Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin [Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy].

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy, which won both an Academy Award. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Kai Bird and Academy Award-winning director Christopher Nolan and Academy Award- winning actor Cillian Murphy on the title page. All signatures wereContinue reading "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer."

Sheridan, Philip Henry. [P.H.].

Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888.

First edition of Sheridan’s classic military autobiography. Octavo, two volumes, original gilt-stamped green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with 27 maps and 18 plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sheridan. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

Ben-Gurion, David.

Israel: A Personal History.

New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971.

Signed limited first edition of David Ben-Gurion’s history of Israel, told by the state’s founding prime minister. Thick quarto, bound in full dark blue morocco with gilt titles to the spine, a gilt Star of David and the author’s gilt facsimile signature to the front panel, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with black-and-whiteContinue reading "Israel: A Personal History."

Lawrence, T.E.; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart.

T.E. Lawrence to His Biographers: Robert Graves and Liddell Hart.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938.

Signed limited first edition of Lawrence of Arabia’s remarkable letters, notes, and answers to questions for his two biographers, the true first, preceding the English issue of January 1939. Octavo, two volumes, original buff cloth with titles to the spines, top edges gilt, untrimmed fore-edges, each with a black-and-white frontispiece of Lawrence, that of theContinue reading "T.E. Lawrence to His Biographers: Robert Graves and Liddell Hart."

Clifford, Clark M.; Richard Holbrooke. [Elie Wiesel; Marion Wiesel].

Counsel to the President: A Memoir.

New York: Random House, 1991.

First edition of the memoir of Clark Clifford, the legendary Washington lawyer and adviser to four Democratic presidents. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Holbrooke, the book’s co-author, on the front free endpaper, “To Elie & Marion Wiesel with the greatest respect and admiration. Richard Holbrooke New York, June 1996.” Richard Holbrooke wasContinue reading "Counsel to the President: A Memoir."

Dodd, Christopher J.; Lary Bloom. [Elie Wiesel; Marion Wiesel].

Letters from Nuremberg: My Father’s Narrative of a Quest for Justice.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2007.

First edition of Senator Christopher Dodd’s powerful account of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, built from the hundreds of letters his father, the prosecutor Thomas J. Dodd, wrote home from Nuremberg. Octavo, original half boards, frontispiece, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To my very dear friendsContinue reading "Letters from Nuremberg: My Father’s Narrative of a Quest for Justice."

Zagdanski, Henry. {Elie Wiesel}.

It Must Never Happen Again: The Memoirs of Henry Zagdanski.

Toronto: Colombo & Company, 1998.

First edition of the memoirs of Henry Zagdanski, a survivor’s firsthand account of his family, his vanished world, and the Holocaust. Octavo, original black leatherette, frontispiece of the author. One of only seven hundred copies, privately published for the author’s family and friends. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “ToContinue reading "It Must Never Happen Again: The Memoirs of Henry Zagdanski."

Meyers, Jeffrey.

Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.

First edition of Jeffrey Meyers’s acclaimed full-length biography of George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Megan Wilson.

Pele.

My Life and the Beautiful Game.

London: New English Library, 1977.

First edition of Pele’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed in green marker by Pele on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Judd. Written with Robert L. Fish.

Whitman, Walt.

Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman 1855-1888.

Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros & Co., 1888.

First limited edition of Whitman’s self-described “big book essentially the book, irrespective of expensive binding: it has portraits, notes, title page, all the guarantees of my personality: it is as clearly the book as anything could make it.” Large octavo, handsomely bound in modern full brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spineContinue reading "Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman 1855-1888."

Noonan, Martha Prescod Norman; Joan Trumpauer Mulholland; Bernice Johnson Reagon.

Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.

First edition, early printing of these powerful personal accounts by the women of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, fifty-two firsthand testimonies from the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and inscribed on the title page by three women of the movement: Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, a SNCC field organizer andContinue reading "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC."

Hurston, Zora Neale.

