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Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903.

The Centenary edition of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbons bound in, illustrated withContinue reading "The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152345

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Roosevelt, Theodore.

The Real Roosevelt: His Forceful and Fearless Utterances on Various Subjects.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1910.

First edition of this compilation of Theodore Roosevelt’s forceful and fearless utterances on the great questions of his day. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with portraits. Association copy, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, “Inscribed for Edwin Willard Deming withContinue reading "The Real Roosevelt: His Forceful and Fearless Utterances on Various Subjects."

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152363

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Lord, Walter. [Leonardo DiCaprio].

A Night To Remember.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1998.

First edition of this classic work, which mainly served as the basis for the 1997 film Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Octavo, bound in full leather, illustrated, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, silk endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon boundContinue reading "A Night To Remember."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152847

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Widener, P.A.B. [Peter Arrell Browne].

Catalogue of Paintings Forming the Private Collection of P.A.B. Widener. Asbourne – Near Philadelphia. Part I: Modern Paintings; Part II: Early English and Ancient Paintings.

Paris : Manzi, Joyant & Company, 1885-1900.

First edition of these works covering the private collection of P.A.B. Widener. Folio, 2 volumes, bound in full original morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in volume one, “Mr. George J. Gould with compliments of P.A.B. Widener.” The recipient was GeorgeContinue reading "Catalogue of Paintings Forming the Private Collection of P.A.B. Widener. Asbourne – Near Philadelphia. Part I: Modern Paintings; Part II: Early English and Ancient Paintings."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-33017

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Weller, Michael.

Loose Ends.

New York : Nelson Doubleday, 1979.

First edition of Weller’s acclaimed play, published in the year of its premiere. Octavo, original boards. From the library of the play’s original director Alan Schneider with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Alan Schneider directed Loose Ends, premiering it at Arena Stage in Washington in February 1979 and bringing it to BroadwayContinue reading "Loose Ends."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152185

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes.

Chicago : M.A. Donohue & Company, 1928.

Early printing of the eighth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “With a wish that all your wishes may be ‘Magical Wishes’ Johnny Gruelle, March 1937.” In very goodContinue reading "Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152433

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land.

New York : P.F. Volland Company, 1931.

First edition of the fourteenth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Sally Ann – With a magical Raggedy Ann wish that herContinue reading "Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152432

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Gruelle, Johnny.

Marcella Stories.

New York : P.F. Volland Company, 1929.

First edition of this beloved installment in the author’s Raggedy Ann series. Quarto, publisher’s original pictorial paper-covered boards, illustrated in color throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and twice signed by Gruelle on the half-title page, “With love and the best of happiness wishes to little Sally Ann, Johnny Gruelle. And dear little Sally Ann, ‘UncleContinue reading "Marcella Stories."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152431

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Garavani, Valentino.

Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic.

Milan : Rizzoli-Bompiani, 1992.

First edition of the catalogue for the landmark 1992 retrospective celebrating thirty years of Valentino, signed and dated by the designer. Quarto, original stiff gold pictorial wrappers vibrantly decorated in Valentino’s signature red, with gatefold flaps, profusely illustrated with large-format and double-page fashion photographs and including a foldout plate near the rear, with a chronology,Continue reading "Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152388

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Bush, George. [James A. Baker III and Lech Walesa].

All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings.

New York : Scribner, 1999.

First edition of George H.W. Bush’s selection from a lifetime of letters and personal writings, an exceptional copy signed by the President together with two central figures of the end of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Bush on the title page, additionally signed on the title page by hisContinue reading "All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings."

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152428

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Pirsig, Robert M.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values.

New York : William Morrow & Company, 1974.

First edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Pirsig on the front free endpaper, Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example, most rare andContinue reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152427

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Kerouac, Jack.

Big Sur.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962.

First edition of Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur, his searing autobiographical novel of breakdown and recovery, signed by close friend of Kerouac’s poet Gary Snyder. Octavo, original cloth-backed boards. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page and dated 15 October 2019. Gary Snyder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and a central figure of the Beat movementContinue reading "Big Sur."

