Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge and Fisher, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [i-v], vi-vii, [viii-xiii], 14-163 pages. The first formal exposition of the Hollow Earth theory of John Cleves Symmes, Jr. by one of his acolytes. Supposes the Earth is composed of concentric habitable spheres which are open at the poles and..... More
![Item #2117 The Divine Comedy [Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso]. Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth...](https://backcreekbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2117_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777387805)
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First Edition set. Full leather. Tall octavos. Vol. I: [i-iii], iv-vii, [viii-xii], [1]-413 pages; Vol. II: [i-iii], iv-vi, [vii-x], [1]-410 pages; Vol. III: [i-iii], iv-vi, [vii-x], [1]-452 pages. Longfellow's landmark 'The Divine Comedy' stands as the first complete American translation of Dante’s masterpiece—a work of..... More
Boston: (S.n.), 1901. Wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. [8] pages. Rare little pamphlet castigating Theodore Roosevelt for hosting Booker T. Washington at the White House just weeks after becoming President in late 1901. This racist tone of this piece is surprisingly nasty, coming as it does from a citizen of Boston..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. xii, 228 pages. Berry's brilliant examination of the evolution of American farming in the context of culture and ecology. He challenges the "get big or get out" philosophy that has dramatically changed farming and unsettled its communities. Argues that..... More
Baltimore: N. Murray, Johns Hopkins University, 1887. First Edition. Frontispiece map. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 176, [10 ads] pages. Baltimore's mayor at the time relates the events in the city during April, 1861. He covers much more than the violent clash between the 6th Massachusetts Infantry and a mob..... More
Baltimore: John Murphy, 1845. 3/4 leather over boards with marbled paper sides. Octavo. [1-5], 6-84, [i-ii], [14 blank leaves] pages. The first publication of the diary kept by Charles Carroll during his journey to Canada with the delegation from the Continental Congress in between early April and early June, 1776..... More
New York: P. S. Wynkoop & Son Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-iii], iv-v, [vi-vii], viii, [9], 10-91 pages. Fascinating theory of matter and the universe in which gaseous matter is expelled by the sun, condenses into liquid in space, forms comets with tails which are drawn..... More
New York: (S.n.), 1851. First Edition thus. Wood engraving. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. Mixed pagination. Fascinating collection of household information from the mid-19th century. Everything from home remedies and medicinal plants, from child care to a recipe for Christmas pudding, from sewing to etiquette. This volume seems..... More
New York: The Fountain Press, 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 146 pages. This collection of essays showcases Huxley's cultural criticism and essentially forms the intellectual scaffolding for his dystopian novel, 'Brave New World, published the following year. This first American edition was limited to 842 copies, of which 800..... More
![Item #2105 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas [in] New Dimensions 3. Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert...](https://backcreekbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2105_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777062911)
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., (1973). First Edition/Scientific Book Club. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 212 pages. The third issue of this annual collection of previously unpublished science fiction stories, edited by Robert Silverberg. 'New Directions 3' is notable for being the first appearance in print of Ursula K. Le Guin's now..... More
Springfield: (S.n.), 1910. Portrait of Lincoln. Limp suede. Small octavo. Not paginated [12 leaves]. Souvenir of the Lincoln Centennial Association's 1910 banquet. Booker T. Washington was the principal speaker of the evening, giving an address on some results of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The text of this booklet is mainly..... More
[New York]: New York State Council on the Arts, [1971]. Black and white photographs. [4] page leaflet and 50 plates in slipcase. Folio. A portfolio of 50 striking black and white photographic prints of Harlem and African American life in New York in the 1960s. "What I'm trying..... More
[New York]: Warner Books, [1992]. First Edition. Photographs by Steven Meisel, art directed by Fabien Baron. Wire-O bound aluminum boards. Folio. Not paginated. Madonna’s notorious soft porn photobook of her 'Erotica' album era, conceived with art director Fabien Baron and photographed by Steven Meisel. A deliberately transgressive fusion of performance..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. Drawings by Rockwell Kent. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xxxii, 825 pages. The first trade edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of 'Moby Dick.' Indeed, if not for this particular edition it is likely no one would know this book today. Melville's great novel..... More
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1968. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 322 pages. Paterson's exploration of the connection between the political system of the United States and its economic achievements over a relatively short national history. Originally published in 1943, this is a foundational work in the political philosophy of..... More
New York: Random House, (1957). First Edition, First Printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 1168, [3] pages. A nice copy of Rand's most important book, in the original dust jacket. The plot features a dystopian United States which has become a welfare state. The most productive and creative scientists, industrialists, and..... More
Battle Creek: Steam Press of the Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association, 1872. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [i-v], vi, [vii], viii, [9], 10-160 pages plus 4 pages of publisher ads. Seventh-Day Adventist pioneer Uriah Smith’s treatise on Revelation 13:11–18, in which the “two‑horned beast” is read as the United States. The..... More
Beograd, Yugoslavia: Nolit, 1978. First Edition. Black and white photographic prints, diagrams. Hardcover. Quarto. [1-8], 9-436, [437] pages. This is the first publication of Tesla's research diary which he kept while in Colorado conducting experiments in high frequency wireless power transmission, telegraphy, and the properties of the upper atmosphere. The..... More
[Baltimore]: Press of King Bros., Printers and Publishers, 1908. Saddle-stapled wrappers. Octavo. 14 pages. Thom's address presenting the statue of Lord Calvert, founder of Maryland, to the City of Baltimore in 1908. The statue was created by Albert Weinert (1865-1947) at a cost of $5,000. It stands in front of..... More
New York: Random House, (1987). First Edition. Black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 246 pages. Donald Trump’s defining business memoir—equal parts autobiography and negotiation manual—embodies the bravado and optimism of 1980s Manhattan real estate. Written decades before his presidency, it marks the origin of the persona that would later..... More