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Knight, Frank H

Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.

Boston & New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Knight’s classic treatise, published the same year as the first but without the publication year to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, printer’s device to the title page. In very good condition, with marginalia to the text. First editions are exceptionally rare.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140654
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Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1948.

First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-140264
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Hemingway, Ernest

Islands In The Stream.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.

First edition of Hemingway’s autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. 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 exceptionalContinue reading "Islands In The Stream."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140288
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[Clinton, Bill]

Bill Clinton 1966 Georgetown University Yearbook.

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University, 1966.

1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Clinton’s photograph is on page 278. In near fine condition.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-139242
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Feynman, Richard P

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.

First edition, early printing of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his cousin on the half-title page, “To Frances Lewine Hi Franky – send me your book — youContinue reading "“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character."

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$40,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140950
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Hemingway, Ernest

Winner Take Nothing.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.

First edition of Hemingway’s classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To D. White best wishes always Ernest Hemingway.” Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of the rarest HemingwayContinue reading "Winner Take Nothing."

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$14,000.00
Item Number: RRB-106729
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Schweitzer, Albert

Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1949.

First edition, early printing of the Nobel laureate’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the recto of a photograph to Miss Margaret Lial and additionally inscribed and signed by him in French on verso and additionally inscribed by conductor and pianist Antonia Brico. The Dutch born conductor and pianist, AntoniaContinue reading "Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140103
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Darwin, Charles

The Descent of Man.

London : John Murray, 1871.

First edition of both volumes (with “transmitted” the first word on p. 297 in the first volume; in the second, the printer’s note on the verso of the half-title, errata on title verso, and the postscript leaf after p. viii. both volumes have the January ads). Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with gilt titlesContinue reading "The Descent of Man."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-140397
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Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140434
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Niven, Larry

Ringworld.

New York : Ballantine Books, 1970.

Paperback original first edition of this classic work, which went on to win the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by Dean Ellis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Tim Larry Niven.” In very good condition.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-140443
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Plato; Translated by Floyer Sydenham

Plato’s Dialogues.

London : W. Sandby, 1767-1779.

First edition set contains all eleven parts, although without all the individual dated titles. Part one is signed on the dedication page by the translator Floyer Sydenham as usual, and includes a sheet laid in with manuscript instructions to the binder. Quarto, three volumes, bound in contemporary full calf, armorial bookplate. Dated title pages inContinue reading "Plato’s Dialogues."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140464
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The Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Signed Photograph.

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Color photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, boldly signed by him. The photograph measures 5 inches by 3.5 inches. In fine condition.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-140093
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Einstein, Albert and Leopold Infeld

The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1951.

Later printing of this classic work, which traces the development of ideas in physics. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “A. Einstein. 53” and “L. Infeld 1958.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. We have never seen another example signed by both authors. Rare and desirable.

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140033
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Nabokov, Vladimir

Despair.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.

First American edition of this inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime–his own murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. A very sharp example.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-140005
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Nabokov, Vladimir

The Defence [Defense].

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964.

First edition of this early Nabokov novel, which tells the tragic story of a man destroyed by his own genius and of the hopeless efforts of the wife who loves him to save him from himself. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Curtis. Uncommon in theContinue reading "The Defence [Defense]."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-140004
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Venturi, Robert

Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.

Philadelphia : The MIT Press, 2014.

Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, “Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi’s Mother’s House).” In fine condition.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-140002
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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1924.

Fourth printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, signed by him. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “James Joyce Paris 7 January 1924.” In very good condition, the joints lightly repaired. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Uncommon signed.

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$18,500.00
Item Number: RRB-139635
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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.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-139672
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Einstein, Albert

Out of My Later Years.

New York : Philosophical Library, 1950.

First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Albert Einstein on a clipped signature affixed to the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-138884
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Einstein, Albert

Out of My Later Years.

New York : Philosophical Library, 1950.

First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Albert Einstein on a clipped signature affixed to the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$12,000.00
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Gray, Henry

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

Philadelphia : Blanchard and Lea, 1872.

Rare second edition of this influential work on Anatomy. Quarto, bound in contemporary wrappers, possibly original, illustrated with wood-engravings after the drawings by H. V. Carter. In good condition.

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$3,600.00
Item Number: RRB-137096
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Sharpe, William F. and Gordon J. Alexander [Paul A. Samuelson]

Fundamentals of Investments.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, Inc, 1989.

First edition of Alexander and Sharpe’s classic text on the fundamentals of investments. Quarto, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by William Sharpe on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson, “For Paul with my best regards William F. Sharpe.” In near fine condition. From the library of Paul Samuelson. An exceptional associationContinue reading "Fundamentals of Investments."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-138641
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Nabokov, Vladimir

The Defense.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964.

First edition of this early Nabokov novel, which tells the tragic story of a man destroyed by his own genius and of the hopeless efforts of the wife who loves him to save him from himself. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Translated by MichaelContinue reading "The Defense."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-139301
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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks: My Story.

New York : Dial Books, 1992.

First edition, early printing of Parks’ autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “11/21/94 Rosa Parks.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst. Written with Jim Haskins.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-138034
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