New York: Doubleday, 1938. First American Edition. Precursor to the internet and wikipedia, Well's idea of a World Brain or "World Encyclopedia" accessible to everyone. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); blue boards embossed on cover with gilt on spine; blue topstain; 194pp.; light finger soiling; sunning to crown of spine; darkening..... More
Washington DC: American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1956-1977. First printings. Thirteen 12mo volumes. Staple-bound, illustrated wrappers; pagination varies. Uniformly clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good or better. A nearly consecutive run of AFL-CIO Legislative Reports, beginning with the 84th Congress (1956) and ending with the 94th..... More
New York: For the Authors, 1854. First Edition. Mendell and Hosmer travelled throughout the East Coast in 1853, beginning in New York and visiting Canada, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. They paid for their travels as itinerant book agents, and their narrative is an important source document for..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First Edition. Early account of the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia, founded in 1868 to provide education to freedmen. Published a year before Booker T. Washington graduated from the Institute, in 1875. WORK, p.418. Octavo (21.5cm); terra-cotta cloth, with titling and..... More
Boston: James H. Earle, 1893. First Edition. Uncommon autobiography, recounting a childhood in slavery in Virginia and Baptist missionary work in the South during Reconstruction. Randolph (1825-1897) was emancipated in 1847 and became involved with the Anti-Slavery society; his first narrative of slavery, Sketches of Slave Life; or, Illustrations of..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1973. First U.K. Edition. [REGINALD, 106] Winner of several Awards including: Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1973, British Science Fiction Association Award in 1973, Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1974. First Impression. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (20cm.); Gray boards with gilt on spine; dustjacket; 256pp. publisher's..... More
london: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm.); red boards stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 186pp.; foxing to textblock, crown of spine gently nudged, else a Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12/6 net); tiny chip on front panel near spine; light edgewear; Near Fine..... More
New York: knopf, 1966. First Edition. [BRUCCOLI, A20] Private Detective Lew Archer explores the secret life of a rich southern California residential community. First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); brown spine cloth over blue embossed boards; stamped in gilt on spine; Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95); closed tear to top front..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1986. First Edition. Novel about a Korean War veteran released in the '60s from a Louisiana prison farm where he served a term for manslaughter. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm.); teal green boards stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; 241pp.; Fine condition in a (price-clipped) jacket..... More
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Campbell assesses her own situations and also interviews some one hundred married men and women whose opinions suggest an underlying cause of breakups: male insecurity and inability to accept women's accomplishments as wage earners. First Printing. Signed Bookplate (dated 7-29-96); Octavo (21.5cm); blue..... More
San Francisco: The Rosenberg Foundation, 1956-64. First printings. Nine octavo volumes (26cm) in original printed card wrappers. Pagination and illustration techniques vary. Occasional light edgewear and cover soil; uniformly Very Good to Near Fine. Volume for 1956 includes Historical Review of "Twenty Years of Community Service, 1937-1957." Nine attractively-produced Annual..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. This is the author's first published novel. Later, in 1990, he won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, making him the second African-American man to receive this prize after Ralph Ellison in 1953. First Printing. Inscribed and dated (9-18-91) on the title..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1964. First Edition. Jacket Design by Lawrence Hoffman This is the author's first novel, later he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his eighth novel, A Lesson Before Dying. First Printing. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (21cm.); blue cloth spine over green paper covered boards; red topstain; dustjacket; 248pp.;..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2009. First Edition. Illustrations by John Rocco. In 2010 it was made into an action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus. On May 14, 2020, Riordan announced that there would be a live action Percy Jackson & the Olympians series made for Disney+. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); full..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Originally written for the New Yorker's "Notes and Comments" section. First Printing. Signed, Limited #135 of 275 copies; Octavo (22cm.); white cloth spine over green paper covered boards; stamped in gilt on spine; yellow slipcase; acetate dustjacket; 52pp.; Fine copy in Fine acetete..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926. First American Edition. Biographical sketches of serial and professional murderers: William Burke, J.-B. Troppmann, G. J. Smith, Henri Désiré Landru, and Fritz Haarmann. First Printing. (H-A)= August, 1926; Octavo (21.5cm.); green cloth spine over brown paper covered boards; red topstain, deckle edges; paper title..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First U.K. Edition. Author's first book. First Impression. Octavo (20cm.); red boards stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 192pp.; faint foxing/toning to the first few page edges; light offsetting inside boards; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 18/-); slightly toned spine; crown of..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1933. First American Edition. Translated by Alexander Bakshy "Other Fires is the third volume of Maxim Gorki's tetralogy, Forty years -- the life of Clim Samghin, following in sequence the novels Bystander and The magnet." Octavo (21cm.); black embossed cloth with gilt on spine; black..... More
Philadelphia: Owlswick Press, 1984. First Edition. Rule #2 - Never fire a laser at a mirror. First Printing. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (22.5cm.); maroon boards stamped in gilt on cover and spine; acetate dustjacket (as issued); 108pp.; Fine condition in Fine acetate jacket. More
New York: knopf, 1974. First American Edition. The Rachel Papers won the Somerset Maugham Award for best novel by a writer under the age of thirty-five. It was made into a 1989 British film written and directed by Damian Harris, starring Dexter Fletcher and Lone Skye with Jonathan Pryce and James..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1968. First Edition. Book #2 in Niven's "Tales of Known Space" universe. First Hardcover Printing. Signed Bookplate; Octavo (21.5cm.); white boards stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 254pp.; gently pushed spine ends; faint foxing inside covers, else a Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95);..... More
Worchester Park: Kerosina, 1987. First U.K. Edition. Includes "The Magic of the Past" hardcover chapbook (1987) also #221 of 650 (300 hardcover) copies; in acetate jacket. First Impression. Signed, Collector's Edition; Limited, #221 of 250 copies; Octavo (22cm.); blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; slipcase; 192pp. Fine..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1964. First U.K. Edition. (REGINALD, 89) Author's first book, published at age 18. The band Iron Maiden's song "Still Life", from the 1983 album Piece of Mind, was inspired by the story "The Inhabitant of the Lake" First Impression. 1 of 2,000 copies; Octavo (19.5cm.); black boards stamped..... More
Baltimore: Warner & Hanna, 1810. First American Edition. 12mo (17cm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, with red morocco spine label; 335,[1]pp. Two volumes bound as one (as issued by the publisher); each volume with its own title page. Early ownership markings in pencil. Leaf T6 (pp 229/230) defective, with substantial loss at..... More
Geneva: Geneva Research Information Committee, 1931. First Edition. Quarto (27cm). Staple-bound, printed thick paper wrappers; 34pp. Moderate external soiling and wear, with corner-creasing and a few brief nicks to wrapper margins; Very Good. Day-by-day review of the League's actions in the first weeks of the Sino-Japanese War, beginning with the..... More
