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[HAMILTON, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay.]
The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, 1788
£225,000
First edition of "the most famous and influential American political work" (Howes), and "one of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government" (PMM). The...
2 volumes octavo. Volume I measuring 168 × 115 mm, volume II 185 × 110 mm. Uncut in the original publisher's boards, volume numbers stamped to spines. Housed... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Liberalism and the Social Problem. 1909
£15,000
First Edition, First Impression of this scarce title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase. A truly rare book in dust jacket - indeed we know of no...
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt, author's signature in facsimile to upper board gilt. With the photographically illustrated dust jacket. Housed in a... Read more
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MARX, Karl.
[Das Kapital, in Russian] Kapital. Kritika politicheskoi ekonomii. 1872
£10,000
First edition in Russian, the first foreign translation, of "the Bible of Marxism." This is the first translation to appear in any language, and the impact of it was greatest on the...
Octavo (236 × 153 mm). Contemporary Russian black half calf, blue pebble-grain cloth sides, spine with double gilt rules. Housed in a black quarter morocco... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Arms and the Covenant. 1938
£5,000
First Edition, first impression. This copy inscribed to Admiral Sir Dudley Pound on the front free endpaper; "To 1SL [First Sea Lord] from WSC, 28.3.40." Churchill began to write...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine within triple fillet gilt, double fillet panel in blind to the upper board. Frontispiece portrait. Spine sunned, the... Read more
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PAINE, Thomas.
Convention Nationale. Opinion de Thomas Payne [sic], 1819
£5,000
First Editions of the first two listed works, rare in commerce. No copy of the first work appears in auction records since 1975 and only one copy of the second. The Rights of Man...
3 works bound together in one volume, pp. 8; 10; [ii], 196; the first two works small octavo (approx. 195 × 122 mm), the third, with uncut edges, taller octavo... Read more
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States. 1933
£4,750
The advance issue, first published version of FDR's inaugural address, annotated in pencil on the upper cover as one of the White House file copies, with the signature of Stephen T....
Octavo. Wire-stitched in the original wraps. In quarter dark blue cloth on patterned paper portfolio, typed label to upper panel, black silk ties. Rockwell Kent... Read more
MOTT, A[bigail].
Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. 1826
£4,500
First English edition, which omits the poetry included in American editions, a note verso of the final contents leaf reads; "In the present edition, one or two of the narratives have...
Octavo (176 × 103 mm) contemporary maroon half skiver on marbled boards, gilt double-ruled compartments to the spine. Contemporary ownership inscription of John... Read more
WEBSTER, Daniel.
The Writings and Speeches ... 1903
£3,750
National Edition, limited to 1050 copies only, of which this is no. 987. A lavish edition preserving the legacy of Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Senator and Secretary of...
18 volumes, large octavo (240 × 157 mm). Bound in recent blue morocco, spines lettered gilt in two compartments, others with gilt motifs between gilt bands,... Read more
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Works. 1926
£3,500
National Edition. The writings of the 26th President of the United States on outdoor life, ranching, history, politics and war, with an autobiography in volume twenty.
20 volumes, octavo. Recent full tan morocco, red and green labels, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled boards, top edges gilt, others... Read more
MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de.
The Complete Works. 1777
£3,500
First collected edition in English.
4 volumes, octavo (210 × 128 mm). Contemporary red straight grain morocco prize-binding, spines gilt in compartments, arms of Trinity College Cambridge gilt to... Read more
CLAUSEWITZ, General Carl von.
On War: 1873
£3,000
First full English edition of Clausewitz' Vom Kriege, which was first published 1832-4 as part of his posthumous works. In view of a recent estimation of On War as "the most...
Large octavo. Original blue cloth, vermilion paper label to spine, compartments formed of triple gilt rules, panelling in black to the boards, brown surface-paper... Read more
HOBBES, Thomas.
Le corps Politique ou les elements de la loy morale et civile. 1652
£3,000
First edition in French of Hobbes's first statement of his political theory. The treatise The Elements of Law was originally written in England and first distributed in manuscript in...
12mo. Attractively bound in 18th-century French red morocco, smooth spine gilt in compartments with flowers, leaf-sprays and circles, green morocco label, sides with... Read more
FRANKLIN, Benjamin.
