New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. "...a detailed, factual, yet dramatic account of China's history in the immediate past and present. It begins with the national revolution in 1911, inspired by Sun Yat Sen, and carries the story up to today. It deals with the political, social, and..... More
![Collected Longer Poems [Philip Whalen's Copy, Signed]. W. H. AUDEN](/pictures/medium/47613.jpg?v=1581981907)
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First Edition. First Impression, one of 7,000 copies. Octavo (22.25cm); royal blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-356pp. Poet Philip Whalen's copy, with his holograph name and "Kyoto 1969" written at upper left corner of front pastedown. Base of spine gently..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1951. First Edition. Vanity-press crime novel featuring a number of taboo themes, including lesbianism and abortion. The heroine, Yvette, is a small-town gold-digger who'll do anything to make her way to the big city, beginning with passing as a lesbian in order to manipulate her man-hating..... More
San Diego: by the Author, [1918]. A mixed collection of radical and sentimental verse by the Wobbly organizer, poet and contributor to the I.W.W.'s "Little Red Songbook." This volume includes Emerson's key contribution, "The Industrial Workers of the World," as well as such radical anthems as "An Appeal to the..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957. First U.K. Edition. Sartre's main philosophical work, in which he develops support for existentialism. First published as L'être et le néant by Gallimard in 1943. First Impression, preceded by the American edition published by the Philosophical Library in 1956. Octavo (22cm); brick red cloth..... More
V.p. ca. 1898-1908. 1. "Affaire Dreyfus Document No. 1: Le Bordereau (fragment)." N.p.: n.d. Verso printed in French and Dutch. 2. "Affaire Dreyfus Document No. 2: L'Ecriture de Dreyfus." Ibid. 3. "Affaire Dreyfus Document No. 3: L'Ecriture d'Esterhazy." Ibid. 4. "Affaire Dreyfus. Facsimile d'une lettre du Capitaine Dreyfus à son epouse." Berlin: Verlag..... More
Hagerstown, MD: C.P.S. Camp No. 24, 1942-1943. First Edition. Monthly magazine issued by one of the Civilian Public Services camps established during World War II for conscientious objectors who were willing to serve their country in a non-military capacity. Camp No. 24 was based on Hopewell Farm in Clear Spring..... More
[Rome: Forzani et C., 1871]. First Edition. Polemical attack on the state of the French university system written in March, 1871, two months after the end of the disastrous (for the French) Franco-Prussian War. As Pasteur argues, whereas in Germany universities proliferated across the country, France, "stymied by revolution, was..... More
[Napoli]: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, [1995]. First Edition. Three volumes; thick octavos (24cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in black and green; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and dust-soil, else a Very Good to Near Fine set. Includes papers on a myriad of historical topics, in Italian, English, French. More
New York: Free Press, [1977]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's boards in black pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; x,294pp. Light shelf wear, small spot of residue to upper panel from previously removed price sticker, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front free endpaper and bottom textblock edge, else Very Good overall. Collection of..... More
[Milano]: Selene Edizioni, [2000]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 109pp.; illus. throughout. A hint of wear, else Fine. Short biographical monograph on the life and works of the Italian Futurist artist. Text entirely in Italian. Form part of the series L'Altra Metà dell'Arte. More
[Konstanz]: Südverlag, [2000]. First Edition. Exhibition catalog featuring the works of German illustrator Erich Ohser (1903-1944), creator of the comic strip "Vater und Sohn" (Father and Son), though his anti-Nazi cartoons eventually led to his arrest in 1944. The day before his trial he committed suicide and his associate Erich..... More
[Alcala de Henares: Talleres Penitenciarios], 1954. First Edition. Franco government propaganda on the Spanish prison system, photographs taken at the various penitentiaries showing hardworking male prisoners and happy, dancing female prisoners, the children of these equally taken care of in their own wing. We find a single copy in OCLC..... More
Location not stated: Publisher not stated, 1885. Edition not stated. Small octavo (19cm); dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt; 24pp. Mild bumps and handling wear to boards, with slight rubbing. Most pages unopened; preliminaries toned; minor smudges and creasing, very small tears to edges. Very Good or Better. A rather mysterious..... More
[Havana: General Secretariat of the O.S.P.A.A.L., 1966]. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's grey textured paper-coverd boards lettered in gilt; 187pp.; photographic plates and folding tables throughout. Boards rather dust-soiled and corners bumped, else Very Good, internally sound. Includes the text of speeches delivered by Youssef El Sebai, Fidel Castro, and..... More
![Diario [Vol. 1: 1866-1912; Vol. 2: 1914-1916; Vol. 3: 1916-1922]. Sidney SONNINO, ed. Benjamin F....](/pictures/medium/47556.jpg?v=1581548415)
Bari: Editori Laterza, 1972. First Edition. Three volumes; octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jackets. Jacket spine a shade toned, light foxing to top textblock edges, else a Very Good or better set. The complete diaries of the Italian statesman and Prime Minister. Text entirely in Italian. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1915]. 1925 Reprint. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; x,299pp. Boards a bit bowed, spine gilt dulled, else Very Good. More
![Inside the Nuremberg Trial: A Prosecutor's Comprehensive Account [Vol. 1 only] [Inscribed and...](/pictures/medium/47554.jpg?v=1581379628)
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, [1999]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's black gilt-lettered paper-covered boards; xvii,[1],712pp. Corners and spine ends very slightly softened, a hint of dust-soil to textblock edges, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper. More
Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., Publishers, 1898. Handsome copy of the American journalist, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate's memoir, including annecdotes regarding her experiences during the Civil War, where she became involved with the United States Sanitary Commission. KRICHMAR 4843. Early printing. Octavo (23cm); burgundy cloth, with titling and decorations..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1932]. First Edition. Final report of the commission of inquiry headed by Dreiser to investigate labor and living conditions in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the protracted coal strike of 1931-32. Includes statements by members of the commission, along with sworn testimony of miners, police..... More
![Dollar Cotton [Review Copy]. John FAULKNER](/pictures/medium/47547.jpg?v=1581717016)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1942]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); original mustard pictorial cloth; [6],306pp. Light dust-soil, corner bumped, spine a bit darkened, small red ink "X" to rear pastedown, else Very Good, albeit lacking jacket. Review copy with rubberstamp to front free endpaper. Second novel by William Faulkner's..... More
Philadelphia: [Fred Field], 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original grey card wrappers printed in red; 104pp. Wrappers lightly soiled, old ink note to rear cover, brief pencil marginalia to one leaf of text, else Very Good and sound. Self-published collection of poems, including paeans to John Reed and Raymond Lefebvre..... More
[Hilversum, Holland: Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., 1966]. First Edition. Slim square quarto (25cm.); publisher's black pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; [79]pp.; chiefly illus. Extremities rubbed, else Very Good, internally sound. Wordless novel describing the marvelous adventures of Philomene, who happens to lose her clothes very early on in the..... More
Tiranë, Albania: Shtëpia Botuese, 1976. First Edition. Large, slim octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 100pp.; chiefly color cartoons throughout. Light wear to wrapper extremities, the whole a bit dust-soiled else Very Good, internally fine. Bilingual collection of political cartoons in Albanian and English. Institutionally scarce, no copies in..... More
Guanajuato: Universidad de Guanajuato, 1948. First Edition. Bimonthly art journal issued by the University of Guanajuato. This issue of special interest for the essay by Armando Olivares "Posada y la Muerte," adorned with woodcut reproductions printed in red in the margins as well as two leaves of plates reproducing three..... More
