New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joseph Buttinger on the half title. An early, classic study of Vietnam, published after the division of Vietnam into two separate countries. 8vo., 533 pages. Very Good, with some pencil lines in the margins of numerous pages, in... More about The Smaller Dragon: A Political History of Vietnam
Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College, 1964. First Edition. Pamphlet reproduces a letter from 21-year-old Ellen "Ellie" Wright to her brother William nine days after Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter and ignited the Civil War in 1861. Ellie writes from Philadelphia and describes the preparations for war. From Smith College's collection... More about Daughter of Abolitionists
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Arthur M. Schlesinger on the front free end paper. Octavo, 498 pages. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Corners bumped, top edge soiled. Front panel of dust jacket water-stained near top and bottom edges. More about The Cycles of American History
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to NBC News anchorman John Chancellor on the half title: "To my confrère and friend / John Chancellor, / Fraternally / David." Signed and dated May 1980 at bottom left of the page. Very Good, with some light soiling... More about Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance
Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 1988. First Edition. INSCRIBED to John Chancellor of NBC News. Octavo, pp. ix, 65. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with one closed tear on the front panel. SCARCE. A collection of articles by and about Arthur Burns in his role as... More about Arthur Burns and the Successor Generation
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Octavo, 313 pages. Near Fine (slight soiling along top edge) in a Near Fine dust jacket with only slight shelf wear. A lovely copy. Very striking dust jacket and boards, designed by Peter Mendelsund, showing both Stalin and Shostakovich. More about Shostakovich and Stalin: The Extraordinary Relationship Between the Great Composer and the Brutal...
New York: Dorset Press, 1990. First Thus. Octavo, 430 pages. Dorset Press hardcover edition following the Syracuse University Press paperback edition. Near Fine, with a couple small marks along the top edge and a bit of scuffing to the front boards. Dust jacket lightly sunned along top and bottom edges... More about The Other Europe: Eastern Europe to 1945