Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

Rare first edition of this weekly illustrated magazine on Palm Beach social life. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, black-and-white illustrations, issue February 15, 1976. In very good condition.

First edition of this personal account of the Second World War from a soldier’s perspective. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with news prints, political cartoons, charco...

Rare original card celebrating President Richard Nixon’s 80th birthday. A card depicting him with his four grandchildren at Woodcliff Lake in New Jersey: Melanie Eisenhower, Christopher Cox, Jen...

First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fi...

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this compilation of every book The Limited Editions Club had published from 1929 – 1985. Folio, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards w...

Two volumes, original leather, gilt tooling to the spine. In good condition. Text in French.

First edition of the acclaimed journalist’s work on the fourth period of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

Signed limited first edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages liter...

First edition of Robeson’s powerful first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s pivotal volume of  essays, including the title work that expresses his alarm at “the arena of uncommonly angry minds” that dom...

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

First Edition of Paul Krugman’s work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken Paul Krugman.” Near fine in...

First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.

First editions of the autobiography of the first president of Israel. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Near fine in very good dust jackets, inscription to the front free endp...

First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Chinua Achebe.” Fine i...

First edition of this unforgettable autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the co-author on the title page, “To Bob, With Best Wishes! Mark Kell...

First edition of this illustrated work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by James M. McPherson on the title page. Fine...

First edition of the historian’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Ted and Nancy Sizer- who exerted an imp...

First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octa...

Rare photograph of a reentry capsule signed by Wally Schirra. Glossy photograph of Schirra exiting the Apollo 7 reentry capsule during a recovery operation, with a NASA identification number to the up...

First edition in English of Lesky’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, an...

First edition of Dalton’s account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, il...

First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.

Quarto, bound in full read leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels. Twenty colour illustrations with tissue guard, by Henry Alken, all present. In excell...