Four Ways to Forgiveness (Signed)
(New York): HarperPrism, (1994). First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 228 pages. A collection of four interconnected novellas by the legendary science fiction writer. Signed by Le Guin on title page. More
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The Gate of Horn: A study of the religious conceptions of the Stone Age, and their influence upon European thought
New York: Book Collectors Society, [1948]. Limited edition. Black and white photographs, drawings. Leather over boards. Octavo. xxxii, 349 pages. An amazing document of discovery as G. Rachel Levy helps uncover a group of archaeological sites in Iraq prior to World War II. Importantly, Ms. Levy speculates as to links..... More
Fifty Games at Chess, which Have Actually Been Played, Most of Which Occurred Between the Author and Some of the Best Players in England, France, and Germany...
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1832. First printing. Modern marbled paper over board, leather spine. Octavo. iv, 108 pages. Lewis was a highly regarded chess player and teacher in his time. He is believed to be the first person to be described as a Grandmaster of the game. He..... More
Set My People Free: A Negro's Life of Lincoln
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, (1932). First printing. Black and white frontispiece portrait. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. viii, 269 pages. The first biography of Abraham Lincoln by an African American. The author was an attorney in Chicago who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and educated at Howard University..... More
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. 366 pages. A very nice first edition of one of the most important books in American literature. Hemingway believed that "American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” This..... More
The Strange Land
New York: Greenberg : Publisher, (1935). First printing. Full cloth. Octavo. 249 pages. A scarce novel of the struggles and successes of immigrants in the United States. More
Lincoln Monument Dedication Poem, Delivered At Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, October 15, 1874
(danville, Ill): (Illinois Printing Co. ), (1907). First Edition. Black and White Drawings. Full cloth. 9½" x 8". [23 ] pages. James Judson Lord's poem, read at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln's tomb and memorial in 1874. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sketches by W. Jerome Willoughby. MONAGHAN #1538..... More
Archaeology of Southern Veraguas, Panama
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1950. Black and White Photographs, Maps, Illus. Softbound. Folio. xii, 116 pages. Includes appendices by W. C. Root, Eleanor B. Adams and Doris Stone. Volume IX, No. 3 of "Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. " Bound in tan printed paper covers..... More
Coclé An Archaeological Study of Central Panama, Parts I and II (2 Volumes)
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1937, 1942. Black and White Photographs, Drawings, Maps. Paper covers. Folios. xviii, 327 and xiv, 292 pages. These are volume VII and VIII, "Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. " Superbly illustrated large format volumes in tan printed paper covers. Covers show..... More
An Indian Tradition. The History of a Narrow Escape of Some White Men from Being Tomahawked, Scalped, and Robbed by Indians
[Brooklyn]: (S.n.), [c.1848]. Woodcuts. Wrappers, octavo, [16] pages. Interesting and uncommon patent medicine piece featuring one of the earliest claims of "Indian" cures. The first 4 pages of this promotional pamphlet recount a thwarted Indian ambush of a cattle drive from Niagara to Detroit at the end of the 18th..... More
British and American Clippers A Comparison of Their Design, Construction and Performance in the 1850s
(annapolis): Naval Institute Press, (1993). First American Edition. Black and White Photographs, Scaled Drawings. Hardcover. Folio. 192 pages. Fascinating analytical study of the rivalry in fast shipping that sprang from the discovery of gold in California. MacGregor, a talented draftsman, uses his own drawings when possible to describe and compare..... More
A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimos. 242 and 228 pages. Frederick Marryat was a British naval officer and pioneering nautical fiction writer. He traveled to America in 1836-1837, and this is the first American edition of his account of that visit. It is an..... More
USS California (BB-44)
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, (1995). First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Folio. 112 pages. History of the battleship U. S. S. California and her crew, with focus on operations in World War II. The California was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but was salvaged and..... More
