(Hauser y Menet), 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. The first systematic catalog of exotic bronze offerings exhumed from the Iberian Peninsula, which introduced nomenclature still in use today. Volume I: 188 pages of text with descriptions of the bronze items depicted on the 169 loose sheets housed in Volume II. Sheets.....
Karl Baedeker, Publishers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. xc, 516 pages. The first Baedeker guide to the United States and the first to be written in English. Hinrichsen E259. First edition (first printing). An exceptional copy, seemingly never opened for reading. Collated complete will all maps, with most, including the large.....
British Museum, 1908; 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes: 1095, 1694 pages. First editions (first printings). Near fine copies in original green cloth with bright gilt lining and lettering on spine. Spine edges are rolled. Black endpapers. Pages edges to 1906 volume have mild foxing. A handsome set.
Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 204 pages. Collects eight short stories that first ran in magazines including Esquire, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker; by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. First edition (first printing). A bit of wear and toning to the extremities, thus near fine; white dust.....
G. W. Carleton $ Co., 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 'A reprint of the Allminax for 1870-1879 with considreabler additional material which may appear here first in book form' -- BAL 17466. Printed with black ink and color border around the almanac pages. Illustrated. First edition (first printing). In publisher's red.....
Three Dog Press, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Deluxe edition, one of 200 copies. 8 by 11-1/2 by 2-3/4-inch pine box containing items related to McMurtry's life as a bookseller beginning with his first bricks-and-mortar bookstore, Booked Up, in Washington D. C. *** Included in the box are 1) A......
![That Ghost, That Bride of Time [Regular 30-Line Issue]. Ray Bradbury](/pictures/thumb/204890.jpg?v=1619127394)
[Roy A. Squires], (1976). First Edition. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. 'Excerpts from a play-in-progress based on the Moby Dick mythology and dedicated to Herman Melville.' Limited to 400 copies. While the signature on the title page looks very convincing, it is, in fact, printed and not hand-signed. *** There are.....
![Billy Ray's Farm [Limited edition] [Publisher's copy]. Larry Brown](/pictures/thumb/246332.jpg?v=1619127955)
Wisteria Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 40 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Limited to an edition of 256 copies printed on Nideggen mourldmade paper, 250 of which were numbered for sale. Illustrated from engravings by Barry Moser. This essay about a heifer's struggle to birth a calf was later included.....
![Billy Ray's Farm [Letterpress proof, 1of 3]. Larry Brown, Barry Moser](/pictures/thumb/267307.jpg?v=1619128799)
Wisteria Press, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 40 pages. Loose sheets, 12-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. One of three copies. This essay about a heifer's struggle to birth a calf was later included in a collection titled Billy Ray's Farm: Essays From a Place Called Tula. with a signed, numbered engraving.....
Campus Friends of SNCC, [1966]. Ephemera. 2 pages (single sheet, printed both sides). 8-1/2 by 11 inches. In 1966, Stokely Carmichael, a leader and later head of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, set up the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), in rural Alabama. The group organized the black residents of.....
20th Century Fox, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 pages. Single sheet, 52 x 16.5 inches, folded in thirds, 13 x 16.5 inches when folded, with 2 additional single sheets, 13 x 16.5 inches. Promotional booklet for film with poster art, publicity and cast information. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck.....
The Webb Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 226 pages. The western author's first book. The book is about growing up in the Depression. His former home in Laverne, Minnesota, is now the Blue Mounds State Park interpretative center. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to his editor.....
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 328 pages. The first published collection of the author's short stories. First edition (first printing). A bit of edge wear, else a very good copy in a lightly faded dust jacket with some loss to the spine head, else very good.
![Vozdushnye puti al'manakh [Airways / Aerial Ways]. R. N. Grinberg, Boris Pasternak](/pictures/thumb/167938.jpg?v=1619127101)
R. N. Grynberg, 1960. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 287 pages. Volume one of this Russian emigre literary journal. This issue is devoted to Boris Pasternak, in honor of the 70th anniversary of his birth. A total of five issues were produced; all are uncommon. In this first issue, 'Airways' is.....
Chapman Publishing Co., 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 1500 pages. A good history of the northern counties of the state, including Humboldt County, with biographies of many of the leading citizens and pioneers. Illustrated with photographs. Preface dated September 1904. Leather covers with scuffing and wear at edges and corners. Hinges.....
Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 226 pages. The author's sixth novel. Adapted for the 2006 movie staring Paul and Michelle Williams. Printed in an edition of about 5,000 copies. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Previous owner's blindstamp on half-title page. Signed.....
Coward-McCann, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 274 pages. Harry Summerfield Hoff (1910-2002) also wrote novels as William Cooper. This is his first novel. It was titled 'Trina' in the first British edition. First US edition (first printing). A very good copy in blue cloth with yellow decoration on front cover and.....
William-Frederick Press, 1956. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 91 pages. The author's first book. Illustrations by the author. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Slight bump to one corner, minor edge wear, and light toning to spine. Inscribed by the author: 'Sincere wishes / James Purdy.'.....
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 252 pages. A collection of stories for young readers by the 1970 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. First edition (first printing). Light wear to the spine ends, thus near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with a 1-inch creased tear.....
National Museum of History, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 271 pages. Color reproductions of 87 paintings, rubbings, and sketches. Text in Chinese, with a short introduction and a brief caption in English. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), with a very short tear at the.....
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages. A novel about a hunting trip to Alaska. First edition (first printing); without the dedication page. A fine copy in a somewhat scuffed dust jacket with light chipping to the spine head. With a warm inscription by the author on.....
Samuel French, 1934. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 55 pages. Barrett H. Clark was a Canadian author. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in printed blue wrappers (paperback). Spine is tanned. Inscribed by the author on title page : 'For Barrett H. Clark with warmest regards of Edgar Lee.....
![Telegraph Days [Signed, Limited]. Larry McMurtry](/pictures/thumb/225458.jpg?v=1619127757)
Three Dog Books / Simon & Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 289 pages. A novel of Western gunfighters, issued in a 75-copy limited edition. The limited edition was created by adding a rubberstamped limitation notice to the front blank of copies of the first trade printing. *** While McMurtry owned.....
Redstone Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 141 pages. 100 woodcuts in B/W. With color and B/W photographs. With original B/W 22 x 58cm. print laid-in. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good box. Original print is fine. Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) was a prominent woodblock printmaker active.....
Rinehart & Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 312 pages. The author's second novel. The book was issued in two variant jackets, one printed in black and red and the other in black and green. Mailer won the Pulitzer Prize twice. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine.....