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Royal 1974 Christmas and New Year Card with a mounted color photograph of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace with their three children Princess Caroline, Prince Albert II, Princess Stéphanie. Octavo, f...

Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.

Autograph note signed by Ronald Reagan on his personal letterhead as follows, “20 Sept. ’89 Dear Ford and Norma, Thanks for your letter and generous words, I’m more grateful than I c...

First edition of this address by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.

First edition of Almroth Wright’s anti-feminist treatise. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.

First edition of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original clo...

Rare large format glossy photograph of the historic Apollo 7/S-IVB rendezvous in space signed by Apollo 7 Pilot Walter Cunningham, “S-IVB stage during rendezvous, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Pilot...

Theodore Roosevelt typed letter signed to Thomas T. Sherman. One page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter reads, “Feby. 8th, 1899. Thomas T. Sherman, 52 Wall St., N.Y....

Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispie...

Fine consular appointment signed by Calvin Coolidge as President. One page, partially printed and accomplised in manuscript, the document appoints Samuel Sokobin a Consul of the United States at Harbi...

First edition of this study examining the regulatory practices of the Federal Power Commission (FPC) in overseeing natural gas and electric power markets, inscribed by Justice Breyer and the office co...

First edition, early printing of Bloom’s landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Richard A. Ware, One of the most...

Large paper edition, one of 250 numbered copies of The Queens of Society and Beaux of Society. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, inner dente...

First edition of Noyce’s firsthand account of the ascent of South Col. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and maps including frontispiece. Foreword by Si...

Rare autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of French physician and Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer. One page, text in French. The letter is addressed to Miss Mary Hebe Degler of Lancast...

Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays So...

First edition of this historical, political, and economic examination of socialism; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed and da...

Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century folding map of the United States by renowned Scottish cartographer Daniel Lizars. The hand-colored engraved folding map covers the territories of the United St...

First edition of the autobiography of “the greatest capitalist in history” (Fortune Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Thomas J. Watson, Jr. on the front...

First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Keith Stephens from Pete...

First edition of Kidder’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tracy Kidder on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter deAngeli. A...

First edition of this classic work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize. Octavo, origin...

First Day Cover honoring the Salvation Army, boldly signed by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, postmarked New York, NY July 2, 1965. In near fine condition. Autographs of Muhammad are rare. 

First edition of the author’s first thriller, basis for the classic film film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Octavo, or...