Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

Rare photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Glossy black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion seated with a book in his lap. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ben-Gurion in th...

First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To A...

Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne’s “greatest monument of Latin scholarship.” Folio, four volumes bound in full vellum with spine labels decorated and titled in gilt, woodcut prin...

First edition of Vanderbilt’s account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation...

Photograph of legendary executive and longtime president and CEO of General Motors Alfred Sloan, inscribed by him. Black and white photograph of the General Motors president in a handsome half-length...

First edition of Parks’ powerful autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “3/15/92 Rosa Parks....

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles...

First edition of Brantôme’s sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. th...

1938 Unionist Association Annual Dance and Whist Drive Program signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and hi wife, Anne Chamberlain. 12 mo, one page folding. Signed by t...

First edition of Giles’ Prix Julien award-winning work which “enjoys pride of place in the history of Chinese bilingual dictionaries as the authoritative source for the Wade-Giles system o...

First edition of Baker’s classic work documenting his journeys to the Nile. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, six compartmen...

Early printing of Bagehot’s analysis of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, armorial gilt devices to the front and re...

Rare photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; signed by them. Color satin-finish photograph of Nancy Pelosi holding a large gavel while walking alongside Steny Hoyer, Joh...

Color close-up photograph of Nobel Prize-Winning physicist Peter Higgs, who discovered The Higgs mechanism which predicted the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson, the detection of which beca...

First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission, boldly signed by Ford. Octavo, original cloth. Association co...

First edition of Gertrude Colmore’s brief biography of Emily Wilding Davison. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Davison. Association copy, from the library of...

First edition of prolific Anglo-Irish suffragette Frances Power Cobbe’s feminist treatise. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, burgundy morocco spine...

Large format gelatin silver print photograph of Mahatma Gandhi spinning at Birla House in 1942. In the early 1920s, Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the swadeshi pol...

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow, who contributed an article in this volume. Name to the front free endpaper,...

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s groundbreaking book. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Thaler on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust...

First edition of this award-winning work by the Civil Rights icon. Octavo, original boards. “To Dan, Thank you for all of your good work. Keep the faith. John Lewis, 8-2-12.” Near fine in...

Rare invitation from the Toledo Israel Bond Committee, addressed to “The Outstanding Woman of Our Time” First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. One page, invitation administered on behalf of State o...

First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both authors on the front f...

First edition of Wells’ early First World War political tract examining the causes of modern conflict and arguing for new forms of international cooperation and organization as the foundation for last...