Boston, MA: Original Documents, 1960. Nice collection of 22 inspiratonal messages originally produced by Dr. Howard Thurman for his weekly TV spot in Boston called "We Believe". Thurman notably served as the first African American Dean of a primarily white College after his acceptance of the Dean of Marsh Chapel..... More
New York: Samuel Gabriel Sons, 1915. First Thus. Hardcover. 8 3/8 X 10 1/2 Inches. 32 PP. Original illustrated boards. All four full-page color lithographs intact. Part of the "Chimney Corner Series" from Gabriel. A bit of wear to edges and spine ends. Toning and light wear to interior. An..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 112 PP. Original "Riverside Literature Series" number 220. Contains numerous poems, but famously reprints "The Raven" by Poe and "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Key. Scuffing and wear to covers and spine as shown. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 343 [13] PP. Interesting narrative of travel in Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany and Europe. From the personal collection of author Amelie Rives. Her bookplate to front pastedown. Signed by Rives, "Amelie Rives / Castle Hill /..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 338 PP. Stated "First Edition" (with proper code H-B) on the copyright page. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Zane Grey in his usual purple ink on the FFEP..... More
New York: The New York Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 325 PP. Exhaustive history of Joshua Hett Smith's involvement in the treasonous actions taken by Benedict Arnold in 1780. Original price of $12.50 intact on front flap. Signed by author on..... More
Colorado Springs, CO: Gauntlet Press, 2015. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 316 PP. #48 of 500 special signed and numbered copies. Original tissue at limitation page intact. Basis for the legendary Stallone film of the same name. Rare copy of the only signed and numbered..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 284 PP. Stated First Edition with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Somers on the special publisher tipped-in page. Discreet..... More
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1956. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 288 PP. Original Fawcett Crest Book "D338" with the Nabokov history of the book dated 1956 at end. A very attractive copy of this scarce stated "First Crest Printing" on the copyright page. Slight lean..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 224 PP. “The colonization of space is the only possible salvation of Earth.” Isaac Asimov, from The Caves of Steel Stated "First Edition" of Asimov's first in the Robot series. Housed in original..... More
Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Records, 1984. First Edition. Oversized paperback. Original wraps, 24 Pages. A FINE example of both the book and the record - HOUSED IN ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP. NEW, OLD STOCK - NEVER OPENED. Never read, never played! Photographs from the film. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 259 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on front flap. A surprisingly scarce biography to locate in collectible condition. More
Nashville, TN: Printed for the Author, 1859. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 668 PP. Original first printing of this scarce early history of Nashville and early middle Tennessee. This copy rebound in fairly simple cloth binding with title-stamping to spine. All ten original plates..... More
Washington DC: National Policy Forum, 1994. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 5/8 X 9 7/8 Inches. 125 PP. First printing of this scarce inaugural issue of Commonsense. Articles from Dick Armey, Bruce McColm, George Voinovich, and Sally Pipes among others. Original subscription tab with gift note tipped in at front..... More
Brookfeild, CT: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. 11 1/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. First printing of the trade edition with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. Signed by MacDonald (with an original drawing of the..... More
Chicago: C.L. Ricketts, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 160 PP. First printing of the trade edition of Darrow's first book. Originally published in a limited edition of 980 copies from The Roycrofters. Light wear to vellum spine. PO inscriptions to the front pastedown and end-page..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 474 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Cussler and Brown on the verso & recto..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 454 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Cussler and Kemprecos on the title-page. A sharp..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 402 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Cussler on special publisher tip-sheet. A sharp copy..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 909 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.95 on front flap. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Signed by Massie on the first flyleaf. Hint of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 547 [xiii] PP. Signed by General Douglas MacArthur directly on the FFEP. Original DJ price-clipped. A sharp copy overall. More
New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 238 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. An "Inspector McKee" novel. PO bookplate to FFEP. Light rubbing to endpapers. Price-clipped. Wear to edges and minor paper loss to DJ at spine ends. More
San Diego, CA: Sally Ride Science, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 40 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by Sally Ride directly on the FFEP. Color illustrations throughout. More
West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1980. First Edition. Original wraps. 6 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 52 PP. Stated "First Printing / October, 1980" on copyright page. Original price of $4.95 on rear cover. Stapled wraps. Errata slip laid-in as issued. Hint of wear to corners, else a fine copy..... More
West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1990. First Thus. Original wraps. 6 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 28 PP. Stated "First Printing" of this special printing of the third anniversary issue of Fantasy Magazine. "As part of its third anniversary issue in September 1935, Fantasy Magazine asked five prominent science fiction..... More