New York: Random House, (1957). First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 1168, [3] pages. A beautiful copy of Rand's most important book, in the original dust jacket. The plot features a dystopian United States which has become a welfare state. The most productive and creative scientists, industrialists, and artists withdraw..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1910. First edition. Wrappers. Duodecimo. 31 pages. This is the rare first pamphlet printing of Theodore Roosevelt's address at the Sorbonne on April 23, 1910, now popularly known as the "Man in the Arena" speech. Printed in Paris just days after its delivery..... More
[New York]: [Committee to Aid the Monroe Defendents], [1962]. Cover illustration, map inside front cover, publisher ad inside rear cover. Softcover. Octavo. 37 pages. Here's an early account of Robert F. Williams and other African American veterans who took up arms and utterly humiliated a mob of KKK yahoos in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First American Edition. Frontispiece photograph. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi, 599 pages. Trotsky recounts his life from his youth, through the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Russian Civil War, and his struggle against Stalinism, up to his expulsion from the Communist..... More
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1922). Limited Edition, copy #199 of 500. Frontispiece by S. H. Sime. Cloth and vellum over boards. Quarto. [viii], 322 pages. Pioneering fantasy novelist, Lord Dunsany, gives us the story of Don Rodriguez, a young man seeking fortune and love, as he..... More
(East Lansing): (S.l.), [1947]. Diagrams throughout. Spiral bound card covers. Octavo. [ii], 94 pages. Legendary college football coach lays out his system of offense perfected over 31 years of college and service team coaching. Coach Charlie Bachman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978. Scarce..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 112 pages. A medical doctor's alarmed look at the rise in marijuana use in Britain following World War II. This is apparently the first English book on the subject of marijuana as a recreational drug. Johnson compares its use with other drugs..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1945 (1946). Second Printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [iv], 218 pages. A compelling argument for Civil Rights based on the hypocrisy exposed by African American soldiers "making the world safe for democracy" in World War II but being denied full equality at home. Powell..... More
(S.l.): Biting Dog Press, 2002. Limited edition, #30 of 250. Wood engravings by George Walker. Black cloth over boards, in slipcase. Octavo. 64 pages. An alternate version of the story of Snow White in which she is a wicked and unremorseful vampire and her stepmother is the heroine. The wood..... More
(New York): (F. R. Publishing Corporation), 1944. Magazine. Folio. 72 pages. This is a complete, original issue of "The New Yorker" magazine, containing the first appearance of John Hersey's story of John F. Kennedy and the PT-109 incident. Hersey was a Kennedy family friend, and this article was crucial in..... More
Washington: Navy Department, 1867. Single sheet. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" Autograph letter from William Faxon, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1867, to Admiral David Dixon Porter, who was then the Superintendent of United States Naval Academy. Faxon's letter opens by reassuring Porter that one "Commander..... More
New York: Huntington and Savage, 1835. New Edition. 1 plate, 7 colored maps. Printed thin boards. Folio (14 3/8" x 16 1/2" ). Not paginated. Originally published in 1833, this is the second edition of Burritt's famous star atlas. The sky maps inside show the visible stars their locations by..... More
Hartford: State of Connecticut Pay-Table Office, 1781. Single sheet. Approximately 4" x 6 5/8" This partially printed pay order is accomplished by hand and dated October 11th, 1781. It directs that 20 pounds sterling be paid to Deputy Quartermaster Pomeroy out of the "Tax of Two Shillings and Six Pence..... More
London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans, 1844-1848. "A Christmas Carol" illustrated by John Leech, including four hand-colored engravings. Full red leather over boards, by Bayntun (Riviere). Sixteenmos. Beautiful early printing of Dickens' enduring classic, "A Christmas Carol," together with contemporaneous copies of three of his other Christmas books..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, (1971). First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 139 pages. A collection of Marx's work relating to the Paris Commune of 1871, which was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris from March to May, 1871. The Commune was ultimately crushed by the forces..... More
London / New York: Hogarth, (2023). First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [ii], 1-[179] pages. This novel by South Korean writer, Han Kang, explores the bond between a voiceless woman and her sight-impaired Greek teacher, delving into themes of loss, communication, and human connection. Through shared struggles, they form a deep..... More
Mountain View: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1939). Black and white photographic plates. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 96 pages. Vivid description of how the seemingly innocent hemp plant can lead to a whirlwind of crime, moral decay, and sheer madness. A striking example of early anti-drug propaganda in America. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1951). First Edition. Black and white photographic plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 310 pages. Howard Greer recounts his journey from Nebraska farm boy to influential Hollywood fashion designer in the Golden Age of cinema. Greer played a pioneering role in Hollywood fashion design..... More
Bel Air: Privately Printed, 1925. First edition. Black and white photographs. Full cloth. Duodecimo. 59 pages. Tudor Hall in Bel Air, Maryland was the boyhood home of John Wilkes Booth and his siblings. The author's father grew up in the area and was a playmate of the Booth children at..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Hardcover. Octavo. (xvi), 368 pages. Carson was inspired to research and write this landmark work when people noticed an absence of birds in farming areas of Massachusetts. "Silent Spring" exposed the environmental and health dangers of indiscriminate..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1959) [1962]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 255 pages. Burroughs's groundbreaking work that challenged censorship laws and pushed the boundaries of literary form with its fragmented, hallucinatory narrative. It has had a lasting influence on counterculture and modern literature, solidifying Burroughs as a key..... More
(New York): (Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith), [1961?]. Black and white photographs, illustrations, folded color map in rear pocket. Softcover. Octavo. 40 pages. Uncommon booklet by John F. Kennedy, originally published in 1958, highlighting the vital contributions of immigrants to the United States. Originally published in 1958, anticipating his Presidential..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. First American Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxv, 595 pages. xplores the development of human consciousness from basic perception to absolute knowledge through dialectical stages, including self-consciousness, reason, spirit, and religion. It is a foundational work in Western philosophy that examines the evolution of awareness and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 186 pages. Novel about an Old West gunfighter with terminal cancer, deciding how to wrap up his life. Basis for the film of the same name starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall and Jimmy Stewart. Ironically, John Wayne..... More
New York: The John Day Company, Inc., (1947). First Edition. Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 248 pages. This insightful and important book was the first to identify the Cold War. Burnham's opening sentences describe the relatively minor revolt of Greek sailors and soldiers against the British at Alexandria in..... More