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Presidents and World Leaders

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Roosevelt, Eleanor

You Learn By Living.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s classic work on how to discover life’s lessons. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Bob Robinson with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt 1960.” Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Dr. DavidContinue reading "You Learn By Living."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-150596
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Sherman, William T

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1891.

First edition of this memoir by one of the most well-regarded generals, “oft-consulted and much-quoted reminiscences… Sherman wrote as he fought; dynamically and bluntly” (Nevins II, 89). Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s green cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of William T. Sherman, illustrated with folding maps in each volume. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster &Continue reading "Memoirs of General William T. Sherman."

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-150800
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Kennedy, Robert F

The Pursuit of Justice.

New York : Harper and Row, Publishers, 1964.

First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by Kennedy while he was Attorney General. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Norman Levine Best wishes and appreciation Robert F. Kennedy.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott. Edited by Theodore J. Lowi.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-151004
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Reagan, Ronald

An American Life.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990.

First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Winnie- With Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1991” and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman whoContinue reading "An American Life."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-144010
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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892.

First edition, later printings of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. InContinue reading "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-150146
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Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece, withContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."

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$5,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150190
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Roosevelt, Theodore

Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Roosevelt’s stories of sport hunting on the Northern Cattle Plains. Octavo, bound in three quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbonContinue reading "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150177
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Bush, George W. [Henry A. Kissinger]

Decision Points.

New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.

First edition of George W. Bush’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by George W. Bush and Henry Kissinger on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W.G. Cookman. Henry Kissinger was a diplomat and political scientist who served as the 56th United States secretary of stateContinue reading "Decision Points."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150772
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[Reagan, Ronald; Nancy Reagan]

A Great New Beginning: The 1981 Inaugural Story.

Washington, D.C : Created by the 1981 Inaugural Book Committee, 1981.

First limited edition of this commemorative publication documenting the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. Quarto, original red leather with gilt titles to the spine, gilt stamped vignette of the presidential seal to the front panel, gilt stamped vignette of the inauguration seal to the rear panel, gilt stamped with the names of the recipients toContinue reading "A Great New Beginning: The 1981 Inaugural Story."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-150115
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Adams, John Quincy

Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States, Before Them, In the House of Representatives at Washington on the 31st December, 1834.

Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835.

First edition of John Quincy Adams’ biography of military hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Octavo, bound in full contemporary red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by John Quincy Adams on the tipped in presentation leaf, “Patrick H. Pope from John Quincy Adams.” The recipient, Patrick Hamilton Pope wasContinue reading "Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States, Before Them, In the House of Representatives at Washington on the 31st December, 1834."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146693
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Truman, Harry S. [Georgia Neese Clark Gray]

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Volumes I – VIII Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the Presidents.

Washington, D.C : United States Government Printing Office, 1961-1966.

First editions of the complete set of Truman’s papers from 1945-1953. Imperial octavo, eight volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispieces. Presentation copy, inscribed by President Truman in the fifth volume 1949 on the half-title page, “Kindest regards to Georgia & Andy Gray, from Harry S. Truman, 3-2-65.” The recipient, Georgia NeeseContinue reading "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Volumes I – VIII Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the Presidents."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-150130
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Washington, George

George Washington Autograph Document Signed.

Philadelphia May 5th, 1784.

Rare original ornately engraved vellum Society of Cincinnati membership certificate, boldly signed by George Washington, the Society’s first president. One page partially printed on vellum with engraved vignettes by Auguste L. Belle after Jean-Jacques Andre LeVeau depicting America in knight’s armor trampling upon the British standard and the American eagle casting the British lion and Britannia out to seaContinue reading "George Washington Autograph Document Signed."

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$24,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150917
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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins; Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Quarantine Image..

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Rare Apollo XI quarantine image signed by President Richard Nixon and Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The image shows Apollo XI crew members in quarantine being congratulated by President Nixon through a microphone. The oversized color photograph appears to be a blow-up of a contemporary magazine page, complete with printedContinue reading "Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Quarantine Image.."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149952
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Strickland, Agnes [Queen Victoria; Queen Elizabeth]

Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest…Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen.

London : Colburn & Co., Publishers, 1851-1852.

Exceptionally bound set of Strickland’s monumental history of the Queens of England. Octavo, 8 volumes exquisitely bound in full Oxford blue morocco with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling with red and white onlays to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling and emblematic corner ornaments to the front andContinue reading "Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest…Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen."

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$30,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149984
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[Washington, George]

George Washington and Great Seal of the United States Engraved Ostrich Egg.

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Rare ostrich egg engraved with a portrait of George Washington, the Washington Coat of Arms, the Great Seal of the United States, and the Masonic compass and trowel. Mounted on a decorative brass stand. From the collection of former four-term United States Senator Lloyd Millard Bentsen who ran as the Democratic Party nominee for viceContinue reading "George Washington and Great Seal of the United States Engraved Ostrich Egg."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-119684
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