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Plato]. Translated from the Greek by Harry Spens

The Republic of Plato In Ten Books.

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763.

First edition in English of Plato’s Republic, marking the first appearance in the English language of Plato‘s profoundly influential dialogue concerning the nature of justice. Quarto, boun...

$20,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138322

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Disney, Walt; Ward Greene [Bill Justice]

Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Lady and the Tramp, boldly signed by Walt Disney, Bill Justice and four of Disney’s nine old men: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson, and Woolie Reitherman. Octavo, origi...

$20,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140785

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Orwell, George

George Orwell Typed Letter Signed.

:, June 1945.

Rare typed letter signed “Geo. Orwell“, to Gerry Byrne announcing that “my wife died three months ago, very suddenly and unexpectedly”, writing about the aftermath of her death...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-142701

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King, Jr., Martin Luther

Why We Can’t Wait.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.

First edition of Dr. King’s third book, including his reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Pre...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144190

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Kerouac, Jack

The Novels of Jack Kerouac: The Town and the City, On the Road, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Tristessa, Book of Dreams, Big Sur, Visions of Gerard, Desolation Angels, Satori in Paris, Vanity of Duluoz.

New York/San Francisco: Harcourt, Brace and Company/The Viking Press/Grove Press, Inc./Avon Book Division/City Lights Books/Farrar, Straus and Cudahy/Farrar, Straus and Company/Coward-McCann, Inc, 1950-1967.

First editions of each of Jack Kerouac’s novels. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in full black levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149820

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King Jr., Martin Luther

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of King’s “last grand expression of his vision” (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120468

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Lewis, C.S

The Problem of Pain.

London: The Centenary Pres, 1941.

Early printing of Lewis’s classic discussion of the nature of good and evil; inscribed by him with a quotation from Coventry Patmore’s poem The Angel in the House which had a profound infl...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143183

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Fleming, Ian

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Signed limited first edition, the only Bond title issued in a limited edition, number 96 of 285 examples of the eleventh Bond novel. Octavo, original half vellum, top edge gilt, with color frontispiec...

$19,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148750

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Lazovsky, G. [Tsar Nicholas II]

The Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II.

Kiev:, 1896.

Rare portfolio of photographs by G. Lazovsky depicting the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II. Quarto, original publisher’s blue cloth with black and silver titles and tooling to the front panel, 31...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147804

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Faulkner, William

Soldiers’ Pay.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.

First edition of Faulkner’s first book in the rare first state dust jacket with An American Tragedy as the first of five titles listed on the rear jacket panel. Octavo, original cloth. Bookplate...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-81010

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Feynman, Richard P

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.

First edition of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150995

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Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan]

The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.

New York: Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of ‘Hurricane’ Carter’s battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146630

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Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, “For Asa Bordages w...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-19055

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Fischer, Bobby

Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959.

First edition of the only book ever written entirely by Bobby Fischer. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Vic Traibush with best w...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144098

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Joyce, James

Ulysses.

Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1924.

Fourth printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, signed by him. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “James Joyce Paris 7 January...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139635

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Mitchell, Margaret

Gone With the Wind.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.

First edition of Margaret Mitchell’s masterpiece which remains one of the fastest selling novels in the history of American publishing, with 50,000 copies sold in a single day. Octavo, original...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136276

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McCarthy, Cormac

Suttree.

New York: Random House, 1979.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Orin All...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-125288

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Leeser, Isaac

The Law of God.

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 5605, 1845-46.

First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history. Octavo, 5...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-78547

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Melville, Herman

Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed.

:, c. 1855.

Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of great American novelist Herman Melville. One page, the letter reads in full, “Pittsfield Aug 26 Osmond Tiffany Esq. My dear Sir, With ple...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-138591

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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, first printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Boldly...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150856

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Leeser, Isaac

Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1866-68.

Rare first editions of one of the ‘major builders of American Judaism’, Isaac Leeser’s Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in full leather, gilt titles to th...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-107732

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Lewis, C.S

A Preface to Paradise Lost.

London: Oxford University Press, 1942.

First edition of this classic work, which discusses Milton’s Paradise Lost. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by C.S. Lewis on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust ja...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149050

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Webster, Noah

An American Dictionary of the English Language.

New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe - New Haven, 1828.

First edition of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster’s monumental American Dictionary, arguably the most popular American book ever published and one of only 2500 copies printed. Thick quarto,...

$18,500.00 Item Number: RRB-143614

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Barrie, J.M. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, n.d.

New edition of Rackham’s highly-sought-after masterpiece, which established his reputation as one of England’s premier illustrators. Quarto, original publisher’s green cloth elaborately decorate...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142267

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