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Cheever, Susan [Erica Jong]

Treetops: A Family Memoir.

New York : Bantam Books, 1991.

First edition of the sequel to the author’s prize-winning memoir, Home Before Dark. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Miami Fla. March 1991 For Erica and Ken with love Susan.” The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married inContinue reading "Treetops: A Family Memoir."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142353

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Cheever, Susan

Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

First edition of Cheever’s candid portrait of her father, John Cheever. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “New York City October 1984 To Burrows with love from his old friend Susan.” The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remainsContinue reading "Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-142633

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Cheever, Susan [Erica Jong]

Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.

First edition of Cheever’s frank and moving autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “New York City January 1999 For Erica and Ken What can I say? No words could begin to express mt gratitude, my fond memories, my affection andContinue reading "Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-142607

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Hurston, Zora Neale

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.

Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.

First edition of Hurston’s personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 26 illustrations. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141718

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Stanhope, Eugenia

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects.

London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774.

First edition of one of the great classics of English letters. Quarto, period quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece. Second state of volume one, page 55 (line 16 corrected to “qui auroit”). From the library of Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope with his bookplate to the pastedownContinue reading "Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-141377

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Harris, Frank. [Ernest Hemingway]

Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions.

New York : Printed and Published by the Author, 1918.

First edition of Shaw’s appreciation of Wilde. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of young Ernest Hemingway with his ownership name and address to the pastedown of each volume, “Ernest Hemingway Windemere Walloon Lake Michigan” and additional ownership name to volume one, “Hemingway.” Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois,Continue reading "Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-141864

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Lederman, Leon with Dick Teresi

The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-141416

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Stravinsky, Igor

Stravinsky: An Autobiography.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1936.

First edition of the composer’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate, owner name. Jacket design by George Salter. Rare in the original jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-141339

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Webb, James

I Heard My Country Calling.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

First edition of the moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Lee with best wishes JWebb.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Laid is the original signing brochure for the reading.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-141516

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Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson].

London : Office of the National Illustrated Library, n.d. [c. 1880].

Finely bound 19th century illustrated printing of the most celebrated biography in the English language, elucidated by copious notes. Octavo, four volumes bound into two in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson]."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-141549

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Johnson, Samuel

The Works of Samuel Johnson.

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1850.

Finely bound edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson toContinue reading "The Works of Samuel Johnson."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-141081

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Berg, Mary

Warsaw Ghetto.

New York : L.B. Fischer Publishing Company, 1945.

First edition of this powerful collection of diary entries begun by Berg at the age of fifteen, one of the most important documents in the age of Hitler. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-141428

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Buckley, Gail Lumet

The Hornes: An American Family.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Joan + John – With best wishes – Gail June, 1986.” The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950sContinue reading "The Hornes: An American Family."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-141137

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Kyi, Aung San Suu

Freedom From Fear and Other Writings.

New York : Viking, 1991.

First edition of this collection of writings by the Nobel Prize winner. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Michael Aris.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-141439

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

South Africa : MacDonald Purnell, 1994.

First South African edition of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by the author, “NMandela 15.3.06” and additionally signed by “Mac Maharaj 20 Sept 2007” on the verso of the front freeContinue reading "Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-140892

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Miller, Glenn

Glenn Miller’s Method For Orchestral Arranging.

New York : Mutual Music Society, 1943.

First edition of the great swing-era American jazz musician’s guide to orchestral arranging. Royal octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely Glenn Miller.” In very good condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-141030

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Beckwith, B.K.; Introduction by Grantland Rice; Foreword by Charles S. Howard

Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion.

USA : Wilfred Crowell, Inc, 1940.

Signed limited edition of this work on the legendary thoroughbred. Oblong quarto, original padded leather covers lettered in gilt, color frontispiece of Seabiscuit from a painting by F.B. Voss. Signed by Charles Howard at the foreword, for presentation to the friends, family and business associates of Charles Howard, the owner of Seabiscuit. Illustrations from photographs;Continue reading "Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-140793

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Mooney, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey]

The Lyndon Johnson Story.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.

First edition of Booth Mooney’s biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, “To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson.” The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson’s vice president from 1965 to 1969.Continue reading "The Lyndon Johnson Story."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140814

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Lindbergh, Charles A

We.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.

First edition of Lindbergh’s definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-112449

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Proulx, Annie

Bird Cloud: A Memoir.

New York : Scribner, 2011.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s magnificent memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Annie Proulx on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rex Bonomelli. Jacket photograph of Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-140722

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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 price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-140222

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Churchill, Winston S

Marlborough: His Life and Times.

London : George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-38.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In near fine condition.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140247

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Dickens, Charles

Complete Set of the Works of Charles Dickens Nonesuch Press.

London : The Nonesuch Press, 1937-38.

The complete set of Charles Dickens by the Nonesuch Press, one of only 877 sets. Octavo, 24 volumes, original cloth, woodcut illustrations, original variously colored buckram by Leighton Straker. Edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Thomas Hatton and Walter Dexter. In near fine condition. A very sharp set.

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-140200

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Winfrey, Oprah

Oprah Presents Master Class: Every Life Has a Story, Every Story Has a Lesson.

Auckland, New Zealand : PQ Blackwell Limited/Los Angeles: Harpo, Inc., 2010.

First edition of the book companion to Oprah Winfrey’s Master Class series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was theContinue reading "Oprah Presents Master Class: Every Life Has a Story, Every Story Has a Lesson."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-140634

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