Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. First Printing; Number 77 in the Traveller's Companion Series. 12mo., dustjacket; 301pp.; Fine in a Fine, unclipped (priced 1500 francs) illustrated dustjacket. 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: 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

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. Small..... 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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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