Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Carlos II of Spain for the late Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas, represented by two procurators, and his sons Rodrigo, Francisco,...

First English translation of the Analects of Confucius printed at Serampore, the first major center of English printing in Chinese. Quarto, Vol. I [all published], bound in modern half calf, gilt-lett...

First British edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Easily the n...

An 88 page manuscript of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s book “Three Letters From the Andes” with Leigh Fermor’s hand corrections throughout. Quarto, photocopy typescript. Privately printed in Kard...

Rare photograph of the official seal of the president of the United States signed by seven American presidents. Color glossy photograph of the official seal of the president of the United States cover...

First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio, contemporary calf, copper-engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, morocco spine label. The predictions of th...

Autograph manuscript fragment on the Newton family lineage. [England, undated]. A single leaf bearing autograph text in the hand of Sir Isaac Newton on both sides. 2.25 x 0.75 inches (approx. 5.7 x 1....

Portrait photograph of Winston Churchill, taken by Edward Steichen, signed as prime minister, “Winston S. Churchill November 1940.” With two portrait photographs of Churchill and a telegra...

First American edition of Harrer’s classic account, signed by Harrer and The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with over 40 photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed...

Rare autograph letter signed by ‘El Libertador’, Simón Bolívar as President of Gran Colombia. One page, script in Spanish on both recto and verso. The letter is dated May 13, 1828, and offers the reci...

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Foreword by Allan Nevins. Presentation copy, inscribed by...

Patinated bronze cast of Abraham Lincoln by George Bissell, one of only three commissioned by Ralph Newman for THE USS AL. Boldly signed by the artist in the back Geo. E. Bissell Sc. George Bissell wa...

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly inscribed by both James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that has a few sm...

Rare collection of original signed documents and photographs taken during President Theodore Roosevelt’s days as Colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, or Rough Riders. The collecti...

Original Spring 1993 issue of the Indiana Law Journal containing Margaret G. Farrell’s Revisiting Roe v. Wade. Octavo, original wrappers, Indiana Law Journal Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1993. In...

Rare autograph document signed by John Hancock requesting payment for provisions issued to Troops in Nova Scotia. One page, the manuscript document reads, “Boston June 22d 1767 Sir, At Thirty Da...

Rare printed Treasury Department report detailing projected expenditures by the federal government for the year 1794. Quarto, 20 pp. Includes reporting on sources of revenue, duties on imports and ton...

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “J.M. Keynes 17 Feb 1927....

First edition of “one of the most important documents of the twentieth century” (Peter Medawar, New Scientist). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Karl Popper on the title page. Fine...

Rare first separate edition of one of the most famous speeches by Sumner, “the most outspoken foe of slavery in the U.S. Senate.” Octavo, bound in period-style half sheep over marble cover...

First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher’s white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interi...

Rare elaborately illuminated nobility diploma signed by King Charles II of Spain, appointing Don Martin Damian Mendizabal the title of Marquis of Torre Gines. Quarto, bound in full red contemporary ve...

Fourth edition of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (as it was later known), and the last to be published in his lifetime. The first English edition was published in 1563. Folio, 2 volumes bound into one i...

First edition of this treatise examining the impact of physical terrain on military maneuvers and campaign outcomes in World War I. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece....