Roosevelt, Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt White House Signed Engraving.
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Rare signed White House engraving, boldly signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-119491
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Schindler, Oskar
Oskar Schindler Document Collection.
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Rare collection of original documents primarily obtained by Oskar and Emilie Schindler in preparation for their post-WWII emigration to Argentina in 1949. The collection includes a color photograph of Schindler seated on a couch annotated by him on the verso, “1957 in Amerika”, an Italian emigration certificate dated September 1949 authorizing Emilie Schindler to travelContinue reading "Oskar Schindler Document Collection."
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Item Number: RRB-118106
King Edward VIII
House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne.
1936.
Rare extract from the printed Minutes and a singular moment in British royal history. “Abdication of Edward R. I.” in blue pencil at top right. Framed such that both sides of the document can be read, visible portion of the unfolded sheet measures 16 x 12.5 inches; frame measures 22.5 inches by 20 inches. InContinue reading "House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne."
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Item Number: RRB-119889
Stark, Freya
A Winter in Arabia.
London : John Murray, 1945.
Early printing of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon in theContinue reading "A Winter in Arabia."
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Item Number: RRB-119310
Wright, Richard
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
New York : The Viking Press, 1941.
First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by EdwinContinue reading "12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States."
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Item Number: RRB-119447
Foner, Eric and Olivia Mahoney
A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln.
New York : 1990, CHS/ W.W. Norton & Company.
First edition of this early work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by both Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Steinbrenner.
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Item Number: RRB-119339
Churchill, Winston S., Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook, Clement Attlee
Large Photograph Signed Winston S. Churchill and Signed by 43 Other Leaders Including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee
London May 1944.
Winston Churchill at the wartime meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, signed by him and 43 other world leaders. The 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, hosted by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill between 1 and 16 May, brought together the heads of government from all the Dominions except Ireland and Newfoundland and was the first inContinue reading "Large Photograph Signed Winston S. Churchill and Signed by 43 Other Leaders Including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee"
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Item Number: RRB-119975
Victoria, Queen
Queen Victoria Appointment Signed.
1842.
Rare signed signed by Queen Victoria on vellum, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13 x 9, November 1, 1842. Queen Victoria appoints Archibald Richard Harene “to be Ensign in Our Ninety Seventh Regiment of Foot.” Signed at the head by Queen Victoria. The affixed paper seal and blue ribbon are present. In very good condition. Double matted and framed, the documentContinue reading "Queen Victoria Appointment Signed."
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Item Number: RRB-119348
Adams, Henry
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, with the date of 1918 to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition. First printings are scarce, especially in this condition.
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Item Number: RRB-119824
Scott, Walter [Ulysses S. Grant]
Waverley Novels. Woodstock.
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
Two volumes from the library of Ulysses S. Grant, published the same year The Civil War was raging. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. From the library of Ulysses S. Grant with a presentation bookplate to the pastedown of bothContinue reading "Waverley Novels. Woodstock."
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Item Number: RRB-119455
Russell, Bertrand
The Scientific Outlook.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1931.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front pastedown. With a note from the recipient that it was signed in 1931. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
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Item Number: RRB-119625
Peck, Jim
We Who Would Not Kill.
New York : Lyle Stuart, 1958.
First edition of the civil rights hero’s story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed by Jim Peck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-119230
Fisher, Philip A
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.
New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1958.
First edition with C-H on the copyright page of Fisher’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jeremy C. Jenks. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
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Item Number: RRB-119748
Mills, Nicolaus
Like a Holy Crusade. Mississippi 1964—the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1992.
First edition of historian Mills’ “moving account” of the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign for Black voting rights. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer William Heath on the title page. Heath is the author of The Children Bob Moses Led. With Heath’s marginalia, near fineContinue reading "Like a Holy Crusade. Mississippi 1964—the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America."
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Item Number: RRB-119669
Donald, David
Lincoln’s Herndon.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the Pulitzer-Prize historian’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Ann and Mary Ann Schmidt from Marion Bonzi with the best wishes of the author, David Donald Christmas 1948.” On page 11, she is mentioned asContinue reading "Lincoln’s Herndon."
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Item Number: RRB-118772
Glazer, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, “perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed and dated by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Irving and Bea- With Great Respect Daniel Aug 1963.” The recipients, IrvingContinue reading "Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City."
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Item Number: RRB-118618
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. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen on a Presidential bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, “To Lloyd Bentsen J. Carter.” The recipient, Lloyd Millard Bentsen, ran as the Democratic PartyContinue reading "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President."
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Item Number: RRB-119599
Kennedy, John F
John F. Kennedy Inauguration Invitations and Programs.
1961.
Rare collection of original materials from events held upon the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. The collection includes a menu from the Inauguration Luncheon held on January 20th 1961 at the United States Senate Restaurant, invitations to Inaugural Ball an Inaugural Gala held at the National Guard Armory, a response card to the Gala,Continue reading "John F. Kennedy Inauguration Invitations and Programs."
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Item Number: RRB-96015
Paine, Thomas
The American Crisis, and a Letter to Sir Guy Carleton, on the Murder of Captain Huddy, and the Intended Retaliation on Captain Asgill, of the Guards.
London : Printed and Sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1788.
First collected edition and first edition in book form of the thirteen issues of Paine’s legendary call to arms, the first five issues having appeared originally as separate tracts and the last eight issued only in newspapers. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In near fine condition.Continue reading "The American Crisis, and a Letter to Sir Guy Carleton, on the Murder of Captain Huddy, and the Intended Retaliation on Captain Asgill, of the Guards."
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Item Number: RRB-111055
Du Bois, W.E.B
The Quest of the Silver Fleece.
Chicago : McClurg, 1911.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-118769
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Great Boer War.
London : Smith, Elder, & Co, 1901.
New edition, being the fourteenth impression, of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work on the Boer War, which he revised sixteen times throughout the course of the war. Octavo, bound in full morocco for the Edinburgh Angus Club with their insignia stamped in gilt to the front panel, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt toolingContinue reading "The Great Boer War."
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Item Number: RRB-118603
Galbraith, John Kenneth
The Affluent Society.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
First edition of the 40th anniversary of the economist’s landmark work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-118388
Shirer, William L
End of a Berlin Diary.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of the sequel to Shirer’s acclaimed Berlin Diary. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gareth L. Pawlowski- William L. Shirer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
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Item Number: RRB-118341
Bell, Daniel
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York : Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Irving and Bea- with affection, as always,Continue reading "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting."
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Item Number: RRB-118638
House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne.
Autograph Letters Signed
$1,250.00
RRB-119889
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
First Edition
$2,000.00
RRB-119447
Like a Holy Crusade. Mississippi 1964—the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
First Edition
$400.00
RRB-119669
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
First Edition
$975.00
RRB-118618
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
Economics and Finance
$3,000.00
RRB-118638