New York: The Century Co., 1894. Hardcover. Allen and Sachtleben graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1890 and immediately set sail for Liverpool. There began this amazing bicycle journey of some 15,044 miles which they completed in just under 3 years. Nice copy of this uncommon first edition... More
S.l. S.n., 1936. Ephemera. This postcard was carried on board the Hindenburg on her inaugural flight from Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey in May, 1936. It was a souvenir created by Veedol Motor Oil of Pennsylvania when the company mailed these postcards from Hamburg, Germany to its dealers in the... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1875. Hardcover. A fantastic collection of over 60 etchings of historic buildings and place in New York City, along with lengthy descriptive texts for each. Etchings produced by H. Thatcher from original pen drawings of Eliza Greatorex. Bound in leather over boards with boards... More
[New York]: (National Urban League), [1963]. Scarce souvenir portfolio of collages by Lo Monaco, "created specifically as a memento for those who participated in the historic March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963." In all, there are six collage images by Lo Monaco: one printed on... More
[Berkeley]: Privately Printed, [1947]. Limited Edition. Single unbound sheet from a 1947 collaboration between Henry Miller and Palestinian artist Bezalel Schatz. The sheet is SIGNED by both Miller and Schatz. The edition was entirely illustrated and printed in serigraph by Schatz. The text, reproduced in Miller's hand, comes from "Black... More
New York: E. M. Blunt, (Proprietor,) and Samuel A. Burtus, 1817. 1/2 leather. Early edition of this important work on navigation. The extensive tables have in this edition been stereotyped for the first time, at significant expense. This is the first and only edition of Bowditch to show New York... More
[New York]: (The Harbor Press), 1933. Hardcover. The true first edition of FDR’s first Inaugural Address. He made a number of last-minute changes to the text after it had already been delivered to the Government Printing Office for printing, and even then deviated somewhat from his amended typescript as he... More
[New York]: (s.n.), (1961). Softcover. Taylor Mead, beat film actor, poet, muse of Andy Warhol... This is the first and most scarce of his published diaries. Photographs of Mead on front and rear covers by Lenora Miller. Prior owner gift inscription on inside front cover reads " To a friend... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931). First American Edition. Hardcover. Rare book by the Father of the Boy Scouts, reviewing the positive roles played by such organizations in fostering healthy, happy, and helpful citizens of nations and the world. Bound in black cloth over boards with decorated endpapers... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 3/4 leather. Fearon, a London surgeon, was deputed by thirty-nine English families to visit the United States in 1817 and ascertain which part, if any, would be suitable for their residence. This is his narrative, comprised of eight reports addressed to those... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1938). Hardcover. First published book by a man who became one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers and futurists. Buckminster Fuller took a comprehensive view of the world's problems and devoted his life to innovative solutions to do more with less. ; Octavo; xx... More
London: Offices of Engineering, 1932. Stapled wraps. Interesting article reprinted from "Engineering," April 15 and 22, 1932. Includes photographs and an unpaged centerfold showing various scaled elevation drawings of the catapult from different perspectives. ; Quarto; 7 pages pages. More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Sixth Edition. 3/4 leather. The revised and augmented sixth edition. Beautiful 4 volume (complete) set in 3/4 leather over boards with marbled paper sides. Gilt stamped spines. Bindings tight, gilt bright. ; Octavos. More
Morningside House, 1997. Hardcover. Bachelder was the most important 19th century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg. He arrived on the field soon after the battle and spent the next 23 years talking to veterans of both armies, collecting and organizing their stories, researching reports, and organizing reunions so that... More
Dover, MA: Hired Hand Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Full cloth. Jacket in Mylar protector; Premier reference and complete study of the photographs of John Wilkes Booth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on half title, SIGNED by both on limitation page at rear. The book reproduces and details every known... More
Gettysburg: H. C. Neinstedt, 1861. Pamphlet. On December 14, 1860, following the election of Abraham Lincoln, the country was in such an agitated state that President James Buchanan declared a day of "Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer throughout the Union" to be observed on January 4th, 1861. Rev. Bucher delivered this... More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Laid in is a prospectus of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe which she has signed, and which is in its original mailing envelope apparently addressed by Stowe. Two volumes in custom slipcase. ; Octavos. More
[atlanta]: Ku Klux Press, 1918. Wrappers. Indicated as being "Document No. 1 of Imperial Instructions, Series AD. 1918, AK. LII. " Early publication of the reincarnated KKK, which was founded in 1915 by William Joseph Simmons in Georgia. Describes the various conduct expected of members. Simmons was inspired to revive... More
Baltimore: Prentiss & Cole, 1802. 3/4 cloth. Keene (a Democrat) had wooed and wed Martin's (a Federalist) 15 year old daughter. Martin had printed and distributed an absolutely scathing attack on the couple as a result. This is Keene's able response. This is the stuff of daytime television, 200 years... More
Charleston: John Russell, 1864. First Edition. Full vellum. Confederate imprint. Attractive set of this account of Breton knight and French military commander du Guesclin's daring deeds. Brave and chivalrous knights in battle would have appealed to Confederate gentlemen, but the book is more interesting today for its printing history. Jamison... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Full cloth. No dust jacket; SIGNED by Mann on preliminary blank. Translated from the German for the first time by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. Bound in black cloth over boards with gilt-titled spine, upper board stamped in black, decorated endpapers, and yellow topstain. Cloth shows... More
Columbia, SC: State Company, 1924. First Edition. Full cloth. Detailed, albeit determinedly favorable account of Bragg's service in the Civil War. Includes quotes from letters and documents. This copy from the private library of Adolph S. Ochs, then owner of the New York Times, with two notes tipped in SIGNED... More
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract And Book Society, 1854. Wrappers. Uncommon Cincinnati imprint of this tract from Stowe, whose "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had appeared two years before. Hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" printed on rear cover. Bound in printed self wraps with sewn binding. Light foxing, contemporary prior ownership inscriptions... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1968). First American Edition. Quarter cloth. Jacket in Mylar protector; Novella and eight short stories by which Garcia Marquez was introduced to the English-speaking public. Beautiful copy of the first American printing in unclipped, first state dust jacket. Bound in yellow paper over boards... More
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), [1945]. Limited Edition. Wrappers. This racist satire originally appeared shortly after publication of Elizabeth Keckley's "Behind the Scenes or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House" in 1868. This is #69 of a 1945 facsimile edition limited to 200 copies... More