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New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition, early printing of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
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 the title page and three times by Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear flap.Continue reading "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11."
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New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1914.
First edition of this classic adventure taken by Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated from photographs taken by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and with 3 maps, including 1 folding in the rear. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the authorContinue reading "Through the Brazilian Wilderness."
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San Diego : Canterbury Classics, 2017.
Finely bound example of the Constitution of the United States. Octavo, bound in full leatherette, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the half-title page. Kirk signed this in Palm Beach in December of 2024. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1955.
First edition of Frankl’s classic work which explores topics on the meaning of life in general as well as the meaning of specific areas of one’s life, such as work and personal relationships. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Stettner with the kindest regardsContinue reading "The Doctor and the Soul: An Introduction to Logotherapy."
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London : Odhams Press Limited, 1936-1939.
First Odhams press edition of four of Churchill’s best-known works. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in My Early Life, “To E.T. Vassallo from Winston S. Churchill, 1948. ” With a typed letter signed by Nina Edith Sturdee, Churchill‘s privateContinue reading "My Early Life; Thoughts and Adventures; Great Contemporaries; Step by Step."
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Madrid : Miguel Ginesta/Manuel G. Hernandez, 1879-1892.
Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas’ histories of Peru and Chile. Octavo, two volumes bound in one half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in. In fine condition.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1986.
First edition of the author’s classic work which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with a quote from the book opposite the title page, “Richard Rhodes ‘IContinue reading "The Making of the Atomic Bomb."
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London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co, 1854.
First British author’s edition of this travel narrative that records Stowe’s observations during a tour of Europe in the wake of her international fame from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Duodecimo, bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, engraved frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. In veryContinue reading "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands."
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New York : Basic Books, 1997.
First edition, early printing of this “powerful, landmark book” (Richard Rhodes). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Iris Chang on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.
First edition of this reflective memoir of the Watergate scandal. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To President Ford & Betty. With greatest regard Bob Woodward.” The recipient, President Gerald R. Ford, who assumed office following the Watergate scandal, sought to restore public trust in government through aContinue reading "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate’s Deep Throat."
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New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.
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 throughout, with an audio CD bound in at the rear. Boldly signed by both Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Based on theContinue reading "Witness to America: An Illustrated Documentary History of the United States from the Revolution to Today."
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London : Published by the Author, 1841.
First edition, first issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin, three maps, and errata slip present at the front of the first volume. In very good condition.
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New York : Center Street, 2009.
First edition of this work, basis for the 2014 war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed byContinue reading "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History."
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1969.
First edition of Acheson’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Vera and Reed Rolfo with the best wishes of Dean Acheson October 1969.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Miriam Woods. PhotographContinue reading "Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department."
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Los Angeles, California : Property of Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation, c. 1956.
Rare original screenplay from the 1957 film ‘Paths of Glory’ based on Humphrey Cobb’s first and only book. Quarto, mimeographed manuscript, original pictorial black and white wrappers bound with brads. In very good condition. Accompanied by three press reviews of Harris-Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) with the original printed slip that reads, “With the compliments ofContinue reading "Paths of Glory Original Screenplay."
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New York : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1929.
First edition of this history on the evolution of advertising. Royal octavo, original publisher’s cloth with orange titles, top stain orange, with more than 350 illustrations. In very good condition.
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London : George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1927.
Elaborately bound Cosway style first edition in English of Emil Ludwig’s biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavo, bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full Cosway style scarlet morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inset ivorene hand-painted portrait of Napoleon depicting him with medals to the front panel, giltContinue reading "Napoleon. [Cosway Binding]."
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1902.
First edition of this historical novel that blends biographical narrative with romanticized fiction to construct a dramatic portrait of one of America’s founding figures. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ms. ArelinaContinue reading "The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton."
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Chicago : W. H. Beers & Co, 1883.
First edition of this comprehensive history of Ohio’s townships, industries, soldiers, pioneer families, and prominent men; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel, all edges marbled, illustrated with maps, diagrams, and engravings. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. InContinue reading "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio: Their Past and Present."
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New York : Sentinel, 2025.
First edition of this glimpse of the Supreme Court Justice’s journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the Constitution. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amy Coney Barrett on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Nuhn.
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London : Printed for A. Churchill and A. Manship, 1722.
Rare second edition of the collected works of John Locke, “the most worthy… of the indisputably great philosophers.” Folio, three volumes, bound in full speckled brown calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine with morocco spine labels in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins, all edges stained red. Frontispiece of JohnContinue reading "The Works of John Locke [Including: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Some Considerations of the Consequences of Lowering the Interest, and Raising the Value of Money, An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coin, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Etc.]"
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New York : The Dial Press, 1963.
First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Accompanied by a laid in postcard with a black and white photograph of BaldwinContinue reading "The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard."
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New York : Times Books, 2004-2015.
Collection of biographies of the presidents of the United States. Octavo, forty-one volumes, frontispiece portrait to each volume, original boards. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
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