London: Printed for R. Edwards, 1792. Apparent second edition, preceded by an undated edition assigned the publication date [1785?] by ESTC. Octavo. [2], vii, [1], 178 pp. Lacking half title and final blank leaf. Recent blue paper wrappers. Wraps chipped and toned. Light toning and spotting to pages, but overall..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1889. First Edition. Three volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in publisher's blue gilt-embossed cloth, top edges gilt, floral endpapers; portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, sixty-two (62) plates and facsimiles throughout including one double-paged. Ex-Fitchburg Public Library with their usual markings throughout, Vol. I recased..... More
Portland, ME: Arthur Shirley, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 41pp. Some faint foxing to text block, contemporary ownership signature (illegible) at head of title page, neat 20th century ex libris to title page verso, else Very Good overall. Political pamphlet signed in text by Alford Richardson himself, regarding..... More
![A Prisoner of Trotsky's [Inscribed and Signed]. Andrew Kalpaschnikoff, David R. Francis, foreword](/pictures/thumb/12399.jpg?v=1645021586)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt; xviii,287pp. Light shelf wear, spine very slightly cocked, rear hinge cracked but holding, else Very Good and sound overall. Plaintively inscribed and signed by the author on front free..... More
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [4],88pp. ([A]2 B-M4). Leather remnants along spine, title page a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Political tract first published in an unspecified "Morning Paper" delineating a path for peace between France and England in the midst of the French..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed [from covers]; [4],90pp. ([A]2 B-M4 N1), half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine, else Very Good and sound. Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French..... More
[London]: Mountcastle's Library, [1858]. First Edition. Octavo. Removed. 51 pages. Moderately soiled and worn; a good, sound copy. A mildly eccentric work, offering 100 suggestions for reform, a paragraph or two dedicated to each. Much dedicated to enlightened methods of industrial production (repealing the malt-tax to reduce drunkenness)..... More
[Washington, DC?: Democratic Congressional Committee? ca. 1893.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium; 4pp. Dark shallow damp stain along top half of spine edge, stock uniformly toned and rather brittle with a few short closed tears, none quite approaching text, tiny hole mid-rear panel touching a few words without loss of meaning;..... More
![Church and State in Social Welfare [Inscribed and Signed]. Bernard J. Coughlin](/pictures/thumb/6919.jpg?v=1596738601)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xii,[4],189pp. General shelf wear, jacket spine rather sunned and crown chipped, tiny loss at bottom of rear flyleaf, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue-grey cloth, front cover and spine lettered in black; 192pp. Extremities rather rubbed and corners heavily bumped, small losses at spine ends touching text without loss of meaning, spine cloth quite darkened, white soil spot to front cover;..... More
![Drop title] A Farmer for Congress. Carl Vrooman](/pictures/thumb/6885.jpg?v=1599767494)
[Bloomington, IL: Democratic Agricultural Committee of 17th Congressional District, n.d. but 1946.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium. Light toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Campaign flyer supporting the (failed) congressional bid of Carl Vrooman, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson. The text is comprised of fifteen bullet points..... More
Guatemala: Editorial del Ministerio de Educación Publica, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in red and black; 109pp. Wrapper extremities and spine toned, paper stock equally darkened and a bit brittle due to inferior paper quality, light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Text..... More
Barcelona / Fairfax: Edicions Sirocco / The Locke Institute, 1996. First Edition. Signed by the author to journalist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire on full title with inscription "Best wishes from one 'enemy of the regime; to another! Christopher Lingle, 16 January 1996." Additional signed post-it on half title..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Signed by author Yergin on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "With admiration and / respect - and appreciation / for the good sense of / originality you bring / to our national life, / best wishes, / Daniel Yergin."..... More
![The Atlantic Community: A Study in Unity and Disunity [Inscribed to Tom Wicker]. Drew Middleton](/pictures/thumb/5528.jpg?v=1570544674)
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Signed by author to fellow New York Times Columnist Tom Wicker on title page with inscription, "For / Tom Wicker / a kind and gifted / colleague, with / very good wishes / Drew Middleton / 10/18/65." Octavo. 303 pages..... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 2013. Two Volumes. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); I: xvi, 170p, II: xvi, [171]-995p. Illustrated dustjackets over black paper-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. Jackets bumped at corners and spine ends, but with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards..... More
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1956]. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white decorative card wrappers printed in green and white; 362pp. Light dust-soil with some bumping at tail of spine. Forms part of the series "Les Temps et les Destins." More
In 'sGraven-Hage [The Hague]: D.H. van Wallsdorp [H. Verdussen], 1650. First edition. Small quarto (18.5cm.); removed; 24pp. [A-C4]; woodcut title page device, text printed almost entirely in Dutch blackletter. Imprint provided by KNUTTEL 6855. Third gathering separated but present, stock rather toned and dusty, else Good, the impression quite..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor..... More
Boston: John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1806-1807. First U.S. Edition. Two octavo volumes. 491 & 540 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Boards are lightly edgeworn with brief exposure and a chip to crown of volume II. Binding sound..... More
![Political Theory and Institutions of the Khawārij [Inscribed and Signed]. Elie Adib Salem](/pictures/thumb/9551.jpg?v=1621022704)
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 117,[1],ixpp. Light shelf wear, cloth rather soiled, brief ink splatters to textblock edges not bleeding into interior; overall Very Good at best. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Political and sociological study..... More
Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); removed; 15pp. Light dustiness, title page nearly separated, bottom fore-edge corner of text block dog-eared, else Good overall, internally fresh and sound. Indiana Whig politician's attack on the Mexican War policy of the Polk administration, especially in regards..... More
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1868. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Slightly ex-New York State Library with their faint rubber-stamp to upper cover, stock a bit toned and very slightly foxed, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear two leaves not approaching text, else Good to..... More
New York? Privately Printed for Release in the Newspapers of May 19th, 1923. Octavo (23cm.); staple bound self-wrappers; 23pp. Light toning to extremities, brief oxidation to spine staples, else Near Fine. Text of an address first delivered to Republicans at the Union League Club, New York City, May 18th..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's terracotta cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; viii,275pp. Boards a bit rubbed, corners bumped, small indentation to rear cover fore-edge, some minor spotting to preliminaries, else Near Very Good, interior mostly fine. More