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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. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. A very sharp example, uncommon in the dust jacket.

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-145921
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Morris, James [Jan]

Sultan in Oman: Venture Into The Middle East.

New York : Pantheon, 1957.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-144487
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Morris, Edmund

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.

New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979.

Later printing of the first book in the author’s acclaimed Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Edmund Morris on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Regine de Toledo. Author photograph by Ian Keown.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-145164
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Lindbergh, Charles A

Of Flight and Life.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Elizabeth Bartky with much affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An excellent association.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-144539
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Kahneman, Daniel

Attention and Effort.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1973.

First edition of the Nobel laureate’s influential first book, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, “For William D. Kahneman.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name toContinue reading "Attention and Effort."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140270
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Piketty, Thomas

Capital In the Twenty-First Century.

Cambridge, MA : The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.

First edition of Piketty’s magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Thomas Piketty on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graciela Golup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-144401
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Kotter, John P. and James L. Heskett

Corporate Culture and Performance.

New York : The Free Press, 1992.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by REM Studio. Rare and desirable signed.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145992
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Carpenter, M. Scott; Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr., Glenn, John H., Jr., Grissom, Virgil I., Schirra, Walter M., Jr., Shepard, Alan B., Jr., Slayton, Donald K.

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mercury Seven Astronauts on the front free endpaper, “Bob Best wishes- Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by PaulContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-144379
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Gillon, Diana And Meir. [Winston Churchill]

Vanquish The Angel.

London : Constable, 1955.

First edition of this novel, inscribed by both authors to Winston Churchill. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to Winston Churchill, “As a humble gift to a giant of our age, Diana Gillon, Meir Gillon, March 12th 1955.” Very good in aContinue reading "Vanquish The Angel."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145911
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Sheehan, Neil

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.

New York : Random House, 1988.

First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “May 17, 1989 To Comdr. Barbara Williams, USN, Who cares! With All Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan.” Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-145959
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King, Martin Luther] Lerone Bennett, Jr

What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Chicago : Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1964.

First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Congratulations on your leadership and success. King said, “A man who dies for something is not fit to live.” For John Thanks! Lerone 12/8/15.” Near fine in a very good dustContinue reading "What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-144899
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Elizabeth II, Queen and Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.

1954.

Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, signed by Queen Elizabeth II, “Elizabeth R 1954” and Prince Philip, “Philip.” Removed from the official Royal 1954 Christmas card. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. Matted and attractively framed. The entire pieceContinue reading "Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145203
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Gandhi, Mahatma [Mohandas K.]

Gandhi’s Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.

Washington, D.C : Public Affairs Press, 1948.

First edition of Gandhi’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Translated from the original Gujarati by Mahadev Desai.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-144680
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Campbell, Joseph

The Hero With A Thousand Faces.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1949.

First edition of Joseph Campbell’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 22 textual drawings, 12 plates. Boldly signed by Joseph Campbell on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed.

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145938
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Kirzner, Israel M

The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics.

London and New York : Routledge, 1992.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John Rogers- Israel M. Kirzner, February 25th 15.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-144788
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Spencer, Herbert, [Charles Darwin]

The Study of Sociology.

London : Henry S. King & Co, 1873.

First edition, association copy of famed English philosopher Herbert Spencer’s classic work on the evolution of society; presented and inscribed by him to Charles Darwin. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, dark green endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Charles Darwin with the Author’s kind regards.”Continue reading "The Study of Sociology."

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$110,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141586
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Johnson, Hugh

Wine.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1966.

First edition of this early work by the foremost wine expert in the world. Quarto, original cloth, with line drawings by Owen Wood, seven color maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145332
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Gilbert, Martin

Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: The Stricken World: 1916-1922.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975.

First American edition of the fourth volume in the official biography of Winston S. Churchill. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and maps, photographic frontispiece of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-144772
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Churchill, Randolph S

Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.

London : Heinemann, 1966-1967.

First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, top edges red, illustrated with photographs, frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill as second lieutenant, 4th Hussars, 1895. Each volumeContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900."

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$350.00
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Churchill, Randolph S

Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III.

London : Heinemann, 1967-1969.

First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill in 1904. Each volume is near fine inContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-144722
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Gilbert, Martin

Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: 1916-1922. [with] Volume IV Companion Parts I, II, and III.

London : Heinemann, 1975-1977.

First edition of the fourth volume in the official multi-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill; complete with all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-144335
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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.

First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-144548
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Rorty, Richard

Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-144896
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Churchill, Winston S

A Roving Commission: My Early Life.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.

New American edition of Churchill’s acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Introduction by Dorothy Thompson. Good in a good dust jacket with chipping to the spine and extremities. Full-page gift inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-145062
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