume set of the Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S. Truman, gathering the messages, speeches, statements, and news conferences of his presidency from 1945 to 1953. Octavo, eight volumes, original cloth. Signed and inscribed by President Truman in each of the eight volumes to Don Gibson, seven of themContinue reading "Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S. Truman."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153008

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Shepherd, Jean.

Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.

First edition of this beloved collection of comic and nostalgic tales of Midwestern boyhood, gathering the stories in which the humorist immortalized Ralph Parker, his family, and the small disasters of growing up in northern Indiana. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Raymond Davidson. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the yearContinue reading "Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-153051

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