Denver: The Merchants Publishing Company, circa 1907. First Edition. Wraps. Attractive investment prospectus for the reopening and modernization of silver mining operations in Ophir, Nye County, Nevada. Silver was discovered in 1863 and by 1867..... More
This question is posed on an original poster, produced by the university’s admissions department, announcing that women would be admitted in 1972 for the first time since the Catholic university’s founding in 1842. A historic..... More
Los Angeles: James Madison, 1932-1934. Wraps. Presumably a complete run of this scarce Depression-era periodical “that tells which old books, magazines, and pamphlets have value – and why. Also money-making information about autographs, dime novels..... More
Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8 ½” x 11” yellow paper for the January 27, 1981 concert at The Starwood in West Hollywood, California, which was located at 8151 Santa Monica Boulevard. Gently folded into quarters..... More
A binder with 66 original 8” x 10” photographs that served as the film set continuity book for the film noir Hangover Square (1945). Freely adapted from Patrick Hamilton’s 1941 novel, this 20th Century Fox..... More
Black Mountain, North Carolina: Black Mountain College, 1954. First Edition. Wraps. The second issue of this seminal literary and art journal, which made an impact on artistic circles in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles..... More
Beresford, South Dakota: Beresford Municipal Telephone System and A.B. & E. Telephone Company, 1949-1963. Wraps. A collection of eleven telephone directories (1949-1951, 1953, and 1957-63) for the small South Dakota city located in the southeastern..... More
El Paso, Texas: National Telephone Directory Co., Inc., 1925. Wraps. The personal and business listings for the greater Phoenix, Arizona region in 1925. A year later, the Southern Pacific Railroad’s main line was rerouted through..... More
Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology, 1961-1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Emil Herzog’s set, with his ink signature to the front flyleaf in the first volume. A pioneering work, based on extensive research conducted at Caltech..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. The first book published specifically to aid scholars in the identification and description of the 20th century..... More
An 1852 autograph letter signed (ALS) by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, a British author, art critic, and historian, to her friend, the singer Charlotte Fletcher, to cancel her performance due to a scheduling conflict. Lady Eastlake..... More
Two letters and three autographs from Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920), a best-selling English novelist who wrote under her married name (Mrs. Humphrey Ward), worked to improve education for the poor, and was the founding President..... More
Five autograph letters signed by Lady Louisa Lamb (1849-1927) of Beauport, Sussex, to publisher William Tinsley concerning her little-known contributions to Tinsley’s Magazine in the late 1870s. Lamb was the sister-in-law of another famous Victorian..... More
An undated autograph letter signed (ALS) by Charles Wheatstone, the English physicist and inventor who popularized a device to accurately measure electrical resistance that is still widely used in laboratories. The letter provides a letter..... More
London: Trianon Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 112 of 250 copies signed by Robert Graves and James Metcalf. This copy is additionally signed and inscribed by the book’s designer, Arnold Fawcus, on..... More
London: John Lehman, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. The first UK edition. No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the public as The Glass Menagerie. It was Williams’ first..... More
New York: The Electrical Engineer, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. A landmark text in the field of electrical engineering, describing the scope of Tesla’s research and early inventions, which presaged and contributed to the development of..... More
London and Toronto: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English. Critical study of the Russian genius, based on a series of six lectures Gide delivered in 1922. Harry..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. With this work and its follow up, Lives of the Princesses of England (1849-55), Green established a reputation for scholarship that made her one of the most respected..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, pairing a title page cancel with the British sheets. The title novella and ten short stories by the Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright..... More
New York: New Directions, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. A completely revised version of Snyder's second collection, Myths & Texts (1960), with a new introduction by the poet. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page..... More
London: Black Spring Press Limited, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. "This second collection of Nick Cave's song lyrics and other writings covers the period from the ground-breaking album Tender Prey to the sublime simplicity of The..... More
New York: Viking, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page, with a Harvard Book Store "Signed by the Author" label affixed to the front panel of..... More
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. "Li Po and Tu Fu were medieval poets, regarded by many as China's greatest. This book, translated deftly and imaginatively by J.P. Seaton and James Cryer..... More
Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Covering all Smith's major poetry (Elegiac Sonnets, The Emigrants and Beachy Head), as well as the prose apparatus to the poetry (prefaces, dedications, and..... More