Saint Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1965. Hardcover. Third printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on the title page: "Inscribed to Hugh Hefner in appreciation of his efforts... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Hardcover. Third printing. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, with his signature and caricature self portrait to the front pastedown. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from... More
Sydney: Arthur McQuitty & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 467 of 500 copies signed by Norman Lindsay. A presentation of twelve sensual pen-and-ink drawings by the acclaimed Australian artist. From the library... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Brimming with intrigue and scandal, this historical novel focuses on the birth of the film industry in Southern California. Signed by Gore Vidal on the half-title, with... More
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, with a presentation card from Prometheus Entertainment president Kevin Burns, who developed a revival of... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. The dedication of this tell all... More
San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone Companies, 1899. Hardcover. Scarce telephone directory for California, Oregon, and Washington from the end of the 19th century, with the names, numbers, and addresses of nearly 45,000 individuals. Of particular... More
Newark, Vermont: The Janus Press, 1992. First Edition. Songs written by Clifford Burke to drawings by Ruth Fine, with the book and structure by Claire Van Vliet. This is 86 of 150 copies signed by... More
1988. A birthday gift of napkin art from Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Kristen, believed to be his longtime friend, fellow poet and artist, and fellow North Beach resident Kristen Wetterhahn. Caffe Puccini was one of Ferlinghetti’s..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Government Printing Office, 1937-38. First Edition. Wraps. "By examining the experience of the transient program, this report has been able to isolate a number of widely-held misconceptions about transients and transient..... More
London: Bickers & Son, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Classic account of Syke's journeys from Damascus to Aleppo, through the Diyarbekir area to Mosul and thence to Van and Tiflis. The appendix by John Hugh Smith... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. "A detailed account in the form of a diary of travels in Persia in 1881 by a member of the Bengal Civil Service returning home after... More
New Orleans: B. E. Trice, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. This is deluxe number 23 of 75 copies bound in one-half burgundy leather and signed by the author. The basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture... More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. From the private library of Hugh Hefner, who is mentioned in this biography of the iconic stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. As was his practice, Hefner... More
Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company, 1968. Hardcover. From the private library of Hugh Hefner, with periodic underlining and marginalia to the first volume and Playboy Library markings to both. Accompanied by a letter of... More
New York: Warner Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. As was his practice, Hefner marked relevant pages with paperclips. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the... More
Los Angeles: Dove Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who is mentioned several times in this memoir by the Hustler magazine publisher. As was his practice, Hefner... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who is mentioned frequently in this exploration of sexual manners and mores. As was his practice, Hefner... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. From the private library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. As was his practice, Hefner inserted paperclips throughout the text and highlighted or underlined pertinent passages. Accompanied by... More
Oakland, California: Dewitt & Snelling, 1913. First edition. Wraps. 48 p. Frontispiece portrait. Includes much on the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 as well as Woolley's overland journey from Vermont to California at the... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. Hardcover. From the private library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. As was his practice, Hefner inserted paperclips throughout the text and marked pertinent passages, some of which are accompanied by... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jamie Kalven, the author's son and this book's editor, to Hugh Hefner on the half-title: "For Hugh Hefner, with the gratitude and... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. The Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of Lerner's most influential book. Presentation copy, inscribed by Max Lerner to Hugh Hefner and Kimberley Conrad on the front flyleaf... More
