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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."

$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.

$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."

$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."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152961

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One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw & His Brave Black Regiment

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]."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150397

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Franklin, Benjamin.

The Way to Wealth.

Walpole, New Hampshire : Printed for Preston Merrifield, at the Press of Charter & Hale, 1807.

Rare edition of Benjamin Franklin’s The Way to Wealth, one of the most famous pieces of practical moral advice in early American literature. Tricesimo-secondo, original light blue paper wrappers over a sewn binding. In very good condition with chipping and a few small losses. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase and folding chemise.

$6,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152341

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Maris, Roger; Jim Ogle.

Roger Maris at Bat.

New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.

First edition of Roger Maris at Bat, the New York Yankees slugger’s own account of his career, published the year after he broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record, written with sportswriter Jim Ogle. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and ruling to the spine in sixContinue reading "Roger Maris at Bat."

$1,050.00

Item Number: RRB-152352

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Hardy, Thomas.

The Return of the Native.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1949.

Finely bound example of Hardy’s classic novel. Octavo, bound in full blue morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with a mapContinue reading "The Return of the Native."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152344

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Maugham, W. Somerset.

The Unattainable: A Farce in Three Acts.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1923.

First edition of Maugham’s classic work. Duodecimo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “This play was acted under the title of Carolinio. W. Somerset Maugham for Norman Unger.” The recipient, Norman Unger, was a legendary New York book collector who collected the works of modern authors for moreContinue reading "The Unattainable: A Farce in Three Acts."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-152295

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Gottfried, Martin [Charles Strouse].

Jed Harris: The Curse of Genius.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1984.

First edition of Gottfried’s acclaimed biography of Jed Harris, the brilliant and notorious wunderkind of the Broadway stage. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. From the collection of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote the music for such iconicContinue reading "Jed Harris: The Curse of Genius."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-152197

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Puzo, Mario [Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton].

The Godfather.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.

First edition of Puzo’s definitive novel of the Mafia underworld, signed by Mario Puzo, Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton. Octavo, original half black cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Puzo on the title page and by Academy Award-winning actors Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton on the front free endpaper. Robert AnthonyContinue reading "The Godfather."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152968

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Conrad, Charles; Richard Gordon; Alan Bean; et al.

Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean Signed Apollo 12 Photograph.

November 1969.

Vintage NASA photograph from the Apollo 12 mission, the second crewed lunar landing, showing lunar module pilot Alan Bean carrying the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) across the surface of the Moon. Boldly signed and inscribed along the mat by three Apollo 12 crew members to Elton “Steph” Stepherson, Jr., one of the earliestContinue reading "Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean Signed Apollo 12 Photograph."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152333

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Aristotle.

Mechanica Graeca, emendata, Latina facta, & commentariis illustrata ab Henrico Monantholio.

Paris : Jeremiah Perier, 1599.

First edition of this landmark work, Henri de Monantheuil’s celebrated Greek and Latin edition of the Mechanica, the oldest surviving treatise on the science of mechanics, long ascribed to Aristotle. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with four raised bands to the spine. Text in Greek and Latin, the title printed in red and black,Continue reading "Mechanica Graeca, emendata, Latina facta, & commentariis illustrata ab Henrico Monantholio."

$12,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152271

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Stockwell, John.

Red Sunset.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1982.

First edition of the first novel, by the former CIA officer whose 1978 exposé In Search of Enemies made him one of the agency’s most prominent critics. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, “For Larry, John R. Stockwell 21 April ’82.” Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Red Sunset."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-152340

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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator].

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám.

London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.

Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Riviere and Son with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborately tooled in gilt with Persian motifs to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152337

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Kipling, Rudyard.

Poems 1886-1929.

London : Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929.

Signed limited first edition of this classic work. Quarto, three volumes, bound in original full red polished morocco with gilt titles and numbers to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one. One of 525 numbered copies, this is number 4. Boldly signedContinue reading "Poems 1886-1929."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152336

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Shakespeare, William.

The Works of Shakespeare.

New York : Virtue and Yorston, c. 1873-76.

The Imperial edition of the works of William Shakespeare. Folio, two volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, pictorial vignette stamped in gilt to the front panels, all edges gilt, giltContinue reading "The Works of Shakespeare."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152335

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Huxley, Aldous.

Brave New World.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition of Huxley’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, hand-made Italian marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. InContinue reading "Brave New World."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-152334

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Millhauser, Steven.

The Barnum Museum.

New York : Poseidon Press, 1990.

First edition of this classic work by “a writer who vivifies the act of reading. . . Like Borges and Italo Calvino, he takes us inside the labyrinth of prose” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the title page by Steven Millhauser and actor Edward Norton, who starred in the film, The IllusionistContinue reading "The Barnum Museum."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152972

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Deaver, Jeffrey [Denzel Washington].

The Bone Collector.

New York : Viking, 1997.

First edition of the first novel in the series featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme, basis for the film starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Jeffrey Deaver and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-152959

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Craft, Robert [Charles Strouse].

Stravinsky: Glimpses of a Life.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.

First American edition of Robert Craft’s intimate memoir of Igor Stravinsky. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. From the collection of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote the music for such iconic musical theater hits as Bye ByeContinue reading "Stravinsky: Glimpses of a Life."

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-152168

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Moore, Henry. [Yousuf Karsh].

Mostra di Henry Moore.

Florence : Il Bisonte Editore / Nuovedizioni Enrico Vallecchi, 1972.

First edition of the catalogue for the landmark 1972 Henry Moore retrospective at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence, the most significant exhibition of the sculptor’s lifetime. Quarto, written in Italian, original photographic wrappers, profusely illustrated with reproductions of Moore’s sculpture and drawings. Association copy, inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper toContinue reading "Mostra di Henry Moore."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-152325

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Asahi Shimbun [Yousuf Karsh].

Asahi Camera Annual 1969.

Tokyo : Asahi Shimbun-sha, 1969.

First edition of the 1969 Asahi Camera Annual, the photographic yearbook published in Tokyo by the Asahi Shimbun. Quarto, written in Japanese and English, original cloth, profusely illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by Nobuo Ina and Yoshio Watanabe to the celebrated portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Yousuf Karsh. MayContinue reading "Asahi Camera Annual 1969."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-152323

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Sampson, Arthur. [Ted Williams].

Ted Williams: A Biography of The Kid.

New York : A. S. Barnes and Company, 1950.

First edition of this early biography of the Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams, published the year after his 1949 American League Most Valuable Player award. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain yellow, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams and the author Arthur Sampson on the front freeContinue reading "Ted Williams: A Biography of The Kid."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-152319

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