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Bell, Daniel [Irving Kristol]

The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.

Glencoe, Ill : The Free Press, 1960.

First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Irving and Bea- Butforis – prim, prima with affection Dan – 2/12/60.” The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were closeContinue reading "The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-117637

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Drucker, Peter F

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Roy La Grone. Rare and desirable signed.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-117889

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Masters, William H. and Virginia E. Johnson

Human Sexual Inadequacy.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1970.

First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Masters and Johnson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Emery based on a design by George Price. We have never encountered another signed example.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-117478

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Russell, Bertrand

My Philosophical Development.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-117453

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Russell, Bertrand

Marriage and Morals.

New York : Horace Liveright, 1929.

First edition of this work by Russell, in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. An exceptional signed example.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-117490

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West, Cornel

Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sis’ Nancy Stay Strong Love, Cornel West.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-118572

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Habermas, Jurgen

Theory and Practice.

Boston : Beacon Press, 1973.

First edition in English of the philosopher’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by “For John Roper Jurgen Habermas.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard C. Bartlett.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-117642

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Schweitzer, Albert

Albert Schweitzer Autograph Signed Photograph.

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Large photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene purchasing supplies for the hospital, signed and inscribed by him. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11 inches. One of the largest signed photographs we have seen or handled.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-117846

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Raiffa, Howard

The Art and Science of Negotiation: How To Resolve Conflicts and Get the Best Out of Bargaining.

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1982.

First edition of this classic work on negotiating. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Roger- It’s really been a pleasure working with you. I’ve learned a lot. Howard.” The recipient, Roger Fisher was a close friend and colleague of the author’s. With Fisher’s name to the frontContinue reading "The Art and Science of Negotiation: How To Resolve Conflicts and Get the Best Out of Bargaining."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-117539

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Baba, Meher

God to Man And Man To God.

London : Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955.

First edition of this work by Meher Baba. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With an introduction by C.B. Purdom.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-117989

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Milgram, Stanley

Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with diagrams and graphs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his friend, the sociologist Paul Hollander, “To Paul With warm regards to my brilliant and dear friend. Stanley.” Milgram has also drawn a picture of an angel belowContinue reading "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-116487

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Merton, Thomas

Thoughts In Solitude.

New York : Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1958.

First edition of this work which stands alongside The Seven Storey Mountain as one of Merton’s most popular works. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket, typography and binding by Enrico Arno.

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-114467

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Parfit, Derek

Reasons and Persons.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984.

First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small name to the front free endpaper.

$1,150.00

Item Number: RRB-114653

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Fromm, Erich

The Art of Loving.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.

First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Rev. Gotlerb Huse with best regards Eric Fromm.” Very good in a very good price-clippedContinue reading "The Art of Loving."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-112439

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Levy, Sidney J

Creating Winning Marketing Plans.

Chicago : Dartnell, 1996.

First edition of this classic collection of essays. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, “For John Rogers, In appreciation of a Thoughtful Reader, Sidney J. Levy.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-114529

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Paglia, Camille

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.

First edition of the author’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to close personal friend Ronald MacDonald, Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College, prior to publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ron – Love, Camille December 1989.” Laid in is the original transmittal letter onContinue reading "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-112308

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Menand, Louis

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Pulitzer Prize award winning author Edward O. Wilson, “For Edward with best wishes Louis Menand.” Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-111949

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Schein, Edgar H

Organizational Psychology.

Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.

First edition of Schein’s work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “The argument is that systems work better if their parts are in good communication with each other, are committed and are creative and flexible.’ True then, still true now. All theContinue reading "Organizational Psychology."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-110438

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Einstein, Albert; Hermann Struck

Albert Einstein Signed Etching.

1923.

Etch bust of Albert Einstein done by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by both Einstein and Struck, numbered 49/150. In fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15 inches. An exceptional piece.

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-95890

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Aristotle; Antonio Andreas. Edited by Walter Burley and Robert Grosseteste

Analytica Posteriora [bound with] Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis.

Venice : Gregorium de Gregorijs, 1514.

Rare 16th century printing of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics; bound together with Spanish Franciscan theologian Antonius Andreas’s best known work, Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis. Quarto, bound in contemporary parchment over handmade paper-covered boards, woodcut initials, text in two columns. In very good condition. A rare and desirable collection.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-104082

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Confucius

The Morals of Confucius, A Chinese Philosopher.

London : T. Horne, 1706.

Rare second edition in English of The Morals of Confucius. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep contemporary sheep. In very good condition, toning to the extremities.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-107212

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Kotter, John

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.

Cambridge : Harvard Business School, 2002.

Early printing of this organizational work by Kotter. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tim John Kotter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-107819

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Marx, Karl. Edited by Freidrich Engels

Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.

Hamburg : Verlag von Otto Meissner, 1883-1885.

Rare early printing of one of the most influential books ever published. Octavo, original cloth over pebbled leather boards, all edges speckled red. In very good condition with ownership stamps, tape gutter repairs, rebacked.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-104806

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Kotter, John P

Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It.

New York : Amacom, 1979.

First edition of this early work by Kotter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-106742

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