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Washington, George.

General Washington’s Letter, Declaring His Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States.

[Philadelphia] : Published for General Information, 1798.

Rare original 1798 letterpress broadside of George Washington’s letter accepting the command of the armies of the United States, one of the final public acts of his career. Printed on a single leaf of laid paper in three columns beneath a decorative caption title, the document gathers President John Adams’s message to the Senate ofContinue reading "General Washington’s Letter, Declaring His Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-152402
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Lyle, R.C. [Aga Khan].

The Aga Khan’s Horses.

London : Putnam, 1938.

First edition of this celebrated chronicle of the racing stable of the Aga Khan III, among the most successful owner-breeders in the history of the Turf. Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated by the renowned sporting artist Lionel Edwards with seven captioned, tissue-guarded color plates, twenty-three pencil sketches, and sixteen photographic images. NearContinue reading "The Aga Khan’s Horses."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-152293
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Forsyth, Frederick. [Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan].

The Fourth Protocol.

San Francisco : Brandywyne Books, 1984.

Signed limited edition of this classic work, basis for the film bearing the same name starring Academy Award-winning actor Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Forsyth, Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Fine in a fine dust jacket in the original slipcase. Jacket artwork by Ned Dameron.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-152955
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Cheadle, Don and John Prendergast. [Elie Wiesel; Barack Obama; Sam Brownback].

Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.

New York : Hyperion, 2007.

First edition of this powerful work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Introduction by Barack Obama and Sam Brownback. Cover design by Phil Rose. Uncommon signed.

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$600.00
Item Number: 152958
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Gibson, William. [Keanu Reeves].

Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay and the Story.

New York : Ace Books, 1995.

First edition of the screenplay for the cult film, starring Keanu Reeves. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by William Gibson and actor Keanu Reeves on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,800.00
Item Number: 152956
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Bono.

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

First edition of the acclaimed memoir of the U2 frontman, told through forty of his songs. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by Bono on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-152313
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Maugham, W. Somerset.

Smith: A Comedy in Four Acts.

London : William Heinemann, 1913.

First edition of Maugham’s Edwardian comedy Smith, a satire of fashionable London society and the merits of an honest parlourmaid. Duodecimo, in the original champagne wrappers lettered in brown. The author’s own copy, from his library at the Villa Mauresque and dispersed with the contents of the villa in November 1967. Villa Mauresque, the magnificentContinue reading "Smith: A Comedy in Four Acts."

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-152299
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Dahl, Roald.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of the best-loved children’s books of all time, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-152351
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Salinger, J.D.

Franny and Zooey.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1961.

First edition of J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, two interconnected stories of the Glass family and, after The Catcher in the Rye, his best-loved book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karot gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Franny and Zooey."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-152350
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Coelho, Paulo.

Warrior of the Light: A Manual.

New York : Harper Collins, 2003.

First American edition of this companion work of the author’s popular The Alchemist. Duodecimo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Paulo Coelho on the second front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-152307
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Bellow, Saul.

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Saul Bellow’s National Book Award-winning masterpiece, the exuberant Chicago novel that opens with the celebrated line, “I am an American, Chicago born.” Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-152349
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Edwards, Robert D. and John Magee, Jr.

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends.

Springfield, MA : Stock Trend Service, 1948.

First edition of Edwards and Magee’s Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, which is widely considered to be one of the seminal works of the discipline. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Anthony Naiden. First editions in the original dust jacket are rare.

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-79069
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McCullers, Carson.

Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.

First edition of Carson McCullers’s haunting second novel, a spare and unsettling tale of desire, obsession, and violence on a peacetime Army post in the American South. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt rulingContinue reading "Reflections in a Golden Eye."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-152348
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Singer, Mark.

Mr. Personality: Profiles and Talk Pieces.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition of the New Yorker staff writer’s collection of profiles and Talk of the Town pieces. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mark Singer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Drenttel Doyle Partners.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-152327
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Graham, Benjamin; David L. Dodd.

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York / Tokyo : McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc / Kogakusha Company, LTD, 1962.

First printing of the fourth edition of the International Student Edition of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original publisher’s cream boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-152262
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Saint-Exupery, Antoine de; Translated by Katherine Woods.

The Little Prince.

New York : Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943.

First edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s masterpiece, which precedes the first edition in French. Small quarto, original salmon cloth, illustrated by the author. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with the publisher’s address as 386 Fourth Avenue on the front flap and some expertContinue reading "The Little Prince."

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$60,000.00
Item Number: RRB-152401
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Harris, Robert [Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan].

The Ghost.

London : Hutchinson, 2007.

First edition of this work, basis for the Roman Polanski film The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert Harris, Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. The signatures were obtained in person. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-152973
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Slagado, Sebastio.

From My Land to the Planet.

New York : Constrasto, 2014.

First edition of this powerful work by the renowned photographer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Sebastiao Salgado on the half-title page. In near fine condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: 152957
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Capa, Robert. [Yousef Karsh].

Robert Capa.

Paris : Centre National de la Photographie, 1988.

The Photo Poche edition, early printing of the photographs of Robert Capa, the cover bearing Capa’s iconic image of a falling Republican soldier from the Spanish Civil War. Small octavo, written in French, original photographic wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the photographer’s younger brother, Cornell Capa, on the half-title page to the celebrated portrait photographerContinue reading "Robert Capa."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-152320
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Schulz, Charles M.

Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking.

[New York] : United Feature Syndicate [Good Housekeeping], 1963.

Rare first edition of Schulz’s first Christmas book, created expressly and exclusively for the December 1963 issue of Good Housekeeping, in which it appeared as a removable supplement. Slim octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout by Schulz with line drawings of the Peanuts cast and comprising fifteen captioned vignettes. Predating both his picture book ChristmasContinue reading "Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-152192
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North, Douglass C.

Understanding the Process of Economic Change.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.

First edition of this landmark work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Douglass C. North.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-152951
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Shannon, Claude Elwood and Warren Weaver.

The Mathematical Theory of Communication.

Urbana : University of Illinois, 1949.

First edition, first printing. 117 pages ; 24 cm. Octavo. Original tan cloth, spine lettered in black. Includes Warren Weaver’s expository essay, “Recent Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Communication,” pages 3-28; Shannon’s technical monograph, “The Mathematical Theory of Communication,” pages 29-117. Content type: text. Media type: unmediated. Carrier type: volume. Inscription: Boldly signed byContinue reading "The Mathematical Theory of Communication."

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$175,000.00
Item Number: RRB-151212
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Washington, Denzel and Viola Davis [August Wilson].

Fences.

New York : New American Library/ Plume Books, 1986.

First edition, early printing of August Wilson’s classic work, signed by Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington. Octavo, original haf cloth. Boldly signed by Denzel Washington on the front free endpaper. The American Film Institute picked Fences as one of the top ten films of 2016. The film received four Oscar nominations including Best Picture,Continue reading "Fences."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-152961
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Burchard, Peter [Julia Child].

One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment. [Glory].

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1965.

First edition of this work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film Glory, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Cary Elwes. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Paul and Julia [Child] June 1965 From Peter.” The recipient, Julia Child wasContinue reading "One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment. [Glory]."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-150397
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