![The Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany [with] Volume I: The Prussian Tradition 1740-1890; Volume II: The European Powers and the Wilhelminian Empire, 1890-1914; Volume III: The Tragedy of Statesmanship - Bethmann Hollweg as War Chancellor (1914-1917); Volume IV: The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918 [Four volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/971/1673971985.0.m.jpg)
The Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany [with] Volume I: The Prussian Tradition 1740-1890; Volume II: The European Powers and the Wilhelminian Empire, 1890-1914; Volume III: The Tragedy of Statesmanship - Bethmann Hollweg as War Chancellor (1914-1917); Volume IV: The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918 [Four volume set]
by Gerhard Ritter; Heinz Norden [trans.]
Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1969-1973. First American Editions. Four large octavo volumes. Illustrated dust jackets. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver. Dust jackets rubbed with minor chipping to edges; general scuffing with mild toning to versos. Boards shelfworn; mild rippling to front board of... Read More
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Die Illustrirte Familien-Bibel für Häusliche Erbauung und Belehrung..
by [Holy Bible - German-American]
Philadelphia: Flint & Co, 1874. Very Good. Philadelphia: Flint & Co., 1874. Reprint. Thick folio (30.5cm.); full pictorial morocco, beveled boards displaying eight blind-tooled vignettes on each panel, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers; xvi,175,[1],9-652,116,[2],655-880pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, sixteen leaves of plates including five color chromolithographs and one double-paged steel-engraved map in addition to hundreds of... Read More
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![An Elucidation by Gertrude Stein printed in transition. April, 1927 [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/484/233/1716233484.0.m.jpg)
An Elucidation by Gertrude Stein printed in transition. April, 1927 [wrapper title]
by Gertrude Stein; Elliot Paul [intro.]
Paris: transition, 1927. Very Good. Paris: transition, 1927. Offprint. Octavo; 16pp. Printed wraps. Light wear and soiling to edges; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good. Corrected text for Stein's poem from the first issue of transition.
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![The Picture-Poetry Book [Signed by McBrown]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/232/473/1701473232.0.m.jpg)
The Picture-Poetry Book [Signed by McBrown]
by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown; Lois Mailou Jones [illus.]
Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc, 1946. Very Good -. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1946. Reprint. Signed twice by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown, inscribed to Robin Adel at front pastedown and half title. Octavo; 73pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black. Black and white illustrations. Lacks dust jacket. Wear to extremities with chipping and fraying to crown;... Read More
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Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled. (A Political Caricature)
by Gertrude Stein; Jules Pascin [illus.]
West Chester, PA: Horace F. Temple, 1917. Very Good. [West Chester, PA]: [Horace F. Temple], [1917.] First Complete Edition, Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 136. Small quarto; publisher's red printed staplebound wrappers; 14pp.; illus. Light wear to wrapper margins, small damp spot to upper cover, textblock a shade toned, else Very Good and sound. ... Read More
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Harry Jackson
by Frank Getlein
New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1969. De Luxe Edition. Very Good. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1969. De Luxe Edition, numbered 198 of 300 copies. Signed by both Jackson and Getlein twice--once without inscription on full title, then again each with a brief inscription to prior owner on half title. Oblong octavo (8.5" x 10.75"); 98pp. Full calf with gilt... Read More
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![Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of Peace [Vol. I: Marsilius of Padua and Medieval Political Philosophy; Vol. II: The Defensor Pacis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/466/530/1508530466.0.m.jpg)
Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of Peace [Vol. I: Marsilius of Padua and Medieval Political Philosophy; Vol. II: The Defensor Pacis]
by Marsilius of Padua; Alan Gewirth
New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. Very Good -. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951, 1956. First Editions. Two volumes; octavos; uniformly bound in publisher's dark blue-green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spines, black topstains; xvi,342; xciv,450pp. Moderate shelf wear, textblocks a bit shaken in bindings, contemporary partly-redacted ownership signature to front free endpapers and rather extensive marginalia to first... Read More
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![River of Smoke [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/399/065/1692065399.0.m.jpg)
River of Smoke [Signed]
by Amitav Ghosh
London: John Murray, 2011. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: John Murray, 2011. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm); 522pp. Boards in dark blue cloth with silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket (£20). Decorative endsheets. Jacket lightly bumped at corners; board corners and spine ends gently nudged with white smudge to front board bottom corner. A Near Fine copy... Read More
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![The Hungry Tide [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/021/061/1692061021.0.m.jpg)
The Hungry Tide [Signed]
by Amitav Ghosh
London: HarperCollins, 2004. Very Good/Near Fine. London: HarperCollins, 2004. First UK Edition. Octavo (24cm); 403pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with £17.99 price intact; boards bound in black cloth; light blue endsheets. Boards bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket slightly bumped at spine head; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Boards bumped at spine bottom;... Read More
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![Poems [Signed by the translator]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/581/160/1690160581.0.m.jpg)
Poems [Signed by the translator]
by Giacomo Leopardi; Arturo Vivante [trans.]
