Stride Toward Freedom
Inscribed by
Martin Luther King, Jr.
First edition, early printing (one month after the first), of Dr. King's first book, an account of the Montgomery bus strike, inscribed by the civil rights leader on the front free endpaper with his bold flourish, "Best Wishes Martin L. King Jr." $11,500. | More...
Profiles in Courage
Inscribed by John F. Kennedy
First edition, first printing, of Kennedy's Pulitzer-winning examination of "that most admirable of human virtues," inscribed : "To —— and —— —— with very best wishes. John Kennedy." $17,500. | More...
Halfway to Freedom
Inscribed by
Margaret Bourke-White
First edition of Bourke-White’s coverage of India’s passage to independence, inscribed on the colophon page to the president of the University of Akron and his wife. Featuring over 110 photographic images, including her famous photograph of Gandhi seated at his spinning wheel. $1100. | More...
Orientalism
Edward Said
First edition of Said's electrifying and foundational work in post-colonial theory, an exceptionally fine copy. $800. | More...
The Chicago Race Riots
Carl Sandburg
First book edition of Sandburg's investigation of racial unrest in Chicago, with an Introductory Note by Walter Lippmann. $1200. | More...
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
First edition of one of the most popular and influential novels of the last 50 years. $5200. | More...
Soviet Russia Since the War
Signed by Charlie Chaplin
First edition of Soviet Russia Since the War, inscribed "To —— from Hewlett Johnson / Dean of Canterb. / Los Angeles / Dec — 49" and signed immediately below the inscription, "Charles Chaplin." $1800. | More...
Living My Life
Emma Goldman
First edition of the famous radical's autobiography, with frontispiece portraits and eleven additional photogravures of Goldman, fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman and others, in very rare original dust jackets. $3500. | More...
Scientific Man vs. Power Politics
Inscribed by Hans J. Morgenthau
First edition of the pathbreaking first book by this signal figure in American international politics, an exceptional presentation/association copy that brings together two of the century's greatest minds at a time of global peril with Morgenthau's inscription to the pivotal American diplomat: "Mr. Philip C. Jessup with best regards. Hans. J. Morgenthau." $2600. | More...
Israel: A Personal History
Signed by David Ben-Gurion
United Jewish Appeal commemorative first edition, boldly signed by Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister. $3500. | More...
A Woman's Guide to
Political Action
CIO Political Action Committee
First edition of one of the first publications by one of America's first PACs, declaring "every woman voter should know the score" and dramatizing women's vital role in protecting jobs, health care and WWII's fight against fascism, with nearly 20 color- and black-and-white illustrations, a fine copy. $850. | More...
Good-bye to All That
Robert Graves
First edition, first issue, of Graves' memoir of his life until age 34, with photographic illustrations and maps. $3200. | More...
Manhattan Project
Presentation copy, inscribed by Stephane Groueff,
with a signed autograph letter
First edition, presentation copy, of this comprehensive history of the Manhattan Project, inscribed on the half title in the year of publication to the author's friends, prominent mining and minerals magnate, Charles Engelhard, and his wife, Jane, a major philanthropist: "To Charlie and Jane, in friendship. Stephane Groueff. May 1, 1967." Accompanied by a signed autograph letter dated a day later also to Jane, written entirely in French in the author's hand, thanking her for her interest in the book; comparing the joy of finishing the book to childbirth; and expressing his disappointment that Jane could not come to the book launch. $1600. | More...
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