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Hemingway, Ernest

Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed.

Chicago : The Walden Book Shop, 1930.

Rare letter excerpt boldly signed by Ernest Hemingway. Published by the Walden Book Shop in 1930, the introduction begins “The following notes are excerpts from a Hemingway letter in answer to questions concerning editions and numbers of copies.” It goes on to provide a long italicized quote from the letter in which Hemingway describes theContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-95977

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Chaplin, Charlie

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, “Faithfully Chas Chaplin.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. Rare and desirable.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-95208

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The Chosen

Potok, Chaim

The Chosen.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author’s first book set in the mid-twentieth Century, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Chaim Potok. Fine in a fine in a fine slipcase.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-87977

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Reeves, Rosser

Reality in Advertising.

New York : Borzoi/ Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.

First trade edition, published after the privately printed Ted Bates edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, slipcase. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With a promise that this is a very short, short book! Rosser Reeves Oct 8, 1962. Fine in the original glassine wrapper in a fine slipcase. Rare signed.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-30014

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Deighton, Len

The Ipcress File.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1963.

First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harry Tomb Len Deighton.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed in an elaborate half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the dust jacket.Continue reading "The Ipcress File."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96914

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Darwin, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

London : John Murray, 1860.

Rare second edition, second issue, in Freeman’s binding variant “a” of Darwin’s magnum opus. Freeman 376; Norman 594. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright, contemporary owner’s signature to the title, marginalia on pages 72 and 132. A nice example.

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-96973

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Schabacker, Richard Wallace

Stock Market Theory and Practice.

New York : B.C. Forbes, 1930.

First edition, second printing of the first of Schabacker’s three major works on the stock market. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-88994

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Tolstoy, Leo

The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903.

Limited edition of the works of Leo Tolstoy, one of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Ruisdael paper, this is number sixty-eight. Octavo, 25 volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, two frontispiecesContinue reading "The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-97546

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Frost, Robert

A Masque of Reason.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945.

First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$550.00

Item Number: RRB-97478

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Percy, Walker

Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.

First edition of this “original and imaginative work” (The Wall Stree Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walker Percy on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-95398

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Watson, James D; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; Arthur Kornberg, Joshua Lederberg

Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.

Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company, 1964.

First edition of this collection of Nobel Lectures in physiology or medicine from the years 1942-1962. Thick Octavo, original yellow cloth. Signed by all three Nobel Prize-winning scientists Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins on the title page. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962, “for their discoveries concerning theContinue reading "Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-95688

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Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Les Oeuvres De Monsieur De Moliere, Reveues, Corrigees & Augmentees (Tartuffe).

Paris : Chez Denys Thierry, 1682.

First complete and first illustrated collected edition, including 6 previously unpublished plays of the works of Moliere. Small octavo, 8 volumes. Finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Pouillet, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings throughout. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-95843

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Cooley, Arnold J

A Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words According to the Prevailing Usage of Correct Writers and Speakers.

London and Edinburgh : W. and R. Chambers, 1861.

First edition of Cooley’s Dictionary of the English language. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black spine label, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Author’s preface. In very good condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-92803

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Neutra, Richard [Adlai Stevenson]

Survival Through Design.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1954.

First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Adlai Stevenson hope and inspiration of his countrymen cordially Richard Neutra 54.” The recipient, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, was an American politician and diplomat notedContinue reading "Survival Through Design."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-93541

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Schelling, Thomas C

The Strategy of Conflict.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1960.

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Roger Jan 75 Tom Schelling.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear to the extremities.

$3,400.00

Item Number: RRB-89467

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Stewart, Rory

The Places In Between.

London : Picador, 2004.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, “I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-91569

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Edited by Will Blythe (David Foster Wallace)

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1998.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by contributor David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper. The essay contributed to this volume is one of his finest, titled, “The Nature of the Fun”, which is a meditation on why writers write, encrusted in Wallace’s signature blend of self-conscious despondency. Near fine in aContinue reading "Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-85674

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Kirzner, Israel M

Competition and Entrepreneurship.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013.

First edition of the Liberty Fund edition of Kirzner’s classic Austrian School text. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Peter J. Boettke and Frederic Sautet.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-86784

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Putnam, Hilary

Ethics Without Ontology.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2004.

First edition of this work on ontology by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Hilary Putnam April 4, ’15.” Name to the front free endpaper, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen NefskyContinue reading "Ethics Without Ontology."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-68341

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Ewan, Stuart

PR!: A Social History of Spin.

New York : Basic Books, 1996.

First edition of this thorough history of public relations. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John: For the greater good to prevail, we need to give ourselves a greater public, Best Stuart Ewen.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-74789

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Chambers, Oswald

Biblical Ethics.

London : Simpkin Marshall, 1941.

First edition of Chambers’ work on Biblical ethics. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light wear.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-84778

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Gehl, Jan

Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space.

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987.

Early printing of this “thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening work” (Jane Jacobs). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “Keep up the good work and greetings from Jan Gehl Copenhagen 20.01.2015.” In near fine condition. Translated by Jo Koch.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-73672

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Naipaul, V.S

An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.

London : Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.

First editions of each of the author’s works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-90453

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DeCarava, Roy and Langston Hughes

The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1955.

First edition of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper, “Especially for Lucian Stanton whose photographs I very much enjoyed seeing- Sincerely- Langston Hughes New York Feb. 23, 1960.” An excellent example in the original dust jacket.Continue reading "The Sweet Flypaper of Life."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-90534

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