Wellfleet, MA: Delphinium Press, 1988. Very Good. Wellfleet, MA: Delphinium Press, 1988. First Thus. Small, slim octavo (19.5cm); publisher's grey printed card wrappers; [10],vii,76pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, spine faded, paper remnants of removed bookplate inside upper cover; overall Very Good. Signed by the translator on front free endpaper. Bilingual edition of the "Canti" of... Read More
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A Treatise on Practical Surveying; which is demonstrated from its first principles..
by Robert Gibson
New-York: William A. Davis & Co, 1798. Very Good. New-York: William A. Davis & Co. for Gaine & Ten Eyck, T. Allen, S. Campbell, E. Duykinck & Co. N. Judah, T. & J. Swords, B. Gomez, New York; M. Carey, Philadelphia, and C.R. & G. Webster, Albany, 1798. Eighth Edition. Octavo (21cm.); full contemporary sheep, red gilt spine... Read More
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![A Mirror for Magistrates: A Novel [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/953/654/1676654953.1.m.jpg)
A Mirror for Magistrates: A Novel [Inscribed and Signed]
by Richard Gibson
London: Anthony Blond, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. London: Anthony Blond, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 172pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small chips at spine ends, jacket spine panel a bit toned, boards bowed and corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Warmly inscribed and signed... Read More
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![Land of Promise: Photographs from Palestine 1850 to 1948 [Inscribed by Rabin to Meese]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/805/576/1701576805.0.m.jpg)
Land of Promise: Photographs from Palestine 1850 to 1948 [Inscribed by Rabin to Meese]
by [Yitzhak Rabin; Edwin Meese] Nachum T. Gidal
Tel Aviv, Israel: Steimatzky Ltd, 1985. Very Good/Very Good. Tel Aviv, Israel: Steimatzky Ltd., 1985. First English Edition. Signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to United States Attorney General Edwin Meese with brief inscription at half title. Quarto; 152pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; blue boards stamped in white. Light edgewear and some general... Read More
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![In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/683/733/1699733683.0.m.jpg)
In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement [Inscribed and Signed]
by Paula Giddings
New York: Quill / William Morrow, 1988. Very Good-. New York: Quill / William Morrow, [1988]. Reprint. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 336pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn from handling, light soil to textblock margins, occasional pen underlining throughout; Good to Very Good overall. Warmly inscribed and signed on the title page by the author,... Read More
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![When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/224/330/1694330224.0.m.jpg)
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America [Signed and Inscribed]
by Paula Giddings
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Second Printing. Octavo (24.1cm); publisher's dust jacket with $15.95 price intact; boards in blue and gray with bronze lettering to spine; 408pp. Jacket rubbed with a few closed tears along edges, tugging to spine ends, and toning along edges of flaps.... Read More
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![In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/414/1717414386.0.m.jpg)
In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement [Signed]
by Paula Giddings
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo (24cm); black and gray dust jacket with $16.95 price intact; light gray boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering; 336pp. Jacket clean and crisp. Boards lightly bumped at spine ends. Binding is... Read More
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Highland and Islands
by John Gifford
London: Penguin Books in Association with the Buildings of Scotland Trust, 1992. Very Good+/Very Good+. [London]: Penguin Books in Association with the Buildings of Scotland Trust, [1992]. First Edition. Thick, narrow octavo; publisher's leatherette in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 683pp.; thirty-two (32) leaves of halftone photographs printed on rectos and versos, maps throughout text. Very minor wear and dust-soil... Read More
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![The Official Treasures of the National Football League [Signed by Roger Goodell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/481/100/1622100481.0.m.jpg)
