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First edition of Noyce’s firsthand account of the ascent of South Col. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and maps including frontispiece. Foreword by Si...

First edition of this critical analysis of Iranian diplomacy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with full color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by President of the Iran Policy...

Temple Black’s printing of this role of media in shaping the public perception of Croatia. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by th...

First edition of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Apoll...

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. First editions are uncommon.

First edition of this detailed account of the University of Pennsylvania’s 1888–1890 expedition to Babylonia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, f...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Diane Large.

First edition of the historian and Union General’s American Civil War Memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.

First edition of this classic work that explores the early 1990s digital underground, the clash between law enforcement and hackers, and the birth of digital civil liberties. Octavo, original half clo...

First edition in English of Bossut’s fundamental history of mathematics. Octavo, bound in full contemporary polished diced calf with gilt tooling to the spine, black morocco spine label lettered...

Benjamin Franklin’s ledger and journal from 1728-1939 from The American Philosophical Society’s ‘Papers of Benjamin Franklin’; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sm...

First edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiographical memoir covering the years after World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. In near fine condition, signature to the front free en...

First edition of this early work by Kotter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

First edition of this fascinating journey to change Russia. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the ti...

First edition of  Newcomb’s account of the Jeannette Arctic Exploration. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with maps, portraits, and numerous engraving...

First edition of Douglas Hurd’s authoritative study of two centuries of British foreign policy leadership and diplomatic debate. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustra...

Rare offprint of the December 1954 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing F.J. DeJong’s article “Keynes and Supply Functions: A Rejoinder,” cut out and pasted over R.G. Hawtre...

First edition of this collection of historical essays and biographical sketches highlighting influential figures and pivotal events. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spi...

First edition of Tapp’s history of Westward Ho! College with Kipling’s The Song of the Exiles. Quarto, original boards with gilt titles to the front panel, marbled endpapers. Preface by Ma...

First edition, early printing of this “rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar” (Atlantic). Octavo, original boards, i...

First edition of this creative, and provocative addition to the law and economics literature. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by David Friedman on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacke...

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpape...

Rare first edition of this wartime work by Keynes. Octavo, original boards. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.

First edition, second printing that was published one month after the first printing of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth, top stain blue. Foreword by Henry R. Luce. Near...