Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

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 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 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 edited by the award-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper, “Karl Shell March 14, 2014 Ithaca, NY.” Near fin...

First edition of Holcombe and Adams’ account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Octavo, original publisher’s binding decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

First edition of this work by master story-teller, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket desig...

First edition of this monumental work on history of monetary statistics in the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

First edition of this work “right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song” (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by Jon Krak...

A piece of glassware modeled after Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a bulldog. Engraved on the foot with a quote from Churchill’s famous 1940 ‘War of the Unknown Warriors’ speech...

First edition of this stunning reappraisal of King and his increased relevance. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on...

First edition of this “important book detailing the violent realities, the grotesque injustices, the hunger, the sadness, and a portrait of Mugabe” (Paul Theroux). Octavo, original boards....

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers with...

First edition of the philosopher’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. An exceptional example.

Finely bound volume of Hallam’s history of the United States. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt in five compartments wit...

First edition of Church’s work on the history of whaling. Octavo, bound in full gilt-decorated morocco, illustrated with numerous photographs of whaling operations at sea and whaleship plans, pi...

First edition of this collection of 19th century British political pasquinades. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with with gilt ruling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Fr...

First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Harriet Beecher Stowe to the fr...

First edition of this history of the winery Saccone & Speed. Octavo, original pictorial boards with original tissue paper dust wrapper, with decorations by Rex Whistler. In near fine condition.

First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sis’ Nancy Stay Strong Love, Cornel West...

First edition of the final novel in the author’s acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To P...

First edition, second printing of Robeson’s powerful first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Jacket photograph by Al Burne...

Two rare Grand Street Publications separate printings of Books III and XVIII of Robert Fagles’ renowned translation of Homer’s Iliad. Octavo, two volumes. Association copy, inscribed by au...

First edition of this concise local history on the stewards of Cambridge. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light chipping and losses to the spine. Written by the mother of famed...