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Scarce first edition of this early brochure for the state of Florida. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, gilt titles, with color illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with numero...

Rare frosted glass bust of the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. Mounted on a hollow glass pedestal. In near fine condition. The bust measures 5.5 inches in height. The entire pi...

First American edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Fro...

First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author regarding the perspective of African Americans during The Civil War; how they felt, and how they played an important role, military and...

First edition of Hayek’s foundational study of cognitive behavior—”an exercise in profound thinking.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by He...

First edition of Caro’s memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Robert Caro on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

Complete first edition set of the most extensive review of the 1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific International Exposition ever written. Quartos, five volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine...

First edition, signed limited issue of the author’s in-depth investigation into the allegations put forth in Rolf Hochhuth’s ‘Soldiers, An obituary for Geneva’ (1967). Octavo,...

First edition of this modern classic of Jewish theology. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. Jacket designed by Marshall Lee.

First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris’ visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Shalom Leon Uris....

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

First edition of the compelling account of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Associatio...

First edition of this biography of the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain red. Boldly signed by Carl T. Rowan on the titl...

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Lawrence Wright on...

1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Clinton’s photograph is on page 278. In...

First edition about the war against radical Islam and what we need to do to combat the real threat. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endp...

First edition of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Lech Walesa on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo,...

First edition of this ground-breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Matthew Best wishes Ben Bernanke.” Fine in a...

First edition of this authoritative history of America’s financial oligarchy by one of the most prominent and frequently cited economists in the nation. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy...

First edition of Griswold’s account of the American Republican Court during the presidency of George Washington. Quarto, original publisher’s full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, el...

First edition, early printing of this early work by Nader. Octavo, original red cloth, top stain red. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For continuing advan...

First edition of this Faulknerian novel by the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Doro...

First edition of Pamphlet #7 of the Open Magazine Pamphlet Series; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Finnish leader Martti Ahtisaari. Tall octavo, original wrapper, inscribed by Ahtisaari on the title...