Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (1926-2017), with a gift inscription from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Richard Brooks on the half-title: "To Hef-... More about THE MANLY ART: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America
Oxford: James Parker and Co., circa 1870. Hardcover. First composed in Latin circa 1418-27, The Imitation is regarded as a devotional and religious classic, and is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next... More about OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST IN FOUR BOOKS
Philadelphia: The Oshiver Studio Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Edgerly on the front flyleaf. This whimsical retelling of the story of Noah's Ark pokes fun at the New Deal, WPA, Walter Winchell, etc.... More about ARARAT COCKTAIL: Doggerel and Drawings
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. "A curious goulash of fact and fancy, with a base of statistics about conditions on other planets of our solar system, seasoned with Well?ian condiments, astounding... More about MEN OF OTHER PLANETS
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. This delightful tale about a hunting dog seeking admision to heaven received the 1955 Boys' Clubs of America award. Pictures by William Gropper. Octavo. Original... More about HOUND DOG MOSES AND THE PROMISED LAND
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. An early graphic novel, featuring the further adventures of the Mexican-American characters from Arriola's popular comic strip Gordo, which ran from 1941 to... More about GORDO
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. "A fairy tale for adults, this is the story of a centaur, of how he was born and spirited away from his native land, of how he... More about THE REFUGEE CENTAUR
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. Second Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Barnes to sculptor Helene Webb on the front flyleaf. This selection of writings includes Barnes' fiery and enigmatic masterpiece, Nightwood (1936), one of... More about SELECTED WORKS OF DJUNA BARNES: Spillway / The Antiphon / Nightwood
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Tells of the haunting of unimpressive, run of the mill housewife, Mrs. Helmakobbler, who, in the family's move from New York City to Staten Island, acquires... More about DEAR GUEST AND GHOST
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. #206 of 1,500 copies signed by the artist, Rockwell Kent. Also, laid in is a typed letter signed by Rockwell Kent on... More about THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: Translated by Richard Aldington
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. An early printing. This Caldecott Award-winning book concerns a young Mexican-American boy who plants a garden in his own yard in the hopes that the swallows from the... More about SONG OF THE SWALLOWS
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, translated from the Italian by William Weaver. The author's debut novel, a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the... More about THE NAME OF THE ROSE
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of twenty-three tales by the critically-acclaimed short story writer and essayist, including two stories never before published in book form. Signed by Dubus on... More about SELECTED STORIES
Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]: Elzevirios, 1637. Hardcover. Presumed to be the first edition thus: Elzevier produced two editions in 1637; in this example, pages 207 and 209 are erroneously numbered 107 and 109 which, according to... More about EUPHORMIONIS LUSININI SIVE IOANNIS BARCLAII SATYRICON PARTES QUINQUE CUM CLAVE. Accessit...
New York: Philomel Books, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Heartwarming tale about a diminutive creature on a quest, complete with a "visual" surprise (still operational) at the book's end. Written and illustrated by Eric Carle (b.1929)... More about THE VERY LONELY FIREFLY
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Through Carle’s vibrant collages and simple instructions, children learn the importance of listening, exercising, and taking on a new challenge. Carle (b.1929) is best known for the beloved..... More about FROM HEAD TO TOE
Boston: The Page Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume in the See America First Series. Sixty plates, including twelve in color, with a folding map. Tall octavo. Original green cloth binding, with a pictorial... More about ARIZONA THE WONDERLAND: The History of its Ancient Cliff and Cave Dwellings, Ruined Pueblos,...
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Quarto. Full burgundy leather binding, with an image of The Vatican inset on the front board, elaborate gilt decorations, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon... More about THE VATICAN
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. A volume in The Collector's Library of Famous Editions series, with illustrations in colour and black and white by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Notes from the Archives laid in... More about PETER PAN AND WENDY
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Octavo. Full green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in... More about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. Hardcover. An early printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by James to California's second Poet Laureate, Henry Meade Bland (1863-1931), on the half-title. No less an authority on the missions than... More about IN AND OUT OF THE OLD MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA: An Historical and Pictorial Account of the...
Boston: The Page Company, 1914. Second Impression. Hardcover. Inscribed by James on a prefatory blank leaf. Lavish popular guide to the Golden State's people, places, and history, along with descriptions of its flora and fauna... More about CALIFORNIA ROMANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Groundbreaking academic study by two members of the University of Chicago faculty, concerning the immigration and assimilation of Japanese into California. Following the lifting of Japanese... More about JAPAN AND THE CALIFORNIA PROBLEM
London: Headline, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Neil Gaiman’s complete original scripts for the six-episode Amazon Studios and BBC original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett. Signed by Gaiman on the..... More about THE QUITE NICE AND FAIRLY ACCURATE GOOD OMENS SCRIPT BOOK
New York: New Directions, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition. This inspiring collection of remarks, aphorisms and exhortations about the nature and purpose of poetry began in the late 1950s, when Ferlinghetti was... More about POETRY AS INSURGENT ART