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WILLIAMS, Charles. The Greater Trumps.London : 1932
First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Charles Williams, 28 April 1932, thanking you for buying it". This title is scarce inscribed, tracing none in commerce and none in auction records.
This is William's major occult-themed work, concerning the possessive powers of a Tarot card deck. In 1939 Williams moved to... Learn More -
MANDELA, Nelson. A Prisoner in the Garden.London : 2005
First edition, signed limited issue, number 93 of 100 copies signed by Mandela. The book was published to mark the opening of Mandela's Centre of Memory and Commemoration, which preserves records of his 27-year incarceration. It presents unpublished letters, notes, diaries, and photographs, offering a visual and documented journal of his... Learn More -
MANDELA, Nelson, and others. Voices from Robben Island.Randburg, South Africa : 1994
First edition, signed and dated 14 February 1996 by Nelson Mandela and additionally signed by Andrew Mlangeni, Walter and Albertina Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Tokyo Sexwale, Judy Moon, Steve Tshwete, Ahmed Kathrada, Patrick Lekota, Mac Maharaj, and Jacob Zuma.
All the signatories, save Albertina Sisulu and Judy Moon, were imprisoned on Robben... Learn More -
MANDELA, Nelson, and others. Reflections in Prison. Edited by Mac Maharaj.South Africa : 2001
First edition, signed limited issue, signed by Mandela and the other contributors, designated "gift copy" outside the stated limitation of 100 copies. The other signatories are Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Billy Nair, Eddie Daniels, Toivo Ya Toivo, Desmond Tutu, and Mac Maharaj.
The book contains essays that Mandela and the... Learn More -
MANDELA, Nelson. A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles.Oxford : 1996
First edition, signed limited issue, number 4 of 100 copies signed by Nelson Mandela, presented to supporters of the Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund, which he founded and headed.
A vast project, the result of 25 years' study, the dictionary documents the growth of South African English since the founding of Cape Town in 1652. At the time... Learn More -
MONAHAN, Michael. Dry America.New York : 1921
First edition of this anti-Prohibition work, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "I must have drink or I perish; the soul languisheth in a dry place. Rabelais. For Arthur J. Wakefield, with most & cordial greetings from his friend MM, Oct 1923", and additionally signed by him on the front pastedown.
Monahan ruthlessly... Learn More -
MANDELA, Nelson - SMITH, Charlene. Mandela.London : 1999
Signed limited edition, number 2 of 100 copies signed by the author Charlene Smith, here additionally signed by Nelson Mandela (dated 8 November 1999), the current President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, the former president Jacob Zuma (dated 5 September 1999), Charlene Smith, the managing editor, Annlerie van Rooyen, and the book designer... Learn More -
GROSZ, George. Ecce Homo.Berlin : 1923
First edition of Grosz's portfolio of provocative prints lampooning Weimar Germany's decadence and the hypocrisy and seedy eroticism of the prim middle classes.
The left-wing artist Grosz was a prominent member of the Dada and New Objectivity groups in Weimar Berlin. Ecce Homo is "a portfolio which many critics judge to be his best work and... Learn More -
DENTON, Sherman Foote. As Nature Shows Them, Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains.Boston : 1900
First edition, number 324 of 500 copies only, beautifully bound with apposite butterfly tooling. This painstakingly produced work features abundant illustrations printed using the lepidochromy technique refined by Denton: the scales of the insects' wings, with their vivid pigment, are directly transferred to the plates.
Denton explains in... Learn More -
NIXON, Richard. Seize the Moment.New York : 1992
First edition, signed limited issue, number 138 of 250 copies signed by the 37th President. As the Cold War drew to a close and America emerged as the only superpower, Nixon defined the challenges and opportunities of the new era. Learn More -
WESTMORELAND, William C. A Soldier Reports.Garden City, New York : 1976
First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To: Richard R. Woods - a comrade-in-arms in Vietnam - With best wishes always, W. C. Westmoreland, Feb. 22, 1977". Captain Richard Woods is named as Westmoreland's aide on page 40.
Westmoreland was commander of US forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, and was Army Chief of... Learn More -
MARSHALL, Jim. Swinging Doors.Seattle : 1949
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Paul and Ruth, Two of the best, Jim Marshall Aug. '49". Marshall tracks the history of American drinking from the earliest New England settlements to the coming of Prohibition; it offers a nostalgic and humours account of the passing of the old saloon. Learn More -
BUSH, George Herbert Walker - WHITNEY, David C., & Robin Vaughn. The American Presidents.Garden City, New York : 1989
Signed limited edition, out of series from an edition of 1,000 copies, signed by President Bush.
Published to mark both Bush's inaugural, and the 200th anniversary of the first inaugural of George Washington, the book provides a short biography of every American President. Bush has signed preceding his inaugural address, which opens the... Learn More -
MURPHY, David A. The Eighteenth Amendment.New York : 1923
First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with compliments of author D. Murphy". Murphy vehemently attacks Prohibition, claiming the eighteenth amendment was not passed according to the people's will and has resulted in corruption and crime. Learn More -
HERRICK, Frank E. Prohibition Poems and Other Verse.Elgin, Illinois : 1915
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elton R. Shaw, Compliments of the author". Herrick ran for Congress in Illinois for the Prohibition Party. Elton Raymond Shaw was Chairman of the Prohibition State Committee of Ohio. The book, self-published, includes 23 poems on prohibition, charting the... Learn More -
ELLIOTT, E. N. Cotton is King, and the Pro-Slavery Arguments:Augusta, Georgia : 1860
First edition of "the most famous and popular defence of slavery, which found an honoured place on many a planter's shelf" (Burton, p. 171), published just before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
"In 1860 E. N. Elliott, President of Planters' College, Mississippi, bought the authors' rights to Christy's and Bledsoe's books, secured... Learn More -
NIXON, Richard. The Real War.New York : 1980
First edition, an unequalled presentation copy, inscribed by President Nixon to President Ford: "Richard Nixon for Gerald Ford", and signed by Ford underneath.
The relationship of Ford and Nixon was of profound consequence in American history. The pair were friends from early in their political careers. It is no exaggeration to say that... Learn More -
NIXON, Richard. The Memoirs.Norwalk, Connecticut, : 1988
First Easton Press edition, signed as issued, with a superb provenance: the copy of Nixon's successor as President, Gerald Ford, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.
It is no exaggeration to say that each was the most important man in the other's life - Nixon appointing Ford as Vice President resulted in Ford becoming President, and... Learn More -
NIXON, Richard. In The Arena.New York : 1990
First edition, an unequalled presentation copy, inscribed by President Nixon to President Ford: "To Jerry Ford - a courageous battler in the arena - with warm regards from Dick Nixon, 11-11-90", and signed by Ford underneath.
It is no exaggeration to say that each was the most important man in the other's life - Nixon appointing Ford as... Learn More -
WILLEMSE, Cornelius W. A Cop Remembers.New York : 1933
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the frontispiece, "to my friend C. Ray Wagner, Captain Cornelius W. Willemse".
Willemse served as a New York police officer and detective from 1900 to 1925. His memoirs, Behind the Green Lights and A Cop Remembers, are among the few reliable firsthand accounts of the criminal... Learn More
