Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1975). First Edition. Endpaper maps. Hardcover. Octavo. 352 pages. Abbey's eco-fiction classic follows a ragtag group of environmental activists fighting to protect the American Southwest through acts of sabotage against industrial development. A rebellious ode to preserving nature's beauty at any cost..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 227 pages. A vibrant exploration of Los Angeles and New York through the eyes of Jacaranda Leven, a surfer-turned-writer navigating love, creativity, and self-destruction. Babitz captures the allure and chaos of the 1970s, influencing modern narratives about women, art..... More
New York: Random House, [1937]. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Full leather. Octavo. [i-iv] v-xi [xii] xiii-xvi [xvii-xviii], 1-1293 pages. Handsome edition in green leather fine binding. Contains Carroll's stories, puzzles, verses, acrostics, and more. Both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" are accompanied by the original John Tenniel..... More
London: Cassell & Company Ltd, (1951). First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 456 pages. Winston Churchill's postwar speeches, addressing pivotal topics like the Korean War, NATO's formation, and Britain's political landscape. He shares his vision for Western unity and resistance against Communism, showcasing, once again, his masterful oratory..... More
[Washington]: [Government Printing Office], [1864]. Woodcuts from photographs. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 128 and 34 pages. Two separate reports based on testimony gathered by Benjamin Wade's powerful Committee on the Conduct of the War. The first report concerns the alleged massacre of Negro and white soldiers by..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, (2011). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 374 pages. In a dystopian future, teenager Wade Watts competes in a virtual reality contest steeped in 1980s pop culture to uncover hidden treasures and thwart a corporate takeover. Cline's debut novel, which was the basis for the successful 2018..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 438, [2] pages. A haunting masterpiece of magical realism and gothic horror. José Donoso was an important Chilean writer and a pivotal figure in the Latin American literary boom. Here, in one of his most influential books..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Illustrated cloth over boards. Octavo. [xvi], 309 pages. Collection of recipes showcasing American cookery from coast to coast, and "officially approved by the New York World's Fair 1939." Preliminary pages include a salute to the first Americans in an "Acknowledgment..... More
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1961. First Edition in English. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Hardcover. Octavo. 127 pages. Che Guevara's manual of revolutionary tactics, drawn largely from his experiences during the Cuban Revolution. He emphasizes disciplined leadership, the ability to adapt to challenging conditions, and the importance of..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [i-iii] iv-vi [vii-viii] [9] 10-344 pages. Hawthorne's masterful novel of a New England family's ancestral guilt and atonement tinged with supernatural retribution. The setting is the 1668 Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, once owned by Hawthorne's relatives. "The..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1952). First British Edition. Octavo. Cloth over boards. The fine piece of writing that finally won Hemingway a major literary prize--the Pulitzer in 1953. This title was specifically mentioned by Swedish Academy in awarding Hemingway the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year. The first..... More
Springfield: The Herndon's Lincoln Publishing Company, (1921). Cloth hardcovers. Duodecimos. Over 650 pages. Herndon's biography of his law partner portrays Lincoln as an ordinary man rather than the epic hero often found in other biographies. Here is "the subjective Lincoln…his passions, appetites…perceptions…just as he lived, breathed, ate, and laughed." For..... More
New York: Independent Book Associates, (1945). First printing. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial wraps. Quarto. 32 pages. Scarce and hastily produced booklet published shortly after the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945. It provides a brief history of the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, as well..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Limited Edition, this being #50 of 250 copies. Color illustrations by René Bull. Full inlaid leather. Quarto. [85] leaves plus 10 plates. A stunning edition of this classic collection of Persian quatrains by the 12th-century polymath, Omar Khayyám. Edward Fitzgerald's translation first introduced these verses..... More
New York: Philip Goodman Company, 1918. First Edition. Full cloth. Duodecimo. 103 pages. First edition, first state of Mencken's scarcest early prose work. This is an early collection of Mencken's sharp and witty essays on society, culture, religion, and politics. This copy is SIGNED by Mencken on front..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, [2], 1-80 pages. This collection is Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver's poetic tribute to nature's beauty and the spiritual connections it awakens. She invites readers to find wonder and meaning in the natural world. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1939). First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xi, 311, [2] pages. This is the landmark book on Pecora's 17-month investigation into Wall Street practices following the 1929 stock market crash. Pecora subpoenaed some of the richest men in America, as counsel for the Senate Committee..... More
Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1902. First edition. Photographic portrait plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 176 pages. Uncommon memoir by one who worked continuously at the White House from Lincoln's administration to that of Theodore Roosevelt. Pendel began as one of four Presidential bodyguards in November, 1864, moving to..... More
San Bernardino: Southern California Tourist Association, Inc., 1963. Pictorial map. Measures approximately 22" x 35". Single sheet. Colorful perspective pictorial map of Los Angeles and Southern California, looking east-northeast over Catalina Island. Border vignettes, portraits of Father Junipero Serra and Juan Batista de Anza, and many other figures decorate the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. First Edition. Drawings by don herold. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 173 pages. A brilliant satirical review of America's relationship with alcohol. Published during Prohibition, Seldes skewers the extreme stances on both sides of that debate. It's easy to identify a kind of religious fanaticism on..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. First Edition. Black and white tissue-guarded plates, drawings. Cloth over boards. Quarto. 210 pages. Detailed account of the discovery, identification, and transfer to Annapolis of the body of John Paul Jones, following the efforts of U. S. Ambassador to France, Horace Porter. Includes..... More
New York: Random House, (1967). First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 278 pages. First edition of Thompson's first book, based on a year spent in close association with the notorious outlaw motorcycle gang, Hell's Angels. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First U. S. Edition. Cloth hardcover. Duodecimo. xii, 104 pages. Here is the American edition of the first English translation of this Tolstoy novella. The story explores the destructive power of unchecked desire when a married man becomes obsessed with an attractive woman..... More
[Washington]: [U. S. Government Printing Office], 1949. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Octavo. iv, 20 pages. This scarce booklet represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of mental health classification, and directly influenced the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I) published three years later. American psychiatry..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1942. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations. Full cloth. Octavo. 244 + appendix pages. Uncommon book which captures what African Americans thought of Abraham Lincoln in his time, based on numerous interviews with those who personally knew and interacted with..... More