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Edited by John Arthur Neumark. [Gerald M. Loeb]

Wall Street 20th Century.

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Daily News, 1960.

Collection of fundamental articles related to 20th century Wall Street. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with photographs and charts. Boldly signed by renowned Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb on the front panel who contributed the article ‘A Challenge for the Ambitious.’ Introductory letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Other contributors include: Benjamin Graham, Robert C.Continue reading "Wall Street 20th Century."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-108521

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James, Henry

The Ivory Tower.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.

First British edition of James’ unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1917. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-109563

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Greenblatt, Joel

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius Even If You’re Not Too Smart : Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To James, Good luck with this! Happy Hunting! Warmest wishes, Joel Greenblatt.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc Cohen.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-108924

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Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton

The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851, Which Led To That Event.

Chicago : Fleming H. Revell, 1880.

First edition of Bunnell’s account of the discovery of Yosemite Valley with the Mariposa Battalion in 1851. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, illustrated with 21 engravings including frontispiece portrait of Bunnell. In very good condition with wear to the extremities and rear panel. Continue reading "The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851, Which Led To That Event."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-107042

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Monteage, Stephen

Debtor and Creditor Made Easie: Or, a Short Instruction for the attaining the Right Use of Accounts after the Best Method used by Merchants.

London : Printed by John Richardson for Ben. Billingsley, 1682.

Second edition of this rare accounting book; one of the earliest in published in English for a general audience. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author within a rich botanical border. In very good condition. Scarce.

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-103485

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Jackson, Andrew

Andrew Jackson Autograph Document Signed.

December 6, 1830.

Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. One page partially printed on vellum the document is dated November 11, 1830 and officially grants Scott Riggs a 72-acre land parcel in Springfield, Illinois. Signed at the conclusion “Andrew Jackson” and “Elijah Hayward” withContinue reading "Andrew Jackson Autograph Document Signed."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-104206

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Roosevelt, Theodore

California Addresses by President Roosevelt.

San Francisco : The California Promotion Committee, 1903.

First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by President Theodore Roosevelt throughout California. Octavo, original half cloth with paper title label to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. In excellent condition.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-104590

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Pratt, E. J., Alma White, Caroline Bancroft, Will Kirkpatrick, M.C. Hanford et al

Rare Titanic Collection.

Toronto : Various Publishers, 1912-1935.

Rare collection of first editions, pamphlets, and sheet music related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, with a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica. The collections includes a first edition of E.J. Pratt’s ‘The Titanic’ (Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1935) which is in nearContinue reading "Rare Titanic Collection."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-104582

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Down There On a Visit

Isherwood, Christopher

Down There On a Visit.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Monroe Wheeler ex dono Christopher Isherwood.” The recipient Monroe Wheeler was an American publisher and museum coordinator and a close friend of Isherwood’s.Continue reading "Down There On a Visit."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-104119

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Ludlow, John Malcolm

President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed.

London : Alexander Strahan, 1866.

First edition of President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed, the scarce variant imprint, which was printed in London as indicated on p. 240 and the priority of which is unknown (M 864). Octavo, original publishers cloth with gilt titles to the spine, engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, with “The proceeds of this volume are intended to beContinue reading "President Lincoln Self-Pourtrayed."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-105063

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William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic

Ireland, Alexander. [Robert Louis Stevenson]

William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic.

London and New York : Frederick Warne and Co, 1889.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers, William Hazlitt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, botanical gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page,Continue reading "William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic."

$3,750.00

Item Number: RRB-104876

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Darwin, Charles

The Formation Of Vegetable Mould, Through The Action of Worms, With Observations On Their Habits.

London : John Murray, 1883.

Ealry printing of Darwin’s final work, published shortly before his death. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition Bookplate to the pastedown. A sharp example of this work by the leading mind in evolutionary biology.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-104581

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Tilden, William T

Singles and Doubles.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1923.

First edition of Tilden’s masterwork on the sport of tennis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings after photographs of noted players including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-104052

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Popper, Karl and John C. Eccles

The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.

Berlin, New York, London : Springer-Verlag, 1977.

First edition of Popper and Eccles’ groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by Karl Popper in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Lionel, with love from Karl 3rd November 1977.” The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the LondonContinue reading "The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-101425

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Cooke, Arthur O

The World at Work: A Day in a Shipyard.

New York : Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1912.

First edition of Arthur O. Cooke’s The World at Work: A Day in a Shipyard. Small octavo, original illustrated boards with pictorial pastedown, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with engravings from photographs, three full-page colored plates including frontispiece, mechanical charts. In near fine condition. Rare.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-104861

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Typhoon And Other Stories

Conrad, Joseph

Typhoon And Other Stories.

London : William Heinemann, 1903.

First English edition, first printing of this collection of stories, including the thrilling titular novella, “generally thought to inaugurate Conrad’s period of artistic maturity.” Octavo, original Cagle’s binding A with only the top edge trimmed and with 110 mm between “Conrad” and “Heinemann” on the spine, with gilt titles to the spine and front panel.Continue reading "Typhoon And Other Stories."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-104523

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A Burnt-Out Case

Greene, Graham

A Burnt-Out Case.

London : Heinemann, 1961.

First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-104522

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Paine, Thomas

Large Additions to Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America.

Philadelphia : Printed and sold, by R. Bell in Third-Street, 1776.

Scarce 1776 separate edition of the Large Additions to Common Sense. The title reads in full: Large Additions To Common Sense: Addressed To The Inhabitants Of America On The Following Interesting Subjects. I. The American Patriot’s Prayer. II. American Independancy, defended by Candidus. III. The Propriety of Independancy, by Demophilus The dread of Tyrants, andContinue reading "Large Additions to Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-106523

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Shackleton, Ernest; James Murray and George Marston

Antarctic Days. Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton’s Men: Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

London : Andrew Melrose, 1913.

Limited edition de luxe, numbered 85 of 280 copies signed on the recto of the limitation leaf by E.H. Shackleton, James Murray and George Marston. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel with a mounted color illustration, top edge gilt, 4 mounted color plates after watercolors by C. Day, 34Continue reading "Antarctic Days. Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton’s Men: Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-103746

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Stanley, Henry M

In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.

First edition of Stanley’s classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publishers three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In near fine condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-102433

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Murad Tobacco

International Tobacco Silk Collection.

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Rare collection of Tobacco Silks decorated with a variety of international flags and university pennants. 35 flags in total, countries represented include Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Chile, Scotland, San Domingo, and the United States. University pennants include Yale, Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Missouri. In fine condition. A bright and unique collection.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-101561

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[Hondius, Jodocus]

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina [Holy Land Map]

Amsterdam : Blaeu, W, 1634.

Copper engraved, hand-colored map of one of the most decorative maps of the Holy Land of the 17th century. One page with hand-colored borders, the map depicts the tribes of Israel and the route the Israelites took from Egypt through Sinai into Canaan. In the sea there are three sea monsters, one of which hasContinue reading "Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina [Holy Land Map]"

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-101741

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Friedman, Milton

A Theory of the Consumption Function.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1957.

First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-100964

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Columbus, Christopher

Christopher Columbus Engraved Portrait Collection.

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Rare collection of engraved portraits of Italian navigator Christopher Columbus. Four pieces, each double matted and framed, including: an engraved portrait of Columbus with text in Latin which measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches; an engraved portrait titled, “Christophle Colomb” with Columbus gesturing towards the stars with a sextant which measures 12.5 inches by 10.5Continue reading "Christopher Columbus Engraved Portrait Collection."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-100327

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