The Official Treasures of the National Football League [Signed by Roger Goodell]
by Roger Goodell [fwd.]; James Buckley & Jim Gigliotto
Chicago, IL: Carlton / Triumph Books, 2009. Very Good. Chicago, IL: Carlton / Triumph Books, 2009. First Edition. Signed by Roger Goodell with brief inscription to title page. Oblong quarto. 59 [3] pp. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations; replicas of memorabilia. Glossy boards. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Light edgewear and bumping to boards. Binding sound... Read More
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![All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/917/834/1716834917.0.m.jpg)
All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation [Signed]
by Elizabeth Gilbert
New York: Riverhead Books, 2025. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Riverhead Books, 2025. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact; boards in red and orange with green lettering to spine; [xiv],380pp. Jacket clean and crisp, with Signed Copy sticker to front. Boards sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.... Read More
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![Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/565/1699565707.0.m.jpg)
Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982 [Signed]
by Jack Gilbert
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, blue topstain, in unclipped dust jacket; [12],93pp. Light wear to jacket margins, flaps a bit yellowed, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page and dated 1994.
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![Fluxus Etc. / Addenda: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection [Vols. I and II]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/774/993/1703993774.0.m.jpg)
Fluxus Etc. / Addenda: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection [Vols. I and II]
by [Gilbert and Lila Silverman] Jon Hendricks [ed.]
New York / Pasadena, CA: Ink & / Baxter Art Gallery, 1983. Very Good. Addenda I. New York: Ink &, 1983. Quarto; publisher's white pictorial wrappers; 299pp. printed on newsprint; illus. throughout. Moderate wear to wrappers including vertical crease across upper cover, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Addenda II. Pasadena, CA: Baxter Art... Read More
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Voices of the Foreign Legion: The History of the World's Most Famous Fighting Corps
by Adrian D. Gilbert
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. Very Good +. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. Collector's Edition. Octavo. 288 pp. Bound in full brown leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; brown moire endpapers; silk ribbon. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" laid in at front. Touch of rubbing to extremities and front board slightly bowed. Binding sound. Stray pen mark... Read More
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The Comic History of Rome
by Gilbert A. A'Beckett; John Leech [illus.]
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, 1898. Near Fine. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [ca. 1898]. Reprint. Quarto. 418 pp. Ten hand-colored steel engravings; numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in 20th century half green morocco ruled in gilt; five raised bands; gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to boards and raised bands. Binding... Read More
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![The Last American Man [Signed by Gilbert and Conway]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/851/1577851155.0.m.jpg)
The Last American Man [Signed by Gilbert and Conway]
by [Eustace Conway] Elizabeth Gilbert
New York: Viking, 2002. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Viking, 2002. First Edition. Signed by Elizabeth Gilbert and Eustace Conway at title page with brief inscriptions to previous owner. Octavo. 271 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Beige and red boards stamped in gilt. Publisher's promotional card laid in. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show... Read More
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
by Gilbert White; Edward Turner Bennet [ed.]
London: J. and A. Arch et al., 1837. Very Good. London: J. and A. Arch et al, n.d., ca. 1837. "New Edition, with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett." Octavo; full contemporary green diced calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spine with red gilt spine label; xxiii,[1],640pp.; text illus. throughout. Boards lightly rubbed at margins and spine ends, spine a shade toned... Read More
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