London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Quarto. viii,264pp. viii,266pp. Original gold- and blind-stamped red cloth and spine. Gold illustration on front cover shows an Indian on a horse, illustration on spine is of a medicine man. Deckled page edges. Modern endpapers in both volumes. Frontispiece. Authoritative..... More

Valencia: Published by the author (En la Imprenta particular del Autor para sus Obras), 1769. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [16], XX, [6], 522pp, XXVIIIpp. Original full vellum, with handwritten title in ink to spine. Engraved title vignette, and engraved frontispiece portrait of king Carlos III of Spain. Decorative head-, tailpieces..... More

Belgrad: "бopбa" 1946. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [4]pp (Title and list of contents); [51] leaves (plates), [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. This striking collection of 51 anti-Nazi, and anti-Capitalist caricatures were originally published in the Serbian press between January 1945 and May 1946. They not only mock the Nazi leaders..... More

London: T. Becket, T. Cadwell, and T. Evans, Stran; G. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, Pater-noster Row, F. Newbery; Ludgate-street, and J. Murray; Fleet-street, 1779. Third edition, corrected. Hardcover. Octavos. Vol.1: (viii) 384pp. (+ 23 pages of index). Vol.2: 420pp. (+ 28 pages of index). Vol.3: 454pp. (+ 22 pages of..... More

New York: The Century Co., 1887. Softcover. 8vo. 32 volumes (complete). 827pp. Original gilt decorated tan wrappers. Some chipping, creasing, discoloration and minor staining to wrappers. Occasional small, closed tears. A detailed look at the American Civil War with articles originally published as "The Century War Series" in "The Century..... More

[Lansdowne, Pa]: Published by the author, December 7, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [4], 74 leaves. Original printed wrappers. In this Staff study published only for OMGUS (the Office of Military Government, United States), Robert Kempner* considers it likely that the condition of German society immediately after the upcoming collapse..... More

London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., (1945). Hardcover. 8vo. 64pp. Illustrated blue cloth with original pictorial dust jacket, dj with photomontages by John Heartfield. Interesting mid-1940's comparison of the Soviet Union and the British Empire, illustrated with 32 b/w reproductions of photographs as well as 14 Isotype charts in..... More

Washington DC: George W. Bowman, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 232pp. plus 21 plates and 13 fold-out maps. Original black cloth with blind-stamp of the Great Seal of the United States on both sides. Report on the Crimean War by the first Jewish officer to act as an official observer..... More

NP, ca. 1943. First edition. Folio. 20 loose plates. Illustrated portfolio containing 20 loose plates of original silver gelatine prints tipped in on heavy stock paper. This rare document depicts scenes of German soldiers fighting Soviet troops in Northern Norway and finland during the winter of 1942-43. Some age-toning and..... More

Hamburg: Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, 1940. First edition. Softcover. 178, [2]pp. Original printed stiff wrappers with blue and black lettering on covers. Scarce yearbook for the property owner in the capital city of Berlin, 1940-1941. Among other legal matters, this work contains also the latest air raid instructions for householders, and the..... More

[Berlin]: Deutscher Verlag, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 3/4"). Unpaginated. [54]pp. Original printed wrappers. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Adolf Hitler.This early WWII propaganda work published in Hungarian in 1940 by Deutscher Verlag (Berlin), praises the achievements of Adolf Hitler since his rise to power in..... More

London: Printed for J. Walthoe, M. Wootton, G. Conyers, [and 6 others], 1713. New edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5"). [6], xxviii, 312, 104pp. Later blind-stamped paneled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Imprimatur leaf stating J. Berkenhead 1660 present. Frontispiece portrait of king Charles I...... More