First edition thus, the first collected edition of the two series of poetry by Procter — with the first appearance of Dickens's introduction, who encouraged her as a teen and later regularly published her work in his literary magazines.
Signed first printing of this Newbery Medal-winning tale of time travel, mystery, and friendship in 1970s New York.
Inscribed first printing of the Newbery Award winner, the story of the Danish Resistance during World War I – "one of the best literary introductions to the Holocaust for children" (Marjorie Ingall).
First printing, review copy, of this Newbery award-winning historical novel about a thirteen-year-old white boy kidnapped and forced to work on a ship transporting enslaved prisoners across the Atlantic.
Inscribed first edition of this Newbery Award winner about the son of a famous bullfighter in Spain.
First printing of this Newbery Honor book, the second title in the Earthsea series, in which Ged meets the high priestess Tenar.
First printing of the first book by a Black author to win the Newbery Medal.
First edition of the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning poet's first book — published when Glück was only 25 and already capturing her characteristic mix of symbolic allusion, disciplined anger, and breathtakingly lyrical composition.
Charming Edwardian reprint of this popular introduction to the wonders of the natural world, in a full leather prize binding.
Inscribed first edition of Cussler's third book, later adapted into a legendary big-screen flop, in which the titular wreck is sought by his omni-capable hero for its secret hoard of vital "byzanium."
First American edition of this devastatingly plausible vision of theocratic rule and the cost of women's resistance.
Signed first printing of this modern-day, best-selling classic successfully adapted for the screen with Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, and Shia LaBeouf (in his screen debut).
First printing of the second ever Newbery Medal-winning book by a Black author, the story of the Mississippi-based Logan family during the Depression.
First edition of this memoir of the great Victorian novelist by his eldest daughter and the co-editor of his published letters.
First edition of the Newbery Award-winning historical novel of pre-Revolutionary Upstate New York.
Handsomely bound second edition of this early biography of the Victorian novelist, published the same year of the author's death.
Inscribed first edition ("the first copy [...] off the press") of this landmark history detailing African American contributions during World War II.
A scarce cabinet card photograph of William Henry Sheppard (1865-1927), "one of the earliest known Afro-American collectors of African art" (Harold Cureau).
Beautifully assembled and shot photo album of three male friends' visit to Provincetown, even then an established vacation destination for gay men.
Second edition, in the scarce jacket, of this uncommon study of rape and sexual assault.
Signed first printing of this collection of letters from the legendary anthropologist, conservationist, and scientist.
"The Fab Issue" of this elaborately produced and hugely influential artists' magazine, one of the defining publications of the 1960s.
Inscribed first edition of this scarce and important "financial classic" (Henry Kaufman).
Inscribed first printing of the dreamland bedtime adventure, a Caldecott Honor book and, along with WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, one of Sendak's finest creations.
First edition of this fantasy featuring a koala bear, a penguin, and a sailor, on a quest for control of a magic cake that keeps becoming whole after slices are removed from it.
