Signed & Autographed Books

Faraday, Michael

Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed.

1849.

Autograph letter signed by Michael Faraday to William Coffin answering a question regarding the chlorate reaction with sulfuric acid, “or oil of vitriol,” in gunpowder. Addressed to William Coffin, it reads, “R[oyal] Institution, January 1, 1849, My dear Sir, I conclude you mean the acid which fires gunpowder – not directly but through the mediumContinue reading "Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed."

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$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-73081

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Dahl, Roald [Walt Disney]

The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.

New York : Random House, 1943.

First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Tim xxx from Roald Dahl 19/6/43 There should be a bowler hat and a tail.” Dahl has addedContinue reading "The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story."

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$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-73076

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Spark, Muriel

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

London : Macmillan, 1961.

First edition of Sparks’ eighth and best-loved novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch or rubbing. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum. Uncommon signed.

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$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-73072

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Edited by Artemis Cooper

Words of Mercury.

London : John Murray, 2003.

Early printing of this collection of essays by Leigh Fermor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designed by Octavius Murray. Edited by Artemis Cooper.

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$450.00

Item Number: RRB-78903

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Grant, Ulysses S

Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration.

1860-1891.

A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents include a printed warrant for the pardon of John and Jerome Whisonant who were held at the Albany Penitentiary in 1874 signed by Grant, an 1860Continue reading "Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration."

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$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-73063

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Reagan, Nancy

My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.

New York : Random House, 1989.

First edition of Nancy Reagan’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Laid in is a note from her office thanking the recipient for the letter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.

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$150.00

Item Number: RRB-64571

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Grass, Gunter

Die Vorzüge der Windhühner.

Berlin : Luchterhand, 1956.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. In near fine condition.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-78905

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Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair

Big Ben Tower Signed Photograph of British Prime Ministers.

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Color photograph of Big Ben Tower, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 16.25 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.

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$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-73058

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

The Last Days of Pompeii.

Athens 1933.

First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

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$975.00

Item Number: RRB-78932

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Coetzee, J.M

Life & Times of Michael K.

New York : The Viking Press, 1984.

First American edition of the author’s first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bascove.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-74675

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Pissarides, Christopher A

Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Laid in is Pissarides’ business card from the London School of Economics and Political Science also inscribed by him in addition to a small clipping from envelope in which the book was shipped in the author’s handwriting. FineContinue reading "Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics."

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$600.00

Item Number: RRB-88029

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Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1966.

First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “For Hansfried, Peter and Thom L.” The recipient, Hansfried Kellner was a sociologist and colleague of Peter Berger. They co-wrote two successful books together, Sociology Reinterpreted andContinue reading "The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge."

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$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-65056

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Mankiw, N. Gregory; Alan Blinder

Monetary Policy.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00

Item Number: RRB-81229

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Lamb, Harold

Alexander of Macedon: Journey to World’s End.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Hortense Shyab Harold Lamb June 11, 1946.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$475.00

Item Number: RRB-72071

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Pinter, Harold

The Dwarfs.

London : Faber & Faber, 1990.

First edition of this “fascinating work . . . possessing extraordinary power. Masterful” (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrzej Klimowski.

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$200.00

Item Number: RRB-76345

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Zagajewski, Adam

Another Beauty.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.

First edition of the author’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the following line from this work, which reads, “We find comfort only in another beauty, in others music Adam Zagajewski.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by ClareContinue reading "Another Beauty."

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$450.00

Item Number: RRB-84787

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Roth, Philip

Zuckerman Unbound.

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux : New York, 1981.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.

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$750.00

Item Number: RRB-88047

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Rubenstein, Richard L. (David Ben-Gurion)

Israel, Zionism and the New Left.

New York : Zionist Organization of America, 1969.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the title page, “3.3.73 D. Ben Gurion.” Ben-Gurion passed away in December of 1973. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding box.

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$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-72028

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Baruch, Bernard M

Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.

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A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, “For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from one who has basked in that sunshine BM Baruch 1952.”  Hershfield was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as “the Jewish Will Rogers”. He alsoContinue reading "Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait."

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$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-71053

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Koestler, Arthur

Gladiators; Darkness At Noon and Arrival and Departure.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1939-1943.

First American editions of each work in Koestler’s acclaimed trilogy, including his masterpiece, Darkness at Noon. Octavo, original cloth. Darkness at Noon is signed by Arthur Koestler on the front free endpaper. Each volume is very good in a very good dust jackets with some rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "Gladiators; Darkness At Noon and Arrival and Departure."

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$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-71020

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Kennedy, John F.; Robert Kennedy

As We Remember Joe.

Cambridge, MA : University Press, 1945.

First edition, second issue (of only 250 copies), of this tribute to the eldest of the Kennedy brothers. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Robert Kennedy on the front free endpaper, “For Bill Walton Bob Kennedy Christmas 1945.” American journalist William Walton was a confidant of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy and playedContinue reading "As We Remember Joe."

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$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-69057

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Mayer, Martin

The Bankers.

New York : Weybright and Talley, 1974.

First edition of this exploration of the world of modern banking. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charlie Malloy with regards and thanks- Martin Mayer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$175.00

Item Number: RRB-70059

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Fitzpatrick, Percy

Jock of the Bushveld.

London : Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.

First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In excellent conditionContinue reading "Jock of the Bushveld."

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$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-70082

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Ravel, Maurice

Maurice Ravel Autographed Signed Letter and Signed Musical Quotation.

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Autograph musical quotation signed and an autograph letter signed by Maurice Ravel. The quotation, 3 bars from his Chansons madécasses, notated on a two-stave system, with holograph title, lyrics, tempo directive and instrument labels. The letter in French is addressed to “My friend”, in French, stating that he received his note when leaving Geneva and mentioningContinue reading "Maurice Ravel Autographed Signed Letter and Signed Musical Quotation."

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$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-72755

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