Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1908. Wraps. Uncommon folding map of the Arizona Territory, published four years before statehood. In addition to locating all cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, counties..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels..... More
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
Boston: Clarke & Carruth, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece, with three textual portraits. Signed by Clark below his frontispiece portrait. Small octavo. Original dark brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Near fine. More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. A treatise on the laws governing proportional form in both nature and the arts and sciences, this well-illustrated volume amply demonstrates how a design's..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce first edition (stated), with the erratum tipped in. Winner of the 1940 Caldecott Medal, this pictorial biography tells the story..... More
Maestricht: Chez J.E. Dufour and Ph. Roux, 1776. Second Edition. Hardcover. The first encyclopaedia of the Islamic world. Herbelot dedicated most of his life to this monumental work, which was completed in 1697 by Antoine..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Lion Feuchtwanger on the front flyleaf. Novel about Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) and his transition from..... More
New York: New Directions, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. The uncommon first English edition, issued in August 1947 by the Falcon Press, with the printed paper label opposite the title page and the British price (17/6)..... More
London: Methuen, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's review slip tipped in on the title page, which is also stamped "presentation copy". The author's first novel, a grand historical epic of Napoleon's..... More
London and Toronto: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English. Critical study of the Russian genius, based on a series of six lectures Gide delivered in 1922. Harry..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. The first of three memoirs Graham (1904-88) about her intimate relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald during the last years of his life. The legendary writer..... More
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Edited by The Commemoration Committee for Prof. Shinsho Hanayama's Sixty-first Birthday. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. A comprehensive bibliography of all literature relevant to the subject..... More
A bound run of the Annual Reports of the Hawaiian Historical Society, together with a 20-year run (1967-86) of its successor, The Hawaiian Journal of History. Both publications include scholarly papers presented to the Society..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. First published in 1901, this work was published in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Manchuria. The author was British Consul General in Manchuria between..... More
Los Angeles: Estelle Ishigo, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. The daughter of a concert singer and a portrait and landscape artist, Estelle Ishigo (nee Peck, 1899-1990) attended Otis Art Institute, where she met San Franciscan Nisei..... More
Four holographic letters written between 1908 and 1913 by hard-rock miner A.M. “Bert” Keefer to his friend Frank M. Duncan in Carson City and Reno, Nevada. The letters informally report on the progress in underground..... More
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Company, 1898. Second Edition. Hardcover. The first textbook on the subject published in the United States. A native of Ohio, Lane (1828-1902) "ranks among the giants of nineteenth-century California medical..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, signed by Ursula K. Le Guin and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from the publisher. This copy is additionally signed by Joan D. Vinge, who..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the most influential economists of his time in England. This book in an adaptation of his most famous work, Principles of Economics..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Kim Chewon, Director, National Museum of Korea. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1966. First edition, a limited edition of 300 copies, 95 of which..... More
1829. An autograph letter signed (ALS) by John Meehan, the fourth American appointed to the post of Librarian of Congress. The letter was written to United States Senator Samuel Smith of Maryland seeking advice about..... More
Boston: Base Canard, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece by John Hudak. Boston: Base Canard, 2001. First edition, a limited edition of 200 copies, of which 20 are printed on Arches paper. This is one of..... More
