THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE OF RIGHTS
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo; 262 pages; VG-; Bound in black cloth with silver lettering; Wear to lettering along spine, minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; RWO. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo; 262 pages; VG-; Bound in black cloth with silver lettering; Wear to lettering along spine, minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; RWO. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Octavo; 284 pages; G+/G+; White spine with navy text; Dustjacket has brown spots on spine and near fore edge of front cover, small tear at bottom corner of front cover; Cocking to spine, slight edgewear; Textblock clean; RWO. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1947?]. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxvii, 188 pages; VG-/VG-spine black with brown lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut, some toning to spine, mild shelfwear and rubbing, some chipping to head and tail of spine; spine lightly cocked; light and scattered pen marginalia; text block toned; shelved case 10. More
London: Geoffrey Bles Ltd, 1948. Second Edition. Octavo; G/G-; deep beige spine with black text; second edition; dust jacket has modest soiling wear; some chips to edges with tape mend inside dj; dj interior has age toned somewhat; cloth exterior shows fairly mild wear; good, intact binding; text block edges have slightly age toned; offsetting to endpapers; interior only lightly toned; pp 191. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 - 1944. First Editions. Octavos, Thirty-Eight Volumes; G+; Three-quarter pigskin leather and brown buckram boards, with gilt lettering to spines; Complete but for Volume 11; Boards show light plus wear to corners, very faint occasional soiling to buckram, and minor wear to joints; Textblocks have very light age-toning to pages interiorly, with some mild shelfwear to the bottom edges on several volumes; All edges marbled, with marbled endpapers; Set belonging to longtime South Carolina Congressman John L. McMillan (1898 - 1979); Includes 36 of 37 text volumes, plus two index volumes. RWO-LC [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First Editions. Octavos, Eight Volumes; G+/G; Multi-colored dustjacket spines, with graphic stone texture and black lettering; Dustjackets show light wear to head/tail of spines, and some light shelfwear overall; Prices clipped in some volumes, unclipped in others; Boards have very light wear to bottom edges; Textblocks have very minor shelfwear to bottom edges, some light foxing to the top edge of Vol. II, and very light age-toning to pages throughout interiorly; CONTENTS: Vol. I. "Trygve Lie 1946 - 1953" (xvi, 535 pages) -- Vol. II. "Dag Hammarskjold 1953 - 1956" (xvi, 716 pages) -- Vol. III. "Dag Hammarskjold 1956 - 1957" (xviii, 729 pages) -- Vol. IV. "Dag Hammarskjold 1958 - 1960" (xvi, 659 pages) -- Vol. V. "Dag Hammarskjold 1960 - 1961" (xviii, 592 pages) -- Vol. VI. "U Thant 1961 - 1964" (xx, 708 pages) -- Vol. VII. "U Thant 1965 - 1967" (xx, 633 pages) -- Vol. VIII. "U Thant 1968 - 1971" (xviii, 719 pages). RWO-LC. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Irvington-on-Hudson: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 90 pages. In Good condition. Bound in green publisher's cloth with black stamping and lettering and blank spine. Boards show mild shelf wear and rubbing, light fraying and chipping to head and tail of spine, and light bumping to corners. Textblock has pencil underlining and marginalia throughout, ownership marking inked to front free end page, and toning to pp. 76-77 from newspaper clipping. Shelved case 10. More
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG; red spine with white text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket shows minimal wear; cloth exterior clean; slightly cocked spine; text block edges clean; some underlining and notations, otherwise interior good; illustrated; pp 298. More
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1886. Second Edition. Octavo; 408 pages; G+; Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Patterned textblock; Bumping and rubbing to corners, rubbing along edges, bending along spine edges; Textblock has age toning; RWO. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Octavo; 264 pages; G+/G-; Brown spine with dark blue text; Dustjacket has large open tear along head edges of spine, open tears at top corner of both covers, chipping along head edges, sunning to spine; Bumping and rubbing to corners, bumping and bending along spine edges; Textblock has age toning, brown spots along fore edge; RWO. More
Xining: People's Government of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; Propaganda Department of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 1991. Large quarto: 142 pages. Very good-. White spine with black titling in Chinese, Tibetan, and English. Corners and edges of wraps lightly bumped; spine lightly creased; Corners of text block slightly bumped. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese, Tibetan, and English. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More
New York: The Free Press, 1990. First Printing. Octavo; G+/G; black spine with red and white text; first printing; exterior to jacket shows modest wear with slight soiling; rear has mild toning; flaps has slightly age toned; one or two chips to edges; cloth exterior has very slight wear; slightly cocked spine; textblock exterior edges have some smudges as well as minor foxing; interior clean; pp 432; inscribed by author. More
Cham: Springer, 2014. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, green with white print; Boards in green glossy paper with white print, clean and strong; Text block has slight spine crack at title page, else clean and tight; viii, 246 pages. More
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1972. First Printing. Octavo; G+/G; blue and black lettering to ivory white spine; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows modest handling wear with few minor chips to edges; deep yellow cloth has slight whitish spotting to tail edge; exterior shows minimal wear otherwise; good binding; exterior text block edges have light toning; light soiling to fore edge; interior good; pp 384; inscribed by Morris Udall. More
London: George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, 1985. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+; gray spine with white text; first edition; dust cover exterior has gentle shelf wear; very minor wear to edges; black exterior to cloth shows fairly mild wear, one or two miscellaneous marks; sturdy binding; textblock edges have mildly toned; few notations inside; pp 228. More
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1977. Octavo; VG-/paperback; blue spine with white and yellow text; sunned spine; previous bookshop's price sticker to rear; green covers have only mild wear otherwise; good binding; edges to textblock show slight age toning; some underlines and notations inside; pp 327; text in French. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Octavo; 312 pages; VG-/VG-; Tan spine with Brown text; Dustjacket has slight fading to spine, minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock has faint foxing along head edge; RWO. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. Reprint. Octavo; 269 pages; VG-; Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on spine; Minor edgewear and shelfwear, slight cocking to spine; Textblock has faint spotting along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First Edition. Octavo; 378 pages, xviii; G+/G; Sunned brown spine with red and blue text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, sunning to spine, tearing along spine edges, chipping to corners, small open tear on spine, discoloration along edges; Rubbing along edges, slight tearing along spine edges; Textblock has brown stain along fore edge of pages 10-24; Shelved Case 1. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1939. Octavo, [2], vii-viii, 148 pp. Good; bound in black cloth with gold lettering to spine, some surface marks to covers and slight wear and creasing to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block slightly age toned but clean; some pencil marks throughout, pages else clean; RWO consignment. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; 274 pages; VG-/VG-; Black spine with white text; Dustjacket has minor edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock has slight spotting along head edge; RWO. More
Washington: The Barnes Review, 2012. Octavo; VG; Paperback; Spine, orange with black print; Cover is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; 63 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 2000. First Edition. Octavo, 353 pages; VG; burgundy spine with silver lettering; minor shelfwear, light foxing along edges of text block; pages clean; shelved in Canada. More
Westport CT: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1980. Reprint; First Greenwood Press Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-; black spine with gilt text; reprinted; first Greenwood Press edition; first printing; no jacket; cloth exterior has very slight wear; minor bumping to fore corners; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have very light tone; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 398. More
Cambridge MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1975. Octavo; VG-/G; black spine with light blue and white text; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; mild soiling to rear; minor edge wear; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight binding; straight boards; text block exterior edges have very light tone; mild offsetting to rear endpapers; interior clean; illustrated; pp 307. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 483 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering; price unclipped '$32.50'; minor shelfwear; half-title inscribed by Don Kagan; shelved under front counter. More
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1832. Fifth American Edition. Octavo; G; dark brown spine with gilt text; fifth American edition; ex-library; full leather binding; full title: A Treatise on Political Economy; or the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth; board exteriors have some rubbing with few scratches; rubbed edges; ex-library markings to spine; gilt rules to spine; gilt scroll design to fore edges; textblock exterior edges have age toned; some ex-library labels and markings inside; small ex-library pouch to rear pastedown; slight defect to hinges; partial chipping to rear pastedown due to bending; two pages of advertisement at front; some foxing to most pages; few, slight notations inside; illustrated; pp 455 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. More
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1995. A Liberty Classic edition. Octavo; 4 volumes bound in 2 volumes; A Liberty Classic edition; VG; Paperback; Spine, white with black print; Covers have light toning to spine, slight edgewear, else clean and bright; Text blocks clean and tight; Illustrated with b&w plates of original title page for each volume; CONTENTS: Vol. 1. (ISBN 0865971315) xxxvii, 493 pages — Vol. 2. (ISBN 0865971331) paged 497-1018. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, Inc., 1987. Octavo; VG; burgundy spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; fully, intact binding; straight boards; textblock exterior edges have mild tone; interior clean; volume 7 only; pp 161. More
Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; pp 260; VG-/VG-; light beige spine with grayish green text; first edition; dust jacket shows mild sunning to spine; otherwise exterior very good; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight, intact binding; textblock exterior edges have slight toning; frontispiece; interior pages clean. More
Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2013. First Printing. Octavo; VG/paperback; burgundy spine with white text; first printing; covers have minimal exterior wear; intact binding; textblock clean; illustrated; pp 259. More
Brussels: Centre for European Policy Institute, 2013. Octavo; VG/paperback; blue/black spine with white text; covers show minimal exterior wear; intact binding; textblock clean; illustrated; pp 151. More
