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First edition of this history of Brazilian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain black. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Otto Frankfurter on the front free endpaper,...

First edition of this complete, fully documented, and authoritative story of Herbert Hoover’s four years as President. Octavo, original navy cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Hoover...

First edition of “Ding” Darling’s editorial cartoons regarding President Hoover. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpape...

Second volume of the first edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family’s initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman....

First edition of this selection from Letters to Malcolm. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in the original rice paper jacket, which is in good condition. Rare.

First edition of Blunden’s moving narrative of life on the Western Front told in prose and verse,. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in thi...

First edition of this classic piece of history by Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis. Octavo, original textured half cloth. Boldly signed by Angela Davis on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fi...

First edition of Churchill’s fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spi...

First edition of the 39th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator...

First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to writer Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page, “For Peter Best wi...

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s wonderful autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family, including frontispiece of the First Lady. Boldly sig...

Finely bound example of one of the most influential historical works of the nineteenth century, first published in 1848. Small octavo, 8 volumes bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine labe...

First edition of Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the opening episodes of World War I. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust...

Sixteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Latin work on the downfalls of powerful or famous historical and biblical figures. Duodecimo, written in Italian, bound in full vellum, woodcut chapte...

Original leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century. The dates on the leaf fall within the Sixth Age, covering late antiquity and the early Middle Age...

First edition of this spirited defense of the airship that calls for America to secure and maintain airship superiority. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and...

First edition of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips.

Rare finely bound example of the Memoirs of Napoleon with a fine fore-edge painting of Napoleon on horseback leading his troops to battle. 12mo. bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to t...

First Easton Press edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly signe...

First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Tucker with love from Gra...

First edition of this work on the Black Hawk Tragedy. Octavo, original publisher’s printed wrappers; 16pp. In very good condition with a few chips to corners of wraps, gift inscription to front...

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Barry Newcombe, t...

First trade edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photogravures and folding maps. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine,...

First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page...