New York: The Derrydale Press, (1939). Limited edition. Copy #362 of 950 sets. Color and black and white illustrations, fold-out map. Cloth hardcovers Quartos. xviii, 200 pages and x, 192 pages. Haig-Brown was an Englishman who spent most of his adult life on British Columbia's Campbell River. This fine Derrydale..... More
Austin: 1969. A nice letter on Johnson's post-Presidential stationery with a clear, bold signature. Includes the original free franked mailing envelope. Johnson expresses his gratitude for a very complimentary letter from a private citizen who states that: "Historians will surely regard you as the president most conscientious about the needs..... More
[Los Angeles]: Privately printed, (1956). Limited edition. Black and white photographs, map drawing on front endpaper. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 110 pages. Description of a 1955 safari to Tanganyika taken by Mr. and Mrs. Clive Johnson of Los Angeles. Well written and illustrated with photographs by the author. This..... More
London: Charles Dilly, 1781. Third Edition. Half calf over marbled paper boards. Duodecimo. xx, 415 pages. Knox was an educator, having succeeded his father as headmaster of Tonbridge School. Here are 40 interesting essays in which he gives his views on education--everything from learning classics by heart to developing a...... More
Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, (1979). First printing. Black and white illustrations. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 244 pages. A study of the self-segregated African American communities settled in the United States in the 50 years following the Civil War. Provides an uncommon examination of the role of African Americans in..... More
Boston: Published and sold by the Author, 1865. Second Edition, Revised. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 408 pages. A fascinating and anecdote-rich account of law enforcement in Boston, taken largely from the diary officer Savage kept during 15 years. More
London: Heinemann, (1957). First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 260 pages. Protagonist Nathaniel Ironsides Goss is a magazine publisher and avid angler, and here he stumbles into a double mystery while fishing. Uncommon. More
Hollywood: Marcel Rodd, 1943. Cartoon drawings. Saddle-stapled wraps. 32mo. 64 pages. Scarce booklet from World War II, describing the hot spots, clubs, dance halls, cafes, and hotels of Hollywood and Los Angeles. Aimed at the soldiers, sailors, and marines stationed in Southern California. Great descriptions of the establishments, none of..... More
[New York]: [Fashion Academy], [1935]. Color illustrations. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 47 pages. A charming 1935 prospectus for fashion and costume design courses at the Fashion Academy, under the direction of Emil Alvin Hartman. Aimed at young women. Charmingly illustrated with colored drawings in a very art deco style. More
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1929). First printing. Woodcuts. Hardcover. Octavo. 144 unnumbered leaves. Lynd Ward's first book and the first wordless novel published in America. The Faustian tale of an artist who exchanges his soul for a paintbrush with magical powers, told in 139 uncaptioned woodblock prints..... More
c.1906. Chromolithograph. Framed dimensions 39 1/2" x 29 1/4" Large, scarce lithograph depicting the now legendary hotel El Tovar on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Akin painted this scene in 1906--thirteen years prior to the area's National Park designation--to promote the new lodge. The El Tovar opened in..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933). First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 112 pages. A scarce drinking guide, published the year Prohibition was repealed. Separate sections for beer, wine, and cocktails with mixing instructions for the latter. Particular attention is also given to what foods should be served with each..... More
New York: National Travel Club, (1947). Cloth over boards. Octavo. [xx], 266 pages. An uncommon biography of Matthew Henson--the African American explorer who was Robert Peary's indispensable man on his polar expeditions--and who actually reached the North Pole before Peary did. Henson was highly respected among other explorers..... More
Hicksville: The Gnome Press, Inc., (1959). First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 255 pages. First edition of the collection of eight science fiction stories by one of the biggest names in the genre. A handsome copy, housed in an attractive custom slipcase. More
Moveon.org, [2008]. Poster. 24" x 36". Single sheet. Poster by iconic and influential street artist Shephard Fairey, who also designed the stylized stencil portrait of Barrack Obama used on the campaign's "Hope" poster. Here Fairey marks the historic election of Obama as the first African American U.S. President in a...... More
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Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841 and 1844. First printings. Original cloth. Duodecimos. [vi], 303 pages and [iv], 313 pages, [2] pages ads. A nice set of first editions of Emerson's Essays (1841) and Essays: Second Series (1844). These writings represent the core of Emerson's thought, and read as well..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Moses Thomas], [1814]. First edition. Marbled paper and leather over boards. Octavo. [i], 353-440 pages. A very early printing of the poem that became the National Anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key wrote: "Defence of Fort McHenry" as he witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First edition. Full leather. Duodecimo. 322 pages (+4 pp ads). Stunning first edition, first issue of this high-spot of American literature in a custom full red Morocco binding by Bayntun-Rivière. Title page printed in red and black, no Preface, and with relevant first issue..... More
Philadelphia: The Franklin Press, 1909. First edition. Black & White Photographs, 1 fold-out map. Full cloth. Octavo. [x], 276, [3] pages. A Chesapeake Bay classic. The first book to draw significant attention to the Bay as ideally suited for pleasure boating. The Barrie brothers were members of the Corinthian Yacht..... More
North Montpelier: Driftwind Press, 1943. Second printing. Watercolors by Jack Lewis. Original cloth. Octavo. 170 pages. Gilbert Byron's first book, with lovely tipped-in color illustrations by Jack Lewis. Here are the people and wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay, captured in verse by the region's answer to Thoreau. This copy..... More
New Bedford: The Arena, A.C., 1922. Black and white halftone photos, ads. Softcover. Octavo. 24 pages. Original program from this 1922 boxing event in New Bedford, Massachusetts between then World Champion, Jack Dempsey, and Jimmy Darcy of New York. The exhibition bout was held at The Arena, A. C. in..... More
Annapolis: Treasury Office, 1818. Single sheet, approximately 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" Statement of expenses related to the construction and first few years of the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. Issued by Benjamin Harwood, Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland, and dated December 16th, 1818. Over $160,000 in expenditures are..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. 3 black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 392 pages. Marx's first book. A fascinating study of the tension between the traditional view of America as a rural paradise and the view of America as an urban, industrialized nation that..... More
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1964. Limited edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 111, [1] pages. Dana Lamb was one of the 20th century's best writers on fishing. This collection of 33 essays on trout and salmon adventures was limited to 1500 copies. In original slipcase. Ref. HAND L25; BRUNS..... More
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited edition. `. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 92, [1] pages. A fine collection of Lamb's essays on fly-fishing for trout and salmon and other outdoor sporting adventures. Edition limited to 1500, this copy is SIGNED by Lamb but not numbered. Lacks the slipcase... More