New York: Random House, [1937]. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Full leather. Octavo. [i-iv] v-xi [xii] xiii-xvi [xvii-xviii], 1-1293 pages. Handsome edition in green leather fine binding. Contains Carroll's stories, puzzles, verses, acrostics, and more. Both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" are accompanied by the original John Tenniel..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [i-iii] iv-vi [vii-viii] [9] 10-344 pages. Hawthorne's masterful novel of a New England family's ancestral guilt and atonement tinged with supernatural retribution. The setting is the 1668 Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, once owned by Hawthorne's relatives. "The..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First U. S. Edition. Cloth hardcover. Duodecimo. xii, 104 pages. Here is the American edition of the first English translation of this Tolstoy novella. The story explores the destructive power of unchecked desire when a married man becomes obsessed with an attractive woman..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Limited Edition, this being #50 of 250 copies. Color illustrations by René Bull. Full inlaid leather. Quarto. [85] leaves plus 10 plates. A stunning edition of this classic collection of Persian quatrains by the 12th-century polymath, Omar Khayyám. Edward Fitzgerald's translation first introduced these verses..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 227 pages. A vibrant exploration of Los Angeles and New York through the eyes of Jacaranda Leven, a surfer-turned-writer navigating love, creativity, and self-destruction. Babitz captures the allure and chaos of the 1970s, influencing modern narratives about women, art..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, [2], 1-80 pages. This collection is Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver's poetic tribute to nature's beauty and the spiritual connections it awakens. She invites readers to find wonder and meaning in the natural world. More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1975). First Edition. Endpaper maps. Hardcover. Octavo. 352 pages. Abbey's eco-fiction classic follows a ragtag group of environmental activists fighting to protect the American Southwest through acts of sabotage against industrial development. A rebellious ode to preserving nature's beauty at any cost..... More
New York: Random House, (1967). First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 278 pages. First edition of Thompson's first book, based on a year spent in close association with the notorious outlaw motorcycle gang, Hell's Angels. More
Springfield: The Herndon's Lincoln Publishing Company, (1921). Cloth hardcovers. Duodecimos. Over 650 pages. Herndon's biography of his law partner portrays Lincoln as an ordinary man rather than the epic hero often found in other biographies. Here is "the subjective Lincoln…his passions, appetites…perceptions…just as he lived, breathed, ate, and laughed." For..... More
Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1902. First edition. Photographic portrait plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 176 pages. Uncommon memoir by one who worked continuously at the White House from Lincoln's administration to that of Theodore Roosevelt. Pendel began as one of four Presidential bodyguards in November, 1864, moving to..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. First Edition. Black and white tissue-guarded plates, drawings. Cloth over boards. Quarto. 210 pages. Detailed account of the discovery, identification, and transfer to Annapolis of the body of John Paul Jones, following the efforts of U. S. Ambassador to France, Horace Porter. Includes..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 438, [2] pages. A haunting masterpiece of magical realism and gothic horror. José Donoso was an important Chilean writer and a pivotal figure in the Latin American literary boom. Here, in one of his most influential books..... More
New York: Philip Goodman Company, 1918. First Edition. Full cloth. Duodecimo. 103 pages. First edition, first state of Mencken's scarcest early prose work. This is an early collection of Mencken's sharp and witty essays on society, culture, religion, and politics. This copy is SIGNED by Mencken on front..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Illustrated cloth over boards. Octavo. [xvi], 309 pages. Collection of recipes showcasing American cookery from coast to coast, and "officially approved by the New York World's Fair 1939." Preliminary pages include a salute to the first Americans in an "Acknowledgment..... More
[Washington]: [U. S. Government Printing Office], 1949. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Octavo. iv, 20 pages. This scarce booklet represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of mental health classification, and directly influenced the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I) published three years later. American psychiatry..... More
New York: Independent Book Associates, (1945). First printing. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial wraps. Quarto. 32 pages. Scarce and hastily produced booklet published shortly after the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945. It provides a brief history of the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, as well..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1942. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations. Full cloth. Octavo. 244 + appendix pages. Uncommon book which captures what African Americans thought of Abraham Lincoln in his time, based on numerous interviews with those who personally knew and interacted with..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. First Edition. Drawings by don herold. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 173 pages. A brilliant satirical review of America's relationship with alcohol. Published during Prohibition, Seldes skewers the extreme stances on both sides of that debate. It's easy to identify a kind of religious fanaticism on..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1939). First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xi, 311, [2] pages. This is the landmark book on Pecora's 17-month investigation into Wall Street practices following the 1929 stock market crash. Pecora subpoenaed some of the richest men in America, as counsel for the Senate Committee..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, (2011). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 374 pages. In a dystopian future, teenager Wade Watts competes in a virtual reality contest steeped in 1980s pop culture to uncover hidden treasures and thwart a corporate takeover. Cline's debut novel, which was the basis for the successful 2018..... More
San Bernardino: Southern California Tourist Association, Inc., 1963. Pictorial map. Measures approximately 22" x 35". Single sheet. Colorful perspective pictorial map of Los Angeles and Southern California, looking east-northeast over Catalina Island. Border vignettes, portraits of Father Junipero Serra and Juan Batista de Anza, and many other figures decorate the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Limited Edition, #119 of 160 copies. Black and white illustrations. Hardcover. Tall octavo. liv, 169 pages. Special limited edition of the first drink guide published in the United States. Legendary bartender Jerry Thomas originally published his bartenders' companion in 1862. This edition includes an..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. Drawings by Rockwell Kent. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xxxii, 825 pages. The first trade edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of Moby Dick. Indeed, if not for this particular edition it is likely no one would know this book today. Melville's great novel..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 294 pages. Markham's poetic memoir chronicles her life as a skilled horse trainer, and adventurer in colonial Kenya. She was also a trailblazing aviator, becoming the first person to fly non-stop from England to North America with her..... More
Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1929. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Duodecimo. 194 pages. A collection of essays by notable literary figures--including Samuel Beckett and William Carlos Williams--defending and analyzing Joyce's then "Work in Progress" (later published as "Finnegans Wake"). Offers critical insights and captures the intellectual fervor surrounding Joyce's groundbreaking work..... More