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Ben-Gurion, David.

Israel: A Personal History.

New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971.

Signed limited first edition of David Ben-Gurion’s history of Israel, told by the state’s founding prime minister. Thick quarto, bound in full dark blue morocco with gilt titles to the spine, a gilt Star of David and the author’s gilt facsimile signature to the front panel, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with black-and-whiteContinue reading "Israel: A Personal History."

$2,650.00

Item Number: RRB-153521

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Joyce, James.

Ulysses.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1937.

First British trade edition of Joyce’s epic masterpiece, one of the most celebrated and influential novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original green buckram boards stamped in gilt, top stain green. With a prefatory list of the previous editions of Ulysses and three appendices, including the legal history of the novel and a Joyce bibliography.Continue reading "Ulysses."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-153260

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Frost, Robert.

A Further Range.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

Signed limited first edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original flecked linen with a gilt-lettered brown leather label to the spine, top edge brown. One of 803 numbered copies, this is number 237. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the limitation page. In near fine condition. Housed in the original publisher’s paper-coveredContinue reading "A Further Range."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-153501

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Baldwin, James.

If Beale Street Could Talk.

New York: The Dial Press, 1974.

First edition of Baldwin’s fifth novel, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. Octavo, original cloth, top stain yellow. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell. Author photograph by Jill Krementz.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-153495

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Gray, Henry.

Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy].

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1881.

New American edition of Gray’s celebrated textbook of human anatomy, often considered “the doctor’s bible,” this edition printed from the eighth and enlarged English edition. Thick royal octavo, publisher’s dark charcoal-brown pebbled cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with wood engravings after the drawings of H. V. Carter. The additions of William W.Continue reading "Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy]."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-153455

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Wiesel, Elie.

After the Darkness: Reflections of the Holocaust.

New York: Schoken Books, 2002.

First edition of this powerful work by the Nobel Laureate. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout, Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-153891

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Rand, Ayn.

Atlas Shrugged.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Keith R. Jones – Cordially – Ayn Rand 11/10/70.” Bookplate of Keith Robert Jones to the front pastedown.Continue reading "Atlas Shrugged."

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-153436

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Stevens, John Paul.

Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

First edition of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s unprecedented proposal to amend the Constitution in six specific ways. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Paul Stevens on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lauren Harms.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-153357

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Card, Orson Scott. [Harrison Ford].

Ender’s Game.

New York: Tor Books, 1985.

Signed limited first edition of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel, basis for the film directed by Gavin Hood, starring Harrison Ford. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Orson Scott CardContinue reading "Ender’s Game."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152964

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Joyce, James.

Ulysses.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1937.

First British trade edition of Joyce’s epic masterpiece, one of the most celebrated and influential novels of the twentieth century, here in a custom full-leather art binding by the binder Karen McGuire. Octavo, bound in full green leather with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels withContinue reading "Ulysses."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153423

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Rand, Ayn.

Atlas Shrugged.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, later printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt, top stain black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the Bicentennial of the United States on the half-title page, “To Ryan York and JohnContinue reading "Atlas Shrugged."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153419

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Card, Orson Scott. [Harrison Ford].

Ender’s Game.

New York: Tor Books, 1985.

First edition of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel, basis for the film directed by Gavin Hood, starring Harrison Ford. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Orson Scott Card on the half-title page and Harrison Ford on the front free endpaper. In the 2013 film Ford played Colonel Hyrum Graff, the officer of theContinue reading "Ender’s Game."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153343

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Williams, Mary. [Julia Child].

Marriage for Beginners.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967.

First edition of this complete handbook for the newly married, running from breaking the news to the family and planning the ceremony through setting up a first home, running the household and the arrival of the first baby. Octavo, original cloth, top stain pink. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page inContinue reading "Marriage for Beginners."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-153303

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Lewis, Michael.

Liar’s Poker.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andrew M. Newman Graphic Design Inc. Jacket illustration by Vint Lawrence. Uncommon signed.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153098

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Joyce, James.

Finnegans Wake.

New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

First American edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-139672

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Kipling, Rudyard.

Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1897.

First edition of Kipling’s classic tale of the Grand Banks cod fishery, a coming-of-age story long regarded as one of the great novels of the nineteenth century. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, with a frontispiece and 21 illustrations. In very good condition with rubbing, inscription to theContinue reading "Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-153245

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Lee, Harper. [Robert Duvall].

To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee and by actor Robert Duvall on the half-title page. To Kill a Mockingbird marked Duvall’s screen debut, he played the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley in the 1962 film directed by RobertContinue reading "To Kill A Mockingbird."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153220

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Byrd, Richard E.

Alone.

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1938.

First edition, early printing of Byrd’s account of his harrowing 1933 Antarctic expedition. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author onContinue reading "Alone."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-127594

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Dickens, Charles.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of this titular hero’s journey through hardship. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turnins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece. With black and white illustrations done by Phiz. In near fine condition, bookplateContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149158

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Dickens, Charles.

Sketches By Boz.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of this collection of vivid, observational pieces depicting London’s diverse characters and social conditions, showcasing his early talent for satire, humor, and social critique. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turnins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece,Continue reading "Sketches By Boz."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-149753

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.

Leaf Storm and Other Stories.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972.

First edition, early printing in English of this early collection of stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, marking the first appearance of the fictional village of Macondo, later immortalized in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated from the SpanishContinue reading "Leaf Storm and Other Stories."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-153313

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His Holiness The Dalia Lama [Tenzin Gyatso the Fourteenth].

The Meaning of Life: From a Buddhist Perspective.

Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1992.

First edition of this collection of lectures by the Nobel Peace prize-winner. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed on the half-title page by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. Because his public appearances are typically brief and closely managed, and becauseContinue reading "The Meaning of Life: From a Buddhist Perspective."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153114

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Deighton, Len.

The Ipcress File.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963.

First American edition of the author’s first book, basis for the 1965 film directed by Sidney J. Furie, from a screenplay by Bill Canaway and James Doran, starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer in his breakthrough role. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harry TombContinue reading "The Ipcress File."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152378

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Coetzee, J.M [Philippa Coetzee].

Life & Times of Michael K.

New York: The Viking Press, 1984.

First American edition of the author’s first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his first wife, “Philippa – love from JM.” Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966-1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). Near fineContinue reading "Life & Times of Michael K."

$5,800.00

Item Number: RRB-153071

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