RIENZI: The Last of the Roman Tribunes
[ca. 1890-1900]
Striking "Romanesque Edition" of this historical novel set during late medieval Rome, and the inspiration for Wagner's opera of the same name.
Politics
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HEAVENLY DISCOURSE
(1942)
WWII-era printing of these leftist and anti-world-war satirical dialogues, with notable attacks on Anthony Comstock, Prohibition, evangelist Billy Sunday, and imperialism and censorship in all their guises.
KING STRUT
(1970)
Inscribed first printing, as association copy, of this political thriller that follows a Black congressman as he becomes increasingly wrapped up in a secessionist Black nationalist group – by noted journalist and Tuskegee airman Chuck Stone.
THE LITTLE REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 10
January, 1915
Early issue of the celebrated Modernist journal, full of vigorous cultural and literary criticism.
MOON MISSING
(1962)
First printing of this satirical "report on future events," by the great political cartoonist and illustrator.
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS
(1968)
First printing of the first US paperback edition of the Hugo Award-winning futuristic political fable, in which a lunar colony revolts through the beneficent assistance of a powerful computer that develops AI.
MIDNIGHT
1957
First edition in English of this major novel of 1930s cosmopolitan Shanghai from one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Chinese literature.
THE FLY ON THE WALL
(1971)
Inscribed first edition of this political mystery-thriller, following journalist John Cotton's efforts to bring corruption to light – Tony Hillerman's second book.
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH FLOOR
(1965)
Handsome first printing of this Cold War-inflected political thriller of a near-future Chinese-Soviet-American military conflict.
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