1571 - 1947. The Russell Collection contains over 300 books, broadsides, and pieces of ephemera produced between the waning decades of the ancien regime and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection was assembled in the early 1950s by William F. Russell (1890 – 1956), President of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College from 1949 to 1954. With material spanning the 16th to the early 20th century, the majority of the collection was produced between 1775 and 1800. Highlights include early editions of the 1791 and 1793 French Constitutions, letters written and signed by pioneering economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and official documents signed by Robespierre and other members of the Comite du Salut Public. The Collection is comprised of the following components: 1) The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime; 2) Ideological Roots of Revolution; 3) The Transition to Republicanism and Collapse of the Monarchy; 4) The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; 5) Historical and Contemporary Context; and, 6) Miscellanea (Ephemera, Manuscripts, and Books). Most of the printed material was published by one of the two major publishing houses in Limoges. This concentration of material from a single city offers perspective on the publication and distribution of political and governmental texts in a particular city or departement (one which was especially impacted by the Crown’s frequently shifting tax and trade policies). It also provides important insight into the early work and career of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, who served as intendant of Limoges from 1761 – 1774. Limoges was home to several printing houses which, at various times during the Monarchy and Revolution, were designated as official printers of government documents for the region. Most notable among these were the Barbou and Dalesmes families. Both families had been established printers for centuries, but the Barbou appear to have been too closely aligned with the ecclesiastical hierarchy – after 1791, all of the officially published material printed in Limoges was released by members of chez Dalesme. 1) The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime A significant portion of the collection is made up of documents from the reign of Louis XVI, issued by the crown, members of the regime, and the Parisian Parlement in the two decades leading up to the Revolution. These items, ranging from royal decrees to trial testimonies, illustrate governmental practice under the monarchy, especially as it relates to trade policy and criminal justice. 2) Ideological Roots of Revolution The Russell Collection includes a number of books and tracts from writers crucial to the development of revolutionary thought and discourse in France during the 18th-century. First or early editions by Mirabeau, Raynal, Mounier, Marat, and Condorcet, written before and during the upheavals of the early 1790s, reveal the increasingly liberal and radical intellectual currents among France’s intelligentsia. First or early editions of works by Jacques Necker and Turgot also appear, shedding light on abortive efforts at modernization during the various governments under Louis XVI. 3) The Transition to Republicanism and Dissolution of the Monarchy The full span of the National Assembly, from its foundations during the Brienne and Necker governments to its ceding of legislative authority to the National Convention, is captured through official printed documents (Royal and republican), periodicals, regionally-drafted complaints and instructions, and published addresses. Also included are first or early editions of the French Constitutions of 1791 and 1793, as well as various edicts and documents issued by Louis XVI during l’Assemblee Nationale. The formal inauguration of the National Convention (and the removal of all executive powers from the King) is represented both by an Extrait of the relevant Assembly session, and in an officially published broadside explaining “des motif d’apres lesquels l’Assemblee Nationale a proclame la convocation d’un Convention nationale, et prononce la suspension su Pouvoir executive dans les mains du Roi.” 4) The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; A substantial component of the Russell Collection is comprised of material created by, or related to, the Convention Nationale and the Comite du Salut Public. Nearly 90 official decrees from the legislative body are present, in addition to numerous printed addresses, departmental complaints, and two officially published broadsides related to the trial of Louis XVI. Other highlights include printed decrees and orders from the Committee for Public Safety, a document issued by the Parisian Communards, and an order signed by seven members of the Committee. 5) Historical and Contemporary Context; A subset of the Collection is made up of books and pamphlets responding to the events of the Revolution, from contemporaneous accounts to late 19th-century histories. The works published during the 1790s and early 1800s, whether biographies of revolutionaries or socio-political commentaries, reveal the mix of horror, regret, enthusiasm and hope stirred up among emigres, international observers, and participants in the revolutionary melee. The texts printed after 1840 reflect the intensive, documentary approach of the French historians in the latter half of the century. 6) Miscellaneous Documents (regional, subject-specific, etc.). Also included are a number of items (ephemera and manuscripts) that are either subject specific and tangentially related to the French Revolution (i.e.; treatises on the French language, moral philosophy deduced from botanical studies, 17th century medicine), or specific to Limoges and the Haute-Vienne. The latter includes several 16th and 17th century manuscripts from Limoges and Orleans. Several 20th century books, inscribed to the collector W.F. Russell, appear in the collection as well. All items are in good or better condition, unless otherwise stated. To view the full inventory, please click HERE. More
New York: PublicAffairs/Hachette Book Group, 2022. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-/G; yellow spine with black text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild exterior wear; front tail jacket edge has 2 inch tear, as is; cloth exterior shows little wear; tight binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges show minimal tone; interior clean; illustrated; pp 459. More
New York and London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1961. Octavo; VG-/G; black spine with light gray and white text; dust jacket exterior shows slight general wear; few chips to edges; clear mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has mild wear; slightly rubbed edges; good, intact binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight toning; previous owner's name to ffep; interior pages good; pp 372. More
Cambridge MA and London UK: Harvard University Press, 1990. First Printing. Octavo; VG/G+; white spine with red and blue text; first printing; dust jacket exterior has only mild wear; one or two chips to edges; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; strong boards; textblock clean; illustrated; "For Review" slip laid in; pp 359. More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1960. Reprinted. 12mo; G/G-; tan spine with red and black text; reprinted; dust jacket exterior shows moderate wear; small chips to head fore edges; moisture staining to rear fore edge; minor edge wear otherwise; price clipped front flap; cloth exterior shows mild wear; sunned head front fore corner; slight lean to spine; text block edges have mild toning; former owner's name to ffep; moisture staining to last two rear pages to fore edges; otherwise interior good; pp 138. More
Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2011. First Edition, First Prinitng. Octavo, 340 pages; VG/VG; red graphic spine with yellow and white lettering; dust jacket protected with mylar covering, minor shelfwear; interior clean; shelved cold war. More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1972. First Edition. Octavo; G/fair; red spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows light sunning to spine; several chips to edges; slight damp staining to rear fore edge; flap edges have slight foxing; cloth exterior has fairly modest wear; some rubbing wear to edges; slightly splayed boards; text block exterior edges have modest foxing; pp 299. More
Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1968. Octavo; VG-/G-; grayish beige spine with black text; dust jacket exterior has noticeable wear spots to front, as is; rear exterior has mild age toning; few chips to edges; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; good, solid binding; straight boards; textblock exterior edges show light tone, few smudges; pictorial endpapers; interior very good; illustrated; pp 574. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 347 pages; VG/VG; orange spine with pale yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, minor shelfwear including crinkling along the top edge of jacket and a closed tear at the upper corner of the fore edge; foxing along edges of textblock; shelved in China. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Octavo; 462 pages; G+/G+; Yellow spine with blue and brown text; Dustjacket has wear to edges, foxing on interior flaps, faint marks on front cover and spine; Bumping to corners, slight bowing to front cover; Textblock has foxing along edges; RWO. More
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. Octavo; G+/G-; off-white spine with black text; dust jacket exterior shows slight foxing; some soiling to exterior due to handling; few chips to edges; price clipped front flap; foxing also inside jacket; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has only mild wear; tight binding; solid, strong binding; textblock exterior head edge have some foxing; exterior edges otherwise show mild tone; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 346. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G; grayish tan spine with black and brown text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; small indentation to front head edge, from paper clip; other slight edge wear; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight binding with strong boards; textblock exterior edges have light foxing; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated in black and white photographs; pp 270; inscribed by author. More
New York: Penguin Press, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 337 pages; VG/VG; white spine with black and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$30.00'; gentle shelfwear, golden sticker at jacket front denoting 'signed copy'; publisher's tipped-in page signed flat by Jane Fonda; shelved under front counter. More
New York and Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1923. 10mo; G+; dark blue spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight shelf wear; slight bumping to fore corners; other few, stray marks to exterior; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have age toned modestly; former owner's information to front pastedown; frontispiece with tissue guard; interior lightly toned; minor marginalia; illustrated; pp 385. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1963. Third Printing. Octavo; G/G; yellow/red pictorial spine with black text; third printing; ex-library; dust jacket exterior shows moderate shelf wear; tiny chip to center front, verso tape mended; slight sticker residue to rear; some edge wear; ex-library sticker to spine; cloth exterior has slight wear; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have some foxing; black marker mark to exterior head edge; slight ink to ffep; some adhesive remnants to pastedowns; black marker mark to rear endpaper; few other ex-library markings inside; closed chip to head edge to p 153; few notations inside; pp 484. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG-/VG-; blue pictorial spine with red, silver and white text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows minimal wear; cloth exterior clean; strong binding; straight boards; text block has mild toning; illustrated; pp 564; inscribed by author to Judge William Webster. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo; 297 pages; VG-/G+; Blue spine with Beige text; Dustjacket has minor wear to edges, scuffing to covers; Minor wear to edges of boards; Textblock has spotting along head edge; RWO. More
New York: Viking/Penguin Group, 2001. First Viking Penguin Edition, First Printing. Large Octavo; VG-/VG-; black and white with red pictorial spine with white text; first Viking Penguin edition; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows light wear; price clipped front flap; cloth exterior shows mild wear; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have light tone; deckled fore edge; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 764; inscribed by author. More