History, Law, and Politics

[de las Casas, Bartolomé]

Colleccion de Libros Espanoles: Varias Relaciones del Peru y Chile; De Las Antiguas Gentes del Peru.

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.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands.

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."

Chang, Iris

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.

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.

Ambrose, Stephen; Douglas Brinkley

Witness to America: An Illustrated Documentary History of the United States from the Revolution to Today.

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."

Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

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.

Acheson, Dean

Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department.

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."

Presbrey, Frank

The History and Development of Advertising.

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.

[Napoleon Bonaparte]. Emil Ludwig. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul

Napoleon. [Cosway Binding].

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]."

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin

The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton.

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."

Graham, A. A; E. S. Colborn [William Tecumseh Sherman]

History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio: Their Past and Present.

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."

Locke, John

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.]

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.]"

Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time. [with] James Baldwin Signed Postcard.

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."

Auchincloss, Louis; Gary Hart; Michael F. Holt; George McGovern; Garry Wills; Et. Al

Collection of Presidential Biographies.

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.

Davis, Angela Y

Angela Davis: An Autobiography.

New York : Random House, 1974.

First edition of this classic autobiography by “activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend” (Ibram X. Kendi). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “To Brandy, In Struggle, Angela Y. Davis 11/18/74.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Angela Davis: An Autobiography."

Walesa, Lech

A Way of Hope: An Autobiography.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1987.

First edition of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lech Walesa on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Joy, Charles R. & Arnold, Melvin [Albert Schweitzer]

The Africa of Albert Schweitzer.

New York and Boston Harper & Brothers/ The Beacon Press.

First edition of this work by the legendary Nobel laureate. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Albert Schweitzer and his wife Helene on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example, uncommon signed by both Albert and Helene Schweitzer.

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues. And With the former Translations dilligently compared & revised. [with] The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David.

London : Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printer to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties, 1692-1693.

Rare 17th century Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer uniformly and exquisitely bound. Octavo, two volumes uniformly bound in full crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels with fleuron cornerpieces, engraved silver central ornamentContinue reading "The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues. And With the former Translations dilligently compared & revised. [with] The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David."

Friedman, Thomas L. [Madeleine Albright]

The Lexus And The Olive Tree.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

First edition of this groundbreaking work about globalization. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Secretary of State Albright, warmest regards and admiration! Thomas L. Friedman.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, wasContinue reading "The Lexus And The Olive Tree."

[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke].

London : Robert Barker, 1605.

Rare early 17th century printing of Robert Barker’s Geneva Bible. Small quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, text in black letter, double column, lacking general title-page, New Testament title-page with woodcut border, Concordances and Psalms bound in at rear [Herbert 280]. Period family ownership inscriptions andContinue reading "[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke]."

Ovid [Sandys, George]

Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologized, And Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil’s Aeneis.

London : Printed by J. L. for Andrew Hebb, 1640.

Fourth edition of George Sandys’ revered English translation of Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Folio, contemporary paneled boards, rebacked, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustrated with two copies of the engraved portrait of Ovid (one opposite engraved title, the other opposite the Life), engraved title page, and 15 full-page plates (one at the beginning of each book ofContinue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologized, And Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil’s Aeneis."