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Churchill, Winston S

Marlborough: His Life and Times.

London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933-38.

First editions of Churchill’s magisterial biography of his notable ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. Boldly signed and dated by Winston Churchill in the year of publication on the front free endpaper ofContinue reading "Marlborough: His Life and Times."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144235

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Bernanke, Ben

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Later printing of this collection of lectures given by the former chief of the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Best wishes Ben Bernanke.” Also laid in is a signed business card from Bernanke. In near fine condition.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-147189

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Deaton, Angus

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Rogers Angus Deaton.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jason Alejandro.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147447

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Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks Photograph Signed.

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Rare iconic photograph of Rosa Parks “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement,” signed by her. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147223

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment.

1906.

Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as twenty-sixth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the document is dated 18 January, 1906 and appoints Fred H. Soleel as “an Ensign in the Navy.” Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry. Handsomely cloth-matted andContinue reading "Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147219

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Roosevelt, Jr, Theodore

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray.

1924.

Rare engraved silverplate presentation tray. Oval silverplate tray with wire loop sides interrupted on each long side with a vacant panel, raised on flattened bun feet. Engraved in the center, “With best wishes from his old C.G. To one of the most gallant of his officers on the happiest and most important event in hisContinue reading "Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147200

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McCullough, David

The Pioneers.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-147398

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Cormier, Richard L. 'Zeke'; Walter M. 'Wally' Schirra; Phillip R. 'Rat' Wood; Barrett Tillman

Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy.

St. Paul, MN : Phalanx Publishing Co, 1996.

First edition, early printing of this collection of flying stories. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page by Captain Phillip Wood, “9/6/96 Tailhook To Ozzy: A great Tailhooker Warrior. Big A little F but still one of the finest. ‘Rat'” and Barrett Tillman, “To Ozzy:Continue reading "Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147212

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Clark, Alan

The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998.

First edition of this personal account of modern Conservatives in government. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Alan Clark 22 IX.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-147117

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[Scorsese, Martin]; David Fear

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie.

New York : Assouline, 2023.

First edition of this magnificent film journal. Small folio, original cloth with photographic cover label to the front panel, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese on the half title page, “For Margaret in thanks & love M Scorsese.” In fine condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147190

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Brandt, Charles [Al Pacino]

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.

Hanover, NH : Steerforth Press, 2004.

First edition of “the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all” (Steven Van Zandt), basis for the 2019 Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Brenda, Darryl tells me you’reContinue reading "I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147472

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Van der Hooght, Everardo

Biblia Hebraica, Secundum Ultimam Editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johanne Leusden, Denuo Recognitum, Recensita Variisque Notis Latinis Illustrata, ab Everardo Van Der Hooght. Editio Prima Americana, Sine Punctis Masorethicis.

Philadelphia : Printed by William Fry for Thomas Dobson, 1814.

Very rare first edition of the first Hebrew Bible published in America. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, including half-titles and front and rear blanks, as well as scarce publisher’s notice in volume one (not found in all examples); Van der Hooght’s four leaf Preface bound in at front of second volume, moroccoContinue reading "Biblia Hebraica, Secundum Ultimam Editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johanne Leusden, Denuo Recognitum, Recensita Variisque Notis Latinis Illustrata, ab Everardo Van Der Hooght. Editio Prima Americana, Sine Punctis Masorethicis."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147438

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Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

New York : Vintage Books, 2006.

Later printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Kai Bird. In near fine condition. Cover design by Stephanie Kloss.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147490

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Frank, Philipp [Albert Einstein]

Einstein: His Life And Times.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.

First edition of this classic work by Frank, a famed contemporary of Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the subject in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “A. Einstein 47.” Translated from a German manuscript by George Rosen. Edited and Revised by Shuichi Kusaka. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. RareContinue reading "Einstein: His Life And Times."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147192

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Grant, Ulysses S.; Hamilton Fish; Leonard Wood; Joseph Wheeler

Ulysses S. Grant, Hamilton Fish, Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler Autographs.

: N.p., [1874-1902].

Autographs of President Ulysses S. Grant, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, and United States Army Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler. Octavo, one page. Signed by Grant, “U. S. Grant.” Additionally signed and dated by Wheeler (“Joseph Wheeler Genl. USA. Apl. 11. 1902″), Wood (Leonard Wood Army Genl USA June 30th 1902”), and Fish (“HamiltonContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant, Hamilton Fish, Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler Autographs."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146684

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Einstein, Albert

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph.

1952.

Rare original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Albert Einstein. Signed “A Einstein 52.” Full-length group portrait showing Albert Einstein standing with Hadassah National President Rebecca Beldner Shulman and others at his Princeton home in June of 1952 during a celebration marking the commencement of building of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.Continue reading "Albert Einstein Signed Photograph."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-72091

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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Deborah L. Rhode's Speaking of Sex; Inscribed by Rhode to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rhode, Deborah L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997.

First edition of this analysis of sex and gender-based inequality in the United States. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues – and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect, Deborah.” From the library ofContinue reading "Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147158

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Kennedy, John F

The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner [John F. Kennedy Signed Program].

1961.

The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner held at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on December 5, 1961, boldly signed by President John F. Kennedy and college Hall of Famer Marshall Goldberg below. President John F. Kennedy gave the address at the annual awards dinner for the National Football FoundationContinue reading "The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner [John F. Kennedy Signed Program]."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-124804

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[Roosevelt, Franklin D.]

Traitors Three.

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Rare original broadside printing of this anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt and anti-New Deal poem. Duodecimo, original paper. In good condition with some toning.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147125

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Kammen, Michael [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Early printing of this analysis of the United States’ relationship with its constitution. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece of ‘Washington Giving the Laws to America’ by J. P. Elven, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “March, 1987, To Judge Ginsburg, From the “boys in the back room” – Jay, Mark, & David.”Continue reading "A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147157

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Thomas, Keith

Religion and the Decline of Magic.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Diane Large.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-144493

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Reiser, Anton. [Albert Einstein]

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait.

New York : Albert & Charles Boni, 1930.

First edition, early printing of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein’s stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. In near fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-144683

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Hofstadter, Richard

The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s pivotal volume of essays, including the title work that expresses his alarm at “the arena of uncommonly angry minds” that dominates the nation’s politics, manufacturing a “vast and sinister conspiracy… as the motive force in historical events… Time is forever just running out.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fineContinue reading "The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-147147

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La Guardia, Fiorello H

My Choice for President.

New York : N.p., c. 1940.

Rare printing of the Mayor of New York’s radio address in support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition with an ownership signature to the front panel.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147122

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