Edison, Thomas Alva
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
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Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
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Item Number: RRB-55002
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von Neumann, John; John F. Nash; Kenneth J. Arrow; Robert J. Aumann; Philip Wolfe; John Milnor; Martin Shubik; W.H. Fleming, Lloyd Shapley, et al. Edited by Harold W. Kuhn & A.W. Tucker
Contributions To The Theory Of Games Volumes 1-IV.
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1950-1959.
First edition of each work in this ground-breaking four volume work on game theory. Octavo, 4 volumes, original orange wrappers. Volume one is signed by contributors John von Neumann and John Nash on the title page. Contains the article by the Nobel Prize-winning economist entitled, “A Simple Three Person Poker Game.” Volume II is signedContinue reading "Contributions To The Theory Of Games Volumes 1-IV."
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Item Number: RRB-48080
Hoover, Herbert
Addresses Upon The American Road Complete Set.
New York : Scribners and Van Nostrand and Stanford University Press, 1938-1955.
Signed and inscribed set of President Hoover’s famed addresses given upon the American Road. Octavo, 7 volumes. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Volume one is inscribed, “To my good friend Lewis Stevens from Herbert Hoover.” Volume 2, “Same as volume I with affection Herbert Hoover.” Volume 3, “SameContinue reading "Addresses Upon The American Road Complete Set."
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Item Number: RRB-48016
Foxe, John. [Wright, Paul]
The New and Complete Book of Martyrs, or, An Universal History of Martyrdom: Being Fox’s Book of Martyrs.
London : Printed for Alex Hogg, 1784.
Folio, bound in full brown calf, gilt title and tooling to the spine, front and rear panel, raised bands. Engraved frontispiece, copiously illustrated with engravings throughout. In very good condition with some spotting.
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Item Number: RRB-54022
Barton, Clara
Clara Barton Signed Photograph.
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Signed photograph of Clara Barton wearing a Red Cross collar pin, boldly signed by Clara Barton. Published by Mathew Brady of Washington, D.C. Matted and framed. The photograph measures 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 14.75 inches. In fine condition. Photographs signed by Clara Barton are rare.
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Item Number: RRB-53042
Edison, Thomas Alva
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
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Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison showing him in his library with hands clasped. Inscribed by Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
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Item Number: RRB-53017
Kai-shek, Chiang and Madame
General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937.
First edition of this autobiography of Chiang Kai-shek. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the half-title page in Chinese by Chiang Kai-shek and in English by Mei-ling Soong Chiang, former First Lady of the Republic of China, 1948-1975. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Exceptionally rare signed by both Chiang andContinue reading "General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian."
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Item Number: RRB-48012
Bacallar y Sanna, Vicente
Comentarios de la guerra de España, e historia de su Rey Phelipe V el Animoso: Volumes I & II.
Genoa : Matheo Garvizza, 1725.
First edition of this commentary, which covers the reign of King Philip V of Spain and The War of the Spanish Succession. Octavo, 2 volumes, contemporary tree calf, morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
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Item Number: RRB-51019
Sen, Amartya
The Idea of Justice.
Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Amartya Sen on the half-title page. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-50068
Introduction by O.M. Green
Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.
Shanghai : Kelly and Walsh, 1927.
First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt background, mounted photo label. Introduction by Owen Mortimer Green. Later editions included 50 photographs. In very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-49089
Pantaleoni, Maffeo
Pure Economics.
London : Macmillan and Co, 1898.
First edition in English of the economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by T. Boston Bruce. In very good condition with some rubbing to the cloth, name to the front pastedown. First editions are rare.
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Item Number: RRB-49088
Glazer, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, “perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed and dated by Nathan Glazer on the title page. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some edge wear and chips.
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Item Number: RRB-49014
Merton, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson
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. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Inscribed by Robert C. Merton on the title page. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these two Nobel Prize-winningContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."
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Item Number: RRB-49003
Shubik, Martin [Benoit Mandelbrot]
The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions.
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999.
First editions of Shubik’s work regarding the theory of money. Octavo, 2 volumes. Association copies, both volumes are inscribed by Martin Shubik to Benoit Mandelbrot. Volume one is signed, “To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin S. June 7, 2000. P.S. You made an error. You were going to get aContinue reading "The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions."
