Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Abou El Fadl on the front flyleaf. "Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip, press release, and publicity photograph laid in. Tells the story of former mobster Joe Valachi, a low-ranking member of the..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. A companion to Stearn's earlier work, The Sixth Man (1962), which investigated the extent of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Autobiography of the prolific American illustrator. Flagg (1877-1960) is best known for his classic World War I recruiting poster featuring the caption “I Want YOU for..... More
Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Sensational autobiography of the drag perfomer turned madam: "queen of a beehive of pretty little homosexual slaves who brought in the honey by submitting to the erotic..... More
New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. With the publisher's press release laid in. Known as the "astrologer to the stars," Righter (1900-88) wrote a syndicated daily advice column for 166 newspapers around..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised; first printing thus. Signed and dated by Galbraith on the front flyleaf. Galbraith's most popular work, in which he faulted the conventional wisdom of U.S. economic..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Head on a blank leaf tipped in after the copyright page. Autobiography of the renowned Hollywood costume designer, with entertaining anecdotes about dressing many..... More
Metuchen, New Jersey and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with metallic green titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Reinterprets the culture of the laboring classes in old-regime Paris through the rituals of public drinking in neighborhood taverns. Textual illustrations and tables. Octavo. Original blue cloth..... More
Ossining, New York: Hill House, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Number 292 of 1,000 copies signed by Bradbury. This limited edition includes five short stories not included in the trade edition. A collection of brisk, imaginative..... More
New York: Avon Books, 1999. Hardcover. First edition thus, with a new introduction by the author. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Comprised of nineteen short stories, including fifteen revised from Bradbury's first book..... More
Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First Edition. Pamphlet. This is #229 of a limited edition of 750 copies signed by Dalton Trumbo. The American novelist and screenwriter, who scripted films including Roman Holiday..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: The William Blake Trust / Princeton University Press, 1991. Hardcover. First edition thus, with a review slip laid in. Brilliant facsimile of the the last and longest of the prophetic books written..... More
Freiburg im Breisgau: Aurum Verlag, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. "Over a total of sixty plates the pantheon of northern Buddhism unfolds its panorama of personified aspects of Buddhist virtues, qualities, teachings, and views of salvation."..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Arena Editions, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drawn from a largely unseen private collection - the largest private collection of Walker Evans photographs in the world - this lavishly produced volume publishes..... More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial survey of the electric street railways and interurbans of Iowa, with some 700 photographic images and rosters of the trolleys that served the Hawkeye State..... More
San Marino, California: Golden West Books, 1970. Hardcover. Second printing. Billed as one of the most comprehensive pictorial accounts ever compiled on the topic of railroading Down South. More than 310 illustrations. Original black buckram..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Hardcover. "...synthesizes more than fifty years of study to present a comprehensive examination of Paul Gauguin's symbolism. Drawing on his profound grasp of the artistic and social contexts in..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982. Hardcover. Third printing. 334 p. with six plates, 114 figures (some folding), six tables, and a map. Quarto. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. The top corners are..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the French by Howard Brabyn. Important collection of the Belgian surrealist's graphic art. Delvaux's paintings typically portray somnambulistic nude figures among..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "Taken together these essays give an illuminating picture of the humanist reaction to the crisis brought about by totalitarianism and World War II." Octavo. Original black cloth..... More
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Tregaskis on the front flyleaf. An inspiring story of love set against the turmoil of the Chinese Civil War, written by..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. "These early years were a time of rapid intellectual and artistic growth for Thoreau. The Journal reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Emerson, Fuller, and other..... More
