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BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, signed by Kate Atkinson on the title page. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. The author's first novel, a...... More
THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Gauntlet Publications, 2016. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies signed by Clive Barker. In this ambitious fusion of fantasy and horror, The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of..... More
GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus - Lettered Edition: This is copy W of 26 signed by Ray Bradbury and containing nearly 50 pages of additional material not in the..... More
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Ray Bradbury on the front flyleaf. An eclectic selection of 22 short stories, including a few pulp pieces dating back to the..... More
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT: Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
Hornsea, England: PS Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. First PS Edition, this is number 134 of 200 slipcased hardcover copies signed by Ray Bradbury. An eclectic selection of 22 short stories, including a few pulp pieces dating..... More
LOS ANGELES PILGRIMAGE PLAY ARCHIVE
An archive of materials from performers who were involved in early productions of Los Angeles’ famed Pilgrimage Play. The production was the creation of Christine Wetherill Stevenson (1878–1922), an heiress of the Pittsburgh Paint Company..... More
THE HORSE’S MOUTH
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. A searing portrait of the artistic temperament, this novel served as the basis for 1958 Ronald Neame film starring Alec Guinness. Octavo. Original..... More
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce first edition (stated). Winner of the 1940 Caldecott Medal, this pictorial biography tells the story of the 16th President of..... More
L’AÉROPLANE FANTÔME: Ouvrage illustré de quatre-vingt gravures dans le texte de dix grandes compositions hors texte et de huit compositions tirées en couleurs d’après les dessins de Louis Bombled
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. The 17th of 21 novels in the popular Voyages Excentriques series, a competitor to Jules Verne's Les Voyages Extraordinaires. Quarto: [iv], 468 pp. with..... More
![Item #79835 THE DEADLY STREETS [and] GENTLEMAN JUNKIE. Harlan Ellison](https://johnsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/79835.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1765832443)
THE DEADLY STREETS [and] GENTLEMAN JUNKIE
Burton, Michigan: Edgeworks Abbey in association with Subterranean Press, 2013. Hardcover. This is number 236 of 250 sets signed by Harlan Ellison. Pairing of Ellison’s classic 1958 collection about juvenile delinquents, city gang members, and..... More
FABLES DE FLORIAN: Églogues et Contes en Vers. Ruth, – Tobie. – Le Cheval d’Espagne. Le Chien de Chasse.
Paris: Librarie Pittoresque de la Jeunesse, 1847. Hardcover. Imprisoned during the French Revolution, Florian (1755-94) died from tuberculosis shortly after his release, leaving behind this collection of fables, the best in French literature after those..... More
DE REGNO ADVERSUS NIC. MACHIAVELLUM LIBRI TRES.
Lugd. Batavorum: Hieronymum de Vogel, 1647. Hardcover. 18mo: [xxiv], 594, [17, index], [1, blank] pp. with the engraved title page. Full period vellum blinding, with very faint holographic titles at the spine head and yapp..... More
THE TRIBUTE BOOK: A Record of the Munificence, Self-Sacrifice, and Patriotism of the American People During the War for the Union
New York: Derby & Miller, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. "As a specimen of book-making, this 'Tribute Book' defies flattery, as it does competition. The soberest truth respecting its appearance is all that need be said..... More
THE AMULET. A Christian and Literary Remembrancer.
London: Frederick Wesley and A.H. Davis, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-70), a princess of the Netherlands as the wife of Prince Frederick, with her ink stamp to..... More
FROM BATUM TO BAGHDAD: Via Tiflis, Tabriz, and Persian Kurdistan
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
"Peter Goldthwait's Treasure" and "The Shaker Bridal" in THE TOKEN AND ATLANTIC SOUVENIR, A Christmas and New Year's Present. Edited by S.G. Goodrich.
Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. The first appearance in book form of this pair of short stories "by the author of 'Twice-told Tales'", along with three unsigned Hawthorne stories: "Sylph Etheredge", "Endicott..... More
![Item #78442 GOOSEBERRY 1 [and] 2. Jack Kerouac, John Cornillon, Susan Koppelman](https://johnsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/78442.png?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1745875199)
GOOSEBERRY 1 [and] 2
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania: Gooseberry, 1964-65. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of American poet and novelist Jack Kerouac (1922-69), a key figure in the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s, with the ink stamp..... More
CARNETS: Volume 3, 1954-1957, Commentaires de Francoise de Franclieu
Paris: Editions Herscher / Dessain et Tolra, 1982. Hardcover. Reproductions from the influential Swiss-French architectural designer's sketchbooks. Features 1,092 illustrations, many in color. Oblong quarto: unpaginated. Original blue cloth binding, with orange-stamped titles. Some general..... More
A TIME TO STAND: The Epic of the Alamo Seen as a Great National Experience
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Walter Lord to Gordon B. Dunlap, manager of the Clasa-Mohme exchange in San Antonio, Texas (1942-61), on..... More
OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
London: John Murray, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, preceding the American issue by just over a week. Signature mark "P" in BAL state A. Following the commercial and critical success of Typee (1846), Melville..... More
TROPIC OF CANCER
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. The first authorized American edition, first printing. Shocking, banned, and the subject of obscenity trials, Miller's first novel is one of the most influential books of..... More
![Item #76958 SUPER THEATER [No. 1]. Lon Mitchell](https://johnsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/76958.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716491126)
SUPER THEATER [No. 1]
Toledo, Ohio: 1964. The inaugural issue of this early comics fanzine. Includes an original illustrated strip titled "The Element" by Martin Russel and reviews of the then-new Doom Patrol and X-Men from National Comics (the..... More
SMALLPOX PATIENT AT A LIVINGSTON PEST HOUSE
A series of photographs showing the treatment of a patient suffering from smallpox at a “pest house” in Livingston, Montana. These isolation facilities, often located near graveyards or at the edge of communities, could be..... More
CABINET CARD OF PHOENIX INDIAN SCHOOL
Phoenix, Arizona: (circa 1893). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [16.5 cm x 11 cm] on the Hartwell mount [17.5 cm x 12.5 cm], imprinted on the front “Views in Salt River Valley and Throughout Arizona.” Pencil..... More