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
A collection of approximately 325 letters, mostly written by U.S. Coast Guard Yeoman 2nd Class Jerry Whitley (1922–2016) to his wife, Myra Schultz Whitley (1922–2013), during World War II. The couple grew up in the..... More
A small group of letters concerning the founding of The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society and several early issues of the organization’s newsletter. This collection includes seven letters written by professors Jackson Bryer and Alan Margolies..... More
1801. A collection of sixteen letters written between 1801 and 1806 concerning goods ordered from suppliers by Franklin and Newbold, merchants in New York. Eight of the letters are written by Nathaniel Patten of Hartford..... More
1931. A detailed travel log written in 1931 by a 19-year-old New York man who served as a cadet aboard a merchant ship that traveled between the United States and the Mediterranean. The log contains..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, signed by Ray Bradbury and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes from the publisher. A high spot in modern American literature, this classic..... More
The courtship letters of a young man and woman from Illinois written at the turn of the last century. Charles Cunningham (1870-????), a shopkeeper, is courting Hattie May Eaton (1880-1973), a school teacher, in the..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1888. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. In this collection of life lessons by the longtime president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard compares young women to innocent lambs that frisk..... More
1850. A two-page letter written May 27, 1850 by a man named Albert to his brother back home in Oneida, New York. He writes from Mount Pleasant, Alabama, and mentions that he passed the winter..... More
Maplewood, New Jersey: Ronald Norman, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Mimeographed, 104 p. Illustrated stiff paper front panel, with handwritten $1 price, as issued. The contents are somewhat brittle, with some chipping to the fore-edge of..... More
1939. The travel diary of Zepha Samoiloff (later Vanden Bogert, 1911-92), a young woman from Southern California who traveled alone from Los Angeles to South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia aboard a cargo freighter in..... More
A small archive of documents concerning a North Carolina man who moved to the Dakota Territory in 1879 and filed for divorce from his wife at a time when such actions were uncommon. The first..... More
El Centro and Palm Desert, California: Desert Magazine, 1937-1973. Wraps. A collection of 325 issues, including a complete run of the first four years housed in the original Desert Magazine binders. Additionally, the Desert Magazine..... More
1888. Leather bound. Holographic diary for the year 1888 of a young man who attended the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis. During harvest season, James L.N. Donnally (1864-1947) worked on the family farm in..... More
Edinburgh and London: Wm. Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. In his Preface, Bennett commented, "This book is based on thirteen years experience, during which a total of four years has been actually..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by editor Gary K. Wolfe and by illustrator Bob Eggleton. This first posthumous collection of the short fiction of Philip José Farmer is a celebration of..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy 254 of 600 copies signed by Caitlin R. Kiernan. A sequel to Kiernan's critically-acclaimed novel Threshold (2001). Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy 218 of 300 signed by Caitlin R. Kiernan. This collection is comprised of short stories first published in the subscription only Sirenia Digest, run..... More
New York: William Morrow, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Never before published, these 22 selections explore the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people. Octavo. A...... More
New York: William Morrow, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Two highly contrasting tales of the fantastic by the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451 (1953)..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy 102 of 1,000 copies signed by Jack McDevitt. A collection of 24 short stories that cover familiar genre themes such as the search for..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Allen Steele. "In Steele's fifth collection of short science fiction stories, the adventurers who look outward are rewarded with learning where..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Roger Zelazny on the title page. In this continuation of the Amber chronicles, Corwin, Prince of Amber, exiled to Earth because..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. An affectionate ode to Bradbury's feline friends, accompanied by the colorful illustrations of Louise..... More