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Nooteboom, Cees

Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.

New York : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-5715
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Diamond, Jared

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal.

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.

First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Jared Diamond on the front free endpaper to noted book collector Larry Owens. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-5524
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Obly, Robert; Foreword by Francis Crick

The Path to the Double Helix.

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1974.

First edition of this work on the history of the double helix. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by both the author and Francis Crick on the title page, who contributed the foreword. The author has transcribed the following from this work, “The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explainContinue reading "The Path to the Double Helix."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3394
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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatsho: The XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet

The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.

Bangkok : The Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1968.

First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan “with prayers.” A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4545
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Newby, Eric

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1958.

First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of theContinue reading "A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-3413
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Evans, Larry & Tom Wiswell

Championship Chess and Checkers for All.

New York : A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.

First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, “To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956.” The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenureContinue reading "Championship Chess and Checkers for All."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-3981
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Seeger, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz

The Incompleat Folksinger.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1972.

First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Robert! Pete Seeger.” Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-2166
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Wilson, Edward O. & Robert Haas

The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.

First edition of this “wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-3300
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Kornberg, Arthur

Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1962.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Arthur Kornberg on the front free endpaper. Small stamp of Biologist L.S. Baron on the front endpage. Fine in a dust jacket that shows just a touch of wear.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-747
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Levi-Strauss, Claude

The World on the Wane.

New York : Criterion Books, 1961.

First American edition of Levi-Strauss’ experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear to the extremities. Translated from the French by John Russell.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-802
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Laurents, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim

Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.

New York : Random House, 1965.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-762
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Gordimer, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman

Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1988.

First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and introduced by Stephen Clingman.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-546
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Naipaul, V.S

Miguel Street.

London : Andre Deutsch, 1959.

First edition of Naipaul’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the crown. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-3544
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Robinson, Marilynne

The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-1002
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Le Clezio, J.M.G

Desert.

London : Atlantic Books, 2009.

First British edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the wrap around band. Jacket design by Ghost.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-774
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Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-230
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Boorstin, Daniel J

The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.

First illustrated edition of this classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper in the year of publication of both volumes. Volume one’s inscription reads “For Hope and Sam- good friends, good neighbors- with affection from Dan Oct. 14, 1991.” Volume two’s inscription reads, “For HopeContinue reading "The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-5026
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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The New Industrial State.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest of wear. A very sharp example of this economic highspot.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-1499
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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4356
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Oz, Amos

Touch the Water Touch the Wind.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich : New York, 1973.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-5679
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Le Clezio, J.M.G

Desert.

Paris : Gallimard, 1980.

First French edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. In very good condition with some shelf wear and toning to the extremities.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-5402
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