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Teller, Edward O.; Francis Owen Rice

The Structure of Matter.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.

First edition, second printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theoryContinue reading "The Structure of Matter."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146896
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Hillary, Edmund

Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.

Washington, D.C : National Geographic Society, 2003.

Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, “Ed Hillary.” In near fine condition.Continue reading "Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-146008
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New York Monuments Commission [William Tecumseh Sherman]

In Memoriam: Henry Warner Slocum 1826-1894.

Albany : J.B. Lyon Company, 1904.

First edition of this work dedicated to the memory of an esteemed Union general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cloth, botanical endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Henry Warner Slocum, illustrated with twenty-six additional photographic plates and four folding maps. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature.Continue reading "In Memoriam: Henry Warner Slocum 1826-1894."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-145997
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King, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman]

The True Ulysses S. Grant.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914.

First edition of this biography of soldier, statesman, and president Ulysses S. Grant; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Grant as Major-General Commanding in the West, illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. Accompanied by aContinue reading "The True Ulysses S. Grant."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-145931
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[William Tecumseh Sherman]

Album von Berlin.

: Jewish Welfare Board, .

Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven heliotint pages in a folding album, original envelope wrappers, illustrated. Fine in good wrappers with some rubbing and closed tears, a few losses to the extremities.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145990
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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York : The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable, especiallyContinue reading "The Fire Next Time."

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-146233
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Washington, George

George Washington Signed Appointment of the First Surveyor General.

Philadelphia May 13, 1796.

Rare manuscript document boldly signed by George Washington as the first President of the United States of American appointing the first Surveyor General of the United States. One page, oblong quarto, manuscript document in a secretarial hand on vellum, Philadelphia, 13 May 1796, signed at the conclusion, “G. Washington” and countersigned by Timothy Pickering, SecretaryContinue reading "George Washington Signed Appointment of the First Surveyor General."

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$30,000.00
Item Number: RRB-145490
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Rollin, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman]

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians Macedonias and Grecians.

New York : George Long, 1830.

First edition of this historical collection of travel accounts; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full calf with gilt titles and labels to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Charles Rollin to Vol. I, folding map of the City of Syracuse besieged by the Athenians to Vol II, foldingContinue reading "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians Macedonias and Grecians."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-145753
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Vestal, Stanley

Kit Carson: The Happy Warrior of the Old West.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

First edition of this biography of a frontier legend; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original maroon cloth, cartographic endpapers, top stain brown, frontispiece portrait of Kit Carson. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf beneath his ownership signature. In very good condition with light bumping to the crown and foot ofContinue reading "Kit Carson: The Happy Warrior of the Old West."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-145968
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Franklin, Benjamin; Notes by George Simpson Eddy

Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1928.

Benjamin Franklin’s ledger and journal from 1728-1939 from The American Philosophical Society’s ‘Papers of Benjamin Franklin’; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small quarto, original wrappers. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper. In very good condition with light rubbing and closed tears to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.Continue reading "Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-145950
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Amicis, Edmondo de; Translated by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Spain and the Spaniards.

Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Co, 1895.

Early American edition of this exceptional piece of travel writing translated from the original Italian; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, two volumes, publisher’s decorated boards, top edge gilt, original silk ribbons, frontispiece of The Immaculate Conception, by Murillo to Vol. I and the Fountain in the Court of Lions, Albambra to Vol.Continue reading "Spain and the Spaniards."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-145934
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Coolidge, Calvin

Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed.

Northampton July 4,1930.

Rare typed letter signed by Calvin Coolidge to the Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts Ralph Bauer. One page, octavo, the letter reads in full, “Thank you for the birthday remembrance. It was good of you to think of me.” In fine condition. Attractively matted and framed with a portrait and biographical caption. The entire piece measures 23.75 inchesContinue reading "Calvin Coolidge Typed Letter Signed."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145864
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Tingay, Lance. [Carlos Alcaraz]

100 Years of Wimbledon.

London : Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1977.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Barry Newcombe, the most esteemed of colleagues Lance Tingay.” Additionally signed by Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-146249
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Kennedy, John F

Profiles in Courage.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1956.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. An exceptional example.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-144316
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