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Edward VIII [Duke of Windsor]; Bobby Jones [Robert T.]; Walter Hagan; Gene Sarazen; Tommy Armour

Bobby Jones, Walter Hagan, Gene Sarazen, and Tommy Armour Signed 1941 Bahamas Red Cross Benefit Match Admission Pass. [with] Two Duke of Windsor Typed Letters Signed.

Bahamas : Government House, 1941-1942.

Exceptionally rare 1941 Bahamas Red Cross Benefit Match Admission Pass signed by Bobby Jones, Walter Hagan, Gene Sarazen, and Tommy Armour handsomely framed with a typed letter signed by the Duke of Windsor, “Edward” to Gene Sarazen thanking him for a fine set of golf clubs and anticipating his visit and participation in the benefitContinue reading "Bobby Jones, Walter Hagan, Gene Sarazen, and Tommy Armour Signed 1941 Bahamas Red Cross Benefit Match Admission Pass. [with] Two Duke of Windsor Typed Letters Signed."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151082

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Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.

London : Cassell & Company, 1948-54.

First editions of each volume in Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, finely bound in three-quarters navy morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with in-line and folding maps and documents. Each volume is in fine to nearContinue reading "The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151110

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Biden, Joe

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.

New York : Random House, 2007.

Advanced reading copy of the first edition of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, spiral bound spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly signed by the author on the title page, “To an old Perot supporter. Keep the faith! Joe Biden 8/23/07.” The title page wasContinue reading "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-151129

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Bush, George H.W.; Yitzhak Rabin

George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph.

1992.

Photograph of President George H.W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Color glossy photograph of George Bush and Yitzhak Rabin walking on a sidewalk near Bush‘s vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on August 10, 1992. Boldly signed by both on the lower border beneath their respective images in black felt tip. Israeli politician, statesmanContinue reading "George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150888

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Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd]

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and signed twice on the half-title page, “To Matthew Best wishes Stephen Breyer.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the title page in the year of publication, front panel [in the year of publication]Continue reading "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151297

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Churchill, Winston S

Step By Step 1936-1939.

London : Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1939.

First edition of this Churchill title, the last book he published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Octavo, bound in three quarters modern navy morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150756

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Churchill, Winston S

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938.

First edition of this important collection of Churchill’s speeches. Octavo, bound in three-quarters modern navy morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of Churchill. In fine condition.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150754

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Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd] [Peter Matthiessen]

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to writer Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page, “For Peter Best wishes Stephen Breyer.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the half-title page in the year of publication, front panel [in the month ofContinue reading "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-151208

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Thompson, Hunter S.; Illustrations by Ralph Steadman [Jimmy Carter, George McGovern]

Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.

San Francisco : Arrow Books, 1973.

First edition of the author’s third book and hallmark of campaign journalism. Octavo, original black boards, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Boldly signed on the half-title page by Hunter Thompson, Ralph Steadman and Jimmy Carter opposite the half-title page. Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the white border around the photographContinue reading "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150999

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Churchill, Winston S

My Early Life. A Roving Commission.

London : Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930.

First edition of Churchill’s autobiographical writings on his younger years. Octavo, bound in three quarters modern navy morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrated throughout with maps and portraits. In near fine condition.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150753

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.

London : Cassell and Company, 1941-46.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s classic war speeches. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in full crushed morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt decorated with gilt tooled Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt, illustrated with 50 half-toneContinue reading "Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151203

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill Signed Photograph.

c. 1949.

Rare glossy black and white photograph of Winston Churchill in profile with a cigar in his mouth, standing next to his wife, Clementine, and noted financier Bernard Baruch, signed by Churchill, “W. Churchill.” In very good condition. Triple matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 9.75 inches.

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150720

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Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886.

First edition in the publisher’s deluxe brown half morocco of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publisher’s deluxe brown half morocco over brown boards, with blind-stampedContinue reading "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150712

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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol I.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1852.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral border details stamped in blind. From the library of President Millard Fillmore with his ownership signature to the pastedown of the front panel and dated by him, “MillardContinue reading "History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol I."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150448

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Roosevelt, Theodore; William H. Taft; John D. Rockefeller Jr.; Elihu Root; Henry Cabot Lodge; George Dewey; et al. [Thomas D. Neelands]

Autograph Album Containing Letters Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Others.

c. 1919.

Rare original autograph album containing nearly 200 signed letters, notes, and responses addressed to Thomas D. Neelands, longtime President of the Canadian Club of New York. Quarto, bound in full linen with titles stamped in black to the front panel, “Canadian Club of New York Thos. D. Neelands.” The interior features tipped-in letters-typed and handwrittenContinue reading "Autograph Album Containing Letters Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Others."

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150548

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Kissinger, Henry A

A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-22.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957.

First edition of Kissinger’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Henry A. Kissinger on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed first editions are rare.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151065

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[Ford, Gerald R.; King Hussein I]

Commemorative Medal Gifted by King Hussein I of Jordan to President Gerald R. Ford.

Jordan c. 1977.

Rare commemorative medal issued by the Jordan Armed Forces in honor of the Martyrs Memorial Museum, presented by King Hussein I of Jordan to President Gerald R. Ford. Bronze-toned medallion featuring a crowned eagle with crossed swords and Arabic inscription on the recto, encircled by a laurel wreath. The verso depicts the facade of theContinue reading "Commemorative Medal Gifted by King Hussein I of Jordan to President Gerald R. Ford."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150496

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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."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150596

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[General William Tecumseh Sherman] [Ulysses S. Grant]

General Sherman’s Indo-Persian Khanjar.

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Rare Indo-Persian khanjar, a 20th century curved dagger, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The khanjar has decorative wooden and metal inlays and intricate detailing to the handle and sheath, with etchings to the blade. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman’s, went on a “World Tour”Continue reading "General Sherman’s Indo-Persian Khanjar."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147820

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President.

1876.

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the envelope of my letter to His Excellency Rafael Zaldivar, President ofContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150576

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Roosevelt, Theodore

Oliver Cromwell.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

Early edition of Theodore Roosevelt‘s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inlay vignette stamped in gilt to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed and dated by the author as president on the front freeContinue reading "Oliver Cromwell."

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150446

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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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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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