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Palladio, Andreas

Traicté des Cinq Ordres d’Architecture desquels se sont seruy les Anciens Traduit du Palladio Par Le Sr. Le Muet.

Paris : F.Langlois, 1645.

First edition of Le Muet’s free translation of Palladio’s treatise and the second edition of Le Muet’s L’Art de Bien Bastir, first published in 1623. Two volumes bound into one, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved frontispiece to the second book, woodcut initials, illustrated with numerous full page architectural engravings and diagrams throughout. In veryContinue reading "Traicté des Cinq Ordres d’Architecture desquels se sont seruy les Anciens Traduit du Palladio Par Le Sr. Le Muet."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-96516

Merton, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. [Kenneth J. Arrow]

Continuous-Time Finance.

Oxford and Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell, 1990.

First edition of Merton’s landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization, inscribed by Merton to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson atContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-95789

Reagan, Ronald. [John F. Kennedy]

Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait.

1967.

Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connally, Tim Babcock, Jack Williams, Don Samuelson, John J. McKeith, Walter J. Hickel, and others. With a 13-cent “John F. Kennedy” stamp, cancelled on the anniversary ofContinue reading "Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait."

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-94707

Popper, Karl R

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.

New York : Basic Books, 1962.

First edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Rudi greatest of pianists and for me the only one with love from Karl March 28th, 1963.” The recipient, Rudolf Serkin, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters ofContinue reading "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge."

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$9,200.00
Item Number: RRB-77942

Kauper, Paul G. (Bill Clinton)

Religion and the Constitution.

Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, 1964.

First edition of this collection of lectures devoted to contemporary questions regarding religion in its relation to the constitutional order. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Bill Clinton on the front free endpaper, “5 – 14 – 66 Georgetown University To Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mackey, This little book is a glowing testimonial to the freedom ofContinue reading "Religion and the Constitution."

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$6,200.00
Item Number: RRB-95273

Card, David and Alan B. Krueger

Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1995.

First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. “For John As we say at the close of the book, we think that the methods we have laid out can lead to a clearer understanding of the labor market…Best wishes David Card.” AlsoContinue reading "Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-78635

Fisher, Irving

Stable Money.

New York : Adelphi Publishers, 1934.

First edition of Fisher’s classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Laid in is the original publisher’s slip which reads “In recognition of pioneer support of the movement for a Stable Measure of Value. Copy no. 660 of the first edition of Stable Money: A History of the Movement is inscribed to Fenton Lawson.” The slipContinue reading "Stable Money."

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-96551

Mulroney, Brian [Bill Clinton]

Memoirs 1939-1993.

Toronto : McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007.

First edition of the 18th prime minister of Canada’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton, “For Bill, with friendship, admiration, and respect, Brian Mulroney.” Mulroney visited Clinton in June of 1993, only days before the end ofContinue reading "Memoirs 1939-1993."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-96550

Dien, Charles

Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Celestial Table Globe.

Paris : Sold by W. & S. Jones, c. 1845.

Rare mid-19th century Charles Dien celestial table globe. The globe measures 11.5 inches in diameter with an engraved longitude ring and brass latitude ring. Mounted on brass and mahogany stand. The globe contains twelve bodies including the sun and earth with its moon. The entire piece measures 18 inches in height. French astronomer and cosmographer CharlesContinue reading "Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Celestial Table Globe."

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$6,200.00
Item Number: RRB-97888

Dien, Charles

Globe Classique, Nouvelle Edition: Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Terrestrial Table Globe.

Paris : Sold by W. & S. Jones, 1844.

Rare mid-19th century French terrestrial table globe: Charles Dien’s The Globe Classique, Nouvelle edition. The globe measures 10 inches in diameter with an engraved longitude ring and brass latitude ring. Mounted on brass and mahogany stand. The globe is composed of hand-colored paper gores over a plaster sphere. The entire piece measures 20 inches inContinue reading "Globe Classique, Nouvelle Edition: Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Terrestrial Table Globe."

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$6,200.00
Item Number: RRB-96538

Engels, Frederick. [Friedrich]

The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. With Appendix Written 1886, and Preface 1887. Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky.

New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1887.

Scarce first edition in English of Engels’s classic account of the universal condition of the industrial working class, the forerunner to Karl Marx’s Das Capital. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, beveling to the front and rear panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition, name to the title page. Translated byContinue reading "The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. With Appendix Written 1886, and Preface 1887. Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky."

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$18,000.00
Item Number: RRB-96249

Paine, Thomas

Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Plain Truth, Rights of Man Parts I & II, and An Answer to Pain’s Rights of Man.

J. Almon, J.S. Jordan, and J. Stockdale : London, 1776-1793.

Finely bound collection of the works of Thomas Paine, including the rare first British editions of Common Sense and Plain Truth (London: J. Almon, 1776), second editions of Rights of Man Parts I & II (London: J.S. Jordan, 1791-1792), complete with half-titles present, and a rare early printing of John Quincy Adams’ response to Paine’sContinue reading "Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Plain Truth, Rights of Man Parts I & II, and An Answer to Pain’s Rights of Man."

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$60,000.00
Item Number: RRB-96237

Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and Robert F. Hebert

A History of Economic Theory and Method.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975.

First edition of this classic work. Small quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Robert Ekelund on the half-title page, “For John Rogers- For it is this understanding which, in part, promotes a climate of freedom within which fruitful and genuinely new ideas- and the science of economics- can progress and prosper. With allContinue reading "A History of Economic Theory and Method."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-72763

Schein, Edgar H

The Art of Managing Human Resources.

: Oxford University Press, .

First edition of this work on management. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor opposite the title page, “In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing culture.” All the best, John Ed H. Schein March 29,Continue reading "The Art of Managing Human Resources."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-87844
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