History, Law, and Politics

Rare 18th Century Heart-Shaped Christian Broadside.

Germany c. 1780.

Rare late 18th century liturgical broadside. Printed broadside mounted on a decorated heart-shaped hardwood frame with a hand-painted botanical border containing Protestant liturgical chants, daily prayers, and hymns. Text in Latin. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable.

Edited by F.H. Hahn and F.P.R. Brechling

The Theory of Interest Rates: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association.

New York : Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1965.

First edition of this collection of talks delivered at the 1962 International Economic Association Conference held in Royaumont, France. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership signatures. Jacket design by Sarah Shervington.

Bagehot, Walter

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.

New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1873.

First edition of this “undying classic” (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. First editions are scarce.

Baker, Samuel White

Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail Khedive of Egypt.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1847.

First edition of Baker’s classic work documenting his journeys to the Nile. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece portraits with tissue guards to each volume, with fifty full-page illustrations by ZweckerContinue reading "Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail Khedive of Egypt."

Smith, John Thomas

The Cries of London: Exhibited Several of the Iternerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times.

London : John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839.

First edition of this collection of this work on the street cries of London. Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 30 engraved plates. In very good condition. A very nice example.

Paine, Thomas

Droits de L’Homme; En Reponse a L’Attaque de M. Burke Sur La Revolution Francois. [Rights of Man: Part the First Being An Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attach on the French Revolution].

Chez F. Buisson : Paris, 1791.

First French edition of Thomas Paine’s classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism. Octavo, bound in contemporary one quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable.

Moore, Andrew, A.B. Meek and J.D. Rather

Acts of the Called Session of the General Assembly of Alabama, Held in the City of Montgomery, Commencing on the Second Monday in January 1861.

Montgomery, Alabama : Shorter & Reid, State Printers, 1861.

Rare first edition of this Confederate imprint recording new laws and regulations pertaining to freed slaves. Octavo, bound in period quarter calf over boards, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. In very good condition.

Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1966.

First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives.

Shiller, Robert J

Market Volatility.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1989.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles included in this work. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Tobias, Andrew

The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The only ever! Best wishes 37 years (and six updated editions) later….Andrew 4/15.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast.

Bitton-Jackson, Livia

I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1997.

First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, “April 1998 For with all good wishes, Livia Bitton-Jackson.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Zakris.

Gerard, Charles

L’Ancienne Alsace a Table.

Paris : Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1877.

Scarce second edition of Charles Gerard’s authoritative work on the culinary traditions of the former region of Alsace. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, advertisements to the rear panel. In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box.

Merton, Thomas

The Sign of Jonas.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953.

First edition of the daily journal of American Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

MacArthur, Douglas

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur: An Address Delivered at Los Angeles, California January 26, 1955.

Stanford Connecticut : The Overbrook Press, 1955.

First edition of this address delivered by General Douglas MacArthur at Los Angeles, California January 26, 1955 in which he discusses the current state of the nation. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Scarce.

Foote, Shelby

The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox.

New York : Random House, 1958-74.

First editions of the author’s authoritative text on The Civil War. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copies, inscribed by the author in volumes one and two. Volume one isContinue reading "The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox."

Nehru, Jawaharlal

Jawaharlal Nehru Photograph Signed.

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Signed photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru of the first prime minister of India. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 13.5 inches.

Taft, William Howard

William Howard Taft Signed White House Card.

1913.

Rare original White House card inscribed by President William Howard Taft, “For Robert H. Schutz of Hartford, with best wishes, Wm. H. Taft, Feb 21st, 1913.” Double matted and framed with a medallion of Taft by Barber. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 9 inches. Rare and desirable.

Gilder, George

Visible Man: A True Story of Post-Racist America.

New York : Basic Books, 1978.

First edition of Gilder’s seminal first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by George Gilder with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.

Stiglitz, Joseph; Olivier Blanchard; David Romer and Michael Spence

In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy.

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2012.

Early printing of this work in which prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Yoshida, Hatsusaburo

Guide to the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (1931); Kumamoto-ken.

Kumamoto : O Aso Kokuritsu Koen Kyokai, 1931.

First edition of this photobook of the Kumamoto Prefecture. Quarto, original velvet bound, copiously illustrated with gravure photo pages with captions and text, occasional mounted gravure photos, all of the Kumamoto Prefecture in the southern-most Japanese island of Kyushu, including its manufacturing, spas, rivers, volcanic Mt. Aso, temples, village life and agriculture. Including panoramic foldingContinue reading "Guide to the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (1931); Kumamoto-ken."