Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

First edition set of this selection of the letters of Queen Victoria, written between 1837 and 1861. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco by Henry Southeran and Co. with gilt titles and tooling to t...

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-titl...

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Roger...

Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose’s signature on verso. The entire piec...

First edition of this work on Mollie Fancher. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Mollie Fancher on the title page. In very good condition. Books signed by Fancher are rare.

First editions of the famous radical’s autobiography, with frontispiece portraits and eleven additional photogravures of Goldman, fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman and others. Octavo, 2 volumes. Near...

First edition of this work by Houdini regarding his one-time idol. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Houdini, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Harry Houdini on the front free endpaper. B...

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, 5 volumes, bound in half leather, all edges gilt. With 58 engraved plates and 3 folding maps. In near fine condition.

Rare second edition in English of The Morals of Confucius. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep contemporary sheep. In very good condition, toning to the extremities.

First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960’s. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry M...

Two volumes from the library of Ulysses S. Grant, published the same year The Civil War was raging. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, m...

First edition of this important work on the Strait of Magellan. Quarto, two volumes bound into one in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label letter...

First edition of Leigh Fermor’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrations by A. Cos...

First edition of the Message translation of the Bible. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Eugene Peterson on the half-title page, who has written out the opening verse of Genesis...

First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets....

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Se...

First edition in English of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands. Fro...

Rare military appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President and William Howard Taft as Secretary of War. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, dated July 1 1904, the docu...

Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.

Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connall...

Typed letter signed by Winston Churchill to Edward J. LaVallin, president of the Philadelphia Business Club. One page, typescript on Churchill’s Hyde Park Gate letterhead, the letter is dated Ju...

Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe, boldly signed by her. The photograph is a portrait by Hastings, showing her in profile. Signed on the mount below the image. The photograph measures 5.5 inches by...

First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill’s son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the...

First edition of Schumpeter’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In...