Politics
CHURCHILL, Winston S. The People's Rights.London : [1910]
First edition, wrappers issue, the rare The Daily News variant. Due to the low quality of the materials and the cheap and clumsy method of production, the book is among the most difficult to acquire for Churchill collectors: Langworth declares it "the third rarest Churchill book after Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade" (p....Learn More
CHURCHILL, Winston S. - MOORE, George. The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe.London : 1924
First edition, signed limited issue, presentation copy from Winston Churchill to Mary, Duchess of Marlborough, inscribed by him on the initial binder's blank, "To Mary from Winston Christmas 1934".
Mary (1900-1961) was wife of the 10th Duke of Marlborough. Churchill, grandson of the 7th Duke, was for several years next in line to the...Learn More
HUME, David. Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.London : 1777
The definitive edition, incorporating Hume's final corrections - submitted a fortnight before his death - and including the first appearance of the essay, "Of the Origin of Government."
Hume revised the Essays and Treatises for over two decades following its first publication in 1753. A capacious work, it collects Hume's major writings on...Learn More
NICOLAY, John G., & John HAY. Abraham Lincoln: A History; [together with:] Complete Works.New York : 1904 & 1902
Early edition of this major scholarly endeavour by two of Lincoln's secretaries, here handsomely bound together.
The ten-volume History was first published in 1890, and the two-volume Works in 1894. Nicolay (1832-1901) and Hay (1838-1905) "shared a room at the White House and had an exceptionally close relationship with Lincoln, though...Learn More
MANDELA, Nelson - ALBERTS, Paul. Some Evidence of Things Seen.Rivonia, South Africa : 1997
Signed limited edition, number 21 of 50 copies signed by Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Albie Sachs, and Paul Alberts.
A remarkable collaboration, this is the only limited edition signed by both Mandela and Tutu - Nobel Peace Prize winners in 1993 and 1984 respectively - alongside a third major figure in the anti-Apartheid movement, Albie...Learn More
PADMORE, George. Pan-Africanism or Communism? The Coming Struggle for Africa.London : 1956
First edition, surprisingly scarce commercially, particularly in the jacket. "Padmore's last book was his most wide-ranging and influential... [it] urged the need for Africans to unite against Soviet as well as Western 'neocolonial' threats. Despite this, Padmore remained committed to the belief that Africa's best hope lay in Soviet-style state...Learn More
CHURCHILL, Winston S. A Roving Commission.New York : 1930
Second US printing, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill Jan 1932".
Churchill spent 1 to 22 January in Nassau in the Bahamas, recuperating after his near-fatal car collision in New York on 13 December 1931. He returned to New York on 25 January and remained until the end of the month; on 28 January...Learn More
ODIÉ, Jean. La Ligue Arabe.[Rabat : 1950]
Rare pamphlet of this illustrated confidential report produced for officers attending the "Course of Indigenous Affairs" at the Résidénce Générale de France au Maroc. We have traced no institutional copies, though there may be one or two preserved in French state archives.
Colonel Odié (1904-2003) served in the Foreign Legion in...Learn More
ORWELL, George. The Road to Wigan Pier.London : 1937
First edition, first impression, of Orwell's classic study of poverty in the north of England. It has since become firmly established among Orwell's best-known and most articulate non-fiction works.
The book was issued to members of Victor Gollancz's Left Book Club as the choice for March 1937, ensuring a large edition. Although Gollancz...Learn More
GEORGE III. Signed document, ratifying a treaty with the King of Sweden.1807
A royal warrant, signed by George III at the head, ordering the application of the Great Seal to the Convention of Subsidy between Great Britain and Sweden, signed at Stralsund on 23 June 1807. The document is countersigned on the second page by the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, later Prime Minister.
The warrant orders the Great Seal...Learn More
THATCHER, Margaret. The Collected Speeches.Norwalk, Connecticut : 1998
First Easton Press edition, number 735 of 2,000 copies signed by Margaret Thatcher as issued. The volume gathers Thatcher's notable speeches from 1968 to 1996; it was first published in the UK the previous year. This copy includes the publisher's certificate of authenticity with Thatcher's printed signature, dated 18 March 1998.Learn More
THATCHER, Margaret. The Path to Power.Norwalk, Connecticut : 1995
First Easton Press edition, number 446 of 3,000 copies signed by Margaret Thatcher as issued. The Path to Power, Thatcher's autobiography of her childhood years to her election as prime minister, was published by Harper Collins in a trade edition, and this collector's edition was published the same year.Learn More
THATCHER, Margaret. Statecraft.Norwalk, Connecticut : 2002
First Easton Press edition, signed by Margaret Thatcher as issued. Dedicated to Ronald Reagan, Statecraft was Thatcher's final book, providing her analysis of foreign policy in the post-Cold War world.
The Easton Press edition, a handsome publication for the collector market, was published the same year as the unsigned trade edition issued...Learn More
THATCHER, Margaret. The Downing Street Years.Norwalk, Connecticut : 1993
First Easton Press edition, number 1,371 of 2,000 copies signed by Margaret Thatcher as issued. The Downing Street Years, Thatcher's autobiography of her premiership, was published the same year in both a trade and this collector's edition.Learn More
INDIA - THE PUNJAB The Maharajah Duleep Singh and the Government. A Narrative.London : 1884
First and only edition, privately issued, of this controversial presentation of the maharajah's grievances against the British Government's claims to the Punjab. Decidedly uncommon, around 14 copies traced institutionally, just a couple at auction. An excellent copy of a fragile, fugitive, and highly desirable work, here in a variant binding to...Learn More
FAITHFULL, Emily. Three Visits to America.Edinburgh : 1884
First edition of publisher and women's activist Emily Faithfull's (1835-1895) record of her lecture tours of America in which she presents her views on employment, education, and women's legal status, including suffrage. This an unusual association copy.
Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: "by Emily Faithfull. Gorton Hall....Learn More
CHURCHILL, Winston S. The World Crisis: The Aftermath.London : 1929
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the initial blank, "To Ramsay MacDonald from Winston S. Churchill 1 Mar 1929". MacDonald returned to Downing Street for his second premiership three months later; his bookplate is on the front pastedown.
MacDonald, leader of the Labour Party from 1922 to 1931 and Prime Minister in...Learn More
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Dawlat al-Imārāt al-'arabīah al-mutahidah. Al-kitāb al-sanawī.[Hazmieh : 1977]
First edition of this well-illustrated pamphlet summarizing the most important achievements of the UAE government in the year 1977. We have traced no institutional copies outside the UAE, where only one appears to be recorded.
The sections address issues ranging from the question of Palestine, Cyprus, and the Comoro Islands to the UAE's...Learn More
CHURCHILL, Winston S. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.New York : 1900
First US edition, first printing, of Churchill's account of his experiences as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War.
"The volume essentially consists of 27 letters and telegrams to the Morning Post written between 26 October 1899 and 10 March 1900... It is, as Churchill said in his Introductory Note, 'mainly a personal record of my...Learn More
MAO, Zedong. Cultural Revolution-era mirror with Mao quotation.Beijing : [c.1966-1976]
An example of the Mao cult's everyday manifestations, the quotation reading, "It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it. The purpose of mastering it is to apply it." This mirror was produced by the Beijing Seven-One Mirror Factory, its name (a Cultural Revolution adoption) referencing the Chinese Communist Party's founding on 1 July...Learn More
