Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the first general study of the fortunes of Catullus in the Renaissance. After a brief introduction tracing the transmission of the poet from antiquity to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Watson to Eric Idle on the title page, with a typed letter signed (TLS) by Watson laid in. A sweeping accoung..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. In this impeccable inquiry, Lewis uses his remarkable logic to build a solid argument for the existence of divine intervention. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles..... More
London: Susan Allix, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed on Somerset mould made paper in an edition of 20 (this is number 3), the book measures 20 x 24.5 cm and has 45 pages. Contained in..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Reprint. "In the commentary problems of text, language, interpretation and construction are discussed thoroughly, and the subject matter explained and illustrated. The poem is seen against the background of..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Later printing. "This commentary contains a detailed discussion of the problems of the text, its interpretation, construction, and religious and mythological background." Octavo: xiii, 459 p. Original black cloth..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Reprint. "An edition, on an unprecedented scale, of the greatest of Greek tragedies by one of the most distinguished of living scholars in an important event ... a storehouse..... More
Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Earl F. Nation to Gordon J. Van De Water, past president of The Zamorano Club, on the front flyleaf. An essential reference..... More
Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi, 1990. First Edition. This is copy 22 of 100 signed by Birney Imes and Richard Ford. Acclaimed collection of photographs revealing a previously unexplored and now nearly vanished..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was..... More
Koln: Taschen, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book celebrates more than 500 years of the dazzling visual culture of the world’s greatest magicians. Featuring over 1,000 rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings in..... More
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1917. Third Edition. Hardcover. Printed in Yokohama by The Box of Curios Press. Detailed handbook for English-speaking tourists to parts of China recently made accessible by railway transportation. Includes advertisements..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. The first issue, with the publisher's ads dated February 1905. Bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) wrote the astonishing letter “De Profundis” to..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A colorful collection of the whimsical drawings and paintings produced by Andy Warhol for Tiffany's Christmas cards before he achieved fame as a leading pop..... More
New York: DC Comics, 2000. Hardcover. "Re-presenting from the Golden Age of Comics: Plastic Man #1 and Plastic Man's adventures from Police Comics #21-30." Illustrated throughout in full color. A volume in the DC Archive..... More
London: Penguin Books, 1995. Wraps. To celebrate its 60th anniversary circa 1995, Penguin Books released several boxed sets of "Penguin 60s", miniature books about sixty pages in length. The UK set with orange spines focused..... More
New York: Biblio and Tannen, 1964. Hardcover. "...a brief survey of the Neolithic stage and of the Early Minoan phases, followed by an account of the Palace in the Middle Minoan Age." This is the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. The first translation into English of this important primary source on early California. Along with his mentor, Junípero Serra, Palóu (1723-89) played many key roles and..... More
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,003 copies. "Croghan was an important pioneer and leader of the expansion of Anglo-Americans into the Ohio region prior to 1776. He was..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1938. Hardcover. Later printing. Signed by Marguerite de Angeli on the title page. Recreates the adventures of mischievous boy through a Michigan summer in the 1870s. Illustrated..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Second printing. Inscribed by Susan Cooper to Charlotte Huck on the half-title. Huck (1922-2005) was an internationally renowned children's literature expert whose classic textbook, Children's Literature in the Elementary School..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. First Edition. Trade paperback. "This ambitious work provides a systematic study of Chinese theories of reading and writing in intellectual thought and critical practice." Octavo: xiv, 334..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 71 of 500 copies signed by Omar Ali-Shah and Robert Graves. Controversial translation of the classic collection of Persian verse..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1958. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 300 copies. Finely printed edition of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy (c.1310-14), a supreme meditation on vice, virtue, and humanity's relationship with..... More
New York: itbooks / HarperCollins, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ann and Nancy Wilson on the title page. Sisters Ann and Nancy recount a journey that has taken them from..... More