New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 20 volumes. An alphabetical listing of the printed books in the research library of The Hispanic Society of America. Founded in 1904 by Archer..... More
An expansive, multi-generational archive of the prominent Van Wyck family of New York dating from the mid to late 19th century, documenting the formation of the New York Athletic Club, activities of the New York..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 217 p. 187 illustrations, including 52 tipped-in plates in full color. Brilliant study of the life and work of the German-born American painter of figure..... More
London: Collins, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy no. 47 of 526 signed by Clive Barker. Dark fantasy novel concerning the Seerkind, an ancient magical people who preserved their culture in the face of..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of the third Matthew Scudder crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1977. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. A high spot in modern American literature, this collection of 26 interwoven short stories tells the tale of repeated attempts by humans, who..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. The fourth book in the Freddy the Pig series, concerning a bear named Freginald who joins the famous Boomschmidt Circus and becomes known as the bear..... More
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Story of the complex and progressively tenuous friendship between F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) and Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), from their first meeting as Expatriates in Paris in..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing in the first state dust jacket. In this classic example of the true crime genre that set the standard for all subsequent efforts..... More
Adelaide, South Australia: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. This is copy number 507 of 1500 printed at The Griffin Press. Arguably the most significant work of science in the Western canon, The Origin of..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. "Israel's most famous general explores the archaeology of the Holy Land and re-interprets familiar Bible stories in a new light." Inscribed and dated by..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Peter De Vries to editor and publisher William Targ on the front flyleaf, with Targ's bookplate to the front pastedown. The author's first..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) by Peter De Vries to bookseller Joanna Taylor that alludes to the scarcity of this, his first collection..... More
In late March 1985, death metal pioneers Possessed played back-to-back Bay Area shows with thrash stalwarts Hirax. A week later, on March 30, Possessed began recording their debut LP, Seven Churches (1985). Widely regarded as..... More
Paris: J. Dumaine, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 379 p. Fourteen plates, including one folding, with three folding maps. Fay was the aide de camp of Pierre Bosquet (1810-61), the French general who played a key..... More
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. Fifth printing. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 250 copies printed as a Christmas gift for friends of the author. This copy is inscribed by Graham Greene on the limitation page: "This copy has..... More
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. First edition. Soft cover. 184 p. First American edition, with the publisher's ads at the front and rear. "General Sir Edward (1824-93)[,] who illustrated his account with his own drawings..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1994. Hardcover. Limited to 450 copies designed and printed at The Yolla Bolly Press. Signed by Thomas Pinney on the title page. "Thomas Hardy recognized the potential of..... More
A collection of 180 flyers, business cards, and handbills promoting Southern California glam and heavy metal bands from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s, featuring acts such as Funhouse, Nuclear Valdez, L.A. Guns, New Haven, The..... More
New York: The Merriam Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of this important early cocktail book, with dozens of recipes for previously unrecorded drinks, among them the Old-Fashioned, the Widow’s Kiss, and Kappeler’s..... More
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Tad Mosel on the front flyleaf. Adapted from the James Agee novel A Death in the Family (1957), this play received the..... More
