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Isaacson, Walter

The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da Vinci.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 2003-2017.

First editions of Isaacson’s definitive The Genius Biographies quartet, each volume signed by him. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Walter Isaacson on the title page of each volume, with Leonardo da Vinci an inscribed by Walter Isaacson.” Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150735

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Smoot, George and Keay Davidson

Wrinkles in Time.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1993.

First edition of the story of “the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time” (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “There is something about looking at the night sky that makesContinue reading "Wrinkles in Time."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-151097

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Schirra, Wally; Ed Buckbee

The Real Space Cowboys.

Canada : An Apogee Books Publication, 2005.

First edition of this firsthand historical account on the pioneering generation of American astronauts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven astronaut Wally Schirra and NASA consultant Ed Buckbee on the title page. Ed Buckbee is an American space historian, administrator, and public educator whose careerContinue reading "The Real Space Cowboys."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150631

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Schirra, Captain Walter M. Jr [Wally]; Richard N. Billings

Schirra’s Space.

Annapolis, Maryland : Bluejacket Books, 1995.

First Bluejacket Books edition of this revealing autobiography of Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Wally Schirra on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pamela Lewis Schnitter.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-150629

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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Beta Cloth Swatch.

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Cut portion of NASA aerospace beta cloth used as exterior spacesuit fabric during the Apollo program, boldly signed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The cloth is illustrated with the Apollo 11 logo and measures 8.75 inches by 8.75 inches. Triple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.75 inches by 15.75 inches.Continue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Beta Cloth Swatch."

$17,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150785

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[Einstein, Albert]

Bust of Albert Einstein.

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Plaster bust of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein mounted on a wood pedestal base, with an incised signature within the plaster. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 8 inches. From the collection of actress LeGrand Mellon (1937-2005), an American performer whose career spans film, television, and theater. In addition to her acting career, Mellon hadContinue reading "Bust of Albert Einstein."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150644

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von Braun, Wernher

Wernher von Braun Apollo 4 Signed Photograph.

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Rare color photograph of the launch of Apollo 4, the first uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V rocket that later carried astronauts to the Moon, lengthily inscribed by Wernher von Braun to the Leader of Germany’s V-2 Rocket Program, “To Dr. Walter R. Dornberger, who opened the road to space which is now traveledContinue reading "Wernher von Braun Apollo 4 Signed Photograph."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150784

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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Dollar Bill.

1969.

Series 1969 dollar bill from the United States of America, the year Armstrong and Aldrin touched the moon. Boldly signed by Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on the portrait side in black felt tip. Mounted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 6 inches.Continue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Dollar Bill."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150610

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Day, Francis

British and Irish Salmonidae.

London : Williams and Norgate, 1887.

First edition of this comprehensive guide to salmon and trout species in Britain and Ireland. Imperial octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, errata to the rear, with black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout, and 12 colored plates tipped in atContinue reading "British and Irish Salmonidae."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150415

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[Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins]

The First Lunar Landing As Told by The Astronauts.

Washington, D.C : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.

First edition of this commemorative book published in celebration of the twenty year anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar mission. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Boldly signed on the front cover by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. The piece measures 9 inches by 12 inches.Continue reading "The First Lunar Landing As Told by The Astronauts."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150425

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Never Panic Early

Haise, Fred

Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.

Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Books, 2022.

First edition of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Apollo XIII bookplate, “Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. ForewordContinue reading "Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-151071

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Hurt III, Harry [Alan Shepard]

For All Mankind.

New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.

First edition of this comprehensive account of the NASA Apollo moon missions. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Shepard on the title page, “To LK and Bill – Alan Shepard.” Alan Shepard was one of NASA’s Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury, theContinue reading "For All Mankind."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-150590

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Carpenter, M. Scott; L. Gordon Cooper Jr.; John H. Glenn Jr.; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra Jr.; Alan B. Shepard Jr.; Donald K. Slayton

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping. Jacket designContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-150578

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Armstrong, Neil; Jack Swigert; Dave Scott [Kevin Steen]

Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover.

Florida : Kennedy Space Center, 1971.

Rare original 1971 Apollo 14 launch day cover signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott. Apollo 14 “Man on the Moon” envelope depicting an astronaut in his space suit walking on the moon, ink stamped by the official NASA postal station “Kennedy Space Center FL Jan 31, 1971 PM”, First Man on theContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150575

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Bean, Alan; Edgar Mitchell; Charlie Duke

Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph signed by moonwalkers Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke. Satin finish photograph of a lunar bootprint on the moon. Boldly signed by Bean in blue felt tip at the top left corner, “Alan Bean Apollo XII LMP Ocean of Storms 19 November 1969″; Mitchell in silver felt tip at the bottom left corner,Continue reading "Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150544

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Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made In The United States And Their Territories.

New York : Published by J. J. Audubon. Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.

First octavo edition of Audubon’s landmark work; one of the most spectacular collections of ornithological prints ever produced. Royal octavo, 7 volumes bound in full 19th-century morocco by P. Low of Boston with their ticket, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Birds of America, From Drawings Made In The United States And Their Territories."

$200,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143567

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Nostradamus, Michael

True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus Physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning.

London : Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672.

First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio, contemporary calf, title page printed in red and black. In very good condition. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf.

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-129189

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Asimov, Isaac

I, Robot.

New York : Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, 1950.

First edition of this groundbreaking collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Easily one of the nicest examples we have seen, rare and desirable in this condition and signed.

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150848

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Bridgeman, Thomas

The Florist’s Guide, Containing Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Annual, Biennial, and Perennial Flowering Plants.

New York : For Sale by the Author, c. 1847.

The new and improved edition of this work in early American gardening literature. Duodecimo, half cloth over boards with paper titles and ruling to the front and rear panels, frontispiece of Thomas Bridgeman, with the copyright page printed upside down. In good condition with rubbing to the panels and toning throughout. Uncommon.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-150230

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Searle, William S

A New Form of Nervous Disease. Together with an Essay on Erythroxylon Coca.

New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1881.

First edition of this late nineteenth-century medical work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition with spotting to the panels, bookplate to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare with only one example appearing at auction in 100 years.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150347

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Menand, Louis [Peter Matthiessen]

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 author Peter Matthiessen, “For Peter Thank you! with warm regards Louis Menand.” From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. TheContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150975

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Fuchs, Vivian; Ralph Lenton; Ken Blaiklock; George Lowe; Alan Rogers; Geoff Pratt; David Pratt; et al

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party Signed Photograph.

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Original black and white photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition party signed by all twelve members of the team. One page, the photograph shows all twelve members of the team in front of a snowcat with the Union Flag. Signed on the lower margin, “V. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, AlanContinue reading "Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party Signed Photograph."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-136055

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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.."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149952

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Wells, H.G.; Julian S. Huxley and G.P. Wells [James D. Watson]

The Science of Life.

London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1931.

First edition of “the first modern textbook of biology.” Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James D. Watson with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. James D. Watson was a molecular biologist, geneticist, and biophysicist, best known for co-discovering the structure of DNA in 1953 alongside Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin.Continue reading "The Science of Life."

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150293

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