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First edition of John Addington Symonds’ Italian sketches. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges...

First edition of Sitkoff’s comprehensive account of the emergence of civil rights as a national issue. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...

First edition of this military history of the prisoners in Colditz Castle during World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s black cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly...

First edition of Galbraith’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Near fin...

First edition of this work dedicated to the memory of an esteemed Union general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cloth, botanical endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece...

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Warmly inscribed by Baumol on the front free endpaper, “To ___ ____ from a grateful author Will Baumol.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

First edition of this work on pension funding. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

First edition of this uncommon collection of the author’s speeches and essays concerning education. Octavo, original cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In good con...

First edition of this award-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ned and Andrea- Ron Ch...

First Ticknor and Co. edition of Henry Clay Work’s greatest hit, “Marching Through Georgia”, inspired by Sherman’s march to the sea at the end of 1864. Octavo, original cloth,...

First edition of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s compelling work of fiction. Octavo, original glossy boards. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Second edition in English of Herzl’s classic work, by the founder of political Zionism. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Paula Arnold. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with...

First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

First edition of this stimulating reflection on American foreign policy during the Bush administration. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed on a “A World Transformed”...

Publisher J.M. Dent & Sons’s own retained first edition of Pigou’s treatise on the economic problems connected with World War I. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher’s stam...

First edition of this classic account. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

Signed limited edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed David Halberstam. In fine c...

First edition of the English Poet Laureate’s speech delivered in the Queens Hall, February 14th, 1910. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

First English edition of the third volume in Andrews’ intimate biography of Mahatma Gandhi, as was related to him by Gandhi himself. Octavo, original blue cloth, frontispiece portrait of Gandhi, illus...

First edition of this history of General Motors and the motor car. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain navy blue, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations...

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...