Group of Books on History, Literature, Art, Architecture, and Politics
A large and varied group of hardcover and paperback volumes spanning history, biography, literature, art history, architecture, cultural criticism, and politics, primarily 20th century with some earlier scholarly and reference works. The group includes titles on American and European history, World War I and II, political leadership and diplomacy, literary studies, modern and classical architecture, museum and exhibition histories, and general nonfiction.
Representative titles include The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon), Presidents of War (Michael Beschloss), Mr. Speaker! (James Grant), The Days of the Revolution, Passing It On (Robert A. Caro), Virginia Woolf (Hermione Lee), A History of the Ancient World, The Oxford Companion to American Literature, Bloomsbury Rooms, Paradise of Exiles, Inventing the Skyline, New York Landmarks, Roman Architecture, The Cloisters Cross, Private Lives, The Reader’s Bible, and The Oxford Book of English.
Estimate: $100 - $300