London: John Murray, 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. New Edition, with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel’s animated illustrations for this edition of Aesop’s Fables, first..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy 22 of 100 signed by J.G. Ballard. In this startling and miraculous novel by the visionary author of The Crystal World and Empire of..... More
London: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Published in association with the Royal Geographic Society, Alpine Club, and Mount Everest Foundation, this is the official publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest..... More
Chicago: C.F. Beezley & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Sold only by subscription, Woman’s Favorite Cook Book was promoted as “three books in one volume” with “over three thousand recipes and suggestions for the household,” plus more..... More
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Number 137 of 350 deluxe copies signed by Ray Bradbury. "...a compilation of poems, verse, burial orations, essays, story fragments, notions, fancies and concepts having..... More
Los Angeles: Alert Duplicating Service, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the front cover, below his printed name. One of the three plays staged by Bradbury in his first major theatrical venture, The..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardcover. Later printing. Signed by Walter R. Brooks on the half-title. The sixth book in the Freddy the Pig series, in which the good-natured swine promotes a campaign to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. The sixth book in the Freddy the Pig series, reissued as Freddy the Politician in 1948. In this story, the Bean farm animals start a bank..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first novel with serious baseball content aimed at an adult audience. The book is narrated by a former sportswriter, as Broun was, in love with..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Hardcover. An early reprint (circa 1927), with the silhouette frontispiece, green top edge dye, and 34 titles listed on the verso of the dust jacket. The archetypal feral child..... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Mei Ya Publications, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 243 p. Preface by Lin Yutang. Colorfully illustrated throughout. First edition in English. An exhaustive study of origin and development of Chinese opera and its..... More
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher’s slip tipped in on the front flyleaf. From the library of journalist Elizabeth Brough (1867-1943), with her signature to the..... More
Santa Cruz, California: American Graphic Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Special Edition, numbered (no limitation stated) and signed by Cooney. Published on the 85th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and in collaboration..... More
Black Mountain, North Carolina: Black Mountain College, 1954. First Edition. Wraps. The second issue of this seminal literary and art journal, which made an impact on artistic circles in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles..... More
Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 393 p. Foreword by George T. Simon. Numerous textual photographs. Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd, 1895. Hardcover. New Edition Revised and Enlarged, No. 221 of 750 copies with etchings on handmade paper. Signed by Austin Dobson on a sheet of paper tipped..... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 128 p. 17 textual figures. "As the speaking-telephone, in which magneto-electric currents were utilized for the transmission of speech and other kinds of sounds, was invented..... More
An archive of holographic letters written by members of a multi-generational show business family which found success on the stage and screen and behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood. The family patriarch was Bert..... More
New York: America Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. Numerous illustrations, facsimiles, and maps. A remarkable work of scholarship, relating the history of the Jesuits in the territory lying between the forty-ninth parallel, Mason..... More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. A captivating look at fishing and outdoor sports in late 19th century Florida. Henshall (1836-1925) was popularly known as the "Apostle of the Black Bass", the..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing in the first state dust jacket with the $5.95 price on the front flap and a single image on the rear..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Dan Morgenstern. 200 photographs by Milt Hinton, most previously unpublished. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. First edition. 9¾" x 11"; 328 pp. An authentic memoir..... More
New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1857. Hardcover. Second edition, revised and expanded. Inscribed in the first volume to pioneer ethnographer, cultural crusader, and civic booster Charles F. Lummis by Franklin T. Hittell, the author's nephew. Octavo..... More
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Irving's third novel. The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this erotic, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those..... More
