A HISTORY OF INTEREST RATES: 2000 B.C. to the Present
Inscribed first edition of this scarce and important "financial classic" (Henry Kaufman).
Inscribed first edition of this scarce and important "financial classic" (Henry Kaufman).
Handsomely bound turn-of-the-century American edition of the Greco-Roman classic, one of our main sources for the lives of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.
First trade edition of Lawrence's legendary firsthand account of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Expanded second edition of this study of the religions of India by the British Freemason-Rosicrucian-occultist.
Scarce first edition of this lovely fully-intact pocket history on the Cuban conflict and the Spanish-American War.
Signed first edition of the Winter 1978 issue spotlighting the worldwide impact of Mario Vargas Llosa, including essays and photography — signed by Vargas Llosa on front wrapper.
First edition in English of this major source on the history of Spain's colonization of the Americas — with beautiful engravings of maps, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) and its Templo Mayor, Spaniards meeting with Mesoamericans, and more.
Inscribed first paperback edition of this collection of conversations with heavyweights of Latin American literature, including Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, and more.
First edition of this "exacting account" (Herbermann) of the author's year-and-a-half imprisonment in the notorious women's concentration camp.
Scarce first US edition — and first edition in English — of this foundational anti-colonial text by a Black psychiatrist — from the collection of acclaimed novelist Larry McMurtry, with his bookplate.
Signed first edition (simultaneous paperback issue) of this collection of speeches and essays from the former Soviet premier, reformist world leader, and chief architect of Perestroika and Glasnost.
Advance uncorrected proofs for the first edition of the Mexican novelist's wide-ranging illustrated history of Latin America, basis for a five-part Discovery Channel miniseries hosted by the author.
Scarce signed first edition — one of the earliest books to articulate a trans-historical perspective on transgender identity and gender noncomformity.
Complete set of first editions of this classic history of World War II by one of its central players.
Engaging group of original WWI French propaganda photographs of soldiers, scenery, refugees, and damage from the front.
World War II-era dictionary owned by H.T. Forrester, a linguist at Bletchley Park, with evocative manuscript additions of militarily significant words such as "recyphering table," "counter attack," and "shoot down."
Inscribed first edition of this WWII-era thesis on creating a new world federation to bring about lasting peace — presented to American journalist Dorothy Thompson, who "had gone into battle almost single-handedly against the Nazis" (Kurth).
Rare original satirical "Wanted" poster listing the fashion crimes of Empress, influencer, and Franco-Prussian War enthusiast Eugénie de Montijo.
Complete 14-issue run of this short-lived VISTA, home to staff editor Douglas Coupland's early defining article and continuing comic strip about Generation X, anticipating his novel of the same name.
First edition of this collaboration between journalist Steinbeck (son of renowned author John Steinbeck) and Tom Costner — a tale of American forces in Vietnam, presented in a screenplay format.
Rare inscribed travel guide to the air route from France to North Africa, by a pioneering French feminist, novelist, and aviation journalist, illustrated by her own aerial photographs.
Early Georgian edition of this landmark translation of the Qur'an, the first in English directly from the Arabic.
Signed first edition of this important account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from one of its few leaders to survive.
First edition of this study of domestic culture in China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, aimed at a popular British audience.
Beautiful late 17th-century edition of a central primary source in the conquest of the Americas.