1956. Broadside (14” x 22”), printed in red and blue on white card stock.In addition to writing poetry, Margolis was the editor/publisher of the Miscellaneous Man, a Beat Generation magazine and lesser known defendant in..... More

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "...an exposition of the philosophic conceptions basic to Mahayana Buddhism as found in the Mana-prajna-paramita-sastra, which is a commentary on the..... More

A collection of 70 personal letters written between an American serviceman from Southern California and a Japanese woman who fell in love during World War II, had a child, and struggled with immigrations issues trying..... More

An autographed cabinet card photograph of actress Julia Marlowe (born Sarah Frances Frost, 1865-1950). The English-born American actress was best known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays. The photograph is dated 1895, the same..... More

circa 1967. 5 1/2" x 6", printed in two colors on ruled pale green paper (watermarked Whale Arrowhead Safety Paper). Some mild toning, with creases to two corners; otherwise very good. This scarce piece of..... More

An undated and unsigned holographic letter believed to have been written by First Lady Dolley Todd Madison (1768–1849), the wife of James Madison, fourth President of the United States (1809-17). This letter was written to..... More

Berkeley, California: People's Press Syndicate, 1969. Single sheet measuring 7” x 8 ½” and printed on both sides in pink with the bold headline “SWINE”. The leaflet was critical of Berkeley police, referred to in..... More

Gary Snyder (b.1930) began his career in the 1950s as a noted member of the Beat Generation, though he has since explored a wide range of social and spiritual matters in both poetry and prose..... More

Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton & Co., 1886. Pamphlet. This small four-panel brochure is signed on the rear panel by the author. Laid in is a brief holographic poem entitled “Tis All the Same” which..... More

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., 1909. Second Edition. Hardcover. A Scottish civil servant, political economist, and historian of economic thought, Bonar (1852-1941) was instrumental in establishing the London Ethical Society in 1886. Octavo: 410..... More

A printed Kentucky Land Office Warrant with manuscript annotations issued to John Rochester on July 11, 1807 for thirty acres of land in consideration of $5. The warrant, signed by John M. Foster, allowed the..... More

A handwritten invitation to Louisville, Kentucky Mayor John G. Baxter dated May 7, 1880 to attend the unveiling in Nashville of a bronze statue honoring the seventh U.S. President, Andrew Jackson. The monument was erected..... More

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1926 first edition, with an introduction by Alastair Lamb. Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine (1888=1974) was British Consul-General at Kashgar during the early 1920s. With his..... More