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Second enlarged edition of this collection of speeches. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Coolidge. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

First edition of James’ naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt’s account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full contempora...

First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86.” In fine condition.

First separate edition of Churchill’s ominously prophetic article. 12mo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare, especially in this condition.

First edition in English of the economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by T. Boston Bruce. In very good condition with some rubbing to the cloth, name to the front pastedow...

First edition of Roosevelt’s last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ernest Socolov. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. Introduction by Adolp...

First edition of this collection of eyewitness accounts and illustrations chronicling the American experience. Thick quarto, original publisher’s half-cloth, black and white illustrations throug...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by John Dos Passos. Uncommon, signed.

Seventh edition of the complete works of English Victorian writer and suffragette Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s full deluxe morocco with gilt titles...

First edition of this memoir of a Union soldier and civilian; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original cloth. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P.T. Sher...

Early printing of the historian’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robert...

First edition of the Civil War memoir of Lincoln’s controversial commander of the Army of the Potomac. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, steel-engraved f...

Third and enlarged edition of Hall’s important work. Octavo, original publisher’s paper-covered boards and paper spine labels, volume one with the hand-colored folding map of the United St...

First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, three volumes, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper of The Cabinet and th...

First edition of Kissinger’s 13th book, in which he draws on historical records and 40 years of direct interaction with four generations of Chinese leaders to analyze the link between China’s an...

First edition of Gandhi’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sienkiewicz’s international best-selling historical novel. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with g...

Program for the inauguration ceremony of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Signed by both Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Byron White. Rehnquist had administered the oath of office to Bill Clinton...

First edition of Dimock’s autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some menti...

First edition of Porter’s revealing exposé of the Fleet Street Press. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Sally Soames who contributed...

Rare printing of Lord Balfour’s speech supporting the Women’s Franchise Bill, which proposed extending the parliamentary vote to women. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

First edition, early printing of this polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne...

First edition of this detailed journalistic account of the investigation and trial conducted by New Orleans DA Jim Garrison against businessman Clay Shaw. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth...