Twelve six percent stock certificates issued by the city of Louisville as part of a $75,000 bond issue toward the construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, commonly called the L&N, which operated under one..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The fourth collection of verse by Father Berrigan (1921-2016), a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition to the Vietnam..... More
Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. In this memoir, the sister of the folk hero outlaw from Utah contends that he did not die an outlaw’s death in a gun battle..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First Edition. Trade paperback. First editions, first printings. Each is signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. A collection of Bradbury's best fantasy, science fiction, and horror tales, each..... More
New York: Dutton, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ellen Datlow on the title page and by 15 writers opposite their contribution: Harlan Ellison, Leigh Kennedy, Rick Wilber, Scott Baker, Larry..... 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: David R. Godine, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. First edition. The poet's first collection of verse. Inscribed and dated by Doty on the title page. Octavo. Original cream cloth binding..... More
London: The Grey Walls Press, 1948. Hardcover. The second British edition. The author's first novel, which takes its title from a line in Rupert Brooke's poem Tiare Tahiti. Fitzgerald displays his unparalleled wit and keen..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Signed and dated by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the title page. First-hand account of an illegal 1985 trip to Chile made by..... 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
London: Collins, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printings (1977-86). Each volume is signed by Jonathan Gash on title page. The first eleven novels in a series of picaresque novels about the adventures of..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. Hardcover. In 1954, "while visiting friends Neal and Carolyn Cassady in California, Jack Kerouac ensconced himself in the San Jose Library, where he became entranced with this..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, signed by Sara Gruen. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from The Easton Press. This historical circus novel served as the basis for..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. "The author was the correspondent of 'The Times' in Tangiers from 1887 to 1933 and travelled widely. His route in Persia takes him to Tabriz, Maraghe..... More
A collection of approximately 280 holographic letters written by friends and family of a young man attending the University of Michigan. Willis Boyd Hayes, Jr. (1899–1983) was an engineering student and member of the Sigma..... More
1983. Wraps. An official merchandising kit for the influential English heavy metal band Diamond Head, prepared in conjunction with the release of their album Canterbury (1983). Included here are a pictorial tour program, an official..... More
1933. A small archive of 25 postcards sent in 1933 to Missouri State Senator Carl J. Henry, urging him to support the "local option" on the issue of prohibition of alcohol. Also included is a...... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs, with a two-page map. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. First edition. Personal account of three decades of high-altitude climbing and aid development in Nepal..... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Textual illustrations. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. First edition. Scientific autobiography of Charles B. Huggins (1901-97), the Canadian-born American..... More
New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Dean Koontz on the half-title: "To Gary Elswick, I really enjoyed writing funny stuff like this, but funny..... More
Five autograph letters signed by Lady Louisa Lamb (1849-1927) of Beauport, Sussex, to publisher William Tinsley concerning her little-known contributions to Tinsley’s Magazine in the late 1870s. Lamb was the sister-in-law of another famous Victorian..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. #175 of 200 copies signed by the author. A whimsical history of New York, from the arrival of Henry Hudson in 1609 to..... More
The U.S.S. Ranger was a United States Navy gunboat converted into a survey vessel in 1881. From 1881 to 1890, she was engaged in hydrographic survey work off Mexico and Central America and in the..... More
