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First Edition of this winner of the 1975 National Book Award in History.
Inscribed "with best regards", signed and dated by the author. The recipient, a student pursuing his MPA at Harvard where Bailyn was a professor at the time, had previously written in his name and date, hence a difference in hand-writing in the inscription.
Spine a bit creased but book is tight and seemingly unread. Near fine in little rubbed, near fine dust wrapper.
Books signed by Bailyn are scarce indeed.
Few historians since World War II have left an imprint on that field of study that rivals Professor Bailyn's. In his classic 1967 work, "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution," Bailyn reshaped the study of the origins of the American Revolution, maintaining that the ideology of liberty and freedom was ingrained in the colonists, displacing Charles A Beard's then dominant theory that the American Revolution was primarily a matter of class warfare and that the rhetoric of freedom was meaningless.
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Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1962. Later Printing. A fine copy in dust wrapper with price label (but not price clipped) and little spine toning but is otherwise fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in the wraparound band as issued.

Limited edition, number 555 of 1100 copies.
Inscribed by Baskin on the colophon page. Additionally, though not called for, Baskin has signed the woodcut frontis. portrait of Conrad.
Marbled boards with light rubbing to the extremities. Paper label printed in red and black on front board, another copy of which is loosely inserted into the book. Housed in a sage green chemise and slipcase with a partially loosened spine label. Outside case lightly soiled and with a few marks. Overall a near fine, attractive copy.

Princeton (NJ): D. Van Nostrand, 1964. First English language edition of this classic in economic thought first published in France in 1850. About fine in near fine dust wrapper with a small spotted area of color loss.

Macmillan: New York, 1915. First edition.
Signed "with the cordial regards of" Beard and dated January 12, 1921.
Beard was one of the intellectual leaders of the Progressive movement and of American liberalism. This work, a sequel to Beard's magnum opus An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, focuses on the nation's early political history from the adoption of the Constitution through the end of the Jefferson administration. In it, Beard places somewhat more emphasis on the philosophical context of political struggles, but he nevertheless reaffirmed his view of the importance of economic interests in governmental action.
A good copy, spine tips and corners rubbed, rear board a little marked, front and rear hinge started. Still a scarce first, especially signed.

Hull (UK), privately published by Hull Maritime Museum, not dated (1985 on spine).
Limited edition 57/300 copies signed by the artist. Illustratedwith 12 watercolor plates, each hand-colored, signed, and labeled by the artist. The plates measure 8" by 11" and are protected with tissue guards. Additionally illustrated with 23 uncolored drawings (12 full page & 11 in text).
Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Bound in wine-red half crushed morocco over red cloth boards with raised bands and gilt lettering. Red paper over boards slipcase with "Queen Elizabeth 2" stamped in gilt on the front. Leather slightly dulled in places, hence near fine in like slipcase, with some slight rubbing.
David Bell paints many subjects, including railways, architecture and aviation but he is primarily known as a marine artist, most notably for the Sir Walter Raleigh painting for (the then) H.R.H. Charles, Prince of Wales and Humber Heritage, later in the collection of H.M. The Queen. He manages to combine great technical skill with… Read More

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1960. First Printing of Second Edition. Part of the British Political Tradition Series. A fine copy in a little toned dust wrapper with some spotting to spine.

The Macmillan Co., New York, 1957. Second Printing, issued same year as the First.
Author's first book, inscribed and nicely signed by him.
Spine a little slanted, staining to gutters otherwise a fine copy in very good dust wrapper, not price clipped, slight chipping at spine edges, toning to spine and flap folds. A nicer copy than usual.

London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition of poet's first collection published in the UK. Only 1,000 copies were printed. Includes the title poem plus a selection of poems chosen by Berryman himself. The comparable US edition did not appear until nine years later. Advance review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. A near fine copy in like dust wrapper with a couple of small chips and one small edge tear.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited Edition 1717/2000 copies. Bound in eighteenth-centrury style, with a three-quarter binding of top-grain cowhide and French marbled paper sides. Titling is stamped in gold leaf between spine hubs. A externally attractve copy in slipcase, fine save for an unobtrusive, difficult to notice owner's blind stamp on front free endpaper.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co 1903. Second Edition. A remarkably nice copy, green boards, some light uneven tanning to the end sheets, unread and fine in similarly fine dust wrapper save for a small tear to rear flap and some light soiling.
The dust wrapper bears the imprint of publisher John Murray, who bought all book rights and remaining stock from Smith & Elder's heirs in May 1917. It was Murray who added the dust wrapper which is just a bit smaller than the book

Oxford & London: Phaidon Press - East & West Library, 1946. First English Edition. Corners gently pushed (not bumped), slight toning, very slight, barely discernible spine lean. Easily a near fine copy in dust wrapper (not price clipped) with toned spine and some slight material loss to spine tips (not affecting text).

First Edition. Two volumes. The author's first book.
Systematic Series, ed. by the University Faculty of Political Science in Columbia College. Volume 1: Sovereignty and Liberty; Volume 2: Government.
An unusually fresh, tight and bright copy, near fine with a little wear to spine tips and corners, boards a little marked, previous owner's bookplate in both volumes.
John W. Burgess was central to the postbellum rise of American political science, and today he is considered a founding figure of the field.
Burgess and professors at the Columbia College School of Political Science were responsible for founding the American Academy of Political Science, which served as an alumni association for Columbia's new graduate school. The first political science journal in the United States, Political Science Quarterly, was launched at Columbia in 1886. Over the next quarter century, the Quarterly, which Burgess edited and wrote for, professionalized the fledgling discipline and gave scholars a place to publish… Read More

Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick (NJ) 1938. First printing of this scarce constitutional analysis, inscribed by the author and unusual thus. Also available in hardback, this was presumably a simultaneous issue in perfect bound wraps. Offsetting to outer edges of covers, otherwise a very good copy.

The Gehenna Press: Northampton, MA 1963. Limited edition to 300 numbered copies, this is #22. Not to be confused with the subsequent unnumbered trade edition. Colophon illustrated by Press Founder Leonard Baskin. A presentation copy from Baskin, signed and inscribed "for Louis". Though not certain, it seems likely that the recipient is Baskin's close friend Louis Smith. Smith (known as Smitty) ran a framing, glazing and art supply store in Northampton, and between 1955 and 1974, Baskin engraved a series of rooster illustrations for Smith's shop. In 1999, this series was printed under the title "Smitty's Cocks" in a limited signed edition, noting "The friendship between the Smiths and Baskin was legendary and fruitful. These special labels adorned the letterheads, billheads and...backs of pictures framed at Smith Glass & Mirror."Illustrator Barry Moser also credits Smith with introducing him to Baskin, a collaboration that would inspire Moser to found the Pennyroyal Press.31 pp, brown cloth spine… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. About fine with some slight toning in a very good dust wrapper, toned at the spine with a few small edge chips and detached front flap (very well obscured by jacket protector).