The Works. 1904
£2,750
The Federal Edition, the best and most complete edition of the works of Franklin. One of a limited edition of 1000 numbered sets, and very handsomely bound.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent brown morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light brown morocco labels, marbled endpapers, ruling to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Select Committee on the Army Act and Air Force Act - the complete reports with typed letter signed by Churchill as PM. 1952-4
£2,750
First editions. This copy that of Sir Patrick Spens, Chairman of the Select Committee, his ownership inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper; a piece of House of Commons...
Octavo. Contemporary dark blue buckram, title gilt to spine, edges sprinkled red. Original wraps to all except the first bound in. A little rubbed, spine a touch... Read more
(AMERICANA) MORSE, John T. (ed.)
American Statesmen. [1898]
£2,500
Standard library edition. A collection of 28 biographies of the outstanding statesmen of US history to that date, from Benjamin Franklin via Adams, Washington, Hamilton, Jay,...
40 volumes, octavo (186 × 126 mm). Original red half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Each volume... Read more
LOCKE, John.
The Works. In Three Volumes. 1714
£2,500
First collected edition. This collection was reprinted five times in this format in the following few years.
3 volumes, folio (300 × 190 mm). Twentieth-century speckled half calf, brown cloth sides, spines gilt in compartments, black calf labels, red speckled edges, top... Read more
LENIN, V. I.
Selected Works... [1935]
£2,500
12 volumes, octavo. Recent full crimson morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A clean set with binding...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent full crimson morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A clean... Read more
PAINE, Thomas.
The Life and Writings. 1908
£2,250
The Independence Edition of the Centenary Issue. Limited edition of 500 copies signed by the editor Daniel Edwin Wheeler.
10 volumes, octavo. Recent brown morocco, green morocco labels, decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to board, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
LINCOLN, Abraham.
The Complete Works. 1905
£2,100
The Anniversary Edition of the complete works of Abraham Lincoln, one of a limited edition of 1000 sets, and very handsomely bound.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent brown morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Photogravure... Read more
ANNUAL REGISTER.
The Annual Register, 1777
£2,000
A superb uncut copy of the most sought-after single volume of the series. Begun in 1758, The Annual Register is an annual survey of the past year (traditionally focusing on history,...
Octavo (9 × 5¾ ins), pp. iv, 112, *115–*192, 113–270, [ii], 259, [9] index. 19th-century quarter calf, drab paper boards, edges uncut. Backstrip a... Read more
(LINCOLN, Abraham) BERGER, Anthony.
Cabinet card photographic portrait, taken at Mathew B. Brady's studio, 9 February 1864. c1890
£1,950
On 9 February 1864, Anthony Berger, a photographer employed by Mathew Brady, and the manager of Brady's Washington studio, took a sequence seven exposures, intended for use as...
Albumen photograph (140 × 103 mm) mounted the original glazed card mount (164 × 106 mm), gilt edges, gold-printed studio "stamp" of "M.B. Brady Wash. D.C."... Read more
SHAW, George Bernard.
An Unsocial Socialist. 1887
£1,875
First edition, third issue. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "This is a prosaically correct copy, as may be seen by the line I have underscored on the title page. If only...
Crown octavo. Original decorated red ribbed cloth, 5 bands on the spine, green endpapers. Housed in a green half morocco slipcase and chemise. An excellent copy. Read more
NOSTRADAMUS, Michel.
Les Propheties. 1644
£1,850
A charming early edition.
Octavo (130 × 78 mm). Contemporary vellum, handwritten title to spine, shelfmarks handwritten in ink to upper cover, one of which is crossed out. Portrait woodcut... Read more
(STEINBECK, John) WOOD, Charles Erskine Scott.
Earthly Discourse. 1937
£1,750
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author "To John & Carol Steinbeck in sorrow for their un-social thought and behavior, 'The Cats', Los Gatos California, November 11...
Octavo. Original light brown cloth, titles to spine and upper board in blue, blue top-stain. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece. Bindings lightly rubbe and... Read more
NANSEN, Fridtjof.
Armenia and the Near East. 1928
£1,750
First edition in English, originally published in Norwegian in the previous year. This copy inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Philip Noël Baker with hearty thanks for...
Octavo. Original green cloth, title gilt to spine. Frontispiece and 16 other plates, folding map, head-piece, plans to the text. Spine a little tanned, light toning,... Read more
