New York; (1994): Harper Collins. First Edition. Octavo. 375 pages. The uncorrected proof signed by Tony Hillerman. Besides the helpful summaries of his first twelve books (omitting the conclusions for the fan who wants to discover the end for himself), there is an important self-effacing interview with Hillerman by Jon..... More
London, (1967): The Asiatic Numismatic Society. Small Quarto. 41 pages with 10 plates of the coins from Halle's magnificent collection. The 626 lots of the collection are listed here in the auction conducted by Glendining of London. This was the most extensive sale held ever in England and until the..... More
Zwickau; (1930): F. Ullman. Quarto. 27 unnumbered pages. A transcription with fascmile manuscripts of the correspondence between Dante and Henry VII. Dante's political concern was clearly for the unification of Italy though his overall view of government and monarchy has a much broader concern. Here is one of the more..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1870. Small Octavo. 324 pages illustrated with 23 woodcuts by Lebreton. Translated from the French by Zurcher and Margolle. Appleton announced the series "Library of Wonders" in 1870 (the book was copyrighted in 1869) and became the major introduction on science topics to the..... More
Small Octavo. A giveaway provided by the Daisy Air-Rifle company using reprints of newspaper comic strips and produced as a promotional mini-comic. Similar to other promotional items of the early comics era, except that this represents one of the first appearances of Buck Rogers on the cover of a comic..... More
a photograph of the aftermath of the 1896 Presidential Campaign in Martin, Michigan (Allegan County). Freeman C. Ives who had bet on William Jennings Bryant and lost had to wheel his cousin Glen McLoud on a wheelbarrow in the downtown which the relative identified as "the middle of town--the sight..... More
New York: Neal Publishing, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 254 pages, illustrated. Bowen was a member of the First Company of the Richmond Howitzers. The long section on Gettysburg is fascinating for its detail although clearly written from the point of view of the Confederacy and partially absolving Lee..... More
New York: Neale Publishing, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. 486 pages. Lee's time as President of Washington College (later Washington and Lee) left him little time to write his memoirs. Rev. Jones had already written the marvelous book With Christ in the Camp which describes the intense religious devotion on both..... More
1905. Postcard shows Loco Jim insert with photo of an Apache mother and child. Postcard with addressed to: Mary Louise Sanburn (1881-1962). Author is A.L.B. writes: "This is Loco Jim--My Cozzins party's guide up in the White Mt Country. He has killed his dozen or so, not so very long..... More
A letter on the letterhead of the Auburn Automobile Company which was on its last legs in the Depression. S.V. Harding, the sales manager, is writing Jack White regarding his demonstration of the owner's Cord card to the Fire Chiefs of Connersville. The obvious hope of Harding was this might..... More
Washington, D.C. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938. Large Octavo. 268 pages, bibliography, index, with 48 plates. The importance of this work was that it was the first to show the Toroweap (formerly known as the Aubrey) with all the permian rocks of this expanded region. The author has not only..... More
(Milano, 2009): 5 Continents. Folio. 343 pages, color illustrations. English (with Italian translation on opposite page). Includes bibliographic references (pages. 36-41) and Index (Author's bibliographic sources, pages 334-343). Harry N. Abrams imported a limited number of these beautiful works which presents some of the finest representations of the Crucifixion in..... More
Venetiis: [Brognolo, Giaacchino], 1583. 12mo. 237 pages, [35]pp. index. commentary by Joannis Marinello. OCLC shows two copies in the U.S. (University of Texas, Medical Library; Welch Library at John Hopkins). Niccolo Leoniceno (1428-1524) made the original translation from the Greek in 1490. Edward P. Maoheny's festschrift for Paul Oskar Kristeller..... More
London; 1887-1891: Walter Scott. Small Quarto. In five volumes (with index in volume V). Very nicely illustrated. The Monthly Chronicle was commenced in 1887 with the object and preserving the great wealth of history and tradition, legend and story, poetry and song, dialect and folk-lore which abounds in the ancient..... More
(Burton, Michigan): Subterranean Press, 2019. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited edition. 483 pages. Limited to 1250 copies signed by Kiernan. Since H.P. Lovecraft first invited colleagues such as Frank Belknap Long and Robert Bloch to join in the creation of "The Cthulhu Mythos", the challenge has been developed by Ramsey Campbell..... More
New York; (1994): Ace Books. Octavo. First Ace hardcover edition which was first published by AceScience Fiction in paperback in 1984. 278 pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Threre is also a new and important afterword by the author. How the novel nearly wasn't written and then..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Originally, Philip K. Dick's focus on androids and ignored animals led to the issue of ethical concerns outside the pure science fiction genre. As the issues of what constitutes the Canon from the older standard views of E.D. Hirsch and Harold Bloom, writers..... More
New York; (1996): W.W. Norton. First Edition. Octavo. 208 pages. Boldly signed by Chuck Palahniuk on the title page. This is the author's first book and easily among the best of the genre where violence is endemic to manhood. The story of a group of young men who seek to..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. . 366 pages. Inscribed by the author. LaSalle Corbell Pickett describes life in the antebellum South much as the idyllic themes in Gone With the Wind. Her description of early meetings before the outbreak of the war with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall..... More
Murry Hill, New York; (1930): Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. First Edition. Octavo. 296pp., Translated from the German by Donald Douglas. This story was written from the notes of a young German officer. Federn was an Austrian man of etters, novelist, historian, dramatist, critic and poet. He had translated works in..... More
Atglen, PA: (2002): Shiffer Military History. Quarto. Signed by the author. 310pp. (1)pp. publisher's ad, illustrated with black and white photographic images. The story of the 448th Bomb group from its inception at Gowen Field, Idaho in 1943 until the cessation of hostilities in Europe in 1945. This is not..... More
New York and Santa Monica: Harry Winston, Inc. / Roanald Winston. First Edition. Quarto. First printing. 206pp. Harry Winton (1896-1978) for more than 50 years was the purveyor of some of the most wonderful gems and most fabulous jewelry ever created. Because of his fine work, he traveled the world..... More
Glendale, CA: 1987): Trans-Anglo Boks. First Edition. Quarto. First printing. 181pp., illustratedwith black and white photographic images along with folding diagrams. The author gives a life history of his time working with locomotives. He describeds his early years with the railroad beginning in the 1920s, through the great depression and..... More
San Mateo, CA: (2004): SPeedwitch Media. First Edition. Quarto. 267pp. photo illustrated, The 1932 ARA standard box car heralded the era of standard freight cars designs and ranks as one of the few most important designs in history. While the number of cars constructed to the design was relatively small..... More
Flagstaff, AZ (1973): Northland Press. First Edition. Small Quarto. xiv, 78pp., inscribed by the author dated 1981. Foreword by Rudy H. Turk who describes Udinotti's work as " often shocks: not because she or her works are immoral or lacking in taste, but because the mature viewer recognizes unwelcome truths"..... More