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Yousuf Karsh Signed Winston S. Churchill Portrait.

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Rare silver gelatin print of Karsh’s iconic portrait of Churchill, “The Roaring Lion” which in May 1941 was featured on the cover of Life magazine and brought Karsh international fame. Signed by...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146197

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.

Philadelphia: John Conrad & Co, 1803.

Rare first American edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece, translated from the original Spanish by Tobias Smollett and published as part of John Conrad & Co.’s Select Novels series (Vols....

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-145712

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Churchill, Winston S

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London: George G. Harrap, 1938.

First edition of this important collection of speeches, a forerunner to Churchill’s classic war speech volumes, which sets the stage for them. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Chur...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148479

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal: McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth,...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151868

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Fleming, Ian

Moonraker.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

Early printing of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper. From the perso...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-122972

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Principes Du Droit Politique. [Du Contrat Social].

Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762.

Rare first edition, type B, of Rousseau‘s greatest work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, gilt tooling to the spine in eight compartments within raised bands, burgundy morocco spine...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149605

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Silverstein, Shel; [Paulette Breen]

The Giving Tree.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown with a large original drawing of a tree which h...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149402

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Ferrari, Enzo

Original Drawings of The Ferrari Turbo 208 Signed by Enzo Ferrari.

Modena: Privately Printed, 1979.

Rare original wax paper diagrams documenting the design evolution of the Ferrari Turbo 208 engine. Folded diagram sheet of the engine signed by Enzo Ferrari in purple ink from around 1979-80. Seven sh...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151048

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Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.

First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130735

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The Holy Bible, Conteining the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out ot the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translation diligently compared and revised By his Majesties Special commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches.

Imprinted at London: Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, 1613 [-1612].

Exceptionally rare 1613 printing of Robert Barker’s Geneva Bible. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf with elaborate gilt decorations to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt rul...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149822

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Hill, Napoleon

Think and Grow Rich.

Meriden, Conn.: The Ralston Society, 1937.

Rare first edition of this classic bestseller, which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on an official bookplate on the front free endpaper. Near...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133570

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Goldwater, Barry [Ayn Rand]

The Conscience of a Conservative.

Shepherdsville, Kentucky: Victor Publishing Company, 1960.

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Ayn Rand with admiration- Barry Goldwater.” In 1960,...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133270

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Swift, Jonathan

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, first Surgeon, and then Captain of Several Ships. [Gulliver’s Travels].

London: Benjamin Motte, 1726.

First editions of Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, engraved frontispiece of Lemuel Gulliver, woodcu...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-95317

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Engels, Frederick. [Friedrich]

The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. With Appendix Written 1886, and Preface 1887. Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1887.

Scarce first edition in English of Engels’s classic account of the universal condition of the industrial working class, the forerunner to Karl Marx’s Das Capital. Octavo, original cloth wi...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96249

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Elizabeth II, Queen and Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Signed Royal Family Christmas Card Collection.

:, 1953-1960.

Rare collection of five Royal Christmas cards signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The cards include the Royal Coronation Christmas and New Year’s card of 1953, the 1955 Christmas and...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137644

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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Moonwalk Photograph.

: [NASA], 1969.

Rare photograph of the Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Octavo, color chromogenic print of Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag after having mounted it into the solid, rocky ground of the l...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147430

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Hathorne, John; Bartholomew Gedney; Benjamin Gerrish

Salem Witch Trials Manuscript Land Deed Signed By Colonial Massachusetts Magistrates John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney.

Salem, MA:, 1682.

Rare original manuscript land deed signed by colonial Massachusetts magistrates John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney of the Salem Witch Trials. Oblong octavo, one page, dated March 9, 1682/3 and enter...

$18,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148416

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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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Boswell, James

The Life of Johnson.

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry, 1791.

First edition, first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language, which was published on May 16, 1791 in a print run of only 1,750 copies. Quarto, bound in contempor...

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-80005

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Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill Book Company, 1934.

First edition of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139398

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Bertraux, Emile

Globe Terrestre d’apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes [Terrestrial Globe].

Paris: Emile Bertraux, 1879.

A fine and highly detailed French terrestrial library globe showing the earth’s geography as it was mapped in the late nineteenth century. The globe includes the oceans’ major currents, th...

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136769

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Dylan, Bob

Like A Rolling Stone.

London: Blossom Music Ltd, 1965.

Original sheet music of the classic song, Like A Rolling Stone, named by Rolling Stone magazine as the number 1 song of the all-time, boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. Quarto, original il...

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150112

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Lewis, C.S

The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950-1956.

First editions of each book in the author’s classic Chronicles of Narnia series, which has sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Octavo, 7 volumes, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, bound i...

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-140690

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Melville, Herman

Herman Melville Autograph Letter Signed.

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Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Herman Melville to his publisher, Harper & Brothers. One page, the letter reads in full, “Harper & Brothers New York. Pittsfield...

$17,500.00 Item Number: RRB-139021

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