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Coolidge, Calvin

Calvin Coolidge Signed Consular Appointment.

Washington, D.C. March 13, 1925.

Fine consular appointment signed by Calvin Coolidge as President. One page, partially printed and accomplised in manuscript, the document appoints Samuel Sokobin a Consul of the United States at Harbin, China and reads in part: The President of the United States of America, To all who shall see these presents, Greeting: Know ye, that reposingContinue reading "Calvin Coolidge Signed Consular Appointment."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150468

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Coombs, David; Minnie Churchill [Winston S. Churchill]

Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings.

Delray Beach, Florida : Levenger Press, 2003.

Levenger limited edition of this definitive, comprehensive catalogue of over 500 oil paintings created by Winston Churchill. Quarto, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Churchill painting, profusely illustrated with Churchill’s oil paintings. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,141. In fine condition.Continue reading "Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-151021

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Howe, Daniel Walker

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

First edition of the historian’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel Walker Howe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rachel Perkins. Uncommon signed.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151042

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Ferguson, Niall

The World’s Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.

First British edition of Ferguson’s monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed the author in the year of publication, “Niall Ferguson 11.xii.98.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-151043

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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

The Constitution of Liberty.

London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960.

First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by F.A. Hayek on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151017

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Atkinson, Rick

The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry before one.” Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the frontContinue reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-151032

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Nostradamus, Michael

True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus Physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning.

London : Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672.

First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio, contemporary calf, title page printed in red and black. In very good condition. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf.

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-129189

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Atkinson, Rick

In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

First edition of this work by master story-teller, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-151035

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Hansen, James R. [Ryan Gosling] [Neil Armstrong]

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.

First edition of the authorized biography of the first man to touch the moon, basis for the 2018 starring Ryan Gosling as Armstrong. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the auuthor on the title page, “For Michael, All best wishes! James R. Hansen” and additionally signed by actor Ryan Gosling on the titleContinue reading "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151037

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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York : Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition, second printing that was published one month after the first printing of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth, top stain blue. Foreword by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150410

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Morgan, J. Pierpont

J. Pierpont Morgan Signed Railroad Mortgage Bond.

June 30, 1886.

First mortgage bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company in the amount of $1000, signed on the reverse by J. P. Morgan and H. C. Fahnestock as trustees. Unaccomplished and bound at the left edge with five pages of the original coupons, with 199 of 200 still present. In fine condition.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150475

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Letter and Inaugural Ticket.

New York March 3, 1881.

Letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. One page, on Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead, manuscript in another hand, the letter reads in full: New York March 8 1881 Hon Hubert O Thompson Commissioner of Public Works 31 Chambers St New York Dear Sir: I take great pleasureContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Signed Letter and Inaugural Ticket."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150473

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[Eldridge, John S.]

Boston, Hartford, and Erie Rail Road Company Bond.

[c. 1860s].

Handsomely engraved bond of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Rail Road Company in the amount of $1,000. One page, the bond is signed by John Seabury Eldridge as the company’s president. The lower portion retains 60 intact coupons. In fine condition. Triple matted and framed. The bond measures 13.5 inches by 25.5 inches. The entire piece measures 20.5Continue reading "Boston, Hartford, and Erie Rail Road Company Bond."

$950.00

Item Number: RRB-150470

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Roosevelt, Theodore; William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft Signed Military Appointment.

Washington, D.C. July 1, 1904.

Rare military appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President and William Howard Taft as Secretary of War. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, dated July 1 1904, the document appoints William L. Patterson as First Lieutenant in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States. Signed, “Theodore Roosevelt”Continue reading "Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft Signed Military Appointment."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150467

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Buchan, John

Men and Deeds.

London : Peter Davies, 1935.

First edition of this collection of historical essays and biographical sketches highlighting influential figures and pivotal events. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within stamped in blind bands, top edge gilt. In very good condition.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150847

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Atkinson, Rick

The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

Norwalk, CT : The Easton Press, 1989.

Signed limited first edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry before one.” Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated withContinue reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-151031

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Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London : Published by the Author, 1841.

First edition, later issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin. In very good condition with some toning to the spines. A very nice example with bright gilt decoration.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147786

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Crawford, Samuel W

Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter1860-1861.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.

Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of The Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, plans, map. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece’s husband) Charles Webster, initially to publishContinue reading "Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter1860-1861."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150840

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Durrell, Gerald [John Drinkall]

The Overloaded Ark.

London : Faber and Faber & The Book Society, 1953.

First edition of the Book Society edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth, top stain blue. Boldly signed by Gerald Durrell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Sabine Baur. Signed bookplate of John Drinkall, who was a distinguished British diplomat whose career in theContinue reading "The Overloaded Ark."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-150367

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Schelling, Thomas C

National Income Behavior: An Introduction to Algebraic Analysis.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket with light wear.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-25056

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Baldwin, James; Schapiro, Steve

The Fire Next Time.

Koln : Taschen, 2019.

First illustrated edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro on the title page.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-150898

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Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns

The American Revolution: An Intimate History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

First edition of this compendium volume to Burns’ Revolution. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ken Burns on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-151019

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Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns

The American Revolution: An Intimate History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

First edition of this compendium volume to Burns’ Revolution. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ken Burns on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-151019

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Burns, Ken; Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan

Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Quarto, original original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-150841

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