Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 419 pages. An interplanetary detective novel involving the murder of a complex humaniform robot on the planet Aurora, and the investigation of the case by detective Elijah Baley and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw. Their investigation of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1960). First Edition. Drawings by Arthur D. Fuller. Hardcover. Octavo. 160 pages. This heartwarming tale, set in rural Virginia, is the story of an orphan boy, who embarks on a journey of growth and discovery as he transforms a rejected, gun-shy setter named Pretty..... More
Annapolis: The Annapolis Publishing Company, (1994). First printing. Black and white photographs. Cloth over boards. Quarto. 148 pages. A chronicle of racial segregation in Annapolis told through a remarkable collection of historic photographs, personal experiences and reminiscences of the author, his friends and associates. Brown notes the progress made toward..... More
(Baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Black and White Photographic Plates. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Waverly. The church was founded in 1871 by Dr. A. W. Rudisill. This charming narrative is filled with anecdotes about..... More
New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, 1927. Author's Autograph Edition, #391 of 500. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Tall octavo. xii, 517 pages. Detailed biography of this important Maryland Founding Father. Johnson was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, a commander of the Maryland Militia..... More
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. First edition, first printing, first state. Engraved frontispiece portrait and two plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-v], vi-xxxi, [xxxii], (33)-467 pages. This autobiography by Frederick Douglass (his second) is one of the most important slave narratives of the 19th century..... More
Baltimore: Horn-Shafer Press, [c.1918]. Black & White photographs. Wrappers. Oblong quarto. [32 leaves, fold-out photos]. Scarce souvenir booklet of narrative and panoramic photographs of the regiments of the 79th Infantry Division training for World War I at Camp Meade, Maryland. This was the birth of the 79th, and this cantonment..... More
[Philadelphia?]: [Concert Hall Publications, Inc.], [1969]. First Edition, first printing. Photographs, promotional artwork. Stapled wraps. Quarto. [52 pages]. Original program for the most influential music festival in rock & roll history: Woodstock, August 15-17, 1969. Woodstock became a 3-day love-in for the 500,000 people who attended, many of whom came..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, (1950). First Printing. Cloth backed boards. Octavo. 288 pages. Important early Heinlein first edition, part of his "Future History" series. This story contemplates a privately funded space project in 1978 by a businessman seeking to be the first to reach and financially control the moon. Dust jacket..... More
Reading: Fantasy Press, (1953). First Printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 256 pages. A collection of four loosely connected novellas that explore human potential and evolution. These stories--which are “Gulf,” “Elsewhen,” “Lost Legacy,” and “Jerry Was a Man”--explore themes of superhuman abilities, alternate realities, and the rights of genetically engineered beings..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1962). First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 241 pages. This semi-autobiographical novel is a candid exploration of Jack Kerouac’s post-fame struggle with addiction and despair, written in his characteristic stream of consciousness style, and set against the backdrop of California’s rugged coastline. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. xiv, 562 pages. Lindbergh's autobiographical account of the events leading up to and including his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927. This copy is inscribed by Lindbergh "To Aunt June / with best wishes from / Charles" and..... More
New York: Tor, (2014-2016). First Editions, first printings (2 of 3). Hardcovers. Octavos. Liu Cixin’s trilogy, Remembrance of Earth’s Past, is a profound exploration of humanity’s place in the universe, set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution. In "The Three-Body Problem," a brilliant young Chinese woman being held as..... More
[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1946. Second Edition, 1 of 1,500 copies. Drawings by Jack Wright. Softcover. Tall octavo. [i-xii], 1-46, [47-52] pages. Miller's illuminating treatise on money, which was dedicated to Ezra Pound. Originally published in Paris in 1938, this edition has a new Foreword by Miller. Ref. SHIFREEN &..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First Edition. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxi, 341 pages, + [3] ads. A foundational text in landscape design, emphasizing the integration of natural and built environments. Parsons offers a detailed exploration of landscape principles, from woodland management to garden..... More
London: Neville Spearman, (1958). First Edition. Black and white photographic plates, drawings. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 11-208 pages. Remarkable memoir of a woman and her apparent psychic abilities in finding water, oil, gold, and other buried minerals. She travelled the world and was employed by governments to locate water in drought-stricken..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited Edition, #582 of 1500. Illustrations by Everett Henry. Cloth over boards with leather spine. Quarto, in slipcase. xx, 257 pages. One of the all-time horror classics, presented in a finely printed edition by the Limited Editions Club in 1934, with striking color illustrations..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First Edition. Full leather over boards. Octavo. 366 pages. Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is a cornerstone of American literature, and was groundbreaking in its use of vernacular dialogue and its bold critique of societal norms and racial injustices. Its impact on narrative style..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, (1927). First Daglish Edition, large paper "edition de luxe," #90 of 100 copies. Wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish, one signed by him. Hardcover. Tall quarto. [1-8], 9-367 pages. Beautiful edition of this foundational work of angling literature. Walton's work has influenced the sport for centuries..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 164 pages. Waugh's brilliant satirical novel on the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture, contrasting British dignity with the absurd extravagance of American death customs. It is the basis for the 1965 film of the same name..... More