New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "...the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates the dark side of the Age of Liberty" - an event that inspired Herman Melville's Benito Cereno. Textual... More about THE EMPIRE OF NECESSITY: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew & Associates submitted a report, "Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region," to the Los Angeles... More about EDEN BY DESIGN: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region
New York: The Classics of Science Library, 1996. Hardcover. A special edition privately printed for members of The Classics of Science Library. First published in 1600, Gilbert's De Magnete provides a full account of his... More about ON THE MAGNET, MAGNETICK BODIES ALSO, AND ON THE GREAT MAGNET THE EARTH; A NEW PHYSIOLOGY,...
London: The Folio Society, 2011. Hardcover. First edition thus, with a new introduction by Umberto Eco. Numerous color illustrations, including the frontispiece, with twelve maps. Octavo. Original pictorial paper-covered boards over a black leather spine... More about MEDIEVAL CIVILISATION, 400-1500: Translated by Julia Barrow
Santa Ana, California: Fine Arts Press, 1936. Hardcover. Limited to 250 copies. "A good account of a trip over the Santa Fe Trail, apparently in 1841, by a large party whose captain was named Houck... More about SHORT RAVELINGS FROM A LONG YARN, OR CAMP MARCH SKETCHES OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003. Hardcover. First edition thus. Edited by Etienne Hofmann. Translated from the French by Dennis O'Keeffe. Introduction by Nicholas Capaldi. Octavo. Original gray cloth-covered boards over a burgundy cloth spine, with gilt... More about PRINCIPLES OF POLITICS APPLICABLE TO ALL GOVERNMENTS
London: The Folio Society, 2010. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. This is Number 461 of 1,000 copies with an original etching signed by the illustrator. An exquisite edition of Gulliver's Travels, featuring seventeen tipped-in color plates... More about TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD by Lemuel Gulliver, first a Surgeon, and then a...
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2003. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Fully illustrated, this book describes in detail one hundred of the world's most important military confrontations, from the ancient Egyptian battle of Megiddo in 1469 BC... More about 100 DECISIVE BATTLES: From Ancient Times to the Present
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Octavo. Full blue leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. An unsigned (blank) Easton Press bookplate appears... More about MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY OF LAW
Los Angeles: The Quivira Society, 1933. Hardcover. This is No. 93 of 665 copies. An epic poem that details the events of the Onate Expedition in New Mexico, beginning with its march from Mexico City... More about HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO
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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1993. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. The complete four volume set, with color frontispieces in the first three and reproductions of contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson in the fourth. Octavo. Full brown... More about THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON [and] THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1993. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. The complete ten volume set of this seminal work, which covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious... More about THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES THE SECOND
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2011. Hardcover. This edition is strictly limited to a quantity of 300 copies of which this is number 297. Accompanied by the publisher's numbered certificate. Tall octavo, two volumes. Printed... More about THE FABLES OF AESOP: Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition, with 112 Engraved Illustration Plates...
Los Angeles: Siles Press, 2010. Fourth Edition. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original paper wrappers. A very good or better copy. More about HOW TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS: Chess Mastery Through Chess Imbalances
Richmond, Surrey: Tiger Xenophon, 2008. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about A GREEK GRAMMAR
Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Number 420 of 500 copies signed by the editor, Nolie Mumey. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait, with a tipped-in illustration, a folding map, and nine facsimile keepsakes... More about ANSELM HOLCOMB BARKER, 1822-1895: Pioneer Builder and Early Settler of Auraria, His diary of 1858...
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. From London Corsetier to Pioneer Farmer in Canada, Bookkeeper in St. Louis, Superintendent of Bent's Fort, Fur Trader and Mountain Man in Colorado and New Mexico... More about THE ADVENTURES OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY, MOUNTAIN MAN
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. The complete four volume set. The previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage, edited by Michael E. Hoare. The Hakluyt Society, Second... More about THE RESOLUTION JOURNAL OF JOHANN REINHOLD FORSTER, 1772-1775
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2009. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Octavo. Full red leather binding, with elaborate gilt and black stamping. four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. An unsigned (blank) Easton Press... More about TAO TE CHING ON THE ART OF HARMONY: The New Illustrated Edition of the Chinese Philosophical...
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, a volume in The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Arguably Bradbury's most important work, a dystopian novel set in the not too distant future when firemen... More about FAHRENHEIT 451
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. An enlightening and highly readable history of math, with numerous textual illustrations. Tall octavo. Full purple leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, moire... More about THE STORY OF MATHEMATICS: From Babylonian Numerals to Chaos Theory
Fort Collins, Colorado: The Old Army Press, 1983. Second Edition. Hardcover. More than two years after the Battle of Big Horn, the second in command, Major Marcus A. Reno, who survived the disaster, requested a.... More about THE RENO COURT OF INQUIRY: The Chicago Times Account
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 550 copies. "The journal of Alexander Barrington of St. Mary's, Ohio, begins at sea on April 1, 1850, and concludes on December 11, 1850... More about A CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH MISCELLANY, Comprising: The Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 180 of 350 copies printed on special paper, specially bound, and signed by the author. Garcia Marquez's most romantic novel, the story of... More about LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA: Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Number 459 of 500 copies signed by the author. Beckwourth (1798-1867), a Virginia-born hunter, adventurer, and mountain man of the... More about JAMES PIERSON BECKWOURTH, 1856-1866: An Enigmatic Figure of the West - A History of the Latter...