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History & Culture
Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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1940 Letters of Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska 1890-1920New Haven: 1940The first American edition of this work on the letters between the novelists Joseph Conrad and Marguerite Poradowska, in the original scarce dust wrapper. -
1824-28 History of the Commonwealth of EnglandLondon: 1824-28The first edition of William Godwin's impressive exploration of the Interregnum, scarce to see in the original paper boards. -
1806 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth and NationsEdinburgh: 1806A smartly rebound three volume set of Adam Smith's influential and popular work on economics, 'The Wealth of Nations', a work which went on to shape economics theory.
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