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Thick octavo, bound in contemporary vellum, 1056 pages. Woodcut title vignette. In excellent condition.

First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Congratulations on your leadership an...

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...

Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven pages in a folding album, illustrated. In fine condition...

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. Near fine in a near fine dust...

First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry befo...

Later printing of this collection of lectures given by the former chief of the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Best wishes Ben Be...

First edition of the final volume in the author’s classic Pacific War trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 unnumbered pages of black and white photographs. Boldly signed by...

First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Chief Justice Warren Burger at his biography page. 20 page pamphlet on the Supreme Court published by them.

First edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket...

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Robert J. Shiller Oct 8, 2015.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mar...

Rare autograph letter signed by General William Arnold Eaton. Octavo, four pages on Durban Club stationary, the letter reads in part, “22 March 1900 My dear mama, I go back tomorrow to join the...

First edition of the autobiography of the most famous female labor activist of the nineteenth century, Mother Jones. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Mary Field Parton. Introduction by Clarence Darro...

The Eminent Women Series edition of Blind’s biography of French revolutionary Marie-Jeanne ‘Manon’ Roland de la Platière. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth, patterne...

First edition of Valtin’s bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Ben Mande...

First edition of Phelps’ important contribution to understanding the business cycle. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ja...

First edition of this work by the Harlem renaissance writer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Richard Beam from George S. Schuyler 2...

First edition, third printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Hardin S. Rarny Margaret Mead May 6, 1946....

Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by...

Early printing of the work which introduced the term “American dream” into the lexicon and the “single best volume of American history” (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth....

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.

Finely bound collection of Trevelyan’s work on Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Henry Sotheran, Ltd., gilt titles and tooling to the s...

First edition of this biographical chronology of the life of United States Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original publisher’...

First edition, early printing of “the best history of oil ever written” (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily...