New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Robert Conquest. Originally published in 1968, Robert Conquest’s ‘The Great Terror’ is a critique of Stalinism, and the era of Stalin’s rule over the USSR. A highly respected British poet and Sovietologist, Conquest (1917-2015) lays out a firm rebuke of Joseph Stalin’s regime and gives a comprehensive history of the formation of the Soviet Union and the..... More

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. "Europe is, in world terms, a relatively minor peninsula attached to the Eurasian land mass. Yet it became one of the most innovative regions on the planet, generating restless adventurers who traversed the globe to trade, to explore, and often to settle. By the fifteenth century Europe was a driving world force, but the origins of its success have until..... More

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 1998. First American Edition. Hardcover. "In this fascinating new study, the work of the greatest of decorative woodcarvers is seen from a new perspective- through the eyes of a fellow carver. Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) is famous for giving wood "the loose and airy lightness of flowers." His flamboyant cascades of lifelike blossoms, fruits, foliage, birds, and fish dominate English interiors of the late..... More

London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016. First UK Edition. Hardcover. "As the Second World War neared its conclusion, Germany was a nation reduced to rubble: an apocalyptic landscape of flattened cities and desolate wastelands. In May 1945 Germany surrendered and Britain, America, Soviet Russia and France set about rebuilding in their zones of occupation. Most urgent for the allies in this divided, defeated country were food, water and sanitation. However..... More

New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Biographer, Masha Gessen. "Masha Gessen is humbly erudite, deftly unconventional, and courageously honest. At this particular historical moment, when we must understand Russia to understand ourselves, we are all very lucky to have her." So reads the endorsement of historian, Timothy Snyder--among the preeminent biographical authorities on Eastern European History & the geopolitical quakes of the 20th Century, more..... More

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Here is an invitation to adventure of a rare and wonderful variety. One moment we are wandering on the outskirts of a village in modern Greece, the next we are standing with three hundred doomed Spartans in the fifth century B.C., hopelessly holding a narrow pass against the tens of thousands of Xerxe's massed army. In a...... More

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. "A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the complexity of the English language- but in the soviet union of the 1960s, such a passion..... More

Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. "The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The Athenian leader Themistocles persuaded the Assembly that the only chance of repelling the mighty Persian advance was to conduct the final battle by sea rather than by..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The appearance of this book has marked a new departure in publishing history. For the first time, a publisher and an author have collaborated to keep a book on current events as completely up-to-date as the events themselves. When Inside Europe first appeared, Edward VIII had just mounted the throne, the Spanish revolution was unheard of, the Front Populaire..... More

New York, NY: Basic Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "In The Diligent, historian Robert Harms uses an entirely new approach to uncover the complex workings of the slave trade. Drawing upon the recently discovered private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand, Harms recreates the macabre journey of a French slave ship and interweaves it with the remarkable dramas of its slave route. The result is an astonishingly detailed look at..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition Thus (Specially Rebound). Three-Quarter Leather , Cloth & Gilt. James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is one of the supreme classics of the English language, one of the first & still greatest biographies, as Gibbon's Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire is to history. First published in 1791, this rich & evocative account of the great British Man of..... More

New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2009. First American Edition. Hardcover. "England is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and Catholic Europe oppose him. The king's quest for freedom destroys his advisor, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and creates a...... More

New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. "The most important powerbroker you have never heard of finally comes back to life in this savvy, meticulously researched, and fascinating biography. John William McCormick served in the House of Representatives from 1928 to 1971. He left a powerful mark on the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the list goes on. In this much-anticipated work..... More