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Iconic photograph on canvas of Buzz Aldrin standing next to the United States flag planted atop the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Boldly signed “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI.” The e...

Early edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. In near fine condition, reba...

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...

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...

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 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...

Rare San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway stock certificate signed by industrialist Claus Spreckels. Quarto, one page page partially printed in red, green, black, and accomplished in manuscrip...

First English deluxe edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original publisher’s pigskin-backed buckram with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, illustrated with...

True first editions of the first two volumes of Churchill’s The World Crisis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with numerous maps (many folding), charts, facsimiles, photographs. Near fine in...

Rare color satin-finish photograph of the Apollo spacecraft over the lunar surface. Boldly signed around the Apollo spacecraft in black felt tip by seven moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, Gene C...

First edition of this Western novel, adapted into the 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales by Clint Eastwood. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. One of only 75 copies of the true first edition. Nea...

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.