Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1967. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1936 edition, with a new preface by the author. The Greek philosopher and mathematician whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. Zeno of Elea (c.495-c.430 BC)..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. "Many of the territorial records prior to 1843 were destroyed in that year during..... More
San Francisco: Black Stone Press, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. This is copy 125 of 170 printed on Ingres MBM Arches from Bulmer and Nicholas Cochin types. Meditations on green, blue, brown, red, yellow, and violet..... More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Gary Snyder on the half-title. This landmark work encompasses Asian artistic traditions, as well as Native American storytelling and..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. "Immigrant neighborhoods of the early twentieth century have commonly been viewed as segregated, homogeneous slums isolated from the larger "American" city. But as Mark Wild demonstrates..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1987-89. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printings. Each volume is signed by Octavia Butler on the title page. This acclaimed series, recently republished in a single volume titled Lilith's Brood..... More
London: Reeves and Turner, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. The first trade edition, inscribed "with the publishers compliments" on the verso of the front flyleaf. With this novel, William Morris (1834-96) is thought to be the..... More
New York: Avon Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus, first printing. Signed and dated by Ray Bradbury on the title page. A high spot in modern American literature, this classic collection of 26..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. The Fortieth Anniversary Edition, first printing thus. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the front flyleaf. Arguably Bradbury's most important work, a dystopian novel set in the..... More
New York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Joseph Campbell on the half-title. The revered mythologist explores the Space Age, positing that the newly discovered laws of the..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's ink stamp to the front flap of the dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ray Bradbury to Howard..... More
San Francisco: John Howell - Books, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 750 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Ide (1796-1852) was a principal figure in the Bear Flag Revolt, a rebellion by American..... More
San Francisco and New York: The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, 1888. Hardcover. Folio, two volumes: 478 p. with over 600 etchings, photogravures, wood engravings, etc. In one-half morocco over pebbled cloth bindings, with decorative gilt..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1907. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Muir to Alice Spencer Jones on the front flyleaf. Jones (1868-1938) was the niece of hardware millionaire John Daggett Hooker, a friend and..... More
Peoria, Illinois: Gold Quoin Press, 2013. First Edition. This is copy 4 of 200. Fourteen pieces, including one duplicate, ranging from a mock passport poem to a trio of cardboard coasters. All are enclosed within..... More
Los Angeles: Brewster Maps, circa 1966. Hardcover. The first three of four volumes in the atlas (the fourth covers the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley). As with much of Southern California, the Second..... More
New York: Charles B. Norton, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stuart on the front flyleaf: "Presented to Daniel B. Martin, Esq. Chief Engineer U.S. Navy from his friend The Author." Martin succeeded..... More
London: George Allen, 1897. Hardcover. The celebrated Walter Crane edition, limited to 1,000 sets printed on handmade paper. Crane’s illustrations for The Faerie Queene were the most ambitious of his career. Overall, they took him..... More
Los Angeles: Atwood & Ferguson, 1883. Hardcover. A rare survivor, not in Quebedeaux, this early directory was published just two years after the Los Angeles Times began publication and a year prior to the arrival..... More
Paris: Maurice Magnier, Editeur, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Appropriately enough, Ponsard (1826-94) was associated with the literary circle that met at Le Chat Noir, the Paris cafe founded by Rodolphe Salis. Illustrations by Leon Lebegue..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. "A nonsense book written by a big child for little ones, containing pictures in imitation of dolls and animals cut out of paper for the amusement..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Regarded as the finest example of Bontemps’s independent work, this children's novel follows a boy and his pet dog living in a rural part of..... More
Dunwoody, Georgia: Norman S. Berg, Publisher, 1973. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies. "When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S...... More
Dallas, Texas: The Story Book Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. With a brief typed letter signed (TLS) by the author laid in. Chad Seal and his little pal, Danny Flipperfoot, romp through a motion picture..... More
