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First edition of Billings’ classic Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with six color plates and over two hundred sketches by Charles W. Reed. In very good condition. First edi...

First edition of Sloan’s influential work, which has since become a classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed in the year of publication by the author on t...

First edition, first issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engrave...

Rare original publisher’s advance proofs of the first edition of the first three volumes of Churchill’s important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Shaw. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Inscribed for Professor Chen Yuam G. Bernard...

Original brochure celebrating the David Lean war film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ with the story of the film by Claude Houghton, based on the screenplay written by Pierre Boulle. Real wood...

Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of The Civil War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within rais...

Guestbook signed by Queen Elizabeth II on a state visit to Sweden in 1956. Royal octavo, bound in full leather decoratively rimmed with black leather ribbon, 28 pages of signatures, inscriptions, and...

The subscriber’s edition of the works of Daniel Webster, signed by Webster in the first volume. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in original cloth, frontispiece, and one other plate. In near fine condit...

Presentation edition of this selection of speeches delivered by President Bill Clinton. Quarto, 8 volumes, original publisher’s half morocco over paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spi...

First edition, early printing of this overview of Tuskegee Institute. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “B. G. Hardwick from Booker T...

First edition of this compilation of three of Truman’s most memorable economic reports. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author opposite the title page, “Most sincerely Harry Truman....

Rare limited edition B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay model on stand. Hand painted 1/72 scale model of the Enola Gay with a 23.5 inch wingspan and accompanied by four attachable propellors, each measuring...

First editions of three popular titles in the Boone and Crockett Club series, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter levant morocco over ma...

Carte-de-visite of General George McClellan. Boldly signed, “George B. McClellan Maj Gen USA.” In near fine condition. It measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Rare.

First edition of this seminal work on charts and graphs. Octavo, original leatherette boards, illustrated throughout. Introduction by Carl Snyder. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the...

Oversized satin finish color photograph of the iconic ‘Earthrise‘ image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman in silver felt tip,...

First edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history, illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces, numerous steel engravings, facsimiles and 43 ma...

Rare quit claim deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” three pages, partially-printed, 8.5 x 14 inche...

Original color photograph of Neil Armstrong, boldly inscribed by him, “To ___ ____ _____- Congratulations on a century of achievement Neil Armstrong.” Double matted and framed. The entire...

Early edition of Mandela’s Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated on the front panel, “NMandela 29.6.97.” In fine condition. Uncommon signed.

First edition of Samuel Johnson’s diary of a trip to Wales in July-August of 1774, which was later incorporated into various editions of Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’. Octavo, or...

First edition of this important collection of Churchill’s speeches. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Limited edition of this autobiographical account of Chennault’s military career. Octavo, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed on th...