Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

First edition of Hayek’s critique of reason, written at the same time as The Road to Serfdom. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by F.A. Hayek on the front free endp...

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Riesman on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell bo...

Rare unopened cigar given to 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy by a Philippine Ambassador to the United States, handsomely presented with a portrait of Kennedy. The Coronas Alhambra cigar is mounted...

Rare first edition in English of the works of Machiavelli, an important work of political science which includes The Prince. Folio, bound in full calf, crimson morocco spine label, raised bands, decor...

First edition of Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the opening episodes of World War I. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly ins...

First edition of Milton Friedman’s first book, co-authored with fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist, Simon Kuznets. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Signed by Milton Fried...

First edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed b...

First illustrated edition of Ogilby’s English translation of the works of Virgil, lavishly illustrated with 101 full-page copperplate engravings by famed engravers Pierre Lombart and Wenceslaus...

Rare colored engraving signed by 8 former British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. One page, a fine colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament signed on the mount by...

First edition of this a comprehensive economic analysis of two centuries of women’s labor force participation, wages, and workplace dynamics in the United States by the Nobel Prize-winning econo...

First edition, one of only 500 copies printed of “this work which is very rare” (Penzer). Octavo, original red cloth.(one of only 500 copies printed). 8vo. 59 pp. Illustrated with an engra...

First edition of “this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author’s later flowering and greatness” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original cloth. Ass...

First editions of Winston S. Churchill‘s impassioned two-volume biography written in defence of his maligned father’s posthumous reputation; a bulwark of any Churchill collection. Octavo,...

Rare second American edition of the most important book published in America before 1800 and the only full-length book published by Jefferson during his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full calf, morocco s...

Rare original carte de visite signed by Ulysses S. Grant, “U.S. Grant Maj. Gen. U.S.A.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 8 inches.

Rare silver certificate one dollar bill, boldly signed by Harry S. Truman. Framed with a typed letter signed to Alexander Jones of The Daily Home News. One page on Truman’s personal letterhead,...

First edition of this overview of Auschwitz, with a powerful introduction by Hannah Arendt. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Hannah Arendt on the front pastedown, who contributed the introduct...

First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. First editions are exceptionally scarce.

First edition of one of the most important books on the social sciences since the Second World War. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top stain yellow, frontispiece of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini, illustrated. Lengthily s...

First trade edition of Shackleton’s thrilling account of one of the earliest attempts to reach the South Pole, “the best book of polar travel which has ever been written” (Manchester...

Rare Civil War era report cover inscribed by Ulysses S. Grant as Lieutenant General of the United States Army. One page report cover, inscribed by Grant, “Wm E. Dodge, Esq., New York, N.Y. U.S....

First edition of the first complete translation of the Bible into English done by a woman, Julia E. Smith (1792-1886), of Glastonbury Connecticut. One of 1,000 copies printed. Quarto, bound in full mo...

First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket d...