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First edition of this journal of international affairs. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was...

Finely bound edition of this comprehensive historical analysis of English society, politics, and culture between 1660 and 1685. Octavo, volume two only, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles a...

First edition of this work chronicling MacDonald’s extraordinary career in the Office of Strategic Services. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with sunnin...

First edition of James Kendall Hosmer’s Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

First edition of this “incredible tale” (The Free Lance-Star). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Marle Cohen apprec...

First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black an...

1992 Flashback Decision trading card picturing  past United States presidents and first ladies. Boldly signed by George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, and Gerald Ford next to their respective image. In fine...

Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas’ histories of Peru and Chile. Octavo, two volumes bound in one half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments...

First edition of this collection of articles published by Mahatma Gandhi between April and July of 1942 which culminated in the Quit India movement and led to his arrest. Octavo, original cloth. Near...

Finely bound edition of Wordsworth’s work on Athens and Attica. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label...

First American edition of the work that placed Strachey firmly in the top rank of biographers. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with printed paper spine labels, tissue-guarded frontispiece por...

First limited edition of Nancy Reagan’s memoirs. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated, in the original publisher’s unopened shrink wrap. One of 300 numbered copies. Boldly...

First edition of this compilation of addresses by Lewis. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with light rubbing.

First edition of this outstanding work on three great French intellectuals of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “F...

Facsimile of this rare memoir by the widow of Stonewall Jackson. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. With a typed letter signed by historian and author Lowell Reidenbaugh to fellow...

First edition of the collection of Frances Stevenson’s diaries. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the hal...

Levenger limited edition of this definitive, comprehensive catalogue of over 500 oil paintings created by Winston Churchill. Quarto, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles to the spine and f...

First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by President Theodore Roosevelt throughout California. Octavo, original half cloth with paper title label to the front panel, illustrated with en...

Revised edition of this British account of the American Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated with in-text maps and maps at the rear. P.T....

First edition of Bigelow’s classic work on military strategy, including analyses of the American Revolution and the Battles of Vicksburg at Gettysburg. Folio, original cloth with gilt titles to...

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Rogers An...

First edition of this work on how the clashing constitutional visions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson have created a 250-year “tug-of-war” that continues to define and divide Am...

First edition of this work by the 42nd President of the United States and First Lady. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the front free endpaper,...

First edition of the sensational journalist’s report on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Bradford Huie on the half-title page. Fine in a...