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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, with 39 engraved plates by Phiz, frontispiece portrait of Dickens. First issue withContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147628

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Hess, Stephen; James P. Pfiffner [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Organizing the Presidency.

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2002.

Third edition of this examination of the changing responsibilities of the executive branch jobs and their relationships with one another, from the time of Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “For Kiki & Marty – With love &Continue reading "Organizing the Presidency."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147836

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Burns, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades

New York: An Illustrated History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original half cloth, heavily illustrated with 500 images in color and black and white. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-147936

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Oringer, Maurice J

Electrosurgery in Dentistry.

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Company, 1968.

Early edition of this work on the use of electrosurgery in modern dentistry. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustarted with black and white photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Dr. Walter Kindiak With sincere great wishes of the author. Maurice J. Oringer.” InContinue reading "Electrosurgery in Dentistry."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-147798

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Dickens, Charles

Sketches By Boz.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1839.

First edition of the new edition of one of Dickens’ collection of short pieces. Octavo, bound in full red calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, with forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition.Continue reading "Sketches By Boz."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-147629

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Thirty-Eight Star American Flag.

c. 1877.

Rare thirty-eight star American flag in use between July 4, 1877 when the state of Colorado was admitted into the Union as the 38th state and July 4, 1890 when North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Idaho were admitted as the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd states. In very good condition. The flagContinue reading "Thirty-Eight Star American Flag."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149349

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Columbus, Christopher

The Spanish Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant’ Angel: Escribano de Racion of the Kingdom of Aragon Dated 15 February 1493.

London : Bernard Quaritch, 1891.

First edition of the facsimile edition of Christopher Columbus’ letter to Luis de Santángel about his initial voyage to the Americas. Folio, half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding facsimile of letters at center. In very good condition, rebacked. An exceptional example, rare in this condition.

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147790

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Schulz, Charles M

Charles Schulz Peanuts Manuscript Mock-Up, Signed With Original Snoopy Drawing.

c. 1965.

Exceptionally rare original manuscript mock-up of Charles Schulz’s square-shaped Peanuts books. Manuscript booklet completely in the hand of Charles Schulz, featuring a full-page drawing, in pencil, of Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace, “Here I am flying high over the enemy lines.” Inscribed on the front page, “Frank – How would this be forContinue reading "Charles Schulz Peanuts Manuscript Mock-Up, Signed With Original Snoopy Drawing."

$10,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147846

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Hilton, Conrad

Be My Guest.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1957.

First edition of the autobiography of the influential hotel magnate and founder of Hilton Hotels. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge stained blue. Very good in a very good dust jacket. First editions are uncommon.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149608

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott

F. Scott Fitzgerald Collector’s Edition Set. Including: The Great Gatsby, Beautiful and Damned, Babylon Revisited, Last Tycoon, Tales of the Jazz Age, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1991.

First collector’s edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works by The Easton Press. Royal octavo, seven volumes, elaborately bound in full leather with various colors and designs with gilt titles to the spine in 5-9 compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, silk bookmarks, frontispieces. Illustrations by Frank Mayo, Mario Stasolla,Continue reading "F. Scott Fitzgerald Collector’s Edition Set. Including: The Great Gatsby, Beautiful and Damned, Babylon Revisited, Last Tycoon, Tales of the Jazz Age, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night"

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147877

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Jones, James

Some Came Running.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957.

First edition of the author’s major second novel about an aspiring Army veteran writer. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Jacket design by Greta Franzen. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-147568

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Flowers

Penn, Irving

Flowers.

New York : Harmony Books, 1980.

First edition of this iconic collection of photographs of flowers taken between 1967-1973. Quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Am exceptional example.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-84689

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[General William T. Sherman] [Ulysses S. Grant]

General Sherman’s Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant.

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Rare bronze sculpture of an elephant, most likely used as an ink well, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman’s, went on a “World Tour” after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a fewContinue reading "General Sherman’s Bronze Sculpture of an Elephant."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147816

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Johnston, Joseph Eggleston

Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso.

Washington : Printed at the Union Office, 1850.

First edition of this notable military report of important maps and plates of Texas in 1850. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and detailing stamped in blind, two large folding maps, illustrated with 72 plates excluding plates 2, 21, and 39 which were never published. Also including the Report of Capt. R.B.Continue reading "Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147863

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Tennyson, Lord Alfred

Tiresias and Other Poems.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1885.

First edition of this collection of poems by one of the most famous poets of the Victorian era. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by Lord Alfred Tennyson to his niece on the title page, “Cecilia from her affectionate Uncle Tennyson April 15th – 87.” Cecilia Tennyson was theContinue reading "Tiresias and Other Poems."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147858

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Major, R.H

The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus, Describing His Discovery of the New World.

London : Ellis & White, 1872.

First limited edition of this comprehensive bibliography cataloging the various editions and translations of Columbus’s first letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella describing his initial voyage to the ‘New World’. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary brown pebble-grained morocco with gilt titles to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus, Describing His Discovery of the New World."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147857

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Johnson, James [Editor]; Robert Burns [Contributor]

The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club. Instituted at Edinr. June 1771.

Edinburgh : James Johnson, 1787 and 1790.

First edition, first issue of this influential collection of traditional folk music of Scotland. Octavo, two volumes comprised of volumes one and three out of six, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spines, vignettes to the title pages, engraved throughout with musical stanzas. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Burns on theContinue reading "The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club. Instituted at Edinr. June 1771."

$26,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147856

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The Macallan [Ian Fleming]

The Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Giclée Print Collection.

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Limited edition 60th anniversary Giclée print collection marking the six decades of James Bond films with a collaboration between The Macallan and EON Productions. Square folio, pictorial boards, six tissue-guarded archival pigment prints on 300gsm smooth fine art paper made of 100 percent cotton each depicting a decade of James Bond. One of 471 numberedContinue reading "The Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Giclée Print Collection."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-147855

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Translated by George Sale

The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators.

London : Charles Daly, 1838.

New edition of George Sale’s important translation of the Koran, the first to translate directly from the Arabic into English. Octavo, original cloth with titles in gilt on the spine, frontispiece with engraved folding plate with plan and view of Mecca, folding engraved map with inset view of Mecca, and 3 engraved genealogical tables (2Continue reading "The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken from the Most Approved Commentators."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147826

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Chandler, Raymond

Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed.

1957.

Rare autograph postcards signed by Raymond Chandler to his secretary Jean Fracasse and her son Vincent. Duodecimo, two postcards of Palm Springs, California, dated 21 November 1957. Chandler and Vincent had bonded over playing darts, and in the postcard Chandler tells Vincent to “have the dartboard ready” and that he’d “like to get you .22 rifleContinue reading "Raymond Chandler Autograph Postcards Signed."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147854

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