(East Lansing): (S.l.), [1947]. Diagrams throughout. Spiral bound card covers. Octavo. [ii], 94 pages. Legendary college football coach lays out his system of offense perfected over 31 years of college and service team coaching. Coach Charlie Bachman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978. Scarce..... More
New York: Huntington and Savage, 1835. New Edition. 1 plate, 7 colored maps. Printed thin boards. Folio (14 3/8" x 16 1/2" ). Not paginated. Originally published in 1833, this is the second edition of Burritt's famous star atlas. The sky maps inside show the visible stars their locations by..... More
London: William Heinemann, Ltd., (1972). Color plates, black and white illustrations in text. Half leather. Octavo. 162 pages. A particularly handsome copy of Alice featuring the groundbreaking 1907 illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Rackham's work on Alice was controversial at the time. Purists felt that none but the original drawings by..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839. First Edition. Black and white engraved frontispiece map in each volume. Original cloth over boards. Octavos. xxxvi, [37]-394 pages and 481, [1 "Note"] pages. The important first edition of James Fenimore Cooper's early history of the United States Navy, in excellent condition and original bindings..... More
London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans, 1844-1848. "A Christmas Carol" illustrated by John Leech, including four hand-colored engravings. Full red leather over boards, by Bayntun (Riviere). Sixteenmos. Beautiful early printing of Dickens' enduring classic, "A Christmas Carol," together with contemporaneous copies of three of his other Christmas books..... More
Washington: Navy Department, 1867. Single sheet. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" Autograph letter from William Faxon, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1867, to Admiral David Dixon Porter, who was then the Superintendent of United States Naval Academy. Faxon's letter opens by reassuring Porter that one "Commander..... More
(New York): (Avon Books, Inc.), (1990). First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 238 pages. Gaiman masterfully blurs the lines between reality and dream in this whimsical and enchanting fairy tale set in the Victorian era, where young Tristan Thorn ventures beyond the wall of his village into a magical land on..... More
New York: Workman Publishing, (1990). First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 554 pages. Gaiman's first novel, co-written with Terry Pratchett. This copy is signed by both authors on the half title page. The novel weaves a darkly humorous tale about the unlikely partnership between an angel and a demon..... More
(S.l.): Biting Dog Press, 2002. Limited edition, #30 of 250. Wood engravings by George Walker. Black cloth over boards, in slipcase. Octavo. 64 pages. An alternate version of the story of Snow White in which she is a wicked and unremorseful vampire and her stepmother is the heroine. The wood..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 112 pages. A medical doctor's alarmed look at the rise in marijuana use in Britain following World War II. This is apparently the first English book on the subject of marijuana as a recreational drug. Johnson compares its use with other drugs..... More
(New York): (F. R. Publishing Corporation), 1944. Magazine. Folio. 72 pages. This is a complete, original issue of "The New Yorker" magazine, containing the first appearance of John Hersey's story of John F. Kennedy and the PT-109 incident. Hersey was a Kennedy family friend, and this article was crucial in..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, (1971). First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 139 pages. A collection of Marx's work relating to the Paris Commune of 1871, which was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris from March to May, 1871. The Commune was ultimately crushed by the forces..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1945 (1946). Second Printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [iv], 218 pages. A compelling argument for Civil Rights based on the hypocrisy exposed by African American soldiers "making the world safe for democracy" in World War II but being denied full equality at home. Powell..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. Early U.K. Edition. With 174 illustrations. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi, 438, 32 (ads) 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..... More
Hartford: State of Connecticut Pay-Table Office, 1781. Single sheet. Approximately 4" x 6 5/8" This partially printed pay order is accomplished by hand and dated October 11th, 1781. It directs that 20 pounds sterling be paid to Deputy Quartermaster Pomeroy out of the "Tax of Two Shillings and Six Pence..... More