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First edition of the Boston clergyman’s notorious defense of slavery published after a brief trip to the South, challenging the veracity of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Octavo, original intricate bl...

First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Boldly signed in full on the title page by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Fine in a fine...

First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4...

First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To ____ Best wishes- Bil...

Rare original Florida State University “Honorary Degree Ceremony For Rosa L. Parks” program where she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters on November 21, 1994. Octavo, four pa...

First edition of this political history of Ecuador. Association copy, inscribed by the author to former Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Henry Kissinger, “A Henry Kissinger, c...

Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush’s signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine c...

Rare antique print of the eighteenth president of the United States of America. Black and white print of Ulysses S. Grant with his wife Julia Grant and four children. Framed. In fine condition. This p...

First edition of Tolstoy’s classic work on patriotism. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.

First edition of this early work by John Bates Clark. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light marginala.

First edition of Mitford’s classic study. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author’s photograph by Seymour Linden. First editions a...

Beautifully illustrated facsimile map attributed to Sieur Albarel in 1695. One page, the map shows regions of North America attributed as La Louisane, Florida, Nova Anglia, Noveau Mexique, and Canada...

First edition, early printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper...

First edition of this classic collection of Kingsley’s Cambridge lectures. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to t...

First edition of the legendary military leader and politician’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine d...

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Greetings to Mr. Carl Wouden W. Edwards Deming 7 Februar...

First edition of this biography on C.S. Lewis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Hooper on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

First edition of Manchester’s history of the Diamond Match Company. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal For Kit, my only stepmother, all love....

First edition of this work documenting the origins, organization, and cultural significance of Scotland’s volunteer battalions. Quarto, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the s...

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. Laid in is an advertisement to purchase war bonds. Rare in...

New edition, being the fourteenth impression, of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work on the Boer War, which he revised sixteen times throughout the course of the war. Octavo, bound in full morocco for the Edinb...

Rare finely bound example of the Theirs Atlas, containing 66 maps and battle plans drawn by two of the best cartographers of Second Empire. Quarto, quarter cloth over marbled boards, illustrated with...

First edition of this biographical address of the author’s father, delivered at the Thirty-eighth reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Octavo, original wrappers. Author’s c...