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Item Number: RRB-49001
Drucker, Peter F
The End of Economic Man: A Study of the New Totalitarianism.
New York : John Day, 1939.
First edition of Drucker’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.
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Item Number: RRB-48008
Madison, Charles A
American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.
New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Hod and Helen In friendship Charles A. Madison 5-11-50.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with some small chips and tears.
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Item Number: RRB-47071
Rehnquist, William H.; Byron White; Bill Clinton and Al Gore
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Byron White Signed 1993 Inaugural Program.
1993.
Program for the inauguration ceremony of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Signed by both Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Byron White. Rehnquist had administered the oath of office to Bill Clinton, and White had administered the oath of office to Al Gore. First Day Cancellation stamp dated January 20, 1993. It measures 6 inches by 8.75Continue reading "Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Byron White Signed 1993 Inaugural Program."
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Item Number: RRB-48065
Clark, John Bates
Essentials of Economic Theory: As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy.
New York : The Macmillan Company, 1909.
First edition of this early work by John Bates Clark. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light marginala.
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Item Number: RRB-67031
Millett, Kate
Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1970.
First edition of the author’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kate Millett on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz.
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Item Number: RRB-46008
Lewis Allen, Frederick; Agnes Rogers
I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941.
New York: : Harper & Brother Publishers, 1947.
First edition of this illustrated work of the American people in the early twentieth century. Quarto, original illustrated cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors, “For Dick Lounsbury with the best wishes of the assemblers: Agnes Rogers” and also signed by Frederick Lewis Allen. In very good condition with The Knickerbocker Club stamp inContinue reading "I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941."
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Item Number: RRB-45091
Jones, Alfred Winslow
Life, Liberty, and Property: A Story of Conflict and a Measurement of Conflicting Rights.
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. Laid in is an advertisement to purchase war bonds. Rare in the original dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-45087
Baumol, William J.; Robert E. Litan; Carl J. Schramm
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Warmly inscribed by Baumol on the front free endpaper, “To ___ ____ from a grateful author Will Baumol.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-45006
Grant, Ulysses S
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Engraving.
Washington, D.C 1871.
Portrait engraving of President Ulysses S. Grant. Boldly signed U.S. Grant. The engraving measures 5.5 inches by 4 inches. This portrait engraving produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In near fine condition, affixed to an 8 inch by 10 inch sheet bearing a small note. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5Continue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Signed Engraving."
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Item Number: RRB-44047
'de Medici, Marie
Marie de Medici Signed Document.
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Letter signed by Marie ‘de Medici. Signed “Marie,” dated September 12, 1613. Letter to M. de Bouthwoud, the president of the Parliament at Rouen, ordering him in the name of her son to convene and supervise the convocation of the Parliament. At this time Marie de Medici was regent for her son, Louis XIII, whoContinue reading "Marie de Medici Signed Document."
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Item Number: RRB-44039
The New and Complete Book of Martyrs, or, An Universal History of Martyrdom: Being Fox’s Book of Martyrs.
Fine Bindings and Sets
$2,200.00
RRB-54022
General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian.
Biography and Autobiography
$9,800.00
RRB-48012
Comentarios de la guerra de España, e historia de su Rey Phelipe V el Animoso: Volumes I & II.
First Edition
$850.00
RRB-51019
Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.
Art and Architecture
$1,750.00
RRB-49089
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
First Edition
$350.00
RRB-49014
The End of Economic Man: A Study of the New Totalitarianism.
Economics and Finance
$8,800.00
RRB-48008
American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.
Economics and Finance
$50.00
RRB-47071
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Byron White Signed 1993 Inaugural Program.
First Edition
$850.00
RRB-48065
Essentials of Economic Theory: As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy.
Economics and Finance
$450.00
RRB-67031
Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.
First Edition
$975.00
RRB-46008
I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941.
Economics and Finance
$400.00
RRB-45091
Life, Liberty, and Property: A Story of Conflict and a Measurement of Conflicting Rights.
First Edition
$450.00
RRB-45087
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity.
Economics and Finance
$300.00
RRB-45006