(561) 508-3479

mail@raptisrarebooks.com

History, Law, and Politics

Filters

Price

$

to

$

Only Signed Copies

Only First Edition

History, Law, and Politics

Rare History, Law & Political Books for Sale Online

Browse our extensive selection of rare history books, law & political books. Use the filters or search bar to find exactly what you’re looking for then call or email us with any questions or order here directly online.

Showing items 1200-1224 of 3074

Ward, Geoffrey C., Ric and Ken Burns [Shelby Foote, David McCullough, James M. McPherson]

The Civil War.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

First edition, early printing of this work, basis for the documentary film bearing the same name. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Twila and Frank Ken Burns April 16, 1993.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Archie Ferguson. The Civil WarContinue reading "The Civil War."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146192

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard

Goodall, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson

Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2009.

First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-146167

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Rothbard, Murray N

The Mystery of Banking.

New York : Richardson and Snyder, 1983.

First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-146163

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Thurber, James and E.B. White [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]

Is Sex Necessary? Or Why You Feel the Way You Do.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929.

Early edition of this collection of satirical essays in theme with the many Freudian sexual theories published in the 1920s; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece photograph of New York, illustrated with about fifty-two drawings by James Thurber. Signed and dated by Gilman in pencilContinue reading "Is Sex Necessary? Or Why You Feel the Way You Do."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145591

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Jacobs, Jane

The Death And Life of Great American Cities.

New York : Random House, 1961.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-145586

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Pickett, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett]

What Happened to Me.

New York : Brentano's, 1917.

First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights theContinue reading "What Happened to Me."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-145582

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Preston, Shaffner Taliaferro

1862 Shaffner Taliaferro Preston Map of the United States of America.

London 1862.

Rare hand-colored lithographed folding map from the American Civil War. The map displays the Federal or non-slaveholding states, the border or slaveholding states, the Confederacy, and the Indian reservation with hand-colored borders. In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 15 inches by 21 inches.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145577

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Shaara, Michael

The Killer Angels.

New York : David Mckay, 1974.

First edition of Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Rare and desirable in this condition.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146142

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Jansson, Jan

Iudaeae seu Terrae Israelis Tabula Geographica in qua Locorum in Veteri et Novo Testamento celebratissimorum Situs accurate descripti arte facta a Tilemanno Stella Sigenesi [Holy Land Map].

Amsterdam c. 1680.

Hand-colored engraved map of Judea, or the Land of Israel. One page, the map shows Judea with borders in color. The hand-colored title cartouche is flanked by Moses with the Ten Commandments on the left and the Jewish prophet Aaron with his jeweled breastplate and censer on the right. In the opposite corner, another cartoucheContinue reading "Iudaeae seu Terrae Israelis Tabula Geographica in qua Locorum in Veteri et Novo Testamento celebratissimorum Situs accurate descripti arte facta a Tilemanno Stella Sigenesi [Holy Land Map]."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145576

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Deming, W. Edwards

Out of the Crisis.

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 1986.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Ms. Minato Asakawa. May your work in cross-cultural be successful, & may the 1990s bring you health & happiness. W. Edwards Deming 22 April 1990.” Fine in aContinue reading "Out of the Crisis."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-146267

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Beard, Peter

Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits.

Sante Fe, NM : Arena Editions, 1999.

First edition of this classic monograph. Quarto, original leatherette cover. illustrated throughout. Elaborately signed and inscribed by Peter Beard in the year of publication, with his left hand imprint added. In fine condition, bookplate opposite the inscription. Preface by Peter T. Tunney and with an introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146133

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Johnstone, James [Translator]

The Norwegian Account of Haco’s Expedition Against Scotland.

Copenhagen : Printed for the author, 1782.

Rare first edition of this classic account of Haco’s campaign against Alexander III of Scotland in 1263, a campaign that culminated in the Battle of Largs and resulted in Håkon’s death. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, gilt morocco spine label. In very good condition.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-146130

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Stott, John

Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.

Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 1995.

First edition of this collection of writings from the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Janet with gratitude for your support of the Langham Foundation John Stott Feb 96.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Timothy Dudley Smith.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-146124

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Roosevelt, Theodore

African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.

First edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt top edge, photogravure frontispiece, illustrated, 48 plates, map of Roosevelt’s route and hunting trips in Africa. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To O.K. King with the esteem and regard of his friend Theodore Roosevelt Sept 22d 1910.” TheContinue reading "African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146118

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Priestley, J.B

The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20.

London : The Arcadia Press, 1970.

Signed limited edition of this social and political commentary on the Regency Period. Super octavo, bound in the original full crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, decorative gilt morocco inlays and gilt patterning to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbledContinue reading "The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145562

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Kindleberger, Charles P

Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises.

New York : Basic Books, 1978.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre. Uncommon.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-146114

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Riesman, David with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer

The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1950.

First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the the co-author Nathan Glazer on the title page, “The idea that men are created equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. (p. 373)Continue reading "The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146112

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Kranz, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot

Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

April 13, 1970.

Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, “Eugene F. Kranz, ‘Flight,'” and Seymour Liebergot, “‘Flight… we’d better think about gettin’ in the LM.’ 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM.” In fine condition.Continue reading "Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-145404

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Duke, Charlie

Charlie Duke Signed Crescent Earth Photograph.

.

Large satin-finish black and white photograph of a crescent earth rising over the lunar surface, signed by the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, Charlie Duke, in silver pen, “Life Is Not How Far You Travel, But What You Discover! Charlie Duke, Apollo LMP, Moonwalker.” In fine condition. The photograph measures 12.5Continue reading "Charlie Duke Signed Crescent Earth Photograph."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-145933

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Handy, Charles

The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.

London : Hutchinson, 2001.

First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145494

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Kennedy, Jacqueline; Caroline Bouvier Kennedy; John F. Kennedy Jr

Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Photograph.

c. 1968.

Rare original color photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy with her children Caroline and John, Jr., inscribed by her on the mount, “For Billie Jean – with much love from us all Jacqueline Kennedy.” Additionally signed by the young Kennedy children, “Caroline” and “John.” Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to daughter Caroline on November 27, 1957. At theContinue reading "Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Photograph."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146234

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Regan, Milton C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

First edition of Regan’s interdisciplinary work examining the legal implications of marriage and divorce. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Justice Ginsburg – From one teacher to another. Warm wishes, Mitt, June 1999.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous SupremeContinue reading "Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146023

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: FIRST EDITION of Good Will Toward Men; Lengthily inscribed by Jack Kammer to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Kammer, Jack. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.

First edition of Kammer’s candid work on the gender gap. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who represents America’s best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers –Continue reading "Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146501

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Pickett, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett]

What Happened to Me.

New York : Brentano's, 1917.

First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For my friend of many years Mr. W. W. Norman – with the sincere regardsContinue reading "What Happened to Me."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145485

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Previous 1 ... 49 50 51 52 53 ... 129 Next

Sign up to our Newsletter

Be the first to know about new arrivals and our latest catalogues.