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152425

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Wood, Gordon S.

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this fresh vision of Franklin’s life and reputation. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the Gordon S. Wood on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152424

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Manchester, William; Reid, Paul.

The Last Lion Trilogy: Winston Spencer Churchill. Visions of Glory, 1874-1932; Alone, 1932-1940; Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965.

Boston : Little, Brown & Company, 1983-2012.

First editions of of each volume in William Manchester’s acclaimed three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, each volume signed or inscribed. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Volume I, Visions of Glory, is inscribed by William Manchester on the half-title page, “Once more, for Ray and Sudie Tompkins, William Manchester, Oklahoma City, 17 XI 95.” VolumeContinue reading "The Last Lion Trilogy: Winston Spencer Churchill. Visions of Glory, 1874-1932; Alone, 1932-1940; Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152423

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Eisenhower, Dwight D.

At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, 1967.

First edition of the genial memoir of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an exceptional association copy inscribed by the author to his older brother Edgar. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by President Eisenhower to his brother on the printed bookplate mounted to the half-title page, the plate headed ‘AtContinue reading "At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152422

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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus.

Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States.

Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850.

Rare 1850 guide of one of the most popular American pocket travel guides of its day, charting the railroad, stage, steamboat, and canal routes of the antebellum United States. Tricesimo-secondo, bound in the original gilt-pictorial cloth, the covers stamped in gilt with vignettes of a steamboat and a railroad train within a blind-tooled border. WithoutContinue reading "Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152292

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Hugo, Victor.

The Novels of Victor Hugo.

London : H.S. Nichols, 1895.

The complete and unabridged limited edition of the novels of Victor Hugo, one of only 100 sets printed on Imperial Japan Paper, including his two best-loved masterpieces, Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Octavo, twenty-eight volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Novels of Victor Hugo."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152357

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Isaacson, Walter. [Henry A. Kissinger].

Kissinger: A Biography.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition of Isaacson’s authoritative biography of Henry Kissinger. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Henry Kissinger on the front free endpaper. Isaacson conducted extensive personal interviews with Kissinger alongside 150 other sources, and was granted access to Kissinger’s private papers, personal letters, recorded telephone conversations, desk diaries, memos of classified meetings, andContinue reading "Kissinger: A Biography."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152948

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Dylan, Bob & John Elderfield.

Bob Dylan: Face Value.

London : National Portrait Gallery, 2014.

Signed limited edition of this fine art monograph of twelve previously unseen pastel portraits created by Bob Dylan specifically for the National Portrait Gallery. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. One of 21 numbered copies, this is number 19. Signed and numbered by Bob Dylan in pencil on the title page. In fine condition.

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-36073

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Rosenberg, Deena [Charles Strouse].

Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin.

New York : Dutton, 1991.

First edition of this landmark study of the creative partnership between George and Ira Gershwin. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with musical examples and black-and-white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dear Charles, to a lifetime of great theatre song! Warmly, Deena. Ltd. Ed. MTI New Year’s 1992.” TheContinue reading "Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-152420

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Vonnegut, Kurt.

Hocus Pocus.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990.

First edition, advance review copy with the slip laid in of Kurt Vonnegut’s penultimate novel. Octavo, original half cloth, yellow endpapers. Advance review copy, with the publisher’s printed review slip laid in, noting a publication date of September 5, 1990. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dustContinue reading "Hocus Pocus."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152419

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Pirsig, Robert M.

Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals.

Surrey : Alma Books, 2006.

First Alma Books limited edition of Robert M. Pirsig’s sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Octavo, original full cloth with gilt titles to the spine. One of 800 numbered copies. Boldly signed by the author on the limitations page. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher’s cloth slipcase.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152308

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Vonnegut, Kurt.

Cat’s Cradle.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963.

First edition Vonnegut’s satirical masterpiece, one of the defining novels of the 1960s. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth backed boards. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. An exceptional example.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152409

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King, Stephen.

Pet Sematary.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, 1983.

First edition of one of Stephen King’s darkest and most terrifying novels. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Linda Fennimore. An exceptional example.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-152408

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