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Franklin, John Hope

Reconstruction After the Civil War.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1961.

First edition of the historian’s study of the Reconstruction era. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charlie Harris, with the sincerest best wishes of John Hope Franklin.” The recipient, Charles F. Harris, was a pioneering African American publishing executive who began his publishing career at DoubledayContinue reading "Reconstruction After the Civil War."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-90369

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Truman, Harry S. and Adlai Stevenson

Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson Signed Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of American statesmen Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Inscribed by Harry Truman, “Kind regards to Ken Browne, Harry Truman” and by Stevenson, “For Ken Browne with best wishes Adlai S. Stevenson.” Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-99835

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Wieser, Friedrich von

Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.

London : George Allen & Unwin, 1927.

First British edition of von Wieser’s great sociological study. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-96798

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Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York : Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1934.

First edition, second printing of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Melbourne S. Moyer with the best wishes of Benj. Graham Jan 1935.” The recipient, Melbourne Moyer was a contemporary of Graham andContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."

$60,000.00

Item Number: RRB-99745

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Frank, Anne

Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].

Amsterdam : Contact, 1947.

First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher’s white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Very good in the dust jacket which is in very good condition with some professionalContinue reading "Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank]."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96773

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Boorstin, David

The Americans: The Colonial Experience.

New York : Random House, 1973.

Later printing of the final volume in Boorstin’s The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Lydia A. Bogdoyan with admiration and warm regards from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 23, 1976.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-96031

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Peterson, Eugene H

The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language.

Colorodo : Navpress, 2002.

First edition of the Message translation of the Bible. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Eugene Peterson on the half-title page, who has written out the opening verse of Genesis, “For John- The peace of our Lord Eugene H. Peterson 23 April 2015 First this: God created the heavens and the earth- All youContinue reading "The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-98995

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Kahneman, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gene Crofts.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-44758

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Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, bound in original full red morocco by Putnam’s deluxe issue binding, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and CharlesContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-98320

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Kirzner, Israel M

Market Theory and the Price System.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2011.

First edition of the second volume of the collected works of Kirzner. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Peter J. Boettke and Frédéric Sautet.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-104622

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Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen

Freud, Sigmund

Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen.

Leipzig : Felix Meiner, 1925.

First offprint edition of this work by Freud. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece of Freud. Association copy, inscribed by Freud to his niece Lucy Wiener on the front panel, “onkel Sigm.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-102984

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Yeager, Chuck

Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-1 Speed of Sound Auto Rocket.

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Model of the Bell X-1, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 14 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 11 inches in width. In near fine condition.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-100398

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Darling, Jay N. [Herbert Hoover]

As Ding Saw Hoover.

Ames, Iowa : The Iowa State College Press, 1954.

First edition of “Ding” Darling’s editorial cartoons regarding President Hoover. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne the good wishes of Herbert Hoover.” Additionally inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To the Ken Brownes With warm appreciation of friendship andContinue reading "As Ding Saw Hoover."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-102472

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Yeager, Chuck

Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane.

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Display model of the Bell X-5 experimental research plane, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 8.5 inches in height, 13 inches in height and 8.5 inches in width. In fine condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-103598

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Spencer, Cornelia

Nehru of India.

New York : The John Day Company, 1948.

First edition of this biography of Nehru. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front free endpaper, “To Jean with Love, Mother Cornelia Spencer June 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-103269

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Wouk, Herman

This Is My God.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition of Wouk’s classic introduction to Judaism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David and Dan in memory of Uncle Alex Herman Wouk. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Robert Galster.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-49878

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Beny, Roloff (Vivien Leigh)

A Time of Gods.

London : Thames and Hudson, 1962.

First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, “For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in earlyContinue reading "A Time of Gods."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-74016

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von Mises, Ludwig

Epistemological Problems of Economics.

Princeton, New Jersey : D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.

First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by Ludwig von Mises on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. TranslatedContinue reading "Epistemological Problems of Economics."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-96745

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Herodotus; Translated by Isaac Littlebury

The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury.

London : Printed for Edward Castle and Sam Buckley, 1709.

First complete edition in English of Littlebury’s translation of the histories of Herodotus, also the first appearance in English since Thomas Marshe’s 1584 incomplete translation of only the first two books. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, red moroccoContinue reading "The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96521

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Palladio, Andreas

Traicté des Cinq Ordres d’Architecture desquels se sont seruy les Anciens Traduit du Palladio Par Le Sr. Le Muet.

Paris : F.Langlois, 1645.

First edition of Le Muet’s free translation of Palladio’s treatise and the second edition of Le Muet’s L’Art de Bien Bastir, first published in 1623. Two volumes bound into one, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved frontispiece to the second book, woodcut initials, illustrated with numerous full page architectural engravings and diagrams throughout. In veryContinue reading "Traicté des Cinq Ordres d’Architecture desquels se sont seruy les Anciens Traduit du Palladio Par Le Sr. Le Muet."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-96516

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Merton, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. [Kenneth J. Arrow]

Continuous-Time Finance.

Oxford and Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell, 1990.

First edition of Merton’s landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization, inscribed by Merton to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson atContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-95789

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Reagan, Ronald. [John F. Kennedy]

Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait.

1967.

Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connally, Tim Babcock, Jack Williams, Don Samuelson, John J. McKeith, Walter J. Hickel, and others. With a 13-cent “John F. Kennedy” stamp, cancelled on the anniversary ofContinue reading "Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-94707

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von Mises, Ludwig

Bureaucracy.

London : William Hodge & Company, 1945.

First edition of this early work by von Mises. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ludgwig Mises on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by von Mises.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-99538

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Drucker, Peter F

The Future of Industrial Man.

New York : The John Day Company, 1942.

First edition of Drucker’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent example in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon, especially signed.

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-99512

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