Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. First edition. Black and white photographic plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xiv, 206 pages. Julia Taft and her two young brothers were often in the White House as playmates of the two youngest Lincoln boys, beginning soon after President Lincoln's inauguration in 1861..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1955). First American Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [iv], 345 pages. Through this novel, Simone de Beauvoir delves into the existential theme of immortality. The protagonist, Raimon Fosca, gains eternal life through a magic potion in the 13th century, but has come..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. First American Edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 424 pages. This is the first American edition of George Berkeley's seminal work on the nature of human perception. He deals extensively with the question of whether objects continue to exist in the absence of..... More
London: Museum Press Limited, (1957). First British edition. Paintings, some color. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, 302 pages. Chamberlain's memoir details his personal adventures in Mexico and the American Southwest before, during, and after the Mexican War. It is the primary source for Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece, "Blood Meridian," and that novel's characters..... More
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1943. Limited edition, one of 400 copies, signed by designer and typographer, Richard Ellis. Softbound. Octavo. 32 pages. Churchill's speech to Parliament on the heels of the defeat of Gen. Rommel at El Alamein. The Prime Minister gives a thorough and frank assessment of the war at..... More
New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1938. First Printing. Monochrome plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 314 pages. An exhaustive directory of America's whaling captains, their ships, and their voyages. Contains information on over 10,000 voyages between 1731 and 1925. Compiled as a volume in the WPA's "American Guide..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited Edition, one of 200 copies. Hardcover. Small octavo. 25 pages. Crumley was a gritty craftsman who influenced other writers such as Connelly, Pelecanos, and Lehane. Crumley’s writing style has been said to blend the hardboiled tradition of Raymond Chandler with the gonzo spirit of..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Large fold-out maps. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 37 pages, 14 fold-out maps. Fascinating report on various proposed ship canals and railroad routes across the isthmuses of Central America. The various advantages, disadvantages, and particular complications of various routes are discussed in the 37-page report..... More
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company, Publishers, (1921). First Edition. Drawings by Carll B. Williams. Original cloth. Octavo. 409 pages. The first volume published in the Seckatary Hawkins series. These boys' stories revolve around a club of boys whose home base is a river bank on the Ohio, with the lead character..... More
Bristol: The Herreshoff Company, [1941]. Black and white photographic illustrations, other superb artwork, endpaper maps. Hardcover. Tall quarto. 53 pages. An exploration of the precision processes involved in creating a Herreshoff yacht, with scaled drawings and photographs of several of their yachts in action. A "Roll of Honor" page lists..... More
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Publishers, 1885. First Edition. Woodcuts, large folding map laid in at rear. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 344 pages. Ernest Ingersoll was an American naturalist and explorer, and this is his vibrant account of a journey through the Rocky Mountains and adjacent regions in..... More
New York: Hyperion, (2004). First printing. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 465 pages. The raw and introspective autobiography by Anthony Kiedis, revealing the tumultuous journey and redemption of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ lead singer amidst fame, addiction, and the healing power of music. Kiedis's memoir is..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. 4 black and white plates, including frontispiece. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 344 pages. Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales intertwined with the contemporary adventures of two children, David and Una, who are able to meet historical figures with the help of..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait, two plates. Cloth over boards. Sixteenmo. xii, 146 pages. Centennial tribute to Abraham Lincoln, including a mounted medal by the master French-American sculptor and medal engraver of the era, Jules Edouard Roiné. Text includes a biography of Roiné..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers, 1962. First Edition, limited to 2,000 copies. Dust jacket art by Richard Taylor. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 174 pages. A unique collection that combines letters from H. P. Lovecraft describing his most fantastic dreams, paired with his tales likely inspired by them. Ref. JOSHI 33. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 309 pages. McCarthy's novel of a drug deal gone bad along the Mexican border with west Texas in 1980. Basis for the Coen Brothers' 2007 film of the same title which starred Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. More
New York: Pantheon Books, (1992). Hardcover. Octavo. xiii, 718 pages. “Up in the Old Hotel” is a vivid tapestry of New York City’s eccentric denizens and hidden corners, masterfully woven by Joseph Mitchell’s sharp prose and keen observation. This is a 5th printing, inscribed and signed by Mitchell in..... More
New York: Random House, (1972). First Printing. Black and white photographs. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxii, 232, [2] pages. A poignant collection of the Black Panther Party founder's writings and speeches, reflecting on the Party’s ideals and struggles. It covers topics like racial justice, social movements, and international solidarity, offering..... More
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, Publishers, 1882. First Edition. Engraved frontispiece portraits, black and white illustrations, maps. Cloth over boards. Octavos. xii, [9]-377 and viii, 9-390 pages. One of the most informative and important sources on the use of the telegraph during the Civil War. Explores the role of the..... More
Providence: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society of Rhode Island, 1892. Printed wraps. Octavo. 41 pages. An account of POW life in Richmond, hospital and camp life in Annapolis, and ultimate return home by a private in the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery Volunteers. Roe spent time at College Green barracks..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First U.S. Edition. Color frontispiece photo, black and white plates, diagrams, fold-out map. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [xxii], 380 pages. Shackleton's own account of the Antarctic expedition he led in the Endurance and the attempted continental crossing of Antartica in 1914. Disaster struck..... More
London: Soviet News, 1946. Black and white photographic illustrations. Stapled pictorial wraps. Duodecimo. 35 pages. An important speech by Stalin, delivered just months after the end of World War II, in which he declares the Cold War. Comrade Stalin reflects on the Allied victory in the war, the..... More
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, (1950). First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [ii], 217 pages. Influential science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon's first novel. The story involves intelligent, non-human life forms in the form of crystals, which are the linchpin of an evil carnival-owning scientist’s apocalyptic scheme, which only young Horty can..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. First Printing. Black and white photographs. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 313 pages. A brilliant and influential study of the movies during Hollywood's golden age. Thorp examines the massive influence moving pictures had on their audiences, but also the ways the audiences influenced the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First American Edition. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. viii, 112 pages. This work combines Tolkien's seminal essay “On Fairy-Stories”—a defense of fantasy’s depth—and “Leaf by Niggle,” a short story about an artist’s struggle between creativity and responsibility. This collection highlights Tolkien’s imaginative range and deep understanding of..... More