New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; [2],185pp.; color photographic frontispiece, 52 plates, four in color. Boards a bit rubbed at extremities, jacket has a few shallow losses not approaching illustration or text, and has been recently mounted to... More

London: T. Vernor, [1787]. First Edition. Detailed history of Portuguese social customs, written by the author, "late a Captain of the Irish Brigade in the service of Spain," in a series of letters to his brother in London. Two octavo volumes (21.25cm); 20th c. tan calf, with titles stamped in... More

New Orleans: New Orleans Writers' Conference and the Department of English, Xavier University, [1974]-1976. First edition. Annual anthology of poetry, fiction and drama by New Orleans authors, most affiliated with Xavier University, the only historically Black Catholic university in the United States. Contributors include Glenn Godfrey, Everette Maddox, Don Paul... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Future war fantasy in which, "...the American Navy intervenes on the British side, Russian revolutionaries capture the Tsar, the Indian Army storms across Persia to attack Russia, and the new Thomson Electric Rifle gives the British troops a devastating secret weapon" (Clarke... More

Waldport, OR: The Untide Press, [1946]. First trade edition. Octavo. Black wrappers with white title label affixed; (35p). Bit of soil visible to white portion of covers; corners rounded; still a clean, Near Fine copy. This is the second impression, created when all but about 30 copies of the first... More

Paris: Chez J.-B. Baillere, 1842. First edition. 12mo. Sewn pamphlet; 32pp. Removed; lacking cover wrappers; half-title present. Mild foxing to first and final few leaves; faint marginal dampstain to upper corner of final 10 leaves; else text quite good and paper strong. The author was physician-in-residence at the mineral hot... More

Cologne: Taschen, 2015. First Edition. Quarto (34.5cm x 27cm). Pictorial paper boards (hardcover); 312pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight shelf wear to extremities, else clean and tight. Collection of photographs exploring late Soviet buildings found throughout the former Soviet Union and an accompanying essay by Frédéric Chaubin. Hundreds of full..... More

Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition. Quarto (31cm x 24.5cm). Black cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in white on cover and spine; dustjacket; [94]pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight shelf wear to extremites, else clean and tight. Very Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities; two small tears to upper... More

Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d., but after 1917. Reprint. 12mo (14.5cm.); publisher's pictorial self-wrappers printed in black; 9pp. Minor toning, else Near Fine. Cover illustration signed by Posada in image. Forms part of the series Galeria Infantil de Teatro. Presumed reprint, the rear cover advertisements for the estate of Vanegas... More

Lagos: Wuraola Press, 1969. First Edition. A late but extremely scarce addition to the genre of Nigerian market literature. Odunlaye here presents the results of "...many years research with late Pa Olagumorioye an occulist [sic] a great elephant and other wild animal hunter in Owo Division...as he was my cousin... More

[New York]: Russian War Relief, 1941 but 1942?]. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers comb-bound at top edge; [12] leaves printed in black and blue on rectos only; chiefly illus. throughout. Light wear, small loss of one comb, else Very Good and sound. Quite an attractive fundraising wall... More

Los Angeles: Liberation Union, [ca.1970]. Flyer produced by the Los Angeles-based Liberation Union, drawing attention to the plight of Chairman Bobby Seale, who was on trial in 1970 for charges of conspiracy and inciting riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Prominently displayed are illustrations of a bound and gagged... More

Atlanta: Georgia Commission on Education, [1957]. First Edition. A tabloid intended to warn citizens about the seditious intentions of the board and faculty of the Highlander Folk School, founded by Don West and Myles Horton in 1953 as a training facility for southern civil rights workers. This poster-sized brochure is... More