Diary of Charles Francis Adams
Cambridge: Harvard Univ.Press, 1964-1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Indexes in Vols. 2 and 4. The first four volumes cover the years January 1820 - December 1832.Bookplates. More
Politics
So This Is Depravity
NY: Congdon & Lattes, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 325 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition, copy 260 of 500 signed by Baker. As new copy. More
The Nicaraguan Research Project Voices Against The State: Nicaraguan Opposition to The FSLN
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1988. First edition. Paperback. 166 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", map of Nicaragua. Foreword by Arturo J. Cruz. Nicaraguan Acronyms. Articles by Nicaraguan liberals on the Nicaraguan experience since the Revolution in an attempt to describe how the Sandinista regime betrayed the..... More
Racing Through Paradise A Pacific Passage
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 344 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 353, signed by Wm Buckley in red ink. Photographs in color and black and white by Christopher Little. Index. Laid-in at back cover one sheet (Original Manuscript). More
The Stillborn Panama Congress Power Politics and Chilian-Colombian Relations During the War of the Pacific
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. More
Human Rights in Cuba An Experiential Perspective
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 122 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", seventy illustrations. Prologue by Guillermo Estevez. Bibliography. A review and summary of human rights in Cuba since the implementation of the 30 articles of the the Universal Declaration of Rights 1959 by..... More
David Lloyd George The Man and the Statesman
NY: J.H. Sears, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 705 pp. 24 x 16 cm. Introduction by James John Davis, Secretary of Labor for Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Index. Bookplates. More
Friends, Guests, and Colleagues The MU-FU System in the Late Ch'ing Period
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrations. Glossary. Genealogyof the Li Family of Ho-fei. Bibliography. Index. An unofficial institution which personalized the bureaucratic central administration and eventually helped China to modernize, especially in the late 19th century. More
Bulletin De La Convention Nationale. Seance du 4 Germinal, l'an troiseme de la Republique francaise une et indivisible; 4 Egalite, Liberte
Paris: Bulletin De La Convention Nationale, (1794). Original Wraps. 8 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Another announcement from the "sans culots." The last page notes individuals: "Dusaulx, president; Bourgain, Rudel, Blanc (de la Marne); Dumont (du Calvades), Lefebvre (de las Seine-Inferieure), secretaire. Ex-library stamps first page, slight paper crinkling, text..... More
Seance du 5 germinal, l'an III de la Republique Francaise une et indivisible; 5 Egalite, Liberte
Paris: Bulletin De La Convention Nationale, (1794). Original Wraps. 8 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Partly unopened. Lettres Des Representans Du Peuple En Mission Dans Les Departemens, A Nice, le 25 ventose, l'an troisieme de la Republique une et indivisible. Turreau, representant du peuple, envoye pres les armees d'Italie et..... More
A Tenant At Will
London: G. Tregear, 1831. Stiff Wraps. 26.5 x 33 cm. Color etching, with two men standing at entry one noting, "It seems we shan't have much to carry." The seated fellow refuses to pay the Crown taxes, stating "Tell his aforesaid Majesty I shant pay a farthing Old cockalorum, [a little..... More
A Dynamic Partnership: Canada's Changing Role in TheAmericas
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Paperback. 192 pp. 6" x 9", ten essays presented here as a result of a jointly sponsored conferenceby the North-South Center and FOCAL [Canadian-Latin American Forum], held in Miami in 1992. A survey and debate regarding Canada's current and future..... More
Letters Of The Kings Of England, Now First Collected From Royal Archives And Other Authentic Sources, Private As well As Public; Edited, with An Historical Introduction And Notes
London: Henry Colburn, 1848. Hardcover. 403, 477 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispieces. Letters starts 1190 (Richard I, the Lion Hearted), ends 1649 (during the Civil Wars). Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt with arabesques, leather spine labels in brown and black lettered in gilt. Modest surface war. More
Memoirs of Count Grammont
London: S. and E. Harding, 1793. New Edition. leather_bound. 363 + 84 pages. 4to, 26 x 20 cm. Embellished with seventy-six portraits, of the Principal Characters Mentioned in the Work. Considered the best English edition. "The work is mainly occupied with the amorous intrigues of the Court of Charles II..... More
Proceedings Of The Senate Of Pennsylvania In Commemoration Of Hon. Thomas B.Harper, Late A Senator From The Twelfth District.
Np: Np, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 14 pp. More
Philosophical Arrangements
London: John Nourse, 1775. First edition. leather_bound. 485 [30, Inded & Errata]. 21.5 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece, An English politician and grammarian, fond of the Greek and Roman classics. Samuel Johnson called him "a sound, solid scholar." Crisp, very clean copy, book label and armorial bookplate. More
The Great General frightened by Don_Key
London: S.W. Fores, 1830. Original Wraps. 25 x 36 cm. Color etching, fresh and bright. Probably the brother of the well-known caricaturist William Heath. He was a versatile and imitative artist, working in the loose and coarse Heath manner between the years 1824-1830. He was employed to make political caricatures..... More
The Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions: Cuban Politics and Culture in an American Context
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 81 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", a series of lectures, The 1992 Emilio Bacardi-Moreau Lectures, delivered at the University of Miami. The lectures cover the paradox and paralysis of US foreign policy, the maturation of the Cuban-American community..... More
Junius: Including Letters By The Same Writer, Under Other Signature, (Now First Collected.) To Which Are Added, His Private Letters Addressed To Mr. H.S. Woodfall
London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1812. leather_bound. 336/248,516,509 pages. 8vo, with folding facsimiles. First published 1772 this is considered the best collected edition of these controversial letters presumably written by Sir Philip Francis to discredit the Duke of Grafton for his policy in the American colonies. SABIN 36910. "Woodfall's edition..... More
Don Miguel's First Sight Of The British Squadron
London: C. Motte, ca 1835. Original Wraps. 16.5 x 27 cm. Color engraving during the First Carlist War, 1833-1840 during which the British volunteered to assist Isabella II of Spain against her rival uncle the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V). The Carlists supported return to an..... More
An Act To Permit Persons Professing The Jewish Religion, To Be Naturalized By Parliament
London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. First edition. Hardcover. 29.5 x 17.8 cm. Three leaves. On April 3, 1753, the Jewish Naturalization Bill, popularly referred to as the “Jew Bill” was introduced in the House of Lords. The bill allowed "persons professing the Jewish Religion" who had been born outside of England..... More
Caught Napping
London: Thos McLean, February 8, 1832. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
A Late Scene At Hounslow At The Sign Of The Red Lion
London: Thos McLean, May 16, 1832. Color lithograph, 8 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new..... More
Parliamentary Eloquence
London: Thos McLean, December 23, 1831. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
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[ARCHIVE] Russian Communist Propaganda Photographs
(1930's). Forty-two 7 x 9 inch black and white photographs with Russian photographic text and descriptive text in French mounted on versos. Includes images of the great Communist leaders past and present, and their written works with many quoting either Lenin or Engels. Most cite the earlier days of the..... More