History, Law, and Politics

Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.

London : Cassell and Company, 1941-46.

First editions of each volume of Churchill’s classic war speeches. Octavo, 7 volumes bound in full crushed morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt decorated with gilt tooled Churchill lion emblems, top edge gilt, illustrated with 50 half-toneContinue reading "Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches."

Quarles, Benjamin

The Negro in the American Revolution.

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1976.

Later printing of this examination of the roles and experiences of Black Americans during the Revolutionary War. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Benjamin Quarles Baltimore, Maryland.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Elizabeth Resnick. Uncommon signed.

Ferguson, Niall

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2006.

First edition of this “deftly paced, continent-crossing account of the last century’s ‘age of hatred'” (The Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with maps, charts, and black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dean Nicastro. Jacket photographContinue reading "The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West."

Ferguson, Niall

Empire: The Rise and Fall of the British World Order and The Lessons For Global Power.

New York : Basic Books, 2002.

First edition of this work by the award-winning historian. Tall Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.

Ferguson, Niall

The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I.

London : Allen Lane, 1998.

First edition of this groundbreaking work on World War I. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Taylor, A.J.P

English History 1914-1945.

London : Oxford University Press, 1966.

First corrected edition of the final and best-selling volume in the Oxford History of England, covering both world wars and the interwar period. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with maps andContinue reading "English History 1914-1945."

Isaacson, Walter

The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da Vinci.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 2003-2017.

First editions of Isaacson’s definitive The Genius Biographies quartet, each volume signed by him. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Walter Isaacson on the title page of each volume, with Leonardo da Vinci an inscribed by Walter Isaacson.” Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.

Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century Illuminated Book of Hours Leaf Book.

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Exceptionally rare illuminated Book of Hours leaf book, containing various illuminated leaves from several Books of Hours, most executed in France. Duodecimo, bound in full late 19th century velvet, script on vellum, illuminated. Comprised of 30 individual leaves ruled in black and red ink and culled from 5 Books of Hours, including one prayer bookContinue reading "Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century Illuminated Book of Hours Leaf Book."

Pomeroy, M. M, [Mark Mills]

The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.

New York : M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.

First edition of Pomeroy’s scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.

Wheelan, Charles; Burton Malkiel

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.

First edition of this “clear, concise, informative, and witty and work” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by legendary investor Burt Malkiel on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Powell. Jacket illustration by Neil Powell.

Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill Signed Photograph.

c. 1949.

Rare glossy black and white photograph of Winston Churchill in profile with a cigar in his mouth, standing next to his wife, Clementine, and noted financier Bernard Baruch, signed by Churchill, “W. Churchill.” In very good condition. Triple matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 9.75 inches.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh

The Traveller’s Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1950.

First edition of Leigh Fermor’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Costa. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.

Hitchens, Christopher

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

New York : Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2007.

First edition of this classic polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Linda Heheman Christopher Hitchens.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.

Trouton, Rupert; John Maynard Keynes [J.M.]

Unemployment: Its Causes and Their Remedies.

London : Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1931.

Rare first edition of this analysis of the structural origins of unemployment. Duodecimo, original wrappers, Day to Day Pamphlets No. 2. Foreword by famed British economist John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. In very good condition. In very good condition.

Toll, Ian W

The Pacific War Trilogy. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942; The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944; Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2012-20.

First editions of each of Toll’s classic trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Each volume is signed Ian Toll. Fine in fine dust jackets.

Lawrence, T.E

Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1935.

First English deluxe edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original publisher’s pigskin-backed buckram with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and folding maps. One of 750 numbered copies, this is number 93. In very good condition. A sharp example.

Jones, James

WWII.

New York : Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1975.

First edition of this personal account of the Second World War from a soldier’s perspective. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with news prints, political cartoons, charcoal drawings, and paintings compiled by Art Weithas, award-winning art director of Yank magazine, the weekly magazine for the American G.I. during WWII. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authorContinue reading "WWII."

Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886.

First edition in the publisher’s deluxe brown half morocco of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publisher’s deluxe brown half morocco over brown boards, with blind-stampedContinue reading "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."

Lawrence, T. E.

Revolt in the Desert.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1927.

First edition, first impression with the publisher’s device to the rear board of T. E. Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Quarto, original publisher’s brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 15 additional plates from portraits, folding map at rear. In nearContinue reading "Revolt in the Desert."

Smith, Adam

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London : Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791.

Early eighteenth century printing of Adam Smith’s ground-breaking analysis of capitalist economics. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt tooling and stamping to the spine, modern morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. The sixth edition. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate of George Tito Brice to the pastedown. Uncommon in contemporary binding.

Rosendahl, Commander C.E

What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1938.

First edition of this spirited defense of the airship that calls for America to secure and maintain airship superiority. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top stain red, illustrated with 16 black and white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “WithContinue reading "What About the Airship? The Challenge to the United States."

Lowenstein, Roger. [Warren E. Buffett; Burton Malkiel]

Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist.

New York : Random House, 1995.

First edition of this landmark work on Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by legendary investors Warren Buffett and Burton Malkiel on the front free endpaper. Warren Buffett (born 1930) and Burton Malkiel (born 1932) emerged as influential figures in finance during the second half of the twentieth century, particularly from theContinue reading "Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist."

Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Great Crash 1929.

Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1988.

First Easton Press edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith. In fine condition.

McPherson, James M

The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

First illustrated edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by James McPherson on a laid in bookplate. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.