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Stephenson, Neal.

Snow Crash.

New York : Bantam Books, 1992.

First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Snow Crash."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151163

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Locke, John.

Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, And His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown

London : Printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1690.

Exceptionally rare first edition published at the end of 1689 in an edition of likely only 1,000 copies (with quire Q in second, of two, settings. Octavo, bound in full calf, morocco spine label, gilt tooling to the spine, blind stamped to the front and rear panels. Title-page within double rule. In very good condition.Continue reading "Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, And His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown"

$450,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151350

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Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956-1960.

Complete set of each title in Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet 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 and rear panels, gilt facsimile signature of TolkienContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150964

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Carson, Rachel.

Silent Spring.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rachel Carson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example, desirable signed and inscribed.

$4,600.00

Item Number: RRB-151213

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Aristotle; Translated by William Ellis.

A Treatise on Government. Translated From The Greek of Aristotle.

London : T. Payne, 1776.

First edition in English of this important work on government by Aristotle. Quarto, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, full, morocco spine label, raised bands. In very good condition. Translated by William Ellis. An exceptional example of this cornerstone work.

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151205

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Crichton, Michael [Chip Kidd].

Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2008 .

Signed limited first edition of Crichton’s gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Jurassic Park is signed by Michael Crichton and with a large original drawingContinue reading "Jurassic Park and The Lost World."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151181

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Ferrari, Enzo; Stirling Moss [Lewis Hamilton].

The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1963.

First edition in English of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stirling Moss and Lewis Hamilton on the front free endpaper. These signatures were both obtained in person. Foreword by Stirling Moss. Edited by Richard Hough. Translated by Ivan Scott. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirableContinue reading "The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151045

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Young, George Frederic, Col. [Medici].

The Medici.

London : John Murray, 1909.

First editions of Young’s authoritative history of the Medici, extra-illustrated with 91 plates, 20 in color. Octavo, four volumes bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Medici."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150704

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Steinbeck, John.

The Grapes of Wrath.

New York : The Viking Press, 1939.

First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacketContinue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148747

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Travers, P.L.

Mary Poppins.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.

First American edition of this children’s classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a small repair to the spine. Rare and desirable signed.

$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150871

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Fitzgerald, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1910.

Exceptionally rare bound in jewelled binding, set with 37 jewels by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Quarto, reproduced from a manuscript illuminated by F. Sangorski G. & Sutcliffe, with miniatures after E. Geddes, original red straight-grained morocco, upper cover with central sunken oval green morocco panel and a Peacock with light green, blue, white, and brown moroccoContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

$125,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150950

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Churchill, Winston S.

Winston Churchill Romeo y Julieta Cuban Cigar.

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Rare unsmoked Romeo y Julieta Cuban cigar gifted from Winston Churchill to an immigration officer of the RMS Queen Mary. Winston Churchill sailed aboard the Cunard-White Star Line ocean liner, the RMS Queen Mary, three times during World War II to meet with Allied leaders, travel to key conferences, and avoid German U-boats. The Romeo yContinue reading "Winston Churchill Romeo y Julieta Cuban Cigar."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149475

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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 Richard Feynman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told to Ralph Leighton. Edited by EdwardContinue reading "“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character."

$18,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150995

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Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd [Ayn Rand].

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York : Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1940.

The second edition of this classic work, from the library of Ayn Rand with her signature to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, on the front free endpaper. Security Analysis would have occupied a central place in Rand’s working library, supplyingContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."

$48,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150998

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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 ruling and panelling to the front and rear panels with flueron cornerpieces, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Two title pages withinContinue reading "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."

$18,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149822

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Lee, Harper.

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Philadelphia & New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.

First edition, the finest association copy of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaperContinue reading "To Kill A Mockingbird."

$250,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149590

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Disney, Walt; Ward Greene.

Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the Walt Disney film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt illustration to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed byContinue reading "Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-149702

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Eliot, T.S. [Allen Tate].

The Waste Land.

New York : Boni & Liveright, 1922.

First edition, first issue of one of the most influential works of the 20th century, from the library of poet Allen Tate. Octavo, original black flexible cloth, lettered in gilt. One of one thousand copies, this is number 373. Contains the word “mountain” spelled correctly on page 41, “water” without the ‘a’ on page 22,Continue reading "The Waste Land."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149678

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Schedel, Hartmann.

Liber Chronicarum. [The Nuremberg Chronicle].

Nuremberg : Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493.

First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century, from the St. Petersburg library of William Tooke. Imperial folio, bound in three quarter calf over paper-covered boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, five gilt-tooled raised bands, rebacked, decorated with 1809 woodcut illustrationsContinue reading "Liber Chronicarum. [The Nuremberg Chronicle]."

$125,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149818

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Van Allsburg, Chris [Tom Hanks].

The Polar Express.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.

First edition of Van Allsburg’s lushly illustrated classic, enchanting tale of childlike wonder and hope, winner of the 1986 Caldecott Medal, basis for the 2004 animated film starring Tom Hanks in six distinct roles. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Chris Van Allsburg and Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on the titleContinue reading "The Polar Express."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150639

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Dumas, Alexandre [Alexander].

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo].

Paris : Bureaux du Journal Le Siecle, 1846.

One of the earliest known editions of The Count of Monte Cristo. Quarto, bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with the frontispiece portrait and 29 plates on thicker paper by Gavarni, Johannot and others, each with a tissue guard. This copy includes plates, rarely found in this scarce edition. In very goodContinue reading "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [The Count of Monte-Cristo]."

$30,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150655

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Irving, Washington [William T. Sherman].

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: From the MSS. of Fray Antonio Agapida.

Paris : Baudry's European Library, 1842.

General William T. Sherman’s copy of this romanticized historical narrative. Octavo, bound in full dark green calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Full page autograph inscription in pencil by United States General William T. Sherman on the versoContinue reading "A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: From the MSS. of Fray Antonio Agapida."

$6,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149597

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Pasternak, Boris.

The Year 1905.

Moscow : State Publishing House, 1927.

First edition of this collection of poems and prose written during the Russian Revolution. Sextodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, in the original Russian. In very good condition. A very sharp example.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-147958

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Kipling, Rudyard.

Poems 1886-1929.

New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.

Signed limited edition of the definitive collection of Kipling’s poetry. Quarto, three volumes, original japon-backed boards with red paper labels to spines lettered gilt, gilt motifs to front covers, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one of a “The Thousandth Man” in Kipling’s hand specially reproduced for this edition in facsimile. One of 525Continue reading "Poems 1886-1929."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149539

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