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Coombs, David; Minnie Churchill [Winston S. Churchill]

Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings.

Delray Beach, Florida : Levenger Press, 2003.

Levenger limited edition of this definitive, comprehensive catalogue of over 500 oil paintings created by Winston Churchill. Quarto, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Churchill painting, profusely illustrated with Churchill’s oil paintings. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,141. In fine condition.Continue reading "Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-151021

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Crichton, Michael [Jasper Johns]

Jasper Johns.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc/Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977.

First edition of this comprehensive, insightful, and visually rich monograph on the influential American artist by famous author and art enthusiast Michael Crichton. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jasper Johns on the front free endpaper, “Jasper Johns 19 Oct. ’78.” In fine condition. A Jasper Johns pamphlet dated 20Continue reading "Jasper Johns."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150380

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Hansen, James R. [Ryan Gosling] [Neil Armstrong]

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.

First edition of the authorized biography of the first man to touch the moon, basis for the 2018 starring Ryan Gosling as Armstrong. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the auuthor on the title page, “For Michael, All best wishes! James R. Hansen” and additionally signed by actor Ryan Gosling on the titleContinue reading "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151037

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Buchan, John

Men and Deeds.

London : Peter Davies, 1935.

First edition of this collection of historical essays and biographical sketches highlighting influential figures and pivotal events. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within stamped in blind bands, top edge gilt. In very good condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150847

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Young, George Frederic, Col. [Medici]

The Medici.

London : John Murray, 1909.

First editions of Young’s authoritative history of the Medici, extra-illustrated with 91 plates, 20 in color. Octavo, four volumes bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Medici."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150704

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Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

A Tramp Abroad.

Hartford, Conn : American Publishing Company, 1880.

First edition of Twain’s classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, inscribed by him to his secretary. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow, and with four ‘pictures made by the author of this book, without outside help’, engravedContinue reading "A Tramp Abroad."

$45,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151014

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McClellan, George B

McClellan’s Own Story. The War for the Union.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.

First edition of the Civil War memoir of Lincoln’s controversial commander of the Army of the Potomac. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait, nine illustrations, three full-page maps, and one two-page facsimile letter. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain,Continue reading "McClellan’s Own Story. The War for the Union."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-150709

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Custer, Elizabeth B

Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.

First edition of Elizabeth Custer’s famous defense of Custer. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth, patterned endpapers, engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and 28 illustrations, including 22 full-page and two maps. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece’s husband) Charles Webster,Continue reading "Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-150708

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Ferrari, Enzo

Ferrari.

Modena : Privately Printed, 1974.

Early printing of this classic work on Ferrari. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Enzo Ferrari on the dedication page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151008

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1935.

First trade edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photogravures and folding maps. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine, a few chips and short closed tears to the dust jacket with neat tissue repair to verso.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150700

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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol Prints.

New York : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc, 1985.

First edition of this definitive catalogue of Warhol’s prints, spanning his entire career. Quarto, original cloth, with over 390 illustrations of Warhol’s prints, including 344 in color. Boldly signed twice by Andy Warhol on both the front panel of the dust jacket and front free endpaper. Edited by Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann. Essays byContinue reading "Andy Warhol Prints."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150354

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Van Doren, Carl

Benjamin Franklin.

New York : The Viking Press, 1938.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carl Van Doren on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional example.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151001

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de Beauvoir, Simone

La Force Des Choses.

Paris : Gallimard, 1963.

First edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiographical memoir covering the years after World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In near fine condition, signature to the front free endpaper.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150080

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Wiesenthal, Simon; Joseph Wechsberg

Murderers Among Us: The Wiesenthal Memoirs.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.

First edition of Simon Wiesenthal’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Simon Wiesenthal on the title page. Ticket to a Wiesenthal lecture attached to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Joseph Wechsberg. Jacket design by Leonard Leoni. Jacket photo by Lester Krauss.Continue reading "Murderers Among Us: The Wiesenthal Memoirs."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150857

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Grimke, Sarah. Edited and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Ann Bartlett. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Sarah Grimké: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Other Essays.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1988.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the title page, “For Justice Ginsburg – with deepest respect, admiration, & gratitude, In sisterhood, Elizabeth Ann Bartlett.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and juristContinue reading "Sarah Grimké: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Other Essays."

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146438

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Lewis, Lloyd. [David Herbert Donald]

Captain Sam Grant.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1950.

First edition, advance review copy of Lewis’ great biography of American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, with the publisher’s review slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald with three drafts of a review of the book by Donald’s mentor and the director of his dissertationContinue reading "Captain Sam Grant."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-136237

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Earhart, Amelia

20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

First edition of Earhart’s classic dramatic chronicle. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 61 black-and-white photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece, “For Earnestine Fishbaugh. Amelia Earhart.” The recipient, Earnestine Fishbaugh was the daughter of noted Hollywood physician, Dr. Ernest C. Fishbaugh. Accompanied by a laid in note fromContinue reading "20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150335

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M]

Two Memoirs. Dr Melchior: A Defeated Enemy and My Early Beliefs.

London : Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949.

First edition of Keynes’ intellectual, literary and reflective history. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. In very good condition. Introduced by David Garnett.

$60.00

Item Number: RRB-150748

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Crawford, J. Marshall

Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of That Renowned Partisan Ranger, John S. Mosby.

New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1867.

First edition of this record of personal recollections during the Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral detailing stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In very good condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150353

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Opera Dim Giovanni Boccaccio Soprai Casi Degli Huomini Illustri. [Giovanni Boccaccio’s Work on the Cases of Illustrious Men].

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Sixteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Latin work on the downfalls of powerful or famous historical and biblical figures. Duodecimo, written in Italian, bound in full vellum, woodcut chapter decorations. Translated and expanded by Giuseppe Betussi of Bassano. In very good condition with light toning and soiling.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146548

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Reagan, Ronald

An American Life.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990.

First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Winnie- With Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1991” and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman whoContinue reading "An American Life."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-144010

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Mendell, David [Barack Obama]

Obama: From Promise to Power.

New York : Armistad, 2007.

First edition of this early Obama biography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama in person in Keene, New Hampshire in full on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. We have never seen another full signature in this title.

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150812

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Menand, Louis [Peter Matthiessen]

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow author Peter Matthiessen, “For Peter Thank you! with warm regards Louis Menand.” From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. TheContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150975

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Boswell, James

The Life of Johnson.

London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry, 1791.

First edition, first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language, which was published on May 16, 1791 in a print run of only 1,750 copies. Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson, engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua ReynoldsContinue reading "The Life of Johnson."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-124524

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