New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989). First edition. Two volumes: first printing of volume two, second printing of volume one. BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY AMBROSE. The first two volumes in Ambrose's Nixon trilogy. Illustrated with photos. Volume one: Slight lean at top of spine still very good to fine in..... Item #47542 More
New York: Crown Publishers, 2007. First edition. "A raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck" --Sherman Alexie (cover blurb). Advance reading copy with "Uncorrected Proof - Not for Sale" on cover. White pictorial paperwraps. Very good. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman..... Item #55416 More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First edition. Includes 22 letters by "Celebrated Intellectuals" many of whom were Nobel Prize recipients including Karl Capek, Albert Einstein, Selma Lagerlof, Sinclair Lewis, Maurice Maeterlinck, Thomas Mann, Romain Rolland, Bertrand Russell, Upton Sinclair, H. G. Wells, Rebecca West, Izrael Zangwill, et al...... Item #55651 More
New York: Knopf, 1930. First edition. The hard-boiled mystery writer's first regularly published book, essays of sorts in a series of imagined dialogues on the workings and non-workings of government. Octavo gray cloth boards stamped in black (or perhaps dark blue) on front and spine, publisher's logo blindstamped on back..... Item #54059 More
New York: George Braziller, (1988). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in bold dust jacket. Item #47100 More
(New York: The Liberator Publ. Co., 1919). First edition. Monthly socialist magazine featuring art, poetry, fiction, political reporting and commentary. Established by siblings Max and Crystal Eastman in 1918 after The Masses was shutdown by government officials. Cover portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Boardman Robinson; woodcuts by J. J. Lankes..... Item #54948 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. Item #47922 More
Wash., D.C. Government Printing Office, 1940. First edition. A presumably unique tribute book culled from the congressional record (labeled "Not printed at Government expense") printing newspaper articles from around the country honoring Farley, the Postmaster General and Chariman of the New York State Democratic Committee, upon HIS RETIREMENT IN PROTEST..... Item #49763 More
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution, 2006. First edition. Dibner Library Lecture, December 13, 2006. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #52992 More
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First U.S. edition. Boldly SIGNED BY GORBACHEV in felt-tip marker on the half-title page (few tiny specks of bleed through to title page). Mildest of shelf wear but still fine in fine dust jacket. "In every generation, a handful of individuals radically alter the course of..... Item #71588 More
New York: Vintage Books, (1994). First Vintage books edition. INSCRIBED, "May you laugh your way back to good health." Near fine in glossy, pictorial paperwraps. Item #51665 More
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1970). First edition. Front endpaper with SIGNED bookplate affixed at center and LBJ Library & Museum gold-foil emblem affixed to lower inside corner. The dust jacket is not priced and has the publication date code "1170" at bottom (not present on other jackets we've..... Item #53551 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1962). First edition. "A Selection from President Kennedy's Public Statements from His Election through the 1961 Adjournment of Congress, Setting Forth The Goals of His Legislative Year." Very good with bookplate on front endpaper and small name sticker on pastedown under flap; in very good..... Item #50265 More
New York: Fleet Press Corporation, (1968). First edition. Written by Alex J. Goldman and containing numerous black-and-white photographs. Thin split in rear spine gutter, otherwise near fine in somewhat rubbed dust jacket with chipped tips and one small closed tear. Item #28023 More
New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1887 - 1888. First edition of each of the three issues of the humor and politics magazine. SEPTEMBER 7, 1887, VOL. XXII, NO. 548: "A Queer Flirtation" by C. J. Taylor on front; "The National Political Madhouse" by W. Kaulbach and Keppler at center; and..... Item #71864 More
New York: Viking, (2001). First edition. SIGNED by Miller on title page. "[Miller] contrasts the relatively poor thespian skills of Messrs. Bush and Gore with the consummate art practiced by some of the great masters of the modern American political stage: Bill Clinton, Reagan, JFK and FDR." -- from the..... Item #56161 More
New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., (1871). First U.S. edition, and first illustrated. Scarce softcover issue, headed "The Nast Edition" in original paperwraps. Pullen's satirical take on the Franco-Prussian War, casting European countries as schoolchildren was first published in 1870 in London without illustrations. Old paper-tape at spine fold..... Item #52220 More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1937). First edition. SIGNED BY NORRIS and dated October 1937 on front endpaper. Memoirs of the Philadelphia reporter, lawyer, banker, and public official described on the jacket flap as being “far too clever to draw the veil of faint praise over the characters of those..... Item #71757 More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip indicating publication date of August 26, 1972, and promo letter laid in reading in part, "Thirty-six years after his humiliation of Hitler, Jesse Owens has been invited by the German government to be a...... Item #55557 More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, (1944). First edition. Includes a message by Rex Stout. Near fine with small name on front endpaper and page edges lightly soiled; in an almost very good dust jacket with rubbing, soiling, shallow chipping and a few short closed tears. Item #29128 More
(San Francisco): Straight Arrow Books, (1973). First edition. Thompson's account of the battle for the 1972 presidency, from the Democratic primaries to the eventual showdown between George McGovern and Richard Nixon. Gonzo journalism at its best with illustrations by Ralph Steadman and photographs by various others. First-issue dust jacket with..... Item #54103 More
Munchen: Der Ziegelbrenner, 1917-20. First edition. German language. 20 issues in total. In eight volumes, as published. Includes standalone issue 2 (1st year, Dec. 1, 1917, "Inhalt..." on cover); standalone issue 4 (2nd year, July 27, 1918, "Percy Bysshe Shelley..." on cover), multi-issue volume "5/6/7/8" (2nd year, Nov. 9, 1918..... Item #54291 More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, (1964). First edition. The true first edition of the "Warren Report." SIGNED BY PRESIDENT GERALD FORD, who was a congressman when appointed to the Warren Commission by Lyndon B. Johnson. (In 1973, Richard M. Nixon appointed Ford vice president after Spiro T. Agnew resigned; and..... Item #54964 More