London: The Leadenhall Press, 1892. First printing. Numerous black and white illustrations. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 362 pages. More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., (1917). First edition. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. xiv, 141 pages. An indictment of what the author believed was America's woeful unpreparedness for World War I, followed by his solution--a program of Universal Military Training. Well documented, with a brief bibliography. Col. Jennings C...... More

San Diego: Wizards Bookshelf, 1979. Diagrams, tables, figures in text, endpaper maps. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 174 pages. Most works of Theon of Smyrna were lost, but this important survivor is an introductory survey to Greek mathematics and a valuable compilation of mathematical ideas known to the ancient Greeks. The work..... More

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Viduam Sebastiani, & Christianum Petzoldum, 1710. Second edition. Vellum. Duodecimo. [xvi], 296, [8] pages. Dr. Johannes Bohn was a noted 17th century German physician, professor of medicine, and pioneer in forensic science. He introduced the policy of thorough autopsies of the deceased. Bohn's specialty was the investigation of..... More

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xiv, 418 pages. A comprehensive, yet deliberately chosen collection of the poetry of the supernatural. There are contributions by Sir Walter Scott, Lizette Woodworth Reese, James Whitcomb Riley, Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti, H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, and..... More

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1944. First edition. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 31 pages. Scarce first edition of the story that was adapted into the beloved holiday classic film, "It's a Wonderful Life." Philip Van Doren Stern was an accomplished Civil War historian and author but perhaps his most..... More

(Los Angeles): Center Publications, 1979. First edition thus. Softcover. Octavo. 70 pages. Inscribed and signed by Harrison with a small drawing on half title page. Inscription reads: "Moody, / A volume that / will sell like a / New Year's ['day' crossed out] Eve / crack shipment. Or / not..... More

(Cambridge): Harvard University Press. Diagrams. Cloth over boards. Quartos. xlii,547 and [vii], 548-916 pages. Newton's landmark achievement. This new edition from Harvard University Press in 1972 traces the evolution of one of the great products of human intellect in the 250 years between the manuscript draft of the 1680s first..... More

[Chicago]: Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, [1930?]. Single sheets. 6 1/8" x 9 1/8" Women in the early 20th century were assumed to favor Prohibition, and indeed had been a powerful force--in the form of the Women's Christian Temperance Union--in getting it passed. By the late 1920s, however, Pauline..... More

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1925. First printing. Well illustrated with black and white photographs. Cloth over boards. Tall octavos. xii, 305 and viii, 398 pages. The First Yale Unit was founded by Yale sophomore F. Trubee Davison in 1915, and is considered the origin of U.S. Naval Aviation. Davison and..... More

Boston: Parker Fraternity Rooms, 1870. Card stock. 2 13/16" x 4 1/2" An amazing piece of ephemera featuring Frederick Douglass and other big names in 19th century American civil rights activism. The front of the ticket lists the Parker Fraternity's lecture committee: John C. Haynes, Sarah B. Otis, and John..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1914). First printing. Tan-gray laid paper over boards. Octavo. 75 pages. Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American poet, editor, critic, and Roman Catholic lecturer who contemporary critics often compared to G. K. Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc. Today Kilmer is remembered as the..... More

(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