London: James Blackwood, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Victorian era Christmas story with illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-82). 16mo. In a full brown calf binding by Morrell of London, with a red morocco spine..... More
Annapolis, Maryland: Hammerhead Enterprises, Inc., 1980. Its detractors called Public Assistance racist and sexist, but the creators of the controversial board game said it just mirrors reality and a broken system that allows people to..... More
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
A collection of 28 original manuscript land surveys recording the boundaries of property in Kittery, York County, Maine during the mid to late 1700s. Then located in Massachusetts, York County was established in 1652 when..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Hardcover. Third printing. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, with his signature and caricature self portrait to the front pastedown. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from..... More
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by MacGrath to L. Frank Baum on the front flyleaf. Baum (1856-1919) was born in Chittenango, New..... More
Situated a 45-minute car ride from San Francisco, the community of Oak Park was unveiled in 1925 with large lots selling for $300. Owned, developed, managed, and offered for sale by Koff Realty Co., Inc...... More
Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 1950. A colorful celebration of the life and work of Gil Elvgren (1914-80), The Norman Rockwell of Cheesecake. From the personal library of..... More
New York: The American Book Bindery, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. The first separate publication of the 'little tree', which first appeared in XLI Poems (1925). Among Cummings' most enduring works, this touching poem describes..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1896. Hardcover. Translated from the Fifteenth Italian Edition by Maria Hornor Lansdale. Two volumes. Frontispieces, with 48 illustrations and a folding map. De Amicis (1846-1908) was an Italian journalist..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, translated by Robert W. Lawson, M.Sc. From the age of Galileo until the early years of the 20th century, scientists grappled with..... More
An archive of primary source materials about the adventurer and spy Fritz Duquesne collected for a book written about him by Los Angeles-based journalist turned studio publicist Art Ronnie. The collection includes scarce letters written..... More
New York: Richard Marek, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printings (1981-89). The first eight new James Bond novels, each inscribed by John Gardner on the title..... More
Gallup, New Mexico: The Southwesterner / Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition, this is "E" of 26 lettered copies signed by Tony Hillerman, Ernie Bulow, and illustrator Art Franklin, with an original pen and..... More
A collection of seven handwritten notes and 24 cabinet card photographs, including several that are signed by actress Julia Marlowe (born Sarah Frances Frost, 1865-1950). Best known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays, the..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and press release laid in. Signed by Carl Hiaasen on the title page. Hiaasen's first book, a novel of murder and retribution..... More
A collection of 20 family letters and other documents dating to the early 1800s related to the powerful and aristocratic Morris family who lived at Morrisania, New York, a 2,000-acre estate that included the present..... More
Tokyo: The Central Meteorological Observatory, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 328 pp. with an index and 35 plates. Quarto. Original burgundy cloth binding, with black titles. Period ink presentation inscription opposite the author's preface, with a...... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2003. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, a volume in The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Signed by Kim Stanley Robinson, who wrote the introduction, and illustrator Frank Kelly Freas on the title..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Robert Parker on the half-title. The fourth mystery novel featuring Boston private investigator Spenser. It won the Edgar Award for Best..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Edited and Annotated by Donald Jackson. Two volumes. 60 plates, 24 pp. illustrations, and eight maps (six folding). Included in this work are Pike's journals of..... More
