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THE BOSS: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
A less than flattering biography of “the man who was the FBI for 48 years,” This volume depicts Hoover as a pathological power-monger and the most instrumental figure in creating…
GREAT MASTERS OF MEXICAN FOLK ART
From The Collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex
As-new, in dust jacket.
THE GREAT REPUBLIC: A History of America
-American Edition Signed by Winston Churchill’s Grandson-
This is a virtually mint copy of a later printing of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. It is signed by Churchill’s grandson: “Winston S. Churchill” on…
THE CLIMATE OF TREASON: Five who Spied for Russia
A biography of five young, well educated men who, during the 1930s along with man of their contemporaries, rallied to the communist cause. The difference between them and the majority…
THE MIRRORS OF DOWNING STREET
Some Political Reflections
Some interesting inside observations on a host of Churchill’s contemporaries and on Winston Churchill himself (pages 97-108). This is a very good copy of the Second Impression of the First…
CHURCHILL: SPEAKER OF THE CENTURY
-Signed by the Author-
Not a book about Churchill’s oratory, but a full-length biography with many quotes from his contemporaries. This Second American edition is SIGNED by the author in ink on the front…
A HARMONY OF INTERESTS
Explorations in the Mind of Winston Churchill
Was Churchill great because he was great or because he wrote about his greatness? A consideration of Churchill’s political philosophy in the context of his gifts as a self-promoter. This…
THE SPHINX
-First Edition (1 of 200 copies)-
One of Wilde’s great works and one of English literature’s great feats of book design, executed by Wilde’s friend, the artist and typographer Charles Ricketts, who was given full reign…
LORD ROBERTS
-Bound Volume of The Windsor Magazine-
This Churchill essay profiling “Great Britain’s Foremost Soldier” was first published in the U.S. in World’s Work magazine in January 1901, before being published in Great Britain in the July…
THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ
-Signed First Paperback Edition-
One of the great jazz photography books of all time, as new, in wraps. This exceedingly rare First Edition copy of the original paperback edition is signed in ink: “William…
THE NORTON BOOK OF MODERN WAR
Poetry and literature from both World Wars, Spanish Civil War, Vietnam. Edited by the author of “The Great War and Modern Memory.” A near fine copy, illegible signature on half-title…
HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF POLITICAL HISTORY
Volume I: Antiquity
This is a very good copy of the First American Edition without dust jacket as issued. The first volume of the great classic originally published in Berlin in 1900.