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Rosendahl, Commander C.E

What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1938.

First edition of this spirited defense of the airship that calls for America to secure and maintain airship superiority. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top stain red, illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “WithContinue reading "What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150526

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Wolfe, Tom

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the second free endpaper, “For Nancy with thanks for such splendid hospitality and marvelous company Tom Wolfe September 15 1979.” Fine in a nearContinue reading "The Right Stuff."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-151079

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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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Hemingway, Ernest; Taylor Williams; Mary Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, Mary Hemingway, and Taylor Williams Photograph Collection.

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Rare original black and white photograph collection of legendary American writer Ernest Hemingway with his wife Mary Hemingway and fishing guide Taylor Williams in Cuba. Collection of five black and white vintage photographs including: a photograph of Hemingway most likely in a bar in Cuba wearing a white button-up Taylor Williams in a striped button-upContinue reading "Ernest Hemingway, Mary Hemingway, and Taylor Williams Photograph Collection."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-150109

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Hemingway, Ernest; Taylor Williams [Martha Gellhorn]

Taylor Williams Typed Letter Recollecting About Ernest Hemingway. [with] Ernest Hemingway Photographs.

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Rare original typed letter from guide Taylor Williams recollecting about hunting antelope with Ernest Hemingway. One page, single typed sheet. The letter reads in full, “Hemingway Box by Taylor Williams. Our party, (consisting of Hemingway, Lloyd Arnold, Ellis Chapin, our packer, and myself) had ridden into the first fringe of foothills above the plains alongContinue reading "Taylor Williams Typed Letter Recollecting About Ernest Hemingway. [with] Ernest Hemingway Photographs."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150090

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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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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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Carpenter, Scott

The Steel Albatross.

New York : Pocket Books, 1991.

First edition of the first novel written by astronaut Scott Carpenter. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Scott Carpenter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Myles Sprinzen.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-150630

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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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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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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, later issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin. In very good condition with some toning to the spines. A very nice example with bright gilt decoration.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147786

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Durrell, Gerald [John Drinkall]

The Overloaded Ark.

London : Faber and Faber & The Book Society, 1953.

First edition of the Book Society edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth, top stain blue. Boldly signed by Gerald Durrell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Sabine Baur. Signed bookplate of John Drinkall, who was a distinguished British diplomat whose career in theContinue reading "The Overloaded Ark."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-150367

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Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1935.

First trade edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photogravures and folding maps. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine, a few chips and short closed tears to the dust jacket with neat tissue repair to verso.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150700

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de Beauvoir, Simone

L’Amerique Au Jour Le Jour.

Paris : Editions Paul Morihien, 1948.

First edition of this travel narrative and cultural critique of the United States. Octavo, written in French, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed Simone de Beauvoir on the half-title page. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150076

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Earhart, Amelia

20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

First edition of Earhart’s classic dramatic chronicle. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 61 black-and-white photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece, “For Earnestine Fishbaugh. Amelia Earhart.” The recipient, Earnestine Fishbaugh was the daughter of noted Hollywood physician, Dr. Ernest C. Fishbaugh. Accompanied by a laid in note fromContinue reading "20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150335

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Raban, Jonathan

Passage to Juneau: A Sea & Its Meanings.

London : Picador, 1999.

First edition by the author described as ‘undoubtedly the finest writer afloat since Conrad’ (Geoffrey Moorhouse, Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with the Inside Passage North and South maps adhered to the front pastedown. Boldly signed by Jonathan Raban on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Marion Ettlinger.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-151219

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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-151104

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Lanning, George; Samuel Couling

The History of Shanghai.

Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh/ Printed and Published for the Shanghai Municipal Council, 1921.

First edition of this early comprehensive English-language account of Shanghai’s transformation from a regional port into a major international city. Royal octavo, original publisher’s black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of a folding plate of “The Bund”, illustrated with numerous black and white plates and folding maps. In nearContinue reading "The History of Shanghai."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-150329

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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."

$5,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150190

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