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Michener, James A. [Lech Walesa]

Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome.

Emmaus, Pennsylvania : Rodale Press, 1990.

First edition of this memoir of Michener’s travels in Poland and Rome. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by James Michener on the title page and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa on the introduction page. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman who co-founded Solidarity, the first independentContinue reading "Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150419
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Bryant, Jacob

A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable; and to reduce the Truth to its Original Purity. [Bryant’s Mythology].

London : Printed for T. Payne, Mews-Gate; P. Elmsly, in the Strand; B. White, in Fleet-Street; and J. Walter, Charing-Cross, 1774-1776.

First edition of Bryant’s Mythology, one of the most ambitious eighteenth-century attempts to reconcile classical mythology with biblical and historical truth. Royal quarto, three volumes bound in full period calf, rebacked, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling toContinue reading "A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable; and to reduce the Truth to its Original Purity. [Bryant’s Mythology]."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149523
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Bourdain, Anthony

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.

New York : Bloomsbury, 2000.

First edition, later printing of the legendary chef’s bestselling memoir and first work of non-fiction. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Kathy and Ken Anthony Bourdain.” Very good in a very good dust jacket with damp-staining to a few pages at the top of the text block.Continue reading "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149281
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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-148146
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Roosevelt, Theodore

Through the Brazilian Wilderness.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1914.

First edition of this classic adventure taken by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated from photographs taken by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and with 3 maps, including 1 folding in the rear. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the authorContinue reading "Through the Brazilian Wilderness."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149263
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[de las Casas, Bartolomé]

Colleccion de Libros Espanoles: Varias Relaciones del Peru y Chile; De Las Antiguas Gentes del Peru.

Madrid : Miguel Ginesta/Manuel G. Hernandez, 1879-1892.

Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas’ histories of Peru and Chile. Octavo, two volumes bound in one half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in. In fine condition.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-139017
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands.

London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co, 1854.

First British author’s edition of this travel narrative that records Stowe’s observations during a tour of Europe in the wake of her international fame from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, engraved frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. In veryContinue reading "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-149129
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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians

Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London : Published by the Author, 1841.

First edition, first issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin, three maps, and errata slip present at the front of the first volume. In very good condition.

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$2,450.00
Item Number: RRB-147796
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Greenlaw, Olga S

The Lady and the Tigers.

New York : E. P. Dutton, 1943.

First edition, early printing of this memoir from the official war diarist for the “Flying Tigers”. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the author, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Philippe Coombes, who has contributedContinue reading "The Lady and the Tigers."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149143
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Ghosh, Amitav

Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008-2015.

First American editions of this critically acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page of each volume. River of Smoke is inscribed and dated in the year of publication, “For Deborah Best wishes Amitav Ghosh 2011”; and Flood of Fire is signed and inscribed with a quote fromContinue reading "Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-149661
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Fogg, William Perry

Arabistan: Or the Land of “The Arabian Nights.” Being Travels Through Egypt, Arabia, and Persia, to Bagdad.

Hartford, Conn. : Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1875.

First edition of this travelogue through the Middle East. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and engravings. In very good condition. Introduction by Bayard Taylor.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-149137
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Nygaard, Norman E. [Walter Knott]

Walter Knott Twentieth Century Pioneer: The Story of the Man Behind Knott’s Berry Farm Internationally-Known Tourist Attraction.

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan Publishing House, 1965.

First edition of this thrilling documentary on how Walter Knott transformed his family’s berry farm into Knott’s Berry Farm. Octavo, original publisher’s brown cloth, frontispiece of Knott’s Berry Farm, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Knott on the title page, “To my friend Mr. A. E. Herrboldt, Walter Knott.” Fine inContinue reading "Walter Knott Twentieth Century Pioneer: The Story of the Man Behind Knott’s Berry Farm Internationally-Known Tourist Attraction."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-149139
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Peters, James Punnett

Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates: The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890.

New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897.

First edition of this detailed account of the University of Pennsylvania’s 1888–1890 expedition to Babylonia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel vignette of an Egyptian hieroglyph stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated with maps, including folding and a pocket map in the rearContinue reading "Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates: The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890."

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-149174
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Colton, G. Woolworth & C. B.

Colton’s Road Map of Litchfield and Fairfield Counties of Western Connecticut Indexed.

New York : G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co, 1886.

Rare 19th century indexed road map of Western Connecticut; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small sextodecimo, original boards, illustrated with a folding map of Litchfield and Fairfield counties. In good condition with splitting to the map folds.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-145935
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Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro

Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes Por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa En los anos de 1579. y 1580.

Madrid : En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768.

Rare first edition of Sarmiento’s account of his 1579–1580 survey of the Straits of Magellan. Octavo, bound in full contemporary marbled calf with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red, illustrated with 3 folding views. Headland 35. Hill 267. Sabin 77094. Stamp of Jose JimenezContinue reading "Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes Por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa En los anos de 1579. y 1580."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149745
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Ghosh, Amitav

Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire.

London : John Murray, 2008-2015.

First British editions of this critically acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher’s cloth, floral endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page of each volume. Sea of Poppies is signed and dated in the year of publication, “Amitav Ghosh 1/5/08”; and River of Smoke is signed and dated in the year ofContinue reading "Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-149660
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Duke, Charlie [John F. Kennedy]

Charlie Duke Signed John F. Kennedy Photograph.

2520.

Oversized photograph of President John F. Kennedy delivering his famous speech on September 12, 1962, about landing on the moon before 1970. Boldly signed by astronaut Charlie Duke in silver felt tip with a lengthy inscription from Kennedy’s speech that reads in full, “‘We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go toContinue reading "Charlie Duke Signed John F. Kennedy Photograph."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148673
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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Americans on Moon Chicago Tribune.

Chicago : Chicago Tribune, 1969.

1969 Chicago Tribune with the headline “Americans on Moon! Eagle Has Landed – Armstrong.” The article was commemorating the moon landing from the day before and is dated Monday, July 21, 1969. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong in blue ink to the left of the headline. Triple matted and framed. In very good condition withContinue reading "Neil Armstrong Signed Americans on Moon Chicago Tribune."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-148978
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