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McKinley, William.

William McKinley Signed Engraved Portrait.

New York: H.B. Hall’s Sons, [n.d.].

Rare engraved portrait of William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States, boldly signed by him in black ink beneath the image, “Wm McKinley.” The bust-length profile portrait, engraved by H.B. Hall’s Sons of New York, shows McKinley facing left in a dark frock coat and bow tie, printed on a toned ground withContinue reading "William McKinley Signed Engraved Portrait."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-153409

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Roosevelt, Theodore.

Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.

Washington, D.C.: December 23, 1903.

Typed letter signed by Theodore Roosevelt as the twenty-sixth President of the United States, written on White House stationery to the Illinois senator William E. Mason. One page, headed “White House, Washington,” dated December 23, 1903, and signed “Theodore Roosevelt.” The letter reads in full, “Dear Senator: I thank you heartily for your letter. IContinue reading "Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153407

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Silverstein, Shel.

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition of the author’s first collection of children’s poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper to the daughter of his neighbor in the Florida Keys, “For Fain Brown – with love, Shel Silverstein.” With a large full-page original pen drawing of a tall,Continue reading "Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153406

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Churchill, Winston S..

Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.

Westerham, Kent: December 22, 1948.

Typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to the newspaper proprietor and Liberal statesman Walter Layton, Lord Layton, framed with a photographic portrait of Churchill and a printed handbill of his “We Shall Not Flag or Fail” speech. One page, on Churchill’s Chartwell, Westerham, Kent letterhead, addressed to The Lord Layton, C.B.E. The letter readsContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153404

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Gandhi, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].

Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Letter Signed.

London: October 31, 1914.

Original autograph letter signed by Mohandas K. Gandhi, reporting on the early days of the Indian Volunteer Ambulance Corps that Gandhi had raised among the Indians of London at the outbreak of the First World War. Three pages on a folded sheet of gray paper, written from 16 Trebovir Road, London, on the thirty-first ofContinue reading "Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Letter Signed."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153403

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Hofstadter, Douglas R.

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

New York: Basic Books, 1979.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Boldly signed by Douglas Hofstadter on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Inscription to the verso of the endpaper. Uncommon signed.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153918

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Seale, William [Richard Nixon; Gerald R. Ford; Jimmy Carter; George W. Bush; George H. W. Bush].

The President’s House: A History.

Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1986.

Deluxe limited edition of the first edition of William Seale’s monumental history of the White House, signed by five Presidents of the United States. Thick octavo, two volumes, bound in full tan calf with gilt titles to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, the front boards stamped in dark brown with a circularContinue reading "The President’s House: A History."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153401

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Hemingway, Ernest.

The Old Man and the Sea.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

First edition, early printing of Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "The Old Man and the Sea."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153400

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.

One Hundred Years of Solitude.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

First American edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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 overContinue reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-153397

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Carroll, Lewis. [Alice Wilson-Fox].

Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, 1893.

First editions of Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno and its sequel Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, the author’s last major works of fiction, each illustrated with forty-six drawings by Harry Furniss. Two octavo volumes, handsomely bound by the Scroll Club in full red levant morocco, the spines lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands,Continue reading "Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153387

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Roosevelt, Theodore.

Gouverneur Morris.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1886.

First edition of Roosevelt’s American Statesmen biography of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, engraved printers device to the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-105930

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Truman, Harry S. [Robert Redmond].

Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph.

Washington, D.C.: [c. 1945-1953].

Original black and white photograph of President Harry S. Truman, signed by him and presented to Robert Redmond, head gardener of the White House. The portrait shows Truman seated at his desk before the American flag, his hands folded over a book, and is signed in the lower margin, “Sincerely yours, Harry Truman.” Robert MiltonContinue reading "Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-153411

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[The United States Constitution].

The Columbian Magazine: September, 1787. [First Periodical Printing of The United States Constitution].

Philadelphia: Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1787.

Rare first periodical printing of the United States Constitution, likely published within a week of its issuance as a broadside. Octavo, disbound with a later string binding. The Constitution first appeared as a broadside, followed quickly by its first newspaper appearance in The Pennsylvania Packet; later that same week it appeared in two magazines, TheContinue reading "The Columbian Magazine: September, 1787. [First Periodical Printing of The United States Constitution]."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153385

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Brooks, Gwendolyn.

A Street in Bronzeville.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.

First edition of the author’s first book, a landmark debut collection portraying the everyday lives of the Black residents of Bronzeville, the neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Octavo, publisher’s full black cloth, the front board and spine stamped in peach and gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To the Pierces.Continue reading "A Street in Bronzeville."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153384

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Franklin, Benjamin.

Poor Richard’s Almanac. [Leaf Printed on the Gutenberg Press at A Century of Progress International Exposition].

Chicago: The Cuneo Press, 1933.

A handsome leaf on Benjamin Franklin and Poor Richard’s Almanac, printed in Gutenberg’s Donat type on the Gutenberg Press lent by the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz to A Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago in 1933, where it was operated and exhibited by The Cuneo Press. Printed in black gothic type in two columnsContinue reading "Poor Richard’s Almanac. [Leaf Printed on the Gutenberg Press at A Century of Progress International Exposition]."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-153410

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Jerman, John; Benjamin Franklin.

The American Almanack for 1753.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1752.

The exceedingly rare American Almanack for the year 1753, printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and his partner David Hall. Small octavo, stitched in the original wrappers, with woodcut borders and the traditional woodcut figure of the anatomical man. In very good condition, with some browning and a few stray spots, lacking the final advertisementContinue reading "The American Almanack for 1753."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152826

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Ismailov, Hamid.

We Computers: A Ghazal Novel.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025.

First edition in English of the novel by Central Asia’s foremost living writer that was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the story of a French poet who builds a computer program to read and then write Persian ghazals. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Hamid Ismailov on theContinue reading "We Computers: A Ghazal Novel."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-153344

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Simmons, Dan.

Hyperion.

New York: Doubleday, 1989.

First edition of the first novel in the Hyperion Cantos, winner of the Hugo Award. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Simmons on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Gary Ruddell. Rare and desirable signed.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153392

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Card, Orson Scott. [Harrison Ford].

Ender’s Game.

New York: Tor Books, 1985.

First edition of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel, basis for the film directed by Gavin Hood, starring Harrison Ford. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Orson Scott Card on the half-title page and Harrison Ford on the front free endpaper. In the 2013 film Ford played Colonel Hyrum Graff, the officer of theContinue reading "Ender’s Game."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153343

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.].

The Constitution of Liberty.

Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.

First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. An exceptionally fresh example.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153391

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Biden, Joe.

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.

New York: Random House, 2007.

First edition of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page during his first year as Vice President, “To Bobbi and Steven, thanks for the hospitality. Best wishes Joe Biden 6.16.09.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-153390

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Sun Tzu; Edited by James Clavell.

The Art of War.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1983.

First printing of this edition of this fundamental treatise on military strategy, edited by James Clavell. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Clavell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Clavell was strongly influenced by Sun Tzu’s writings and was the best-selling Asian saga consistingContinue reading "The Art of War."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153325

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Goldman, William.

The Princess Bride.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

First edition of Goldman’s classic novel, basis for the film directed by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright and Chris Sarandon. Octavo, original gray cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "The Princess Bride."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153917

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Sowell, Thomas.

Intellectuals and Society.

New York: Basic Books, 2009.

First edition of this classic work by the famed economist. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Thomas Sowell on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153919

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