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Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan]

The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.

New York : Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “June 1st 1975 M’Lady Roberta Felson: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of ‘M’Lady’ – is because you have got to beContinue reading "The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146630

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Goodall, Jane with Phillip Berman

Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.

New York : Warner Books, 1999.

First edition of Goodall’s moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Barbara and Nancy Together we can make this a better world for all. Jane Goodall.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.

$425.00

Item Number: RRB-146888

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Clinton, Bill

My Life.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To ____ Best wishes- Bill Clinton. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-146893

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Meir, Golda; Edited by Marie Syrkin

A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.

First edition of this oral autobiography by the former prime minister of Israel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-146605

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Barnum, P.T

Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years’ Recollections of P. T. Barnum.

Buffalo : The Courier Company, 1889.

Final and most complete edition of this utterly engaging autobiography. Octavo, bound in full deluxe morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panel with facsimile signature in gilt to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edgesContinue reading "Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years’ Recollections of P. T. Barnum."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-146589

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Woolf, Virginia

Flush: A Biography.

New York : Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.

First edition of Woolf’s fictional “stream of consciousness” tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders and facsimile signature stamped to the front panel, all edges gilt,Continue reading "Flush: A Biography."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-146583

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Kunhardt Jr, Philip B; Philip B. Kunhardt III; Peter W. Kunhardt; Foreword by David Herbert Donald; Contributing Writer Daniel Terris

Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography.

New York : Gramercy Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of this photographic biography of the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Quarto, original brown boards, illustrated throughout with over seven hundred photographs and daguerreotypes, prints, and political cartoons. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Archie Ferguson.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-146572

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Hussein, Taha

The Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar.

Cairo : Al-Maaref Printing & Publishing House, 1943.

Rare first edition (preceding the first British edition) of the autobiography of one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers, translated from the Arabic by Hilary Wayment. Octavo, original tan cloth. In near fine condition. Rare.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146473

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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen; [Edited by W. A. Croffut] [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Fifty Years in Camp and Field: Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U. S. A.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909.

First edition of this diary of an eminent American soldier and general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Major General Ethan Allen Hitchcock. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition with light bumping to the crown of the spine, some rubbing toContinue reading "Fifty Years in Camp and Field: Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U. S. A."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145975

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Keller, Helen

Midstream: My Later Life.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929.

First edition of Keller’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with plates from photographs. Signed by the author in pencil on the front free endpaper, “Helen Keller,” beneath her name embossed in braille. In very good condition with light toning throughout the textblock, lacking front free endpaper. Foreword by Nella Braddy.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146469

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Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich (Paul Svinine)

Sketches of Russia.

London : Printed for R. Ackermann, 1814.

Scarce first edition of this sketch of Russian locations and historical figures. Octavo, bound in three quarter red calf over red cloth boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, rebacked with original spine strip laid down, top edge gilt, color frontispiece portrait of Emperor Alexander, illustratedContinue reading "Sketches of Russia."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146468

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Life of Dante.

Cambridge : The Riverside Press, 1904.

First edition of the first formal biography of the father of the Italian language. Small folio, original publisher’s half vellum with gilt titles to the spine. One of two hundred and sixty-five copies printed for Houghton Mifflin and Company and stated on the colophon, this is number 18. In very good condition, bookplate to theContinue reading "Life of Dante."

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-146440

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Iles, George [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography Vol. II.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908.

The second volume of a stunning collection of autobiographies, this volume containing William Tecumseh Sherman’s memoir; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octodecimo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition. In 1908, upon completing work on ‘Little Masterpieces of Autobiography,’Continue reading "Little Masterpieces of Autobiography Vol. II."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145976

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Bronson, Rev. S.A. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

John Sherman: What He Has Said and Done: Being a History of the Life and Public Services of the Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

Columbus : H. W. Derby & Co., Publishers, 1880.

First edition of this biographical chronology of the life of United States Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, elaborately stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, frontispiece portrait of John Sherman. General William Tecumseh ShermanContinue reading "John Sherman: What He Has Said and Done: Being a History of the Life and Public Services of the Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-145780

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McCullough, David

John Adams.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001.

First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “For Edward Ash-Milby with greetings from David McCullough 2001.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by GilbertContinue reading "John Adams."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-146414

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Knuth, Donald E

Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About.

Stanford, CA : Center for the Study of Language, 2001.

First edition of this collection of lectures, by the legendary computer scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “Best wishes, Bill! Don Knuth.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146716

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Bush, George W. [John McCain]

Decision Points.

New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.

First edition of George W. Bush’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by war hero and Senator John McCain on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W.G. Cookman.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-146374

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Lewis, John

Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America.

New York : Hyperion Books, 2012.

First edition of this award-winning work by the Civil Rights icon. Octavo, original boards. “To Dan, Thank you for all of your good work. Keep the faith. John Lewis, 8-2-12.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Rose. Foreword by Douglas Brinkley. Written with Brenda Jones. Rare and desirable signedContinue reading "Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146391

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Marshall, John [George Washington]

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.

New York : WM. H. Wise & Co, 1925.

Sponsor’s edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington; specially prepared for Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, five volumes bound in full leatherette, tissue-guarded frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with several tissue-guarded plates in each volume. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremitiesContinue reading "The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-145735

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Richardson, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully

A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.

New York : Random House, 1996.

First edition of the second volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher’s white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145269

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Kilpatrick, Andrew. [Warren E. Buffett]

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett.

New York : AKPE, 1994.

First edition of this early Buffett biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper and additionally inscribed by Andrew Kilpatrick on the front free endpaper, “To Tish, Hope you enjoy Andy Fitzpatrick May your finances wind-up in better shape than Warren Buffett’s!” Fine in a near fine price-clippedContinue reading "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146329

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Gould IV, William B. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor.

Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2002.

First edition of this inspirational and thought-provoking family history, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of William B. Gould in his veteran’s hat, illustrated with black and white photographs, charts, and maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to associate justice of theContinue reading "Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146285

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Cohen, Marcia [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

The Sisterhood: The Inside Story of the Women’s Movement and the Leaders Who Made it Happen.

Santa Fe : Sunstone Press, 2009.

Early edition of this brilliant record of feminist history, with a new foreword by the author, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “To theContinue reading "The Sisterhood: The Inside Story of the Women’s Movement and the Leaders Who Made it Happen."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146275

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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, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146307

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