A Brief Outline of the Rise, Progress, and Failure of the Revolutionary Scheme of the Nineteen Van Buren Electors of the Senate of Maryland, in the Months of September, October, and November, 1836
Baltimore: Sands & Neilson, 1837. First edition. Original wraps. Octavo. 90 pages. Scarce pamphlet on the Maryland Constitutional crisis of 1836. The Maryland Senate was chosen by an electoral college at this time, and the crisis arose when the state's 19 Democrat electors, angry that they were in the minority..... More
Bootlegger's Map of the United States
Detroit: The Griswold Press, 1926. Pictorial map. Single sheet. 22 1/2" x 35" McCandlish's famous 1926 Bootlegger's Map satirizing Prohibition. All manner of alcoholic beverages are celebrated through comical drawings and puns of various place names, such as "BAR-Harbor," "Chi-KEG-o," and "Missis-SIP-i." A very attractive copy of this iconic..... More
Barflies and Cocktails: Over 300 Cocktail Receipts
Paris: Lecram Press, 1927. First edition. Black and white photos, cartoons by Wynn. Hardcover. 6 1/4" high. [iv], 112 pages. An important and scarce cocktail mixing guide by one of the 20th century's most influential bartenders, Harry McElhone. Harry had tended bar at the Plaza in New York and Ciro's..... More
To Skin a Cat: A Story (Signed)
(S.l.): (E. P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence), (1986). Advance Reading Copy. Self-wraps. Octavo. [54] pages. An advance printing of the title story in the collection "To Skin a Cat," published in October of 1986. This is copy #28 of 250, signed by McGuane on front cover. Letter from publisher dated June 19..... More
When the Tide Turned in the Civil War
Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press, 1929. First edition. Black and white frontispiece. Octavo, full cloth, 66 pages. A tribute to Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of United States Colored Troops in the Civil War. The author, who was married to an officer in a U.S.C.T. regiment, identifies..... More
Genealogical History of the Lee Family of Virginia and Maryland from A. D. 1300 to A. D. 1866 with Notes and Illustrations
New York: Richardson And Company, 1868. First Edition. Color Coats of Arms, Black and White Plates, Cuts. Original cloth. Octavo. viii, 9-15, 21-114 pages. Genealogical records and notes of this distinguished family, the most famous member of which is probably Gen. Robert E. Lee. Includes color plates of two coats..... More
The Artistry of Mixing Drinks (Signed)
[Paris]: (Fryam Press), 1936. First edition. This is copy #643 of 700, of a total edition of 1,026 copies. Line drawings, typographic page borders throughout. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 182 pages. A rather scarce original cocktail mixing guide by Frank Meier, legendary bartender at the Ritz Bar in Paris beginning in..... More
Letter from the Post-Master General, Transmitting a List of Unproductive Post Roads for the Year 1817
Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1817. Disbound. Quarto. 14 pages. A listing of 24 post-roads across various states that were deemed unproductive as of February 20th, 1817. The criteria were that the road had been established for more than two years and that it had not, within the preceding..... More
Prejudices, Third Series
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1922). First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 328 pages. Mencken's acerbic wit and good sense. A nice looking copy. Errata slip tipped in. More
The Feasting Dead
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1954. First printing, one of 1,200 copies. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [ii], 123 pages. A supernatural horror story of a young English boy who falls under the spell of a vampiric being while on a visit to Auvergne, France. The only book published by Arkham House..... More
The Nightmare Notebook (Signed)
(New York): (New Directions Publishing Corp.), (1975). Limited edition. Facsimile notebook pages (some color). Cloth over boards. Quarto. About 200 unnumbered pages. Signed and numbered by Henry Miller, this is #152 in an edition limited to 700 copies. This is a near-facsimile of Miller's holographic "Notebook of American Tour" housed..... More
Lonesome Road: The Way of Life of a Hobo
(Evanston): (Row, Peterson and Co.), (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 64 pages. The author spent time "on the road" himself to learn what happened to young people who were tramps and hobos. This down-to-earth story is the fruit of these efforts at gathering information on their thinking and way of..... More