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London : Allen Lane, 2004.
First British edition of this historical argument that the United States is the most powerful empire in history but operates “in denial” of its imperial nature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Viking, 1999.
First edition of Ferguson’s monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gail Belenson.
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London : Allen Lane, 2010.
First British edition of this groundbreaking biography. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Connecticut : Mystic Seaport Museum Stores, 1989.
First limited edition of this history of the America’s Cup yacht racing competition from 1851 through 1988. Quarto, bound in full brown leather with gilt titles to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front panel, title page vignette photograph of the Cup, illustrated profusely with photographs of the America’s Cup taken by the RosenfeldContinue reading "A Picture History of the America’s Cup."
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London : Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1953.
First edition of this early collaborative exploration of the scientific, technical, and legal possibilities of space travel. Royal octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and the motif for the Royal Air Force St. Athan stamped in gilt toContinue reading "Across the Space Frontier."
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London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.
First limited edition De Luxe of the definitive collection of Kipling’s verse. Royal octavo, bound in full limp vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, decorated with turquoise initials. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 466. Signed by the publisher and printer on the limitationsContinue reading "Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling."
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London : John Murray, 1977-2013.
First editions of each volume in Leigh Fermor’s trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with maps. A Time of Gifts is an association copy, warmly inscribed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper to Daphne Fielding with with a large ink sketch of a coastal scene with church bell tower, castle tower,Continue reading "A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water; The Broken Road."
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Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1902.
First edition, later printing of Muir’s collection of short works on the beauty and splendor of America’s National Parks. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt vignette to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving of the sequoias of Mariposa Grove. In very good condition.
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London : London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the last of Dickens’ picaresque novels. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with by “Phiz” with 40 plates. With aContinue reading "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit."
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London : Harper Collins, 1994.
First edition of Wilfred Thesiger’s memoir, the famous explorer’s account of living among the Northern tribes of Kenya. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Wilfred Thesiger on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : S.W. Partridge and Co./National Temperance Publication, c. 1890.
Early edition of this collection of hymns, inscribed by legendary creator of 007 Ian Fleming. Octavo, bound in the original full black morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within stamped-in-blind bands, yapp edges, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in, illustrated with hymn stanzas. Boldly signed by Ian Fleming in pencilContinue reading "Hoyle’s Hymns and Songs: For Temperance Societies & Bands of Hope."
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Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, 1974.
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 copy of the co-author with his signature. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with graphs andContinue reading "Energy Regulation by the Federal Power Commission."
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New York : Random House, 2007.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, spiral bound spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly signed by the author on the title page, “To an old Perot supporter. Keep the faith! Joe Biden 8/23/07.” The title page wasContinue reading "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics."
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New York : The Hispanic Society of America, c. 1905.
The Hispanic Society of America’s notable, limited, and highly regarded facsimile edition of Don Quixote. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, all edges deckled, volume I is a facsimile reproduction of the first edition of 1605, volume II is a facsimile reproduction the 1615 first edition of the secondContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. [The History of Don Quixote]."
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Philadelphia : John Conrad & Co, 1803.
Rare first American edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece, translated from the original Spanish by Tobias Smollett and published as part of John Conrad & Co.’s Select Novels series (Vols. X-XIII). Duodecimo, 4 volumes, bound in full contemporary speckled calf, gilt numbers to the spine, modern morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Translated by T. Smollett. InContinue reading "The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote."
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1992.
Photograph of President George H.W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Color glossy photograph of George Bush and Yitzhak Rabin walking on a sidewalk near Bush‘s vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, on August 10, 1992. Boldly signed by both on the lower border beneath their respective images in black felt tip. Israeli politician, statesmanContinue reading "George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph."
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London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956-1960.
Complete set of each title in Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes bound in full crushed levant scarlet morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt facsimile signature of TolkienContinue reading "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King."
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New York : The MacMillan Company, 1936.
First edition of Rand’s debut novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "We the Living."
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Philadelphia : Courage Books, 1996.
First edition, early printing of this work by the legendary founder of Cigar Aficionado. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Marvin R. Shanken on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and signed twice on the half-title page, “To Matthew Best wishes Stephen Breyer.” Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the title page in the year of publication, front panel [in the year of publication]Continue reading "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View."
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Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, 1905-1910.
Finely bound set of Havelock Ellis’ landmark work Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Octavo, 6 volumes. Bound in three quarters levant morocco by Stikeman and Company, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
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New York : Grove Press, Inc., 1965.
First edition of one of TIME Magazine’s ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed byContinue reading "The Autobiography of Malcolm X."
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Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
First edition of C.S. Forester’s beloved African adventure, the basis for John Huston’s 1951 Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. One of only 2500 copies printed. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling toContinue reading "The African Queen."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.
First edition of Smith’s classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt in 22 karatContinue reading "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn."
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