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Roosevelt, Theodore

Fear God and Take Your Own Part.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1916.

First edition of this collection of essays by the twenty-sixth President of the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his younger sister on the half-title page, “Darling Corinne, read the first chapter and the conclusion, T.R. To Mrs. Douglas Robinson 9 E 63rd St New York.” In very goodContinue reading "Fear God and Take Your Own Part."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-132337

Weizmann, Chaim

Trial and Error.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.

First edition of the first president of Israel’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Weizmann. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Pam Affectionately Chaim Wiezmann.” Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-134391

Bailey, D. R. Shackleton. [Bernard Knox]

Cicero.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

First American edition of Baileys classic work on Cicero. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the HumanitiesContinue reading "Cicero."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-134285

Brantome [Pierre de Bourdeille]

Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].

Paris : Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.

First edition of Brantôme’s sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. this is number 940. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, particularly so in the original wrappers.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-132808

Carter, Jimmy

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.

New York : Bantam Books, 1982.

First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the  U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and LyndonContinue reading "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-132220

Lincoln, Abraham; Gideon Welles

Abraham Lincoln Signed Naval Commission.

April 21, 1864.

American naval commission signed by Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States and Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy. Folio, partially engraved on vellum the document is dated April 21, 1864 and promotes Charles W. Tracy to the rank of Lieutenant. In near fine condition. Matted and framed with a portrait of LincolnContinue reading "Abraham Lincoln Signed Naval Commission."

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$17,000.00
Item Number: RRB-132067

Aristotle. Translated by Theodoro Gaza

Aristotelis De Historia Animalium Libri. IX. [Bound with] De Partibus Animalium, & Earu Causis, Libri IIII; De Generatione Animalium Libri V; Hoc Volumine Continentur.

Parisiis : Ex officina Prigentii Caluarini ad Geminas Cyppas in Clauso Brunello, 1542.

Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle’s pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Octavo, bound in full polished calf, engraved title pages. Rebacked. In very good condition.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-133014

Churchill, Winston S

Winston S. Churchill Signed Walter Stoneman Photograph.

1942.

Silver gelatin print portrait of Winston Churchill by Walter Stoneman, boldly signed and dated by him, “Winston Churchill 1947” on the mount. Photographer’s stamp on verso. The photograph measures 9 inches by 6 inches. Celebrated war-time portrait of Churchill taken on 1 April 1942, by Walter Stoneman, self-styled “The Man’s Photographer.” In June 1897, heContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill Signed Walter Stoneman Photograph."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-132579

Hughes, Langston

The First Book of Africa.

New York : Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.

First edition of Hughes’ concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Allison, Stephen, and Alan- with the sincere regards of- Langston Hughes New York, PEN Club, October 17, 1960.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-132469
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