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Hirshberg, Al; Foreword by Ted Williams

The Red Sox: The Bean and the Cod.

Boston : Waverly House, 1947.

First edition of this work on the Boston Red Sox. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by baseball legend Ted Williams on the front free endpaper and signed by Albert Hirschberg and Sam Mele, who was a major league player and manager. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Ted Williams.Continue reading "The Red Sox: The Bean and the Cod."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147566

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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month before the date of publication on the title page, “To Andy Cain With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh JuneContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147499

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Cohen, William S.; Janet Langheart Cohen; [Madeleine K. Albright]

Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance.

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.

First edition of this profound story of perseverance against racial hatred and bigotry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the authors on the half-title page, “For Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, with sincere Thanks for your friendship & for helping to make this story a success!Continue reading "Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147386

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Alexander, Rebecca. Sascha Alper [Madeleine K. Albright]

Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.

New York : Gotham Books, 2014.

First edition of this captivating memoir of psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, original braille dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Secretary Albright – It was such an honor to meet you atContinue reading "Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147377

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Sullivan, Michele L. [Madeleine Albright]

Looking Up: How a Different Perspective Turns Obstacles Into Advantages.

Nashville : Harper Collins Leadership, 2020.

First edition of this inspiring biography of the first female president of the Caterpillar Foundation, Michele Sullivan. Octavo, original publisher’s black boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Madeleine, Thank you for all of your work to make the world a better place.Continue reading "Looking Up: How a Different Perspective Turns Obstacles Into Advantages."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147375

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Anaya, Rudolfo; Gaspar Enriquez

Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez.

El Paso : Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.

First edition of this powerful tribute to the labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. Oblong octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “Nancy. Rudolfo Anaya.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket in the unique reversible dust jacket with a timeline of the lifeContinue reading "Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-147330

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Smith, Charlene; Desmond Tutu; [Nelson Mandela]; [Graca Machel]

Mandela.

London : Johnnic / Struik, 1999.

First edition of this exceptional biography of South Africa’s most influential leaders, signed for a flight attendant of President Nelson Mandela’s flight crew en route to a UN general assembly in New York. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed opposite the dedication page in Mandela’s hand and Michal’s signature in herContinue reading "Mandela."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-147323

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Macmillan, Harold

The Complete Harold MacMillan Memoirs. [The Winds of Change 1914-1939, Blast of War 1939-1945, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955, Riding the Storm 1956-1959, Pointing the Way 1959-1961, At the End of the Day 1961-1963, The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians 1906-1939].

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966-75.

First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan’s memoirs. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of ‘Winds of Change,’ “For Faye Bozin from Harold Macmillan.” Additionally signed by Macmillan on the title page of ‘Pointing the Way’ and ‘The Past Masters.’ Each areContinue reading "The Complete Harold MacMillan Memoirs. [The Winds of Change 1914-1939, Blast of War 1939-1945, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955, Riding the Storm 1956-1959, Pointing the Way 1959-1961, At the End of the Day 1961-1963, The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians 1906-1939]."

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-147300

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Sherman, Philemon Tecumseh [William Tecumseh Sherman]

General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War: An Address Delivered at the Thirty-eighth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at St. Louis, Missouri.

New York : Robert Grier Cooke, 1908.

First edition of this biographical address of the author’s father, delivered at the Thirty-eighth reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Octavo, original wrappers. Author’s card tipped in, “With the Compliments of the Author 15 William Street, New York City.” In near fine condition with a few small losses to the extremitiesContinue reading "General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War: An Address Delivered at the Thirty-eighth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at St. Louis, Missouri."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-145970

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Washington, Booker T

Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.

First edition of Booker T. Washington’s landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. With a portion of a typed letter signed by Booker T. Washington tipped in to the pastedown. In near fine condition. A very nice example.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-137020

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Brombert, Victor

Trains Of Thought: Memories Of A Stateless Youth.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.

First edition of this “beautifully cadenced work of art―it will remind some readers of Nabokov’s classic Speak, Memory” (Joyce Carol Oates). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, ” For Renee and Ted whose tenderness, poetic spirit, and wit are so precious to all their friends – AffectionatelyContinue reading "Trains Of Thought: Memories Of A Stateless Youth."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147923

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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks: My Story.

New York : Dial Books, 1992.

First edition of Parks’ powerful autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “3/15/92 Rosa Parks.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst. Written with Jim Haskins.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147914

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Pistone, Joe and Charles Brandt

Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.

Philadelphia : Running Press, 2007.

First edition of this account of the FBI agent’s undercover operation. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) on the title page, “Howard Best Wishes Regards Joe Pistone Donnie Brascoe.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-147903

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Morris, James [Jan]; [Edmund Hillary; George Lowe; Michael Ward]

Everest.

London and Alberta : Aquila Books and Meridian Rare Books, 2013.

First edition catalog of books, ephemera, and artefacts relating to the exploration of the world’s highest peak on the 60th anniversary of its first ascent, including books from the libraries of members of the 1953 Exploration George Lowe and Michael Ward, with a foreword by Times Correspondent to the 1953 Expedition Jan Morris. Quarto, originalContinue reading "Everest."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-146565

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[Chavez, Cesar] Jacques E. Levy

Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.

First edition, early printing of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, “To Peter Carlson, best wishes Cesar Chavez 4/25/84.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. JacketContinue reading "Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147948

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Palmer, Arnold

Arnold Palmer: Memories, Stories, and Memorabilia from a Life on and Off the Course.

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated autobiography of this golfing legend. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Arnold Palmer on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147919

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Wills, Charles W. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Washington, D.C : Globe Printing Company, 1906.

First edition of this autobiographical compilation of the letters and diary of the late Charles W. Wills; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of C. W. Wills. P.T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf and ownership signature to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General WilliamContinue reading "Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145962

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First Edition of Madam Secretary; Inscribed by Madeleine Albright to Ambassador Henry Kimelman

Albright, Madeleine

Madam Secretary: A Memoir.

New York : Miramax Books, 2003.

First edition of this classic memoir by the first female Secretary of State in United States history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ambassador Kimelman Madeleine Albright.” The recipient, Henry Kimelman served as the United States ambassador to Haiti from 1980 to 1981. He was theContinue reading "Madam Secretary: A Memoir."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-147966

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Hepburn, Katharine

Me: Stories of My Life.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

First edition of Katharine Hepburn’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 165 photographs. Boldly signed by Katharine Hepburn on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "Me: Stories of My Life."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-147701

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Cernan, Eugene and Don Davis

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

First edition, early printing of this revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American space program from one of its pioneers. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jay & Joan. Best wishes, Gene Cernan.” Additionally signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz onContinue reading "The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147252

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McKinley, William

Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1893, [1895].

First edition of this collection of speeches by the United State’s 25th president. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of McKinley, illustrated with four additional tissue-guarded plates. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed on the front flyleaf by William McKinley as Governor of Ohio,Continue reading "Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147248

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Schmitt, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.

New York : Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.

First edition, early printing of the author’s visionary plan for humankind’s future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Louise and the future! Harrison H. Schmitt Apollo 17.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147253

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Hughes, Langston and Milton Meltzer

A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.

First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147261

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1949.

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, allContinue reading "Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147244

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