Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1946). Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 228 pages. A foundational text in community organizing and social activism. It offers practical guidance and a philosophical framework for empowering ordinary people to drive social change through collective action and democratic participation. Alinsky’s strategies have inspired countless activists and..... More

[Boston?]: (S.n.), (1912). Broadside. 9 3/8" x 4 3/4" Rare broadside poem on the sinking of the H.M.S. Titanic in 1912. The poem describes the tragedy fairly accurately, to wit: "Twas a head on blow, and down below, The 'Unsinkable' ocean's pride, Scraped along the ledge, the icy wedge, Made..... More

London: William Heinemann, Ltd., (1933). Color plates, black and white illustrations in text. Full leather. Octavo. xii, 162 pages. A beautiful copy of Carroll's masterpiece, featuring Arthur Rackham's groundbreaking illustrations of 1907. Rackham's work on "Alice" was controversial at the time, as purists felt that none but the original drawings..... More

New York: Clarence S. Nathan, Inc., 1922. Cloth over flexible boards. Sixteenmo. 304 pages. The Bellevue Nomenclature was originally created in 1903, and was an early attempt at standardizing the classification of diseases and injuries to improve the accuracy of medical records. Importantly, the Nomenclature included a section on..... More

South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, (1970). First Edition. Three black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 146 pages. The classic children's story by Lewis Carroll viewed through the lens of the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s. Includes the complete text of "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland," annotated..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. First Edition. Color plates by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv, 191 pages. A collection of rhyming folktales featuring anthromorphic characters like Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear. These stories are notable for their use of dialect and..... More

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First American edition, one of 3,000 copies. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 639 pages. A collection of four complete novels exploring cosmic and supernatural themes, by William Hope Hodgson. Hodgson was killed in World War I and his excellent work in fantastic fiction, horror, and..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. Black and white illustrations, plates. Original cloth hardcover. Octavo. Pages 189-199 within the larger volume. Two important articles by German aviation pioneer, Otto Lilienthal, included in the Smithsonian's Annual Report to Congress to July 1893. Lilienthal's methodical experiments in gliding and wing design were tremendously..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1905. First Editions. Black and white illustrations, plans, maps. Cloth over boards. Octavos. 423 and 456 pages. A thorough analysis of the use of navies in the War of 1812, by the most important American naval strategist of the 19th century. This is the concluding..... More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1962). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 315 pages. Nabokov's major experimental novel intertwines a 999-line poem by fictional poet John Shade with commentary by his eccentric neighbor, Charles Kinbote. The plot unfolds through Kinbote’s unreliable notes which reveal his obsession with the fictional kingdom of..... More

New York: Random House, (1967). Limited Edition, #86 of 500 copies. Hardcover in slipcase. Octavo. xvi, 428 pages. Styron's Pulitzer-winning historical novel of the 1831 slave revolt in Virginia, led by Nat Turner. This is copy #86 of an edition of 500 copies in the first edition, numbered..... More

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Second Edition. Full tree calf. Octavo. This is the complete bound volume of The Annual Register, with Phillis Wheatley's poem appearing on page 214 of the "Poetry" section. "Recollection" is Wheatley's vivid and memorable description of the power of memory. Her first..... More