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.

Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.

First edition of Hurston’s classic work offering a vivid, firsthand account of her experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, pictorial endpapers, with 26 illustrations. Boldly signed by Zora Neale Hurston opposite the title page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has had professional restoration. Gift inscription toContinue reading "Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica."

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de.

Flight To Arras.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942.

First limited edition of this classic memoir of the fall of France. Octavo, original half leather, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, illustrated. One of only 500 copies signed by the author. Boldly signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and illustrator Bernard Lamotte on the limitations page. InContinue reading "Flight To Arras."

Lawrence, T. E. [David Garnett].

The Letters of T. E. Lawrence.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1938.

First edition, first issue of the most important collection of Lawrence’s correspondence. First issue points of “Baltic” on page 182 (later corrected to Balkan) and “T.E.L.” on page 495 (later corrected to T.E.S.). Octavo, original publisher’s buckram with gilt titles to the spine, top stain orange, illustrated with 16 plates including the frontispiece and 4Continue reading "The Letters of T. E. Lawrence."

Lawrence, A.W. [T.E. Lawrence].

T.E. Lawrence By His Friends.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937.

First edition of this memorial collection of reminiscences of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, gathered from some eighty of his friends and edited by his brother A.W. Lawrence two years after his death. Among the contributors are Winston Churchill, E.M. Forster, Robert Graves, and Siegfried Sassoon. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red, illustratedContinue reading "T.E. Lawrence By His Friends."

Muir, John.

John Muir Ephemera Collection.

Rare collection of ephemera related to American naturalist John Muir. The collection includes a variety of periodicals articles, exhibition guides, and proof sheets including: John Muir 1838-1914: Keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamorano Biennial Joint Meeting of 1996; The Presence of Mr. Muir. Keepsake for the John Muir Observance at Yosemite National Park, April 21-30, 1972, signedContinue reading "John Muir Ephemera Collection."

Obama, Barack.

Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

New York: Times Books, Random House, 1995.

First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To David – Best wishes! Barack Obama 9.20.95.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket artContinue reading "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."

McCain, John and Mark Salter.

Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.

First edition of Senator McCain’s tribute to ordinary American men and women in battle, “great and powerful stories that deserve to be retold” (Stars and Stripes). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by both John McCain and his co-author Mark Salter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by HeadsContinue reading "Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War."

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Gouverneur Morris.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1886.

First edition of Roosevelt’s American Statesmen biography of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, engraved printers device to the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.

Biden, Joe.

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.

New York: Random House, 2007.

First edition of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page during his first year as Vice President, “To Bobbi and Steven, thanks for the hospitality. Best wishes Joe Biden 6.16.09.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics."

McCain, John with Mark Salter.

Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember.

New York: Random House, 2005.

First edition of this collection of inspiring stories. Oblong octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Beck Stvan. Jacket illustration by Cathie Bleck.

Lawrence, T.E. [Stanley Kubrick].

Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1938.

Deluxe American edition of T.E. Lawrence’s monumental memoir of the Arab Revolt, one of the great autobiographical works of the twentieth century. Quarto, publisher’s full black cloth, the front board decoratively stamped in blind, the spine decoratively stamped and ruled in gilt. American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s copy, signed by him with his ownership inscription onContinue reading "Seven Pillars of Wisdom."

Getty, J. Paul. [Jacqueline Evans].

As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty. [with] Typed Letter Signed by J. Paul Getty.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

First American edition, early printing of the oil magnate’s autobiography, published in the year of his death. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Getty to the film actress Jacqueline Evans, laid in. One page on the letterhead of the Hotel George V, Paris, dated February 2, 1958, and addressed toContinue reading "As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty. [with] Typed Letter Signed by J. Paul Getty."

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Crusade in Europe.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948.

Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower’s wartime memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt. One of 1,426 numbered copies, this is number 439. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower on the “Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force” page. In fine condition in the